Senile Texas Aggie - comic relief for the rest of you

Senile_Texas_Aggie said:

I think that would make sense rather than taking someone else's word for it.

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YEP!

That certainly is a steep roof! Smart man to not be climbing it. You say the chimney comes out through the roof. Is the cap raised, ie not meant to seal the chimney off? I can't imagine someone would spend the money needed to build a stone chimney that big just for show. Though it could be, people with plenty of spare change do spend on odd things.

If you get a stove or a chimney company to come out and inspect the chimney, they should be able to tell you if it is safe. If it is questionable, you can have the chimney "lined" . We have a guy here that does old log houses and stone work. He has refinished some chimneys in old houses. They can put a stainless liner down the chimney to line it if it doesn't have the normal clay type liners in it, from when the chimney was built. It would not be hard for someone that does that type of work to inspect it and tell you.

Another suggestion is to put in an outdoor "stove furnace" to utilize the wood for heat. They are a real furnace, have a water jacket that is heated by the fire inside. It is piped into your house system if it is hot water... or piped in and run through a "fan conversion" so that it will work and heat the air in the hot air type heating systems. The mess from the wood stays outside, you usually only load the stove twice a day and it is controlled by a thermostat inside. Many people have them here. I still like the idea of the actual wood burning stove inside, there is nothing like actual heat rolling off a stove... but the other is still a good alternative. It also is less of a concern for insurance purposes, because the "fire" is outside. They are used for many commercial greenhouses and such. Something that you could look into and then not have to worry so much about the chimneys inside either. I think the last prices I heard here are in the 3-6,000 range, which is not chump change.... but would use alot of the wood and you can keep your current heating system as a backup. The one thing they do need is electric to run the fan/water circulating.... but one guy here has his hooked to a smaller solar system so he is not dependent on the electric company.

Several in fact... That is one severely sloped roof there Mr. STA... Please remain OFF of it and leave it to the professionals! If you did an outdoor wood burning furnace, you could route hot water (through insulated pipes) to the house and shop and heat both. Figuring $1000/month for propane, 2 winters would pay for the whole set up @ 10-12K... Lord knows you aren't hurting for "cord wood" to feed said furnace, and aside from the manual labor of cutting and stacking it, and of course feeding it twice a day, seems like it might be a pretty sweet deal.

Senile_Texas_Aggie said:

Miss @Sumi,

Back on Jan 6 I sent the below message to you and the other administrators and received no response. I figured that each of you hoped that one of the others would answer. So I am sending this to you specifically. How can I get notices whenever the folks I am following posts something, instead of having to do it manually?

Thanks for whatever help you can provide.

Senile Texas Aggie

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I did see this and I saw @Latestarter answered you and explained the notices HERE. I can't add anything to what he said there

Sumi said:

I did see this and I saw @Latestarter answered you and explained the notices HERE. I can't add anything to what he said there

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But what Latestarter posted was all about Alerts. The alerts tell you about what threads you are watching, and what likes, quotes, badges and mentions you've received. I've noticed that the only place I see information about PEOPLE I am watching is on the "Newsfeed" page. Since it doesn't occur to me to dig up my Newsfeed page, I miss a lot. It sure would be nice if there was a way to get notified when new items appear on the Newsfeed page. (Maybe that does happen on the desktop version? I only use mobile.)

Sumi said:

I can't add anything to what he said there

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Finnie said:

But what Latestarter posted was all about Alerts. The alerts tell you about what threads you are watching, and what likes, quotes, badges and mentions you've received. I've noticed that the only place I see information about PEOPLE I am watching is on the "Newsfeed" page.

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Miss @Sumi,

I thought that the reason I can follow people is so that I would be notified whenever those people posted anything. Yet I don't get any kind of alert that I know at least for those folks, unless they happen to post on threads I am watching. For example, among the people I follow are Miss @Baymule, Mr. @greybeard, and Miss @farmerjan. Neither of the first two have journals of their own and until recently neither did Miss @farmerjan. I would like to be notified whenever any of these folks post anything. Yet I do not get any notices that I know of whenever they post to thread that I am not watching. So what is the purpose of the "People You Follow" function? Is it merely a popularity contest? If it is, that's OK, but I would like to know that. Otherwise, if there is a way to be notified whenever they post, then how do I get notified?

Senile Texas Aggie

You're not following me? I'm hurt!
Just kidding, just want to pick on you.

RollingAcres said:

You're not following me? I'm hurt!
Just kidding, just want to pick on you.

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He's not following me either. Some stalker he turned out to be.

Rammy said:

He's not following me either. Some stalker he turned out to be.

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He's fired from being a stalker! We need to find someone who can do the job right.

Miss @Rammy and Miss @RollingAcres,

I am following you two now! <evil cackle> But if it is as effective in notifying me of your postings as it is others, you two don't have anything to worry about.

Senile Texas Aggie