soylent green...

dont flatter yerself thudly.. i aint tryin to piss anyone off..

an as i said before that kinda shit aint my thing..

oh an to your comment about the fireplace,,
any idiot with a bit of construction experiance can build a stack stone fireplace for a 1 room cabin,(if you recall i built my chimney an hearth for my wood stove many years ago ,as well as a earth oven an several other projects that require a bit of logic as to make sure they draw properly), but that would require that they didnt suck down vodka like it was mammas milk... probably why you "wont"..

easier for you to just to scrap aluminum for your bottle than actually work for it now adays aint it..

 

No, not "any idiot" can build a 100% stone chimney and have it draw. The throat must be the right dimension. At any rate, I've built more than a few. But, I'm semi-retired-- mostly just do historic restoration nowadays,re- pointing, repair.My knees are shot and my heart is bad.


But, my pussycats still love me.

 

well with only a 10 foot chimney required an a firebox that couldnt be more than about 18 inches,, i truly dont think getting a proper draw would be much of a issue provided you used common sence an had watched a few go up..

besides any initial draw problems when starting a fire can easily be remadied by cracking a window...

not sayin id wanna do a 36 inch fire box an a 24 foot chimney,,but im confident i could do a smaller scale whithout any problem...

oh to be semi retired,, ive got 11 years.. but then ill be set...

we are blessed..

 

The stone chimney that handles my big-ass Kodiac stove is 30"x24"x28' capped with a 36"x36" slate on stone supports. It draws perfectly. Built the whole fucking thing myself with no help. Used local fieldstone. 'Course I was 10 years younger.


There is an article in FOXFIRE #3 (I think) on how to build a masonry chimney. However, they fucked up and it didn't draw.

I love stone work-- would do it for free if I was finacially secure, which I'll never be.

 

now once again,, weve been thru this i dont support child molesters therefore i will never dignify anything thats in a foxfire book with my eyes..

sucks ya never figured out that ya would be to old to work one day an didnt bother saving for a rainy day..

but i guess ya can always milk the system..

 

I remember vaguely a few years ago something about the FOXFIRE books and one of the contributers was allegedly a pedophile. I don't know if it's true or just another internet rumor. Personally, I don't give a fuck--that's what the courts and police are for. Dozens of kids put a lot into those books and why ignore all their good work because one nut was involved? I read the newspapers everyday and they quote many a despicable prick such as the Clintons, Ted Kennedy, Hollywood riff-raff, etc. Should I stop reading?

My "savings for a rainy day" are the 124 acres I'm living on. 25% of that will be mine soon, and I'm selling it to the highest yuppie developer and moving to either the Delaware shore or the mountains of Pennsylvania. My kids will inherit that acreage and my bank account when I die, which won't be too far from now.

Then, you won't have Thudly to kick around anymore.

 

you wont have a bank account if the goverment has anything to do with it when ya die..

ya gotta spend all your assets before they will pay a fuckin dime of yer bills..

so id suggest puttin a gun to yer old miserale head an blowin yer brains out if ya want yer kids to have anything..

 

My kids will at least have their memory of me--what more could they want?


For starters, my guns, antique tractors, construction equipment ,4 guitars (one a Martin), a piano, antique furniture, Nikon FG camera with all the accompaning goodies, 2000 books, letters from famous authors (Henry Miller, John Updike, Linda Grace Hoyer),trucks, cars, pussycats and my meat smoker. Not to mention fishing rods, tools, cords of oak firewood, paintings, sheet music,wine barrels, butchering equipment, stuffed deer, turkey, possum ,carp and muskrat, stoneware crocks and jugs, sheet music from 1900-1970 and my coin collection.

That ought to keep the 4 rascals fighting for weeks!

 

stuffed animals?? excuse me but YUCK!!

 

depends on how sick ya get before ya give it all to them,, if ya wait to long they gonna take all that shit to,,, an auction it off or make them buy it back..

like i said,, if thats yer plan id reccomend a bullet to yer head,,the sooner the better...

 

lets have a pissing contest, shall we?

 

gimme a few beers,, are we goin for duration,size of stream or distance??

 

Your advice, hippyhillbilly, is neither valued or solicited.


Suicide is only an option for terminal (no pun intended) losers.

I try to be civil with you, and have in the past--after all, we're both rednecks-- but you always find some snide dig to throw in.

Anyone who has time in this life to post 3417 times is obviously lacking a life.

Get one, preferably down yonder, far past the kudzo patch.

 

Oldhippieman finds stuffed animals "disgusting".


How absolutely horrid!

When I was just a pup, we were poor. I used to go up to the ravine where my uncle threw dead sheep and collect the vulture-stripped bones and skulls. They were my sister's and my toys.

 

oh now that just hurt thud..

my advice is valid based on fact and experiance..


but see we who plan on being financially secure by the time we are your age dont have to worry about bullets to our head,, nor the whole "to much free time = no life theory of yours..

ya see,, when you use your time productuvely an wisley,, one can have that down time to relax whithout feelin guilt over bein a failure in life(or in our case here not)..

so ya see i really dont care what yer words on a screen say one way or another...

im just tryin to help a obviously down troddin brother out..

 

hey burl,, me an dilli been talkin,, an ill buy one of them books that ya got from ya if ya autograph it,,..

then we will let lil miss sarah (dillis youngin whos home schooled) read it an write a book report on it,, then ill post it here,,..

then we will put the book in the book shelf in the cabin fer all the travelers to browse..

there will be ya some publicity..

serious.. we arz we arz...

 

Thanks for your concern, HBH; I appreciate the time you obviously spend thinking of me.


That said: there is one BIG thing I possess that you most likely never will: a novel in The Library Of Congress. "A Haven From Violence", by Burl N. Corbett.

Let the pissing contest begin--however, I feel I may have an unfair advantage:a longer dong. Also, I'm already primed with 4 Lord Chesterfield Ales and a few double-shots of cheap vodka.

My 6 cats (five, actually-- the mother must be stranded in the storm) are my witnesses.

 

man ya didnt answer my fuckin question?????????

 

geeze are ya drunk already burl??

 

No, I'm not drunk--yet.


I missed the post about buying my book--sorry!--my mistake.

I will autograph my novel for you and dilagraf (sp?)-- be proud too. I have at least 8 copies lying around. Send me $20 (cash, check or money-order) per copy, and I will gladly mail you a copy(s). Put it this way: I have read or heard no negative reviews. There probably are unsatisfied customers, but since they are without a doubt Commies or Luddites, fuck 'em.

This idea of yours about your home-schooled child reviewing my novel, is not a good one. This novel, while it lacks sex scenes, is at points extremely coarse, language -wise. It was written by an adult, for adults and I apoligize not a whit. Be fore-warned.

How should I phrase the dedication? Tell me.

See? I ain't so bad-- just a damn Yankee.