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PoindexterOglethorpe

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2. Or hay twisted tightly to be a decent fuel.

Reply to guillaumeb (Original post)

Mon Feb 10, 2020, 09:59 PM

Feb 2020

Heck, the Ingalls family survived a truly terrible winter in South Dakota that way!

For those of you not completely familiar with all the wonderful Laura Ingalls Wilder books, I suggest you read The Long Winter, which is where the burning of hay occurs. Really good.

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I say bring back those good old traditional American energy sources!!!! [View all] guillaumeb Feb 2020 OP

Two words for idiots who don't believe in renewable energy. Hoover Dam? Walleye Feb 2020 #1

Hydro power? Of course. eom guillaumeb Feb 2020 #4

Or hay twisted tightly to be a decent fuel. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #2

My grandparents lived in homes heated by woodstoves. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #3

And I bet that all winter they lived almost entirely in one room, PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #7

Yes, mainly on the ground floor. Around the stoves. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #8

"Twisting the Hay Rope" -- I'll drop this Irish air right here: yonder Feb 2020 #9

Bullshit future markets have tanked, thankfully. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2020 #5

A tsunami of it coming from the White House. eom guillaumeb Feb 2020 #6