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Re: Firewood costs

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From: G.C.
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1997 00:00
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In article <32D34C4F.7D61@xl.ca>, dhu@xl.ca says...
>
>bretjohnston wrote:
>> 
>> I am doing a survey of the price of firewood across Canada.  Your E-mail
>> would be appreciated.  Please include the following:
>> - cost of cut and split cord (4'x4'x8')
>> - hardwood, softwood or mixed
>> - dry or green
>> 
>> I will reply to all with the results...
>> 
>> Bret
>
>        Free!  Neighbours dropped a few mature trees around my place
>over the years and teenagers went around the blocks asking if anyone 
>wanted the rounds. I took quite a few and split them, dried them
>and chopped them. For free!  One was yellow cedar and one was spruce.
>These trees were sickly and all the leaves have turned brown.
>
>        I felled a sickly 35' cherry in the back yard and gave that to
>my neighbour across the street.
>
You gave(choke) cherry wood away?  Are you aware that most
fireplace owners would think they'd died and gone to heaven,
if they had cherrywood to burn instead of cedar or spruce?
Methinks you should trade some of your dried, split, sparky
burning matter for the "good" stuff.:)

G.C.
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From: chatter@jumppoint.com (G.C.)
Subject: Re: Firewood costs
Date: 1997/01/08
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