Wet Wood
We have a wood fire in our house. I light it every night during winter mainly for warmth, but also because, well, I’m a former pyro. I was lighting to fire last night when I noticed the wood was so wet that it wouldn’t light…
Me: This wood is too… Ouch.
My voice trailed off into an ‘ouch’ after a bit of wood moved and brushed against my hand, my mother tried to finish off what I was saying…
Mum: Dry… I hate when it’s too dry.
Me: What?
Mum: The wood, when it’s dry it doesn’t burn.
Me: Ah huh.
My brother starts laughing.
Me: Damn that dry wood, if only it was wet.
Mum: What?
Me: You said the wood wouldn’t burn if it’s dry, when you meant to say wet.
Mum: Oh yeah, I meant wet wood won’t burn.
Me: Mmm.
Me: Those damn dry tree’s, you’d think they would have the decency to stay hydrated after being cut down.
Mum: Alright, very funny.
Nikita is a 30-something year old geeky girl that resides in Perth, Western Australia studies event management, works at events and runs EnjoyPerth. She is a self confessed high heel worshipper that suffers from multipletabitis. Kitta spends her spare time blogging sporadically, volunteering, gaming and likes taking photos of the contents of the universe.
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*chuckles*
Silly mums 😛
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Haha, my mum is just the same, always getting her words wrong. Its good for the amusement factor.
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O god Kitta… And the Deoderant can story is STILL funny…
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Oh you two are so mean to her sometimes hehe 😛
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Hey, where’s the bit where you pour petrol in there to give it a helping hand?
I hate wood-fires, lol. We have one. But why don’t you let it burn all day as well, so that you don’t have to light it every night.
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Hey Kitters – a little off topic I know but I came across this article and wondered how in the world you’ve managed not to produce these yourself???
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Baron, we don’t have enough wood to let it burn all day long and it only takes 5 minutes to light if you’ve got some small sticks.
Smallest Photo, I’ve been meaning to give it a go, my brother has a computer chip one (sort of like the Eprom Necklace) which is quite cool.
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Hiya, I’ve just come back from WA (to Singapore), and we had wood fireplaces in some of the places we stayed in. They’re fun – I used tourist brochures to get them started when I ran out of newspapers, Not as fun as fireball soccer, though.
Oh, Kitta – you should really try making geek-jewellery, they’re actually really easy. Take this one for example. I made one by myself using nothing but a pair of scissors. (I used telephone wire, though, didn’t have any more spare cat5).
Fancy finding this amazing site AFTER returning from Perth…
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Nic Seow, I’ve been thinking about making some geek jewellery for a few years, ever since my brother made a computer ship necklace. And I’ve seen the Zellstyle ones (and linked to them), they’re pretty cool.
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That reminded me of a scene from dumb and dumber… lol
no offence 🙂
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