From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxa!mhuxh!mphw Newsgroups: net.jokes Title: Woodburning Stoves Article-I.D.: mhuxh.21 Posted: Tue Mar 15 10:16:56 1983 Received: Tue Mar 22 07:47:13 1983 Here's one for you woodburning stove people: _H_o_w _Y_o_u _C_a_n _S_a_v_e _w_i_t_h _a _W_o_o_d_s_t_o_v_e Stove, pipe, installation, etc. $458.00 Chain saw 149.95 Gas and maintenance for chain saw 44.60 4 wheel drive pick-up 8,379.04 4 wheel drive pick-up, maintenance 438.00 Replace rear window of pick-up (twice) 310.00 Fine for cutting unmarked tree in state forest 500.00 Fourteen cases of Michelob 126.00 Littering fine 50.00 Tow charge from creek 50.00 Doctor's fee for removing splinter from eye 45.00 Safety glasses 29.50 Emergency room treatment (broken toes -- dropped log) 125.00 Saftey Shoes 49.50 New living room carpet 800.00 Paint walls and Ceiling 110.00 Worcester chimney brush and rods 45.00 Log splitter 150.00 Fifteen acre woodlot 9,000.00 Taxes on woodlot 310.00 Replace coffee table (chopped up and burned while drunk) 75.00 Divorce settlement 33,678.22 ----------- Total first year's costs $54,922.81 Savings in "conventional fuel" -- first year (62.37) Net cost of first year's woodburning $54,860.44