Brrrrrrrrrr, yeah I say you need that fuel truck, muey pronto! I would love that wood stove, grew up with one, and have thought about putting one in here. The closest I have is a couple of them Mexican outdoor fireplaces, one pottery, and one cast iron with several grills that one could cook on, but I have not even built a fire in one this year, it has been warm most of the time and things are tinderbox dry, so burn bans are in effect. ----------- > >Bill, I have heard of them but haven'had a chance to listen to them yet. Most of what I have is instrumental. They are awsome, PBS has a deal where for a donation you can get a video cassette or DVD for a certain amount. I really love a lot of good instrumentals, and the background music in lots of songs, like Johnny Cash, When the man comes around, or Dwight Yocham's Turn it on, turn it up and turn me loose. Lots of good pickin on that, that I can only try to emulate with my guitar. ":^) My best audience is my dogs, they sometime seem to be smiling, but do not dare laugh out loud. ------------------------------- You never could completely convince my Dad that men walked on the moon, but he really loved the wrestling on T.V. When I was a cop in Dallas many years ago, we used to check out at the Sporatorium and go in occasionally while the wrestling was going on. It was more fun to watch the fans than the wrestling to me. The sad and ill fated Fritz Von Eric family was from this area and I saw something on T.V. just recently, an interview with his widow and her talking about all the tragic events, and their one remaining son. I have not really got into much except music downloads thus far, althought there are DVD Videos, as well as other types of media you can search for, programs, software etc. etc. Yeah, I remember some of those old commercials, liked the Burma Shave ones, Everyone probably remembers "See the USA in your _________ (fill in the blank)and probably Route 66. I know that the theme song from Bonanza and High Noon could be found. I have Marty Robbins, The Hanging tree. I do not know any words for such things as those weird Clint Eastwood spagetti westerns and have not tried to find them. If I live long enough and get to where I can not do as much outside like welding and gardening, I hope to set aside time to learn how to imbed music in emails. I think that there is a way to do that with a small file that does not take up many kb's and wouldn't it be neat to be able to put some sound effects into a posting here like you can pictures or those little animated graphics you occasionally see. Of course, I am sure that would probably irritate some folks. Thanks for the walk down memory lane. Bill P.

I hate that too I am so used to the type of windows explorer we have had in past versions where we can go through the tree and find what we are looking for. Windows 7 has a very abbreviated version and has libraries which I am NOT fond of. It also makes it hard for the security help forums to have people find file paths as they have in the past with xp or earlier versions. I have found the windows 7 forums and their tutorials very helpful Windows 7 Forums one of the first things I did to windows 7 was go in and change the theme to the windows classic so things look more familiar, googling make windows 7 look like xp led me to several good tips and tricks.

Might use the windows search feature in advanced mode and search for .scr The bulk of vista are in "C:\Windows\System32\"

Thanks Kevin. Frost protected shallow foundation from the cold climate research center. And I just finished up getting the 4" xps pinkboard 250 installed around the entire perimeter. And have a stack of pinkboard r10 to install around the outer perimeter. While you're at the ccrc website search furring out a wall. Yes placing the insulation on the inside violates the 2/3 rule on insulation. The pinkboard on the inside in not taped because the vapor barrier behind it. The semi permeable pinkboard is only a vapor retarder and will not absorb moisture. This wall is intended to vent to the outside. With 1/2" cdx plywood and tyvex rain wall. 3/4" air gap screened on the top and bottom created by the 1x2 nailers installed on the studs 16"oc. Siding on top. The inside pinkboard is installed using minimal plastic washer headed nails. Then 5 rows of 1x4s installed horizontally with 1x4s installed over them vertically on the studs with 7 " timberlock screws. Making minimal holes in the vapor barrier. The windows and doors are furred out using 2x4s on edge, 3-1/2" directly to the rough framework around them. Doors will have a 3/4" boards glued n nailed to the edge of the door jams to extend them out. Fairly easy task. And I will not have to drill holes in the outer walls to pull wires or run utilities. No obstacles to insulate around. Just put it in n straighten it up. This reduces man hours for me also. I'm still building and finally got the roof finished. Carpenter's are booked and not available so I'm mostly a 1 man crew with help from family. Lot of work as I started with acre of trees. Well, septic, electrical utilities are all in. Now I can start drying things out. Then insulate. I will put our new fuel oil drip stove in, Kuma classic. Covid took a month. Again, I do realize that this is a non typical type of construction method. We have unique insulation needs, and I'm willing to try and do something better. And believe the methodology. And your comments make me challenge that, thanks. It was mentioned that I'm comparing this build to the average home built in our area. Guess I thought that would be appropriate. And yes the standard construction method in these parts is 2x6 walls with batt insulation. Some still using fiberglass insulation instead of rockwool. The only difference is that I'm adding the 2" pinkboard inside. And the furring strips for sheetrock. And yeppers tooooo late for changes in foundation. Our inspector said he was impressed with the work and it was do better then what he usually sees. The roofing contractor comments were all positive.