so i’ve been doing my neighbor lady’s wood since her husband passed a few years ago and it wasn’t too bad as her brother would show up for the big cutting and splitting days and we’d bang out 3 to 4 cord in a day and once in a while her brother would drop of some small logs and i’d cut and split them when i had time

well the NL has a new boyfriend which is great and good for her and i guess her brother is also friends with my log guy so my log guy dropped a bunch of HUGE logs for her today.

er and the BF walk down and i ask when her brother is going to show up so we can work the wood and she says he’s really busy then i ask the new BF if he has a saw so we can work it together he says nope and he says he’s kind of lazy and doesn't like working with wood - wtf??

i still need to process my 4 cords for this year (by myself and my log guy drops huge logs) and now i have to also do NL’s 6+ cord of logs this year

her husband was a great old farmer type of guy and helped me out once or twice and i always though at least i am keeping his wife and daughter warm when he passed BUT Today i am thinking - oh well too bad - new BF better figure it out quick given that he’s living there on the weekends

am i wrong in my thinking??

 

I think you have been more then helpful up to now, let the BF process the wood or let him help with the oil bill.

 

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Totally got the wood/wood stove obsession now

got last months electric bill today, was equal to a late spring/early fall bill (no electric heat/no ac) made me one happy wood burner

 

thanks the only issues i foresee is that

1) she lets me store my log splitter in her garage, my riding mower in her barn and will let me store the the mustang in the garage in the winters (i dont have a garage)

i think she'd get pretty pissed if those logs just sat there to rot

 

[QUOTE=2000silvers2k,Mar 19 2010, 07:20 PM] speaking of wood, check out my new toy



Totally got the wood/wood stove obsession now

got last months electric bill today, was equal to a late spring/early fall bill (no electric heat/no ac) made me one happy wood burner

 

well put a $ value on your labor and compare it against what you would have to pay for storage.

If you feel its a fair trade than cut and split away.

 

well there was the whole quid pro quo ting going on where you'd work her would and she'd work yours.....

so figure out if the garage is worth it.

 

zip it takes me all summer - erick's (which is only three days) mine (which is a month) and now NL's

 

phuck!!! if i could put all my stuff in the basement i would BUT i can't

i guess i am just bitching about the inevitable because i will end up doing this

 

You kept her warm all right.

Where did the logs get dropped, your place or hers?

Be honest with her. Tell her you really don't have the time to do all the work yourself. Let her know you appreciate the storage and will be willing to help, but you need another set of hands, brother, brother's friend someone who is willing to work. It's not an unreasonable request.

If she gets pi$$Y, offer her a reasonable fee for storing your stuff, if that doesn't work, get a shed, move your stuff and let her worry about her wood.