Via here:
Not sure what bothers me more……
The fact that Menards thinks they can sell 8″diameter/9 inch high logs for $9.99….
Or that I saw some hipster in fake work boots loading 4 into his cart.
It’s an “engineered, all-natural wood log,” which (the ad says) can be lit with a match. Not unlike a garden-variety firelog, but with more “natural.”
For people who don’t know how to light actual fires, I guess.
Oh, we’ve seen sillier things than this openly for sale. I’m just looking for a chance to feel superior this morning.
Even when I’m speechless, I can still manage to type. Amazing!
People used to know which woods burned best for various applications; Horace Kephart listed them all (well, a lot of them) in his Camping and Woodcraft book.
Yea, Joel you are just bitter cause you did not think of the scam to bilk the snowflakes first. 😉 There is also the 18 $ 7″x7″ cedar shingle to grill you salmon on. Think of it, you have a gold mine in that pallet-wood pile you just re-stacked, all you need to do is come up wit a good ploy and some quick marketing.
I did a web search for “bonfire log”. These specially crafted logs have slits cut into them, so they’ll burn from the inside out, provided Mr. Lumberjack knows to light them properly. Not a new idea at all. It’s the Swedish fire log, but without having to do anything icky like touch a chainsaw.
Do they come with free pet rocks?
Thanks (?) to recent storms, a TN summertime fact of life, I have a ton or so of big-ass limbs broken off the trees & lying in my yard. Tried to drag one today, & the F150 couldn’t get sufficient purchase on the grass: had to lunge a few times, dragging it a few feet each time by sheer momentum.
I’ve got a fuckin’ gold mine here.
Pity I’m just going to cut it all up for my smoker (1 oak limb & 1 pear). There’s nobody within reasonable range dumb enough to pay that kind of money.
[blockquote]”People used to know which woods burned best for various applications”[/blockquote]
None of those people used encryption on their emails.