Dumbest Question Ever...

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I was talking to one of my friends last night, trying to get him to go out in the woods tonight (he thought it was too cold,, and I have no car, so I'm here instead...:grumpy:).
He asked a question about the last time I was out which blew my mind; "Did you bring firewood with you when you went in the woods?"
WTF? Seriously, WTFH???
"Of course not, it's the woods; wood is right in the name of the place!!!"
Where do people think wood comes from?
 
Well....If you were to carry a big pile of wood, you could save the weight of carrying something to cut it with ;)
 
x39 said:
The guy probably also thinks meat originates in shrink wrapped styrofoam packages. :rolleyes:
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I actually had a lady friend who thought that... I was floored when she had the nerve to argue with me that what was running around in my uncle's front yard was not the same thing as what was packaged in the stores...

I also had a guy at my job, have the nerve to buy some of my firewood from me to go camping with so that he didn't have to buy from someone along the way !!

Takes all kinds to make a world brothers and sisters !! LOL
 
Wood comes from trees, but you need a chainsaw to cut it. Carrying firewood is easier than carrying a chainsaw.
 
stabman said:
The Junglas WAS pretty heavy...:D
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AND you could cut yourself with it!

Now that I think about it, a fire could cause a nasty burn...you better leave the wood at home and simply pick up a thermostat at the hardware store...that way you are set for cold AND hot weather!
 
unit said:
AND you could cut yourself with it!

Now that I think about it, a fire could cause a nasty burn...you better leave the wood at home and simply pick up a thermostat at the hardware store...that way you are set for cold AND hot weather!
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AND it's way lighter!:thumbup:
 
At the 7-11 near my house , they got bundles ( maybe 5 lbs) of birch firewood for $7

I reckon enough for a camp night's fire outta run about $ 500.:eek:

I'm really glad most of us here are keeping the spirit of woodsmanship alive. It's a skill not taught in school and it's up to us to pass it on to the young ones and others not knowledgeable about such things.

Get them started young , so they don't grow up clueless.
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There are a few parks near me that don't allow harvesting any wood for burning, even deadfall. I'm not sure how they'd ever know but they don't allow it. The ranges prepare and stack the wood they want the campers to burn at the entrance of the park and each camper is permitted to take a stack.
 
myright said:
There are a few parks near me that don't allow harvesting any wood for burning, even deadfall. I'm not sure how they'd ever know but they don't allow it. The ranges prepare and stack the wood they want the campers to burn at the entrance of the park and each camper is permitted to take a stack.
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If I am motorcycle camping, I sometimes end up in State Parks and such, and I have to resort to buying a bundle of wood. :o
 
I really depends on your location and activity. I could never understand why some areas in Texas, which had a ton of dead wood laying around, would never let you burn the dead wood:confused: What did make sense was a lot of areas didn't want you to bring your own wood as it may harbour insects that could negatively impact the trees and vegetation in that region.

If we're doing group camping where you can actually drive up to it, we will often load up a trailer with some good seasoned wood...it's just easier if you don't have activities built around collecting firewood. Also, we've done car/truck camping where weather conditions held the possiblity of rain...I would often throw some good season wood in the back of the truck just in case.

If it's just me and the family and we're backpacking...no chance in hell am I going to be packing in firewood:eek:

Again, it depends on the activities and location, but I would mostly answer with a big NO.

ROCK6
 
Thats funny. Dumbest question ever.

Heres the dumbest answer Ive heard in a while.

While on vacation out west , I didnt see any porcupines. I uttered, " I wonder if porcupines are nocturnal?" In which my wife replied "No, they are land animals."
 
dipbait said:
Thats funny. Dumbest question ever.

Heres the dumbest answer Ive heard in a while.

While on vacation out west , I didnt see any porcupines. I uttered, " I wonder if porcupines are nocturnal?" In which my wife replied "No, they are land animals."
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Yeah...that's pretty funny:D

ROCK6
 
dipbait said:
Thats funny. Dumbest question ever.

Heres the dumbest answer Ive heard in a while.

While on vacation out west , I didnt see any porcupines. I uttered, " I wonder if porcupines are nocturnal?" In which my wife replied "No, they are land animals."
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So, how does that couch sleep? :D
 
Regarding porcupines, I have an amusing story of my own. An old friend of mine had come to visit us here in rural Maine. He lived just outside DC and was unfamiliar with the north woods. Anyway, we were driving along a woods road when we came up on a porcupine waddling along the right side of the road. As we passed it, my friend began furiously cranking his window shut and says "You would pass him on my side!". I asked him what his problem was and he said "The quills! He could have shot his quills at me!" :eek: He eventually moved to this area and knows better now.
 
ROCK6 said:
I really depends on your location and activity. I could never understand why some areas in Texas, which had a ton of dead wood laying around, would never let you burn the dead wood:confused: What did make sense was a lot of areas didn't want you to bring your own wood as it may harbour insects that could negatively impact the trees and vegetation in that region.

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As you say, it depends on the area.

If you're talking about the high desert scrub that covers half the state, wood takes a long time to grow, and it is a pretty important part of the ecosystem for many years after it dies. Out in west Texas, it's better to bring your own. Also, campgrounds get stripped pretty quickly, so it makes sense to ask people to bring in their own there, too.

If you found these restrictions in east Texas, I imagine it's partly a matter of statewide regs that are really geared more toward west Texas -- and/or the high volume of traffic that Texas campgrounds get in general.

I grew up in western Oregon, where it would take a whole lot of campfires to catch up with the sheer bulk of bio-mass. That's not the case everywhere, though.

But yeah -- the premise in the OP is pretty funny. (and I do like that porcupine line -- ha!)

;)
 
I donno...if you're car camping an armfuls of nice seasoned logs could make life easier.

But other than that, yeh pretty silly question.
 
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