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    Mark_BX25D replied to the thread A Fire A Day.
    Sadly, these days Made in USA doesn't guarantee quality. The Europeans are doing a lot of things better than we are. :( Their...
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    Mark_BX25D replied to the thread A Fire A Day.
    Yes, you certainly can. That ignorance is all over the Internet! It's still wrong. You can take the word of a widespread old wive's...
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    Mark_BX25D replied to the thread A Fire A Day.
    I can't say I have ever heard anything but good about a Jotul, except when it was clearly operator error, but blaming the stove. I...
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    Mark_BX25D reacted to John T's post in the thread A Fire A Day with Like Like.
    I just noticed in the picture you can see the secondary burn happening.... The flame at the top is the secondary burn.. Secondary burn...
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    Mark_BX25D replied to the thread A Fire A Day.
    There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with burning pine. It does NOT cause more creosote than other kinds of woods. That is an old wive's...
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    Mark_BX25D reacted to Botamon's post in the thread A Fire A Day with Like Like.
    ^This! Some years ago when I was a member of a small-town volunteer fire department, one of the services we provided was to clean...
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    Mark_BX25D replied to the thread CORN!.
    Yep... I've tried all kinds of traps (ever see a blacksnake caught in a glue board?) and I have given up. I put out the poison, refresh...
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    Mark_BX25D reacted to WI_Hedgehog's post in the thread CORN! with Like Like.
    Merry Christmas fellas and tractor gal! I use the various methods I mentioned from experience. Some mice avoid some traps, my goal is...
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    Mark_BX25D reacted to North Idaho Wolfman's post in the thread CORN! with Haha Haha.
    What, you need to start stocking popcorn and make it real interesting.
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    Mark_BX25D reacted to WI_Hedgehog's post in the thread CORN! with Like Like.
    I fed mine, first inside: https://www.solutionsstores.com/snap-e-mouse-trap (with peanut butter)...
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    Do you have air in the fuel system somehow? If you insist on using starting fluid never spray it until the engine is turning over, and...
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    Mark_BX25D reacted to JimDeL's post in the thread Is this zerk broken? with Like Like.
    Just replace it. A two minute job and about a dollar expense. Then you'll know it's good.
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    Mark_BX25D replied to the thread Is this zerk broken?.
    Probably a lot more effective, too!
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    Mark_BX25D replied to the thread Is this zerk broken?.
    Weird. Just weird. Strange way to live..... You're supposed to ignore maintenance and then complain about the build quality...
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    Mark_BX25D reacted to WI_Hedgehog's post in the thread Is this zerk broken? with Like Like.
    I'd pull the pin, disassemble, clean and inspect everything, re-lube and reinstall, then pump it up with grease. Never hurts to pull...