I should ask the couple of pallet and furniture places around me for their scrap wood. It would probably be more impressive to show up with the truck before anything else.
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Marcus, you make us all proud of you. Good job!
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Wow Marcus, very informative on your wood findings and facts. I do not remember anyone mixing up that many blends of wood and reporting on it as they drive. Yes on the cherry wood if it is wet hard to burn.
This makes me want to pull out of the big wood pile some of the elderberry tree wood and try it. Maybe some small branches of Siberian Elem tree we have here it grows everywere you donât want it to grow, it is the weed tree of our area. This softer wood tree likes the dry climate and grows pretty fast.
If you could make some charcoal by having a fire outside at the house it would help you on your startups in the morning. What Don said. We are proud of your accomplishments.
Bob
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Keep the video coming . I like them !
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Marcus, watch out or lemon consumption will soon equal wood consumption 
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Real sorry to hear about your job JO, 
I quit my job in spring of 1991 and have been busy none stop afterwards .
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Closing of a chapter. What comes next Jan? Any grand plans?
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JO; I am so sorry to hear about your job. Unless you have gone through loosing your job, you have no idea what a tramatic thing it is and how it will affect you. I worked for Goodyear Tire for 18 years when they closed the plant and I was laid off. That was about 40 years ago and to this day my dreams are of me wandering through a big empty factory. I think I have told you that the paper mills are closing left and right up here. I have posted a picture of our down town with the large piles of logs waiting to be loaded on to train carrs. Well, I guess that will change. The priice of pulp logs has dropped and the loggers are having trouble selling their logs. I donât understand what is going on with paper; I thought with the computers, we were all using more paper, printing out the info that came in over the computer. I hope your country has a good unemployment program for people loosing their jobs. The one thing I learned over here, your best chance of getting your next job is through âfriendsâ. You know I am wishing for good fortune for you in what ever is next. TomC
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Wow JO, what a blow to you and the work force in the area where you live with the mill closing down. I hope and will to pray to All Mighty God YEHOVAH that you and the people that lost their jobs will find work in his Sonâs Name Yeshua for his Name Sake.
It has been said that the average person changes his or hers job every 7 to 8 years. You will find a better job soon because of the person you are.
Anyone here on DOW that agree with what is been said, Hit The Like Bottom.
Bob
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I worked all my years in the building trades. I was always looking for a new job. None were ever guaranteed. I know that a man with diverse skills can always do well. You will do well.
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JO,
I lost a dream job once and was somewhat torn up about it, but soon found something better and now retired from that job and canât imagine things turning out any better. God has blessed me, I trust He will you, too.
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Yes, itâs sad to hear that so much work is lost, think itâs weird now that everything has to be done in recyclable materials, should be good for paper,
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Jo, how many years do you have to retire? I have another 10 years. I admire people who have the courage to work as self-employed artisans and not like most of us who warm our asses within a company.
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Thanks guys, for your concern.
The normal age to start withdraw retirement funds used to be 65. They just resently pushed that limit forward - to 67. Iâm 53 yo - so thatâs another 14 years to go 
Plenty of plans - but none of them grand 
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Jan ola I am saddened to hear of your lost job/career.
With your pleasant demeanor and obvious talents you will have many opportunities.
And what a blow to the local economy⌠120 years of stability.
I worked into my 50th year (age 69) with a very large engineering company before I decided to retire.
What a joy to. Wake up in the morning and ask yourself, what do I WANT to do today.?
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I started my building company when I was fifty JO. I had to get out of Ironwork because I had gotten asbestosis and was losing lung capacity and had to get into a cleaner kind of work. I started with a pick up truck and basic tools that I already owned. It was a struggle at first but I did pretty well until the economy collapsed in 2009 and I had to file for bankruptcy. That was a major blow, but By then I was lucky enough to be 62 and could start drawing my pension and Social Security. Mr Gibb is right. Now I wake up everyday and try and think of something useful to build. I think I was trying to figure out how to build something when I was in the womb.
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After a friend of mine retired his wife asked him âwhat are you going to do today?â He answered ânothingâ. She said âwell you did that yesterdayâ. He said âI know, but I didnât get doneâ. 
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