[Other] Did you guys know... ?

[strawman]

"Virgin firewood" is wood cut for firewood which has never been used for any other purpose. In most states its illegal to burn building materials and recycled wood, though it's rarely prosecuted except in large scale or particularly egregious cases. Permits can be used to allow one to burn refuse material, for example for bonfires.

"And then there were none" is Agatha Christie's best selling mystery/murder novel with over 100 millions sales to date, which is equivalent to 3,770 sales per day since its first printing in 1939. In it ten murderers are stranded on an island, and killed one by one by an unknown assailant. It has undergone two name changes (with minor associated revisions to the text) since its initial release due to concerns of racism, from "ten little niggers" to "ten little indians" to "and then there were none"

 

[checkeredhat]

"Virgin firewood" is wood cut for firewood which has never been used for any other purpose. In most states its illegal to burn building materials and recycled wood, though it's rarely prosecuted except in large scale or particularly egregious cases. Permits can be used to allow one to burn refuse material, for example for bonfires.

The reason is that in processing and treating wood for building supplies, some chemicals are used which are released when you burn it. I'm thinking it's likely some kind of pesticide to ward off termites, but I don't actually know too much about it, all I know my dad was adament that we not burn the old couch, so we had to wait until my dad went to work to burn the old couch.

 

[strawman]

Any wood which is imported has to be heat treated or chemically treated for bugs to prevent an invasive species, such as the emerald ash borer, from hitching a rid and destroying the US forests. Due to the invasion of the emerald ash borer regulations have become more strict, covering the movement and sale of any wood even within the US to slow its spread.

Almost all upholstered furniture these days is made from laminated wood laminated with epoxy and cheap thin cut wood. The lamination provides strength to even cheap, weak woods, while still being lighter and cheaper than metals or plastics.

 

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[TommiR]

As with many humans, when sharks are depressed they might go on an eating binge.

It's all our fault.

 

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[North_Ranger]

The reason is that in processing and treating wood for building supplies, some chemicals are used which are released when you burn it. I'm thinking it's likely some kind of pesticide to ward off termites, but I don't actually know too much about it, all I know my dad was adament that we not burn the old couch, so we had to wait until my dad went to work to burn the old couch.

Maybe he didn't want you to blow up the county when all those farts stuck in the cushions suddenly ignite in a roaring inferno of all-consuming flames?

 

[checkeredhat]

Maybe he didn't want you to blow up the county when all those farts stuck in the cushions suddenly ignite in a roaring inferno of all-consuming flames?

We weren't burning the cushions. God no. I'm sure that burning that foam is a terrible idea. It was an OOOOOOOOOOOLD couch that we had rebuilt a dozen times. The whole thing was wood, with no upholstery.

 

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