Steve,
> kept it hot and had a stove that put out so much heat it made the 
> insulation a drawback
True family story. Natives on the Allegheny Reservation in Western NY 
were relocated for the Kinzua Dam. New houses were built for them with 
electric power, and heat, that I understand was to be free of charge. 
The story as I remember it is that my stepfather's friend's uncle had 
such a house. In the fall the old man procured and stacked on the front 
porch enough cords of wood to last him the winter. At some point someone 
turned on the electric heat. Midwinter a visit was made to the old man. 
He was found amiably sitting out on the porch in the snow with the door 
open. Asked why he was sitting out there his comment was the house was 
too hot.

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