[Elecraft] cord vs. rick

[Chris Kantarjiev]

> Well, a cord is a fraction of a cord; more specifically, a 8'x4'x24" 
> rick is 1/2 cord, but if 16" pieces, it is 1/3 cord; one-third of a cord 
> is also sometimes called a fireplace cord, stove cord, rick, or rank. 
> Webster defines a rick simply as a pile.

Interesting. 

I knew about cord and rick dimensions from my youth. The term I run into
around here is "face cord". I'm guessing that it's just another term
for rick.

It's been a cold winter at the cabin; last year's wood isn't dry enough
to burn yet, and we've used up what we stacked last summer. Oh well.
A lot of our wood is 'deadfall' from the creek ... we had a really good
crop going, until a particularly high flood which swept it all (including
a few 15' telephone pole-sized chunks) downstream somewhere. We may
have to search farther afield this year.

73 de chris K6DBG