"Jim Hall" wrote:

Sorry, Lew.. Hope you're not offended by my making light of it..

Not at all.

At 62, in a house that's 20 years old and totally paid off, I'm
hoping the termites will allow me to live out the rest of my
retirement here without too much trouble.

Understand.

I live next to a forest and come September on a warm evening or two
the sky has quite a few big termites flying around like minature
helicopters looking for a new home.. I have never stacked firewood
next to the house or seen a termite crawiling around by the
woodstove, so if they're coming or here, its not obvious yet.. You
know the old saying, ignorance is bliss..

I grew up in a house my parents built in a woods, and yes once had
termites.

Those litter buggers can definitely live in cord wood, so if I were
you, I'd plan accordingly.

Lew