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Subject:Re: simple heat for stove top, e-bay
From:neil N
Date:Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:15:39 -0800

In that scenario, in the battle of "rock paper scissors" rock wins!

Neil.

On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 1:04 PM, John C... <Trvlr2001@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi All,
>  been there done that !!!
>  High Uinta's 4th July no less !
>  Coldest night I've ever experienced there !!!
>  ( We were either in tents or just on the ground in bags )
>  Finally after experiencing bone chilling cold for an hour
>  and worrying about freezing to death.
>  Both for myself and my family,
>  I got up, pulled football sized rocks out of the fire pit,
>  wrapped them in towels and placed
>  one in everybody's sleeping bags.
>  I truly believe it saved our lives that night !!!
>  best,
>  John C...
>
>
>  -------------- Original message --------------
>  From: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
>
>
> > For sure. Either that or a rock.
>  >
>  > Or maybe a rock straight from the fire. (can you imagine the tongs? --- ;^)
>  >
>  > Neil.
>  >
>
>
> > On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 5:12 PM, Rob wrote:
>  > >
>  > > At 2/23/2008 04:01 PM, rpc wrote:
>  > > >I haven't seen this before. Simple and cheap.
>  > > >
>  > > > E-bay item # 280201712547
>  > > > I'd like to see if the flame remains on the stove burner or
>  > > > migrates up onto the cone like a cat heater.
>  > > >
>  > > > I wouldn't leave it on all night. It's going to be -9 tonight.
>  > > > Global warming ain't what it used to be...
>  > > >
>  > > > Chris C
>  > > > 90MV
>  > >
>  > > Simple and cheap is a clay garden pot set on the burner (with the
>  > > pointy end up). The clay pot gets hot and gives off heat.
>  > > Not for the person who doesn't have common sense but a lot better than
>  > nothing.
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > Rob
>  > > becida@comcast.net
>  > >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > --
>  > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco"
>  >
>  > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
>  > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>

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