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The message c_qOe.9353$g47.2489@trnddc07
from "Travis" contains these words: Even though I Googled for it I can't find how a paraffin refrigerator works. Anyone? Thermosyphon, like an Electrolux. They do gas ones, electric ones and someone makes a paraffin one, probably Electrolux. There are also gas/electric ones on the market, mainly for caravanners. -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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from martin contains these words: On the web there is a report about somebody who is no more after he refilled a paraffin refrigerator with petrol. On the web there is a report of someone else he is no more after fitting his car with a JATO bottle and setting it off on a long, straight piece of road. But it's fiction. Though amusing. -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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The message DGxOe.10628$g47.7290@trnddc07
from "Travis" contains these words: Even though I Googled for it I can't find how a paraffin refrigerator works. Anyone? Same as a gas one. Since paraffin is a soild (isn't it) and gas is a gas I don't get it. 'Paraffin' is a group of hydrocabons which includes solids through to gases. The paraffin referred to is somewhere in the middle of the group and is called kerosene in Transpondia. -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article DGxOe.10628$g47.7290@trnddc07, Travis wrote: Since paraffin is a soild (isn't it) and gas is a gas I don't get it. Not at any civilised temperature, it isn't. It is a liquid. You are thinking of paraffin wax. Also don't confuse (liquid) paraffin with liquid paraffin :-) So you mean what we call kerosene? -- Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington USDA Zone 8 Sunset Zone 5 |
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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
The message DGxOe.10628$g47.7290@trnddc07 from "Travis" contains these words: Even though I Googled for it I can't find how a paraffin refrigerator works. Anyone? Same as a gas one. Since paraffin is a soild (isn't it) and gas is a gas I don't get it. 'Paraffin' is a group of hydrocabons which includes solids through to gases. The paraffin referred to is somewhere in the middle of the group and is called kerosene in Transpondia. Transpondia? When I Google that word I find something about bringing a visitor or fiance to the UK. This is getting really weird. -- Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington USDA Zone 8 Sunset Zone 5 |
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In article %VAOe.12345$g47.9087@trnddc07, "Travis" writes: | Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: | | 'Paraffin' is a group of hydrocabons which includes solids through | to gases. The paraffin referred to is somewhere in the middle of | the group and is called kerosene in Transpondia. Yup. | Transpondia? When I Google that word I find something about bringing a | visitor or fiance to the UK. It has been used to refer to our ex-colonies (especially the rebellious ones) in north America for some time - on UK newsgroups. | This is getting really weird. Nah. Try uk.rec.sheds. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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In article , Jaques d'Alltrades writes: | The message | from martin contains these words: | | On the web there is a report about somebody who is no more after he | refilled a paraffin refrigerator with petrol. | | On the web there is a report of someone else he is no more after fitting | his car with a JATO bottle and setting it off on a long, straight piece | of road. | | But it's fiction. | | Though amusing. Yes. The stories about people blowing themselves up by putting petrol into paraffin equipment are not fiction, though. Not at all. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article , martin writes: | On 23 Aug 2005 08:46:07 GMT, (Nick Maclaren) wrote: | | | This is getting really weird. | | Nah. Try uk.rec.sheds. | | Pervert! :-) Now, THAT'S unfair! I must stand up for the sheddies here. They aren't perverted, but are such independent thinkers that they have little direct contact with the real world[*] or even uk.rec.gardening. [*] As many authors have pointed out, the inside of ancient and well-cluttered storage units, such as sheds and wardrobes, tends to attach itself to other universes. Nobody knows why. This is why things disappear and strange things appear in such units, and accounts for the postings on uk.rec.sheds. And sometimes, posters drift in and out too.... I was here at the dawn of urs and voted for it, too. Then, RL got heck tick. But I like it here, so I'll waft across now and then. Ali |
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Guy King wrote:
The message from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words: [*] As many authors have pointed out, the inside of ancient and well-cluttered storage units, such as sheds and wardrobes, tends to attach itself to other universes. Nobody knows why. This is why things disappear and strange things appear in such units, and accounts for the postings on uk.rec.sheds. It also explains why the transitional imago stage between the embyryonic paperclip and the adult coathanger is never seen - it occurs in another fold. Ontological evidence suggests the "missing" stage looks like a teaspoon, which accounts for where all the teaspoons go. No, we already know where teaspoons go. They migrate to cupboards belonging to people like me, who don't take sugar in their tea. Richard |
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On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 08:49:42 +0100, Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
Oh drool. You'll have me weeping into my beer soon, stoppit :-) I also had an AJS 990 cc (?) Vee-twin side-valve for a while. BSA Bantam Bushman 125cc(??) 1947 Hilman Minx sidevalve (capacity unremembered!) delete Note to self - dont tell him about the Triumph Cub. /delete |
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On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:47:26 GMT, WaltA wrote:
On 23 Aug 2005 09:38:48 GMT, (Nick Maclaren) wrote: In article , martin writes: | On 23 Aug 2005 08:46:07 GMT, (Nick Maclaren) wrote: | | This is getting really weird. | Nah. Try uk.rec.sheds. | Pervert! :-) Now, THAT'S unfair! I must stand up for the sheddies here. Here ? Amongst us, now ? shed Can the minister explain how this was allowed to happen, where were our border patrols? Inside some huts drinking tea perhaps ? Consuming wild mushrooms gathered from their gardens and compost heaps ? What does the minister propose to do to rectify this situation. I propose that he should immediately begin a program of super-shed building to contain these miscreants. The Miscreants are in uk.misc, over there -- unless somebody crossposts this thread over there as well. -- Paul Clark you.missed - umist to reply Where there's hope there's disappointment. -- Point Counter Point, Aldous Huxley |
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