[AT] OT-LP Gas fireplace insert

[Dick Day]

The nursing home where my mom stayed had one with remote control.  I don't 
know how efficient it was, but it was great to be around.

Dick

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Slavin" <chaunceyjb at sbcglobal.net>
To: <AT at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 11:45 AM
Subject: [AT] OT-LP Gas fireplace insert


> Hello everyone:
>
> I have a standard wood fireplace in my house that I haven't used in
> years.  Our heat is electric cable heat in the ceiling.  The
> fireplace in see-through with an opening in our living room and our
> bedroom.  Our house is a smallish ranch style and the living room is
> really a great room for the living room/dining room and open to the
> kitchen as well.  I'm thinking of adding an LP Gas fireplace insert.
> I'm thinking that would do a good job of heating our primary living
> areas since they're all open, with the electric heat as more of a
> backup.  Anyone have any experience with these and have any thoughts
> or recommendations?
>
> John Slavin
>
> ps:  Tractor connection:  I bought a 500 gal. LP Gas tank at my
> uncle's estate sale.  Tractors sold really high I thought.  I think
> every tractor brought more than he paid for it.  Newest tractor, an
> LT-90A AGCO that was 2 years old, sold for $50,000.00.  At a
> consignment sale the week before, good equipment sold the same way,
> HIGH.  One guy was heard to say that everything seemed to be selling
> for 50% more than what it could be bought a year ago.  Land prices
> are the same way.  Check out this site:
>
> <http://www.kansascityfed.org/home/subwebnav.cfm?
> level=3&theID=9754&SubWeb=12>
>
> there is an excel file called Land Values-KC
>
> It's for land within the Kansas City Federal Reserve area, and it's
> insane how much land has gone up the last year; twenty percent
> increase in value in the last quarter of 2007 alone.  If any of you
> would like to read it, but don't have excel, let me know.  I can get
> it and print it as a pdf file, assuming you have the free Acrobat
> Reader on your computer.
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