[AT] Gas can rant

[Mike]

Well if Jill came along to fill my tanks, I might buy a few. Wife may 
not see it the same way though :)

On 7/27/2015 1:08 PM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> I'm very impressed with the thought that went into the No Spill design.  I
> might need to own a few of those.  Thanks for sharing that.
>
> SO
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 6:26 PM, Jason DeJoode <dejoodster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Can't believe y'all are having so much trouble with a gas can. Maybe you
>> need  No Spill Jill to show you how.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 23, 2015, 6:23 AM Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> For a long time around here (corn belt) the standard method of wood /
>> coal
>>> stove lighting was to keep 3 or 4 dried corn cobs soaking in a quart can
>>> about half full of kerosene. Even city folks would go get a big basket
>> full
>>> of cobs from the elevator/mill or some farmer they knew. Today few people
>>> have access to corn cobs.
>>> We started heating with wood/coal in 1965 and have used (mostly wood) for
>>> all or part of our heat ever since. We have started a lot of fires... We
>>> don't start many now since the wood furnace holds fire so well. We joke
>>> about only starting one fire a year. It doesn't really work quite like
>> that
>>> but close to it.
>>> We have been having to buy firewood for a number of years now due to
>> health
>>> issues but the cost of a winters supply of firewood is less than the cost
>>> of one month of mid winter heat off of the gas pipe-line. This is a big
>>> house and while it is pretty well insulated it is a bit hard to heat just
>>> by its stretched out nature.
>>> I avoid using anything like K-1 as fire starter. We have a steady supply
>> of
>>> dry twigs from all of the trees.
>>> The Dotson brothers became world famous for their fire starting skills /
>>> smoke signals at Portland.
>>> :-)  :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Francis Robinson
>>> aka "farmer"
>>> Central Indiana USA
>>> robinson46176 at gmail.com
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> AT mailing list
>>> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
>>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> AT mailing list
>> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
>>
> _______________________________________________
> AT mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
>