Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6743 invoked from network); 9 Jan 2001 21:27:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO warrior-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.227) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 9 Jan 2001 21:27:10 -0000 Received: (qmail 27052 invoked from network); 9 Jan 2001 21:21:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by warrior with SMTP; 9 Jan 2001 21:21:43 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14G65g-0005Wz-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Tue, 09 Jan 2001 21:14:00 +0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from mail.sitestar.net ([205.160.234.10] helo=mail.neocom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14G65e-0005Wu-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 09 Jan 2001 21:13:59 +0000 Received: from sitestar.net (reston-gnap-ip-216014-141.dynamic.ziplink.net [216.8.14.141]) by mail.neocom.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA03121 for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 16:13:34 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: <3A5B7EF9.2759C465@sitestar.net> Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 16:13:29 -0500 From: "Rye Gewalt" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: Re: LF: Bonfires (and wet wood) References: <133.200101081426@gemini> <3A5AEACE.FB9B17B4@sitestar.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Oooops --- another little language problem as we converse across the pond. Here is the states Paraffin is generally considered to be the hard waxy kind of stuff --- typically sold in food stores to use to seal home made jelly in glass containers. >>From the Colonies.... Rye "M.J.Powell" wrote: > In message <3A5AEACE.FB9B17B4@sitestar.net>, Rye Gewalt > writes > >I seem to recall that the old timers (I'm one myself > >now) used to boil dry > >wood in paraffin to make insulators for open wire > >feeders. > > Paraffin Wax, not the liquid form, I think from memory. > > Mike > -- > M.J.Powell