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RKP5637

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7. Those were neat stoves. My great aunt had one like that way up in the mountains and

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Reply #5)

Thu Jun 1, 2017, 12:45 PM

Jun 2017

kept it polished like brand new. The chrome absolutely sparkled. Then next to it was one of the big tanks they used to use for hot water with coils in the coal stove, except they burned wood. Those stoves were really really cool.

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At 3PM EDT the Barker in the WH will likely mandate a coal pot belly stove in every kitchen, a coal [View all] RKP5637 Jun 2017 OP

So why do we spend so much on defense? greymattermom Jun 2017 #1

MIC! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #2

Trump doesn't actually care about coal. Or coal miners. mn9driver Jun 2017 #3

Yep! And I sure hope they pay attention the next time around. He totally used them and millions RKP5637 Jun 2017 #4

My grandmother used coal left-of-center2012 Jun 2017 #5

So did my grandmother, on my father's side. MineralMan Jun 2017 #6

Part of me really misses some parts of those days. Similar experience. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #8

I used to ask my maternal grandmother about MineralMan Jun 2017 #9

Those were neat stoves. My great aunt had one like that way up in the mountains and RKP5637 Jun 2017 #7

Problem with coal furnaces, is sometimes when being loaded, the dust cause the shraby Jun 2017 #10

Wow, I was lucky. In the 80's I put an airtight coal furnace in the lower level of a split level RKP5637 Jun 2017 #11