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shraby

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10. Problem with coal furnaces, is sometimes when being loaded, the dust cause the

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #7)

Thu Jun 1, 2017, 01:01 PM

Jun 2017

coal to explode. Singed my brothers eyebrows one day, nasty stuff sometimes. We went from a wood stove upstairs to a coal furnace in the basement to an oil furnace.

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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