I am, as always, on New Year's Eve looking forward to watching this programme on BBC2.
The needles on my Christmas tree are as dead as 2009, and litter the floor like a mass grave.
Yesterday I bought a 25kg bag of coal ready for the cold snap. I knew the bag did not contain traditional or premium house coal, but I was upset when using it in my fireplace it did not burst into flames after using 8 firelighters! So, I did a Google search...
Anthracite was first experimentally burned as a residential heating fuel in the USA on 11 February 1808, by Judge Jesse Fell in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on an open grate in a fireplace. Anthracite differs from wood in that it needs a draft from the bottom, and Judge Fell proved with his grate design that it was a viable heating fuel.
Once I ensured a good free flow of air from underneath, it burnt brilliantly into the early hours of the morning. Nevertheless, I might consider now getting a coal fired stove as opposed to an open fire...
Signing off now. See you in 2010.
Anthracite - does that give you anthrax?
ReplyDeleteI hope you see the New Year in suitable style, have a good one John and see you in 2010.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you too :-)
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year John :)
ReplyDeleteA Happy New Year to you, John, with gratitude and best wishes.
ReplyDeleteVery happy 2010 to you and Rocky!
ReplyDeleteUn abrazo