The old designs are always better

[Tony Scharf]

One only need look at dental tools from the 1800s to poke a whole in this
sweeping generalization ...
On Dec 28, 2011 6:03 AM, "The Dong" <dong at f2s.com> wrote:

> Here's my grumpy old man hot tips for 2012 ;)
>
> My other half got a hot water bottle as one gift recently in some
> allegedly global holiday event, but an old stoneware/fired one, not a daft
> rubber thing:
>
> http://www.**lovehotwaterbottles.com/**images/stoneware-hot-water-**
> bottle.jpg<http://www.lovehotwaterbottles.com/images/stoneware-hot-water-bottle.jpg>
>
> Pretty much like that. I had to make a rubber seal, but that was easy.
> Not a rare thing as they were hugely mass produced until the ghastly
> rubber ones took over. You might get one about the same price as a snazzy
> rubber one.
> The first test when filled, without preheating, with water from the kettle
> was a resounding success, with the bottle still at a comfortably warming
> temperature in the bed nearly 12 hours later!
> One of those rubber things would almost certainly be an icy block before
> waking up ;)
>
>
> I know it most definitely is a recent fad or quite fashionable at present
> to install a wood burning stove, but I really want one by next winter,
> simply because we have all been convinced that it is 'too much hassle' or
> 'not kind to the environment' to 'burn your own stuff for heat'.
> Of course, that's utter bullshit.
> Especially when you consider that I could collect enough _fallen_ wood
> each year over a few days or weeks to heat the house for free with just one
> 5-6kw stove, + it could keep a kettle hot for tea or be used to make soups
> or stews etc.
>
> I mean, that would save us about £400 per annum for a start on electricity
> bills, + keep the house potentially a lot warmer than it is now. What's the
> sense in not doing it and paying the electricity f'ckers heaps extra so
> they can lump us with extra carbon taxes which the government probably uses
> for wars because it's certainly not going on advancement of power
> technologies?
>
> Of course, the authorities have stuffed us all as regards the complex
> regulation for installing such a device, requiring high outlay to get
> certified installers for certain simple jobs, but hey ho. I'd probably also
> be breaking some 'law' or other for having the audacity to chainsaw up a
> fallen tree or bough on common land (as in not someone's garden or a park)
> but I don't f'kin care about that shit any more. As soon as I bags it, it's
> my wood, OK. Talk to the axe ;)
>
> Oh the sense in not moving _forward_ with the times....
> I just hope I can scrape up enough money to do it.
> It's not the stove cost, I can already afford that and have picked out a
> few designs, it's the cost of getting someone to certify the install, and
> I'll bet most companies will only do that if you pay them to do it.
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