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Re: [lostengines] Dumb Suqqestion

Steve Matda wrote:
> Hmm. Wonder if the firebrick is even intact...water freezing and
> expanding over the years. And then there's the "hazardous materials"
> liability thing...

How about bottling, sealing and selling asbestos lagging? There
ought to be a fair amount of that..

It's going to be collectable in few years..

(Sorry - just joking.. :-))>

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Doug Harris
Manukau, New Zealand



Tue Jun 2, 2009 2:08 am

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GidDay All! I was wondering if anyone had maybe thought about bottling the close to 100 year old sinders from the fire boxes and sell them in tall clear jars...
nw215689
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May 30, 2009
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Are there still ashes left in the fireboxes???  I would have thought that after the last fire was dumped there wouldn't be any.   As with any fund raising...
Steve Matda
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May 31, 2009
3:38 pm

probably analyze the existing firebrick and have it replaced, selling the existing as momentoes or whatever, putting the buyer's custom name on them with a...
Lynn Willer
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May 31, 2009
5:21 pm

I bet Bob Clay or would've given enough money to not only save them but to cosmetically restore them also.   Martin ... From: Steve Matda <smatda@...> ...
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May 31, 2009
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Hmm.  Wonder if the firebrick is even intact...water freezing and expanding over the years.  And then there's the "hazardous materials" liability thing... ...
Steve Matda
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Jun 1, 2009
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... How about bottling, sealing and selling asbestos lagging? There ought to be a fair amount of that.. It's going to be collectable in few years.. (Sorry -...
Doug Harris
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Jun 2, 2009
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maybe building a model train in a bottle.... naw.. -Lynn- ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Lynn Willer
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Jun 3, 2009
9:48 pm

the firebox wont have water leaks, perhaps just air moisture. You could take some plastic spray coating and cover the brick. That would also stop pieces from...
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