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Post by JohnV on May 15, 2017 19:47:30 GMT
Daily Mail ?
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Post by patty on May 15, 2017 19:52:19 GMT
John, you are getting very inventive ...I would never have considered using such fine examples of journalism as fire fodder....
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Post by bodger on May 15, 2017 20:11:59 GMT
more accurately, the title should read 'ne'er shed a clout till THE may is out'. ....... the may tree blossoms, that is.
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Post by Jim on May 15, 2017 20:16:42 GMT
more accurately, the title should read 'ne'er shed a clout till THE may is out'. ....... the may tree blossoms, that is. Your right about the tree,but commonly there is no THE used in the saying, hence the confusion amongst lesser mortals.
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Post by patty on May 15, 2017 20:35:51 GMT
ah well my mum used to say the month whereas Granny Glad maintained the May blossom...... mums concern focused not on casting or shedding a clout rather when safe to put in her precious bedding plants and that was June 1st..
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Post by bodger on May 16, 2017 7:42:30 GMT
more accurately, the title should read 'ne'er shed a clout till THE may is out'. ....... the may tree blossoms, that is. Your right about the tree,but commonly there is no THE used in the saying, hence the confusion amongst lesser mortals. sorry to say, only ignorant people omit the 'THE'. that may be common but it ain't right.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 8:20:18 GMT
Ignorance is the bliss. I love it
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Post by smileypete on May 16, 2017 9:52:40 GMT
Strip of cotton fabric rolled up to firelighter size and dipped in diesel or similar. Good excuse to hoard old T shirts and jeans
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 11:00:19 GMT
I just lit the fire as its a bit nippy. I usually use normal firelighter blocks and kindling. Has anyone tried the gel BBQ stuff ? Any other techniques. Not to light a fire but to light a BBQ, yes. And to be honest it's pretty useless. It was of course created to stop people spraying lighter fuel onto already alight coals and therefore causing a small explosion and thus setting themselves alight rather than the BBQ. They also reduced the amount of flammable content in it to render it almost ineffective. Jan was the chief fire lighter on our boat and she never used anything other than kindling/newspaper or if we had some some of the blocks you refer to.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 13:12:47 GMT
Not if it means buying it. Rog
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Post by Stumpy on May 16, 2017 13:28:54 GMT
Invite this fella to light your stove Or, invest in one of these But if you're normal like the majority on here, you could just stick to the old tried & tested method of dry kindling and a firelighter
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Post by Saltysplash on May 16, 2017 13:58:23 GMT
I just use firelighters
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Post by JohnV on May 16, 2017 14:54:26 GMT
Invite this fella to light your stove Or, invest in one of these But if you're normal like the majority on here, you could just stick to the old tried & tested method of dry kindling and a firelighter Naaah !!! toy town stuff ......... this is the Daddy !!!
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Post by Stumpy on May 16, 2017 15:09:55 GMT
B'Jesus.....Lets go for the full Monty then shall we. Enough of this kids stuff about dry kindling etc etc
Cue the music
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Post by bodger on May 16, 2017 16:20:31 GMT
I hate lighting my own farts.
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