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Re: Simon and heated garage floors

To: Tombread@aol.com
Subject: Re: Simon and heated garage floors
From: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 15:28:01 -0800
I suppose you keep the salamander right next to the swamp cooler you use
in the summer. Turn them both on and you'll have a steam sauna. ;=)

Tombread@aol.com wrote:
> ... We don't need no
> stinkin' heated floor in Indiana.  Real racers make do with a salamander
> during the  winter months.  (A salamander is a metal tub with a detachable
> lid and stack that holds about 20 gallons of kerosene; you light the kerosene
> and the entire surface ignites, and you quickly clap the lid back on.  The
> device makes an ominous noise as it turns nearly red hot and roasts
> everything in a six foot radius.  It is particularly entertaining if you slop
> any of the fuel on the sides while you are replenishing it, as the whole
> infernal machine will come ablaze when you relight it.  It is a good way to
> find out just how effective your garage extinguishers are.)
> That said, I now have a swell hanging propane furnace in my garage, and a
> carpeted floor.

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