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Oldcodger · 30th Mar 2015, 2:06 pm

When I cleaned out my late dad's shed, there was his emergency cooker- an old gas bottle with a burner attached. I remembered it as a lad being used for a brew in his old shop, some 30 years ago. lit by a match ,what else.
I've always thought the ignitors on gas stuff a bit dodgy. Wife cleans our hob, and then there's a constant wail of "it won't light" . But cooking wise, we're dual ,as we still remember the days of power cuts.
I haven't seen party lines mentioned yet- and the phantom ringing or occasional bell tinkle, caused by poor mains equipment earth's.

30th Mar 2015, 2:06 pm	#113
Oldcodger Nonode Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: West Midlands, UK. Posts: 2,181	Re: Obsolete Technologies that baffle the modern generation. When I cleaned out my late dad's shed, there was his emergency cooker- an old gas bottle with a burner attached. I remembered it as a lad being used for a brew in his old shop, some 30 years ago. lit by a match ,what else. I've always thought the ignitors on gas stuff a bit dodgy. Wife cleans our hob, and then there's a constant wail of "it won't light" . But cooking wise, we're dual ,as we still remember the days of power cuts. I haven't seen party lines mentioned yet- and the phantom ringing or occasional bell tinkle, caused by poor mains equipment earth's.