Lili Krakowski on sat 4 dec 04
frozen northern glazes; The Dutchess of Windsor's sister
As always Janet's words were golden. But let me ask this. Does anyone =
remember the song "Mares eat oats, and does eat oats, and little LAMBS =
eat ivy...."? A joyous song, indented to be silly? =20
Well this discussion of water heaters, furnaces, dryers, and KILNS =
starting fires reminds me of that song. Yes, appliances can do dreadful =
things. WHAT does this have to do with kilns? NO one claimed =
appliances are infallible, and no one claimed they cannot start fires. =
BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN unattended or badly wired or badly maintained =
kilns cannot start a fire.....
To argue that because all these appliances can start fires it is ok to =
ignore your kiln, is --sorry, folks--like telling your fifteen year old =
daughter that because she rides a bicycle through traffic, and plays =
soccer it is ok for her to have unprotected sex! =20
A kiln has to be properly installed and maintained, and proper =
precautions taken....
STOVE PIPE AS VENT: I do not know how hot the gases in vents get. BUT =
stove pipe is not a high temp thing...I have expereience with wood =
stoves--those things can get glowing red under some (bad) circumstances. =
Better double check.
FROZEN GL:AZES: Was the firing time affected when you used boiled =
glazes? Could it have a been a slower firing? Kilns ARE affected by =
their own personal temp--in cold weather it takes a bit longer for their =
insides to heat up. ALSO, and I have mentionned this before....Around =
here, farm country we used to have severe voltage drops in winter: short =
days (extra lights), icy weather (extra electricity for heaters) =
milking (machines using electricity) This slowed down my firings =
considerably. There is a way of checking--electrician stuff....But =
maybe the utility can tell you....
The Dutchess of Windsor's sister: someone asked for more about her. =
It amazes me that she is so unknown, considering she is imaginary. =
Egotte waas born around the tern of the century, which may explain her =
birdlike eating habits. As a slip of a girl she married Arthur "Red" =
Clay, and went with him to Japan on their honeymoon. It was quite =
common in those days for couples to spend their honeymoons together. =
She became immensely impressed with It All, and vowed to become an =
Unknown Craftswoman, which she admirably succeeded in doing. The =
marriage however dunted, and Egotte went to Cornwall, where she soon =
became even less known for her tall thin vases. During WWII she was =
reduced to making sewer pipe--which she threw admirably. Then disaster =
struck. Yep. As her other war time job she baked pasties for the =
soldiers. Unfortunately the American Press took up this news, and =
tabloid headlines screamed: " Duchess's sister distributes pasties to =
soldiers!" This soon became : Egotte visits soldiers with pasties" =
Alas, alack, as pasties are one thing in Cornwall, and another =
here....To maintain the Alliance with Britain, Egotte was declared =
crazed--and disappeared from view. =20
=20
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
John K Dellow on sun 5 dec 04
frozen northern glazes; The Dutchess of Windsor's sister
Lili Krakowski wrote:
>As always Janet's words were golden. But let me ask this. Does anyone remember the song "Mares eat oats, and does eat oats, and little LAMBS eat ivy...."? A joyous song, indented to be silly?
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No lili, but do I remember the ditty " take a pound on Mandy Rice and pinch of Kristeen Keller(spelling:)) and put them together and get one very sexy sheler.
John
John Dellow "the flower pot man"
From the land down under
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