annsemple on sat 4 dec 04
frozen northern glazes; The Dutchess of Windsor's sister
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lili Krakowski"
To:
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 6:23 AM
Subject: MIsc: unattended kiln rationalres; stove pipe, 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?
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!
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.
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
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