[pct-l] Stove canisters

[Steve McAllister]

People smoke to much crack, or they don't give damn, if they are
cooking with an alcohol stove on a wood table.

There's a lot a-holes in this world:-(



On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 3:24 PM,  <ned at pacificcrestcustombuilders.com> wrote:
> If these are from alcohol stoves, then I certainly would not use one in a
> tent, that's for sure!
>
> How can an alcohol stove user test around their stove while in use to make
> sure that it is not radiating sufficient heat or invisible flame onto the
> surface it sits on? Perhaps the addition of a large aluminum tray should be
> placed underneath to prevent what we see in this picture.
>
> What caused the forest fire in the background? Where is this picnic table?
>
> Mtnned
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Wright" <at2002 at mac.com>
> To: "David Ellzey" <david at xpletive.com>
> Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 12:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Stove canisters
>
>
>>
>> On Dec 9, 2009, at 2:57 PM, David Ellzey wrote:
>>
>>> If a picture is worth a 1000 words, what does this one say about alcohol
>>> stoves?
>>> http://redgypsy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/2g-alcoholstoverings.jpg
>>>
>>> It appears to me that sense burning alcohol is virtually invisible that a
>>> lot of people don't even know they have a spill or leak flame going on.
>>
>> It says that you shouldn't use an alcohol stove on a bare wood surface.
>> Those circles aren't evidence of a spill or leak or an invisible flame. It
>> just indicates that the stove/flame is hot enough and close enough to the
>> surface to char the wood.
>>
>> Radar
>> _______________________________________________
>> Pct-l mailing list
>> Pct-l at backcountry.net
>> http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l
>>
>> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus
>> signature database 4674 (20091209) __________
>>
>> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
>>
>> http://www.eset.com
>>
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Pct-l mailing list
> Pct-l at backcountry.net
> http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l
>



-- 
... when your feeling blue, and you've lost all your dreams, there's
nothing like a campfire and a can of beans!
   -- Tom Waits

http://kayakbrooklyn.blogspot.com