Hy
Stovers.
I was a “listener”
in the stoves list for some time; we (me and my group) are from now on full
participants.
A few words to
introduce my group, our project and myself. (We hope to have a web site
running in one or two months with more info)
<snip here - but thanks for providing nice detail. I believe you are
the only list member in Argentina.>
3) We must
consider both cocking and heating and solve, one way or other, the lighting
aspect. (Daylight in winter is less than eight hours and in winter 75% of time
is cloudy, > 6/8 of clouds) A wood gas light perhaps?
RWL4. We have had almost no discussion on this
list about lighting - I think demonstrating that we haven't tried enough and
that it is a difficult problem. Modern US stoves all (?) have a high
temperature ceramic "glass" to get some illumination out - but mostly to allow
a better view of the flames - for aesthetic reasons. Probably too
expensive for practical replacements for a 3-stone stove. I hope others
will suggest good options. Yours of using wood gas is well worth
pursuing - it has been mentioned by Tom Reed - but not integrated to any stove
that I am aware of.
<snip>
3)
A question: (candid answers requested) is my English
easily understood? (My sons speak English much better than me, I can made it
corrected if necessary)
(RWL): No problems for most of us, I am
sure. Not worth pointing out the small differences. (But "Paul" is
a masculine name.)
4)
Second question: We are metric people: Do you bother if we
use only metric units or do you prefer we use English/American ones? (It is no
burden, I have a nice Java applet running in my PC capable of doing even the
most strangest unit conversions)
(RWL): I personally try to use nothing but metric units and I
believe most list members try to do the same. Please do NOT yourself try
to return to "English" (American) units. Maybe you can help Americans
out of a terribly bad habit.
Yours
truly
Roberto E.
Escardó
Araóz 2689 1425 Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Argentina
tel: +
54 11 4834 6190
robertoescardo@arnet.com.ar
(RWL): Again - Thanks for providing
this fine introduction. You have made some strong "stoves" connections
already and I assume will get more ideas - hopefully especially on
lighting. You will be helping a lot of us by asking questions
especially.
Ron
