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   "SolutionsDIY"  wrote in message   
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   Thank you!  Great tips.   
      
   I also found on YouTube since I posted this message the terracotta   
   flowerpot tealight candle plus the Crisco emergency candle tricks.   
   What the heck, I have enough money to try the simple solutions.  At   
   the very least, cheaper than the candles I've been buying, if not a   
   lot of heat in the end.   
      
   Thanks!   
      
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   Walmart's black suede pile-lined boots at $20 are good foot insulation. I   
   buy the flat soled ones, which are pretty much unisex, since they don't   
   offer a mens' equivalent. The pair I'm wearing has lasted through 4 winters   
   of outdoor work. They remained fairly decent looking for two years. Now they   
   look like I just crawled out from under a car, which happens to be true. I'm   
   checking the alternator.   
      
   Insulated hunting garments, especially the coveralls, are made for sitting   
   still for hours in freezing weather. They are softer and more comfortable   
   than the equivalent work clothes, and cheaper at the end of the season. I   
   buy them large enough to fit over my regular clothes plus a sweater or   
   hoodie, and pin up the cuffs. In them I can comfortably sit watching TV at   
   40F, while experimenting to find minimally adequate electric backup heat for   
   my wood stove. Frozen plumbing is my insurance company's only concern with   
   wood heat.   
      
   I hope you are extremely careful with open flames indoors.   
   jsw   
      
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