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   Jim Wilkins to All   
   Re: Emergency, safe, alternative low-bud   
   04 Dec 21 10:37:27   
   
   From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "SolutionsDIY"  wrote in message   
   news:ue0mqgdaapivdsmiu7g397bk0f750qhg7n@4ax.com...   
      
   I live in an apartment.  And the idea is a large, heat-proof tile with   
   2 bricks and you put a flowerpot suspended over the bricks and tea   
   lights inside.  I'm not even thinking it's going to be a great source   
   of heat, but it's better than nothing.  And it'll be a source of   
   light, too, much safer than a candle in a holder, I believe.  I have a   
   supply of candles and tea lights, just need a terracotta flower pot.   
      
   Hey, not everyone has tons of money and at least this might help.   
      
   For light, there's also the Crisco and candle bit.  If I put in a   
   large coffee tin, might prove as a good source of light.  So I bought   
   a tub of Crisco and a package of tapered candles from Walmart.   
      
   If all this never gets needed, great!  But what if something is needed   
   and I didn't have these things on hand.  People learned from the power   
   outages in Texas a few months back.  Good to listen to what they have   
   to say as bargain solutions.   
      
   Thanks.   
      
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   again. I call that the Re in Research.   
      
   My degree is in Chemistry. I found that all you can expect from the first   
   few attempts at something new is to learn how to do it better.   
      
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