Excellent attitude Henry!! Wish more folks thought your way. I tire of packing out others trash. Keep it up!! << > My wife and I have been taking summer...
HandyM2@...
Jan 1, 1999 1:31 pm
1091
Folks, I cooked myself a few pieces of toast about an five hours ago (sun just about to go down) today on my sand-bed cooker. Its a box with aluminium, ...
Michael Strates
mstrates@...
Jan 1, 1999 6:39 pm
1092
... Michael, Don't these two pieces of your sig go hand-in-hand... Yes, Linux rules! Could you share a little more detail on the specifications of this...
Scott Dudley
scottd@...
Jan 1, 1999 7:06 pm
1093
Have you ever considered putting some fins on the aluminum so that it would reach deeper into the sand? If so, then maybe you could find a way of lifting the...
Eugene Wong
eugenewong@...
Jan 1, 1999 8:34 pm
1094
On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, Scott Dudley wrote: SD> Don't these two pieces of your sig go hand-in-hand... Yes, Linux rules! Yup :-). SD> Could you share a little more...
Michael Strates
mstrates@...
Jan 2, 1999 4:58 am
1095
On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, Eugene Wong wrote: EW> Also, have you considered putting a better cover on it once the sun went EW> down so that no heat would leave...
Michael Strates
mstrates@...
Jan 2, 1999 4:58 am
1096
Folks, I'm not the administrator, but for this and other discussions, it's a good idea to not include what people wrote first or during a message because of...
Jeanne-Marie Moore
jmmoore@...
Jan 2, 1999 7:54 am
1097
... Not an admin either, but there seem to be two points which require clarification, and I'll trust Tom to take me to task for any inaccuracies ;). 1....
Nancy Braswell
merit-ra@...
Jan 2, 1999 2:08 pm
1098
Hello Michael: On an earlier posting Scott mentioned vermiculite and perlite as a possible insulator. At your higher temperatures of it might be perfect for an...
Bob Culbertson
scialfresco@...
Jan 2, 1999 4:08 pm
1099
... Lots of glazing, plenty of heat storage. I understand the mirrored reflector array, but how do you redirect sunlight/heat from the parabolic reflector...
Chris Smith
chriss@...
Jan 2, 1999 11:00 pm
1100
Happy New Year everyone. My name is Joe Wurth from Marcus, Iowa. I'm new to the list and looking forward to learning about solar cooking. I have never made a...
Joe Wurth
jawurth@...
Jan 3, 1999 3:04 am
1101
On Sat, 2 Jan 1999, Nancy Braswell wrote: NB> enough quoting to provide the context for a reply. Failure to do NB> this is just as confusing and annoying as...
Michael Strates
mstrates@...
Jan 3, 1999 6:12 pm
1102
... Would the administrator come out with some black and white rules about how things are to be done here? I'm amazed at how people seem to blatenly disrespect...
Eugene Wong
eugenewong@...
Jan 3, 1999 11:34 pm
1103
I must say that us-ascii is totally compatible with speech synthesizers of all types. Otherwise, could we return to the subject? j-m....
Jeanne-Marie Moore
jmmoore@...
Jan 4, 1999 2:59 am
1104
On Sat, 2 Jan 1999, Chris Smith wrote: CS> Lots of glazing, plenty of heat storage. I understand the mirrored CS> reflector array, but how do you redirect...
Michael Strates
mstrates@...
Jan 4, 1999 9:20 am
1105
Hi Having just bought a solar oven, my immediate goal is learning to cook with it. My longer term goal is to introduce building and using solar ovens to the ...
Cheya1212@...
Jan 4, 1999 9:30 am
1106
On Sat, 2 Jan 1999, Bob Culbertson wrote: BC> an inner layer. According to my "Pocket Ref" by T.J. Glover, 2.5cm thick BC> vermiculite has an R value of about...
Michael Strates
mstrates@...
Jan 4, 1999 10:05 am
1107
... According to my "Ceramics Industry" magazine's "Material Handbook" vermiculite is: "Hydrated biotite mica that has undergone alternation by further...
Bob Culbertson
scialfresco@...
Jan 4, 1999 12:39 pm
1108
In a message dated 1/4/99 10:01:21 AM, mstrates@... wrote: <<Yesterday in Melbourne was hot and cloudy. The sand bed heater didn't get over 60...
Elfpermacl@...
Jan 4, 1999 2:49 pm
1109
... Barbara Kerr has designed an oven like this and has made the plans available for sale. Check out http://www.accessone.com/~sbcn/walloven.htm More info at:...
Nancy Braswell
merit-ra@...
Jan 4, 1999 3:23 pm
1110
Perhaps our newer members would appreciate clarification here. We have people who pay for each byte they receive and we lose some precious overseas members...
Barbara Kerr
bkerr@...
Jan 4, 1999 6:47 pm
1111
Can anyone tell me if it is possible to make DIY WAPIs (for testing when pasteurisation temp has been reached in a solar cooker)? I know SCI makes and sells...
Dilys Beaumont
d.beaumont@...
Jan 6, 1999 1:47 pm
1112
Hello, I'm new to the list, and am extremely excited about solar cooking mainly as a hobby, for the healthy lifestyle and for doing my little part to help the...
Matt DeLacey
mdelacey@...
Jan 6, 1999 6:30 pm
1113
Dear Dilys, We make a simple pasteurization indicator for our Family Sol*Saver Solar Water Pasteurizer that could be made inexpensively in Tanzania, but the ...
Will Hartzell
will@...
Jan 6, 1999 6:44 pm
1114
Dear Colleagues, Please read the Tom's reply to me in response to my request for subcription to join in the discussion group on solar cooking. I will be very...
Sshrestha@...
Jan 7, 1999 8:07 am
1115
Dear List, Hi! I am brand new to the list (as well as solar cooking) and would like to introduce myself. My name is Kim Fasser, and I am an artist, wife, and a...
Kim Fasser
fasserb@...
Jan 9, 1999 3:13 pm
1116
Hi list, another newbe here. Les and Debbie Vaughn from Macedonia Illinois, a VERY SMALL town in rural Southern Illinois, population somewhere around 80 on a...
lesratite@...
Jan 9, 1999 6:07 pm
1117
Does anyone know if Cell-a-Tex (sic) insulation, can be used as insulation in a box cooker without any toxicity problems? Best regards, Jerry...
jlkielley@...
Jan 9, 1999 8:54 pm
1118
Dear members of the list, As I wrote in a message dated 09/22/98 I was in charge of the workshop on Solar cookers during the World Scout Jamboree held in...
Albert Sireau
asireau@...
Jan 9, 1999 8:59 pm
1119
Hi, I don't know how pertinent this is but when I first met my wife she had a solar cooker she had made out of a cardboard box. She used wadded up newspaper...
