I have a chunk of anthracite coal that looks really cool and I was going to try to carve it into something, but first I wanted to make sure it wasn’t too radioactive, have harmful levels of heavy metals, or cause other harmful effects from either casual handling or cutting into. Are there any?
Hi! I've recently moved into a house that has an anthracite heater in the bedroom and I'm keen to give it a try over the winter.
I wanted to know where the best place to get anthracite coal around the Parktown area is. From the (little) research I've done it's not a good idea to use normal coal and it doesn't seem that places like pick n pay, garages, etc. will have.
Any help would be appreciated :D
I was reading about the history of coal. I found it fascinating, so I ordered some PA anthracite from Amazon. Just for fun, I'd like to ignite a lump. I'd like to see a rock burn. How can I do this? I'm thinking I'll need more than just a match. Would a propane flame weeder be hot enough?
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"He has how many naughty points!?" Nick said, almost spitting out his pre-Christmas beer. "Accounting must have made a mistake, Ralph."
Ralph, the head gift elf, shook his head. Pointed ears wiggled slightly from side to side. "The grand ledger is never wrong. Jimmie Frost has been the naughtiest child we've ever seen living memory. Perhaps you shouldn't have explained the rules of our ritual contract to him in such great detail last year?"
"Did I do that?" Nick muttered, adjusting his elven-leather belt around his ever expanding tummy and consulting the magical book. It was getting quite stuffy in the indoor landing zone, and Prancer was pawing at Rudolph. "Was he the kid that stayed all night just to...good heavens, he laced the shampoo of everyone in town with itching powder!? How is that even possible?"
"You haven't reached the part where he removed the bolts from everyone's chairs. Or the part where he went to the football field every day of summer and fed the pigeons." Ralph shook his head.
Nick yanked an ornate lever. The ceiling slid open with a rusty groan and revealed gentle motes of snow falling from a full moon. "Skies are clear today. Why was that part bad exactly?"
"He blew a whistle and scattered feed every day at the same time. What do you think happened at the first football game of the year, when the referee blew the whistle to start the game? They were cleaning pigeon poop off the turf for hours."
As he loaded up the sleigh with far more coal than he thought he'd ever need, Nick winced. "That's pretty intelligent...I mean, utterly irredeemable. Still, this much coal, Ralph?" Even Blitzen was looking at him like he was crazy. The bag was almost bigger than the sleigh.
"We can adjust the amount next year when we renegotiate with the powers that let us dilate time," Ralph said. "But for today, we have to do it. If you do a quick trip now to Jimmie's house, you can still make the rest of the night."
The man known as Santa groaned and mounted the sled. "Donner, don't huff at me. I'm trying my best to lose weight, but all I have to eat around here are elvish ginger bread cookies. Let's go!"
After he parked the sled outside Jimmie's house, he used a space expansion charm to get the massive bag of coal down the chimney. It was a struggle. Nick considered filling the small stocking laid out for Jimmie by the fireplace, but he thought better of it. He could barely life
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