Stove Names and Sympathetic Magic
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In all fairness to the manufacturer they're only promising one "happy thought" - and no heat as far as I can tell.
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"Old Honesty" stove spotted today on Kijiji. No pics of the complete stove - only extreme close-ups.
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Uh-oh. Close-ups only of the stove brings into question, ironically, the seller's honesty.
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Manalto wrote:Uh-oh. Close-ups only of the stove brings into question, ironically, the seller's honesty.
Or, if the seller is like some of us here, a storage area that is so tightly packed with future projects that getting any distance away to photograph it was impossible...
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There's some new stuff with unfortunate naming too... I distinctly remember two gas BBQs named Kilimanjaro (doesn't get hot) and Vesuv (blows up in your face)!
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Happy Thought stove in action, c.1940: