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Old March 27th 12, 01:30 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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On 03/26/2012 09:41 PM, DhiaDuit wrote:
Watchin Modern Marvels on tee vee. Kingsford charcoal briquettes, home based in Michigan. What it was, Henry Ford hated waste, so he and some guys figured out how to turn all of that wood waste into charcoal for barbequing. America Barbeques, Thanks to Henry Ford. Sometimes, if you bought a new Ford car, you got a free bag of charcoal briquettes. One time in Vietnam a guy in one of our camps, he got awfuly sick, he was fixin to die. Some guys built a fire, then they scraped off the charcoal and mixed it half and half with water in a canteen. They made him drink two canteens of that stuff. It saved his life. Cut the light doggy, time to hit the sack. ///Dont forget my cookies, WOO WOO WOOF!///


A good example of why everyone should have a box of empty double-ought
gelatin caps handy. The charcoal works best when deoxygenated by heating
to about 250 degrees in a closed container.