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26taurus
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posted January 31, 2009 07:51 PM
 
What can you be thankful for today? I've been steadily thankful through the hard times and think it's alright to be thankful when things start to go "good" too. I got positive word today about something I've been waiting anxiously for that will alter the course of my life and take away much stress. A huge weight has been lifted and I feel like I can finally close a door and begin anew. Had a feeling things would start to move in this area with this set of eclipses. I'm thankful life after the Saturn return is slowly continuing to getting better and that eclipses don't always bring misfortune and bad news.  That hard work really does pay off. Relief, relief, relief and reward... It feels gooood. 
 Don't ask. Just had to send it out there. lol Are the tides shifting for anyone else? What can you celebrate today? IP: Logged |
LEXX
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From: Still out looking for Schrödinger's cat.........& LEXIGRAMMING... is my Passion!
Registered: Jan 2008
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posted January 31, 2009 08:01 PM
I was not bedridden today!
My beloved was home! 
My cats were being silly/funny! 
The old furnace still works!
My personal optimism is high!
And...
I am still losing weight!
Oh my, so many things to celebrate!  ------------------
Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain. IP: Logged |
26taurus
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posted January 31, 2009 08:04 PM
  nice LEXX.(similarly, i'm often thankful for my space heater because the old radiator in here doesnt work too well at all - and thankful electricity is included with the rent  ) IP: Logged |
LEXX
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From: Still out looking for Schrödinger's cat.........& LEXIGRAMMING... is my Passion!
Registered: Jan 2008
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posted January 31, 2009 08:07 PM
26taurus
You heat with a space heater and radiator...I love radiators! Especially the old fashioned water circulating ones!
We use fan/heat space heaters, and oil filled radiator style electric ones, to better warm certain areas as our circa 1966 furnace gets very cranky at times.------------------
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26taurus
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posted January 31, 2009 08:16 PM
Yeah, there are a lot of those water/steam type of old radiators here in new england, in the older buildings. There's something about them that I love too. Theyre like works of art. My last apartment had them too and they can be very hard to adjust to get the right amount of heat out (when they decide to come on). This one seems to work sporadically and not at the right times, so I got an oil filled space heater that does the job. Wow! That's an old furnace. The building i'm in now was built in 1900. Don't know when radiators arrived.... IP: Logged |
LEXX
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From: Still out looking for Schrödinger's cat.........& LEXIGRAMMING... is my Passion!
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posted January 31, 2009 08:38 PM
I hope you can forgive my segue here.
Like I said, I love radiators! 
And I agree as you said: quote:
There's something about them that I love too. Theyre like works of art.
Some of the scrollwork is very beautiful! quote:
History of Radiators and Vintage Radiators
They dry wet gloves, warm homemade pies, and, topped with a pan of water,
they can even humidify the air. But the primary reason old cast-iron radiators stand in millions
of American houses today is for their ability to gently and evenly heat a room.
Late Victorian–era ones with embossed scrollwork and floral motifs are also a reminder
of a time when even the most utilitarian fixtures featured high-style design and fine craftsmanship.Freestanding radiators date to the 1860s, when pioneering American heating contractor
Joseph Nason designed an accordion–shaped iron manifold with a central rod to hold its fins,
or sections, together. This steam system had a single pipe connecting the radiator to a boiler.
As the water boiled and steam rose to fill the radiator, it circulated through the fins and transferred heat to the room.
When the steam cooled, it condensed to water and drained back down the pipe and into the boiler, where it was reheated. By the early 1900s, these one-pipe steam radiators were being replaced by hot-water versions with two pipes—
one to carry water from the boiler to the radiator, and a second by which it exited and traveled back to the source
to repeat the cycle. These two–pipe radiators are the most desirable ones found at salvage yards today
because they work with both hot-water and steam boilers, says Chuck Bauer,
co–owner of Bauer Brothers Salvage in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
So whether you want just one vintage radiator to complete that finished basement
or enough to outfit a new addition,
you need to figure out which kind of heating system you have before you shop.
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