flask cleaning

Andy Crawford said:

Interesting that so many blokes responded to this one Judith ... don't you
think?

Vacuum flasks do seem to be a man thing. I have <quickly counts> 9
flasks and I have never found a woman who is remotely interested in
that fact.

Judith

Judith said:

Vacuum flasks do seem to be a man thing. I have <quickly counts> 9
flasks and I have never found a woman who is remotely interested in
that fact.

Try painting them pretty colours or knocking up a few embroidered
cosies for them to increase girlie interest. I can help with ideas for
colour schemes and stitch patterns if you like. Done all mine.

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Judith said:

Vacuum flasks do seem to be a man thing. I have <quickly counts> 9
flasks and I have never found a woman who is remotely interested in
that fact.

Try painting them pretty colours or knocking up a few embroidered
cosies for them to increase girlie interest. I can help with ideas for
colour schemes and stitch patterns if you like. Done all mine.

No one ever asked me if I were interested in vacuum flasks. I've got,
er, lessee, <counts in head> large, small, small, er... probably about
half a dozen stainless steel ones, a plastic wide necked one and a
couple of glass ones which I never use these days because they break so
easily. I'm not quite sure why I've got so many, and neither am I sure
why I've got so many of the small ones which don't seem to keep their
heat properly - but I have, and I'll probably add more to the collection
because I keep on seeing must-have special offers.

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Andy Crawford said:

Interesting that so many blokes responded to this one Judith ... don't you
think?

Vacuum flasks do seem to be a man thing. I have <quickly counts> 9
flasks and I have never found a woman who is remotely interested in
that fact.

Judith

Strange observation seeing as women can't survive without a cuppa and a
chinwag.

Oh I just noticed it is you Judith! You have nine flasks.. When are
you bringing one to South Wales again?
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

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Judith said:

Vacuum flasks do seem to be a man thing. I have <quickly counts> 9
flasks and I have never found a woman who is remotely interested in
that fact.

Try painting them pretty colours or knocking up a few embroidered
cosies for them to increase girlie interest. I can help with ideas for
colour schemes and stitch patterns if you like. Done all mine.

No one ever asked me if I were interested in vacuum flasks.

We all know you're a Kelly Kettle fan :-)

Can't beat a fresh brew - if you can light the damn kettle1

--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

W. D. Grey said:

Oh I just noticed it is you Judith! You have nine flasks.. When are
you bringing one to South Wales again?

Not for a while, I'm afraid. I have "the Scottish trip" to do first
and I can't decide whether the pleasure of a hot drink is worth the
weight of a flask.

Judith

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Judith wrote:
> Vacuum flasks do seem to be a man thing. I have <quickly counts> 9
> flasks and I have never found a woman who is remotely interested in
> that fact.

Try painting them pretty colours or knocking up a few embroidered
cosies for them to increase girlie interest. I can help with ideas for
colour schemes and stitch patterns if you like. Done all mine.

No one ever asked me if I were interested in vacuum flasks.

We all know you're a Kelly Kettle fan :-)

Can't beat a fresh brew - if you can light the damn kettle1

I'm getting quite good at it now - the trick is to use barbecue charcoal
and paper rather than wood to get it going. It takes an age to heat up
at first, but subsequent fills are quicker because the whole thing is so
much hotter. The main problem with the Kelly Kettle is that it's
perfectly capable of burning whatever ground it's sitting on - as I
found out a couple of years back on a piece of tarmac that's now got
something of a hole in it.

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Judith said:

W. D. Grey said:

Oh I just noticed it is you Judith! You have nine flasks.. When are
you bringing one to South Wales again?

Not for a while, I'm afraid. I have "the Scottish trip" to do first
and I can't decide whether the pleasure of a hot drink is worth the
weight of a flask.

You have to ballance the time spent boiling a fresh brew against the
weight penalty of carrying a tinned one. I think I'd leave the flask
at home.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

In article <[email hidden]>, Judith
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

W. D. Grey said:

Oh I just noticed it is you Judith! You have nine flasks.. When are
you bringing one to South Wales again?

Not for a while, I'm afraid. I have "the Scottish trip" to do first
and I can't decide whether the pleasure of a hot drink is worth the
weight of a flask.

Judith

Enjoy the trip.
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

Fran said:

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Judith said:

Vacuum flasks do seem to be a man thing. I have <quickly counts> 9
flasks and I have never found a woman who is remotely interested in
that fact.

Try painting them pretty colours or knocking up a few embroidered
cosies for them to increase girlie interest. I can help with ideas for
colour schemes and stitch patterns if you like. Done all mine.

No one ever asked me if I were interested in vacuum flasks. I've got,
er, lessee, <counts in head> large, small, small, er... probably about
half a dozen stainless steel ones, a plastic wide necked one and a
couple of glass ones which I never use these days because they break so
easily. I'm not quite sure why I've got so many, and neither am I sure
why I've got so many of the small ones which don't seem to keep their
heat properly - but I have, and I'll probably add more to the collection
because I keep on seeing must-have special offers.

I suspect the small ones lose their heat as fast as they do simply
because the manufacturers make them to exactly the same insulation
standards as the big ones, and it's just the old volume/surface-area
thing. Most of the heat loss occurs thru the stopper and round the
lip. I suspect you could improve heat retention by providing the thing
with a hat like a small tea cosy.

--
Chris Malcolm [email hidden] +44 (0)131 651 3445 DoD #205
IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
[http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]

Fran said:

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> Judith wrote:
> > Vacuum flasks do seem to be a man thing. I have <quickly counts> 9
> > flasks and I have never found a woman who is remotely interested in
> > that fact.
>
> Try painting them pretty colours or knocking up a few embroidered
> cosies for them to increase girlie interest. I can help with ideas for
> colour schemes and stitch patterns if you like. Done all mine.
>
No one ever asked me if I were interested in vacuum flasks.

We all know you're a Kelly Kettle fan :-)

Can't beat a fresh brew - if you can light the damn kettle1

I'm getting quite good at it now - the trick is to use barbecue charcoal
and paper rather than wood to get it going. It takes an age to heat up
at first, but subsequent fills are quicker because the whole thing is so
much hotter. The main problem with the Kelly Kettle is that it's
perfectly capable of burning whatever ground it's sitting on - as I
found out a couple of years back on a piece of tarmac that's now got
something of a hole in it.

I discovered that my Kelly can boil water for a stove-top espresso
maker, and then you can take the water-chimney off and complete the
coffee making by putting the espresso on top of the embers in the fire
pan, if necessary using a suitable grid of metal or twigs.

I've also discovered that every time I use the Kelly it produces water
with a kind of chalky deposit, which definitely doesn't come from the
local water. Is this something it will stop doing?

--
Chris Malcolm [email hidden] +44 (0)131 651 3445 DoD #205
IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
[http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]

On Fri, 7 Apr 2006 02:36:23 +0000 (UTC), Chris Malcolm
<[email hidden]> wrote:

[Flasks]

Quoted message said:

Most of the heat loss occurs thru the stopper and round the
lip. I suspect you could improve heat retention by providing the thing
with a hat like a small tea cosy.

I sometimes wrap my smaller flask in a sock if I need it to stay
hotter for longer.

Judith

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I've also discovered that every time I use the Kelly it produces water
with a kind of chalky deposit, which definitely doesn't come from the
local water. Is this something it will stop doing?

Er... dunno guv. I'll try to remember to check next time I use mine,
but I can't say it's something I've ever noticed.
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