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  • seasalt_2
    seasalt_2 Posts: 358 Forumite
    edited 17 September 2010 at 8:26PM
    RAS wrote: »
    Anyone got a storm kettle?

    No but I really, really want one! Have been looking and balking at the price for years and they are now nearly twice as much as when I first looked!

    We do, however, have a BBQ/firepit made out of an old lorry wheel - well that's all it is really with a salvaged oven rack on top!
    Jan 2011 GC £300/£150.79 (2 adults, 2 teens, working dog, includes food/cleaning/toiletries)
  • RAS
    RAS Posts: 35,780 Forumite
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    seasalt wrote: »
    No but I really, really want one! Have been looking and balking at the price for years and they are now nearly twice as much as when I first looked!

    Maybe look up rocket stoves - they can be made out of a couple of those big catering oil cans. if you have ash or sand, use that to insulate.
    seasalt wrote: »
    We do, however, have a BBQ/firepit made out of an old lorry wheel - well that's all it is really with a salvaged oven rack on top!

    Sounds great. As long as it cooks, who cares?
    If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing
  • mardatha
    mardatha Posts: 15,612 Forumite
    I've got a Kelly Kettle, but my youngest son seems to have pinched it. Amazing things.
  • RAS
    RAS Posts: 35,780 Forumite
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    mardatha wrote: »
    I've got a Kelly Kettle, but my youngest son seems to have pinched it. Amazing things.

    Which is why he "borrowed it". What happens if you ask for it to be returned, mardatha?

    I have seen some very battered ones still working - think something large (branch or somesuch) landed on one of them.
    If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing
  • mardatha
    mardatha Posts: 15,612 Forumite
    Quite possibly a large branch or somesuch could land on my son's head if he didnt hand it back soonish then .. ;)
  • NualaBuala
    NualaBuala Posts: 2,507 Forumite
    mardatha wrote: »
    Quite possibly a large branch or somesuch could land on my son's head if he didnt hand it back soonish then .. ;)
    :rotfl:
    Thanks for the chuckle
    Trying to spend less time on MSE so I can get more done ... it's not going great so far! :)
    Sorry if I don't reply to posts - I'm having MAJOR trouble keeping up these days!

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  • RAS
    RAS Posts: 35,780 Forumite
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    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    Lucky lad.
    If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing
  • ChocClare
    ChocClare Posts: 1,475 Forumite
    Here we are again, chaps. We've survived the end of the world as we know it and we're on to Day Four - sublime to the ridiculous, back to something far more doable.

    Have fun!
  • NualaBuala
    NualaBuala Posts: 2,507 Forumite
    ChocClare wrote: »
    Here we are again, chaps. We've survived the end of the world as we know it and we're on to Day Four - sublime to the ridiculous, back to something far more doable.

    Have fun!
    Not a chance I'm going to try this one :D
    Trying to spend less time on MSE so I can get more done ... it's not going great so far! :)
    Sorry if I don't reply to posts - I'm having MAJOR trouble keeping up these days!

    Frugal Living Challenge 2011
    Sealed Pot #671 :A DFW Nerd #1185
  • mardatha
    mardatha Posts: 15,612 Forumite
    :eek: Oh my god neither am I !
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