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Old 02-17-2013, 03:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Rollo MB View Post
Yeah it was automated! Usually one of the kids was tasked with giving the grates a shake first thing in the morning and again before bed at night, or he/she was "automatically" smacked upside the head.

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Hey! That was my job.

Coal fires were dirty and unreliable - I was one stressed chicken being in charge of that sodding fire.
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