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Randall Hess

August 29, 2014 08:45PM

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Hopefully they get to the bottom on occasion.

In the winter of 1977-78, when my wife was still a grad student at Indiana University, the coal miners went on strike, and by the time the winter was over the University reached the bottom of the coal pile used to heat the campus. It turned out that the coal at the bottom was several years old and had deteriorated to the point that it no longer generate much heat when burned.

(they ended up starting spring break a week early)

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The museum shouldn't run out of coal	CharlieMcCandless	August 29, 2014 06:33PM
Re: The museum shouldn't run out of coal	John Cole	August 29, 2014 06:43PM
Re: The museum shouldn't run out of coal	Randall Hess	August 29, 2014 08:45PM

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