Earl Wrote:
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> Roger Hogan Wrote:
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> > Earl Wrote:
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> > > Technically slack is coal that has been left
> > out
> > > in the elements for sometime, and has had
> some
> > of
> > > the volatiles leached out of it by the
> weather.
> >
> > > I've heard of old coal left in in a tender as
> > > being useless because it was "slacked out"
> and
> > > won't burn. Fines are the consistency of
> dirt
> > > with small pebbles of coal mixed in. Slack
> > coal
> > > can be fines or small pieces up to 1".
> > >
> > > Just picking nits here........("
")
> >
> > Thank you Earl. You saved the day again.
>
> I'll add it to your tab. Will be in town next
> week (what a better way to spend my 60th b-day).
> I'll stop in and say "howdy".
YES, YES please stop by and say HI.