tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post1470396365309642788..comments2024-03-29T12:38:32.524+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Did they really?A K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-87705647742968226612017-04-15T18:08:50.246+01:002017-04-15T18:08:50.246+01:00Sam - I prefer to think of it as a flue cannon alt...Sam - I prefer to think of it as a flue cannon although I've heard that some people would set their chimney on fire to clear the soot.<br /><br />Roger - reminds me of Laurel and Hardy in Dirty Work, although in their case it wasn't intentional.<br /><br />Demetrius - but how did the Chinese laundry clear their flue?A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-75808419853336984982017-04-14T12:07:41.493+01:002017-04-14T12:07:41.493+01:00This was strictly for the common people. Others ha...This was strictly for the common people. Others had the chinese laundry to collect and return.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-38822943438680106412017-04-14T07:28:11.538+01:002017-04-14T07:28:11.538+01:00When I was a lad it was common to clean the chimne...When I was a lad it was common to clean the chimney with a shotgun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-65158628065774377392017-04-13T20:57:00.212+01:002017-04-13T20:57:00.212+01:00I would have thought it was a fairly safe process,...I would have thought it was a fairly safe process, with more "whoosh" than "whoomph". Just a flash of hot flame that burns up the previous residues.<br /><br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgV7d9OITzk <br /><br />Local boys might have had fun placing a tin tray over the top of the flue, and weighting it down with a load of bricks, though. Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.com