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[zeitghost]

You'll just have to try harder this week then.

Damn right.

Maybe a couple of ciggies left burning around the place.

[RichardCranium]

The person with the elephants is back. They are being settled down in the flat upstairs with a cup of tea and a bun to watch daytime TV.

Or whatever it is that elephants do all day.

[RichardCranium]

Any idea how much Angie charges?

No idea.

Just after I finished typing that, the obvious response occurred to me.

"Angie doesn't live here any more. Angie had a room on the second floor. Sorry Angie left no forwarding address that was known to me."

Hey ho. Maybe next time.

[DaveB]

Damn right.

Maybe a couple of ciggies left burning around the place.

A couple of longish 3 phase cables with a high draw appliance on them left coiled up over the weekend?

[zeitghost]

A couple of longish 3 phase cables with a high draw appliance on them left coiled up over the weekend?

That's almost as good as the candle in the tub of lard method.

[DaveB]

That's almost as good as the candle in the tub of lard method.

With the added advantage that they wouldn't look out of place should anyone come nosing around. (Unless they were already on fire by that point of course.)

[zeitghost]

With the added advantage that they wouldn't look out of place should anyone come nosing around. (Unless they were already on fire by that point of course.)

Indeed.

Might be difficult to explain the need for a lit candle in a tub of lard in the lab.

Though I suppose "experiment" covers a variety of meanings

[DaveB]

Indeed.

Might be difficult to explain the need for a lit candle in a tub of lard in the lab.

Though I suppose "experiment" covers a variety of meanings

You were setting up for an experiment based on analysing the spectrum of light emitted by different sources and needed something to hold the candle in place. Simples.

[RichardCranium]

You were setting up for an experiment based on analysing the spectrum of light emitted by different sources

Hence the paraffin lamp and butane lantern. With spare fuel for both.

[RichardCranium]

... and the bloody great Fresnel lens on the windowsill.