Good Evening, Lads and Lassies, Yesterday, I received a package of stoves from "Down Under", and I must say that I'm quite pleased with what I found inside! I got three stoves from our Stove Brother, Albert White, and must say that, anyone who does business with Albert, will get MORE than their money's worth in return!! Inside my stove care package, I found the three stoves I'd ordered: 1 - Pre-1911 Primus #1, with roarer burner and pot support. 1 - Companion Stove, made in Australia, with silent burner and pot support (very nice, by the way). 1 - Handi Quick Boil stove, also made in Australia, with Handi roarer burner and pot support. This stove, once it's cleaned up, will be a companion to my Handi Stovette, and I'm quite pleased to own it!! All of these stoves made the long trip from "Down Under" in pretty good shape, with only one small problem. I can take care of this easily, and I'm glad the Post Office didn't do more damage than they did!! Albert was also kind enough to include a bag of spares, which will come in "Handi", one of these days!! I know that Brother Albert hates me to call him this, but he IS a true Gentleman!!! I define a "Gentleman" as one who is always true to his word, just like many in the old days. There are plenty of "fancy pants" out there these days, who like to consider themselves "gentlemen". But, to me, most of these cats will never hold a candle to a true Gentleman, like Albert!! So, there you have it! I will clean up these three, fix the small shipping damage that occurred, and display them with pride!! Thanks, Albert, for a fine transaction, and for being a Gentleman, who is true to his word!! That cuts a lot of mustard in my book, my Friend!! Take care, and God Bless! Every Good Wish, Doc Mark
"Beware if you turn up with gingernut bicuits,he will eat the lot." Never, never, not eve, take a knife to a gun fight. lance
To the Cessnock swapmeet this morning, one thousand stalls, but no ice on the tables at 7am this year. A good showing of wick lamps, a few pressure lamps, solder butts, blowlamps, and a lot of stoves. From ones without burner rings at $5 to a nice Handi QuickBoil at $50, but all common makes for around here. I came away with a Primus No 1 fitted with an adjustable burner, because I wanted the cast iron pot ring made by Brandts Sydney. Cannot find my magnifying glass, so date code on the stove base could be C or O. It has the funnel type hemispherical spirit cup, which suggests "O". There was a Shields two burner plus oven, but it was being used by one of the stallholders, they camp out over Friday and Saturday nights. Had a chat with a fellow who was buying a $5 blowlamp for spares. Only other purchase was a Meccano No 5 set from the light green period. Fr Laurence
This is one lad who has never ever seen snow. Yes, they got it up in the Blue Mountains far behind Sydney. Cessnock is over a mere range of hills, but still high enough to be colder than on the coast. It is vineyard country. And I meant to say that the stove with the old type spirit cup is probably a "C" = 1913. And but for a meeting that I had to attend today in Sydney, I would have gone back to the swapmeet. On the way home I though of al the things that I should have bought.... Fr Laurence
"---I thought of al the things that I should have bought...." It's the way of it Fr Laurance. It was that way with me just a week ago. More about this later but i skipped out on a Coleman table lamp at a great price just because i have so many of them. Lance
Handsome devel ?? ME Handsome Now your not going kinkie on me are you He left the packet here un-open. Now what was I going to do ? let them get soft, Not me.
A trip yesterday with my antique collector friend from Newcastle. So to Windsor, Richmond and Currajong (at the start of the Blue Mountains). But very ordinary common stoves and blowlamps sighted in the $30 to $40 range. Back to Parramatta where a number of Lanes Blue Flames at $15. No purchases at all. Then to Rydalmere where there was a number of older models, but none grabbed me. Still, the company was pleasant. We need to find a new area to scour. Perhaps next trip should be up the mountains where there are a lot of shops catering to the tourist trade, with tourist prices. Fr Laurence
