Tip of the day:

[Shewie]

Don't put Cattail seeds on a radiator to dry out

Came home tonight to a big ball of fluffy seeds on the floor and the cat was covered in them too.

 

[shaggystu]

been there, done that, the dog thought it was a great game, it looked like it had snowed in the living room. she was not amused.

cheers

stuart

 

[Mojoracinguk]

Doh!.....if only there were pictures

 

[JonathanD]

Don't put Cattail seeds on a radiator to dry out

Came home tonight to a big ball of fluffy seeds on the floor and the cat was covered in them too.

Excellent

 

[maddave]

Don't do it with cramp balls either... Unless you want a wall and radiator covered in brown spores....:O

 

[John Fenna]

Oh boy - 2 cattails = 1 years worth of fire lighting fluff or 1 livingroom full of seeds

 

[Toddy]

:duh:


Don't feed one into a kelly kettle either, even if it does seem a convenient shape
It filled a marquee when two folks who shall remain nameless (the blackmail's good ) did this when brewing up behind one of the display tables. In about a minute it looked like Alaska in the middle of a Scottish summer
Damned stuff clings to everything too.

cheers,
M

 

[al21]

:duh:


Don't feed one into a kelly kettle either, even if it does seem a convenient shape
It filled a marquee when two folks who shall remain nameless (the blackmail's good ) did this when brewing up behind one of the display tables. In about a minute it looked like Alaska in the middle of a Scottish summer
Damned stuff clings to everything too.

cheers,
M

Does this create a volcano type plume then Mary? If it does I can see this becoming a classic bushcraft prank. Imagine someone getting their cups ready for a brew, they look away from the kettle and moments later Mount Etna's going off next to them! Tee Hee!

Or maybe it's just me and the child within.

Al

 

[Shewie]

It's just so tempting I'm going to have to try it tonight

 

[al21]

It's just so tempting I'm going to have to try it tonight

Don't forget to take some pics.

 

[Toddy]

Don't say I didn't warn you
It was quite impressive, it just sort of went, "Whumph!", and we were in a blizzard
The same pair managed to fire up the kettle with the bung in too
It was just one of those days

cheers,
M

 

[colly]

when staying in a holiday cottage i put my collection of fire lighting bits and bobs gathered from the local wood and field on top of a wood burning stove to encourage drying in no time at all smoke was coming from some of it and some fungus was glowing.

 

[al21]

Hi Shewie,

Did you ever complete your kelly kettle Reedmace experiment? Or should I pop one in Black Sheeps kettle when he's not looking?

Al

 

[Shewie]

I never got round to it but I have a couple of hours this afternoon so watch this space

I think you should still try it in Richards anyway, just for a laugh