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1. 💮Space Elf🐝 (spaceelf@leafposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 05:27:55 JST 💮Space Elf🐝
   While I'm on the "Helpful shit you can do for cheap" nonsense, can I recommend to the seppos and euros to invest in stones to heat rooms?
   
   You bake or place them by the fire and let them heat up, then set them in a room to benefit twice from the fire's heat or the oven's use.
   
   Porous rock is likely to fracture or shatter if you do this with it, Soapstone is incredibly dense and sturdy however, and will serve you excellently essentially forever. It's best practice to have some means like a hole drilled through the stone for a wire handle, which you carry with a hook or poker.
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   • :cross_ortho_wooden2: O w l . (owl@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 05:27:54 JST :cross_ortho_wooden2: O w l .

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     @SpaceElf Whoa holy shit my grandfather actually used to have these. I haven’t seen this in decades.

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   • 💮Space Elf🐝 (spaceelf@leafposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 05:27:56 JST 💮Space Elf🐝

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     @Owl They're great. They'll save you so much in heating in cold weather. Especially if you're regularly using an oven or fire.
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   • :cross_ortho_wooden2: O w l . (owl@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 05:27:59 JST :cross_ortho_wooden2: O w l .

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     @SpaceElf Correct! Great post, it’s a shame not a lot of people know about these things. They go on for hours.

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   • 💮Space Elf🐝 (spaceelf@leafposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 05:28:03 JST 💮Space Elf🐝

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     @Owl They’re shockingly effective. I remember my first time using them in Norway, I was expecting it to get cold really quickly, especially with the snow banked up 4ft around the house. Woke up in the morning toasty warm still, the soapstone still outputting heat, despite frost over the windows.

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   • 💮Space Elf🐝 (spaceelf@leafposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 05:28:11 JST 💮Space Elf🐝

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     • :cross_ortho_wooden2: O w l .
     @Owl My Aunties were different. They were much more regular shapes with some John Bauer art carved into the faces.
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   • :cross_ortho_wooden2: O w l . (owl@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 05:28:12 JST :cross_ortho_wooden2: O w l .

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     @SpaceElf I honestly thought I was just misremembering something as a child until I saw that, actually gasped and said HOLY HELL. Those are just like the stones my grandparents used.

     They’re insanely effective.

   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 05:28:27 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @SpaceElf This is like when you put them into your sleeping bag or bed, too

   • Zettour (zettour@gearlandia.haus)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 06:04:08 JST Zettour

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     @SpaceElf @WashedOutGundamPilot Poor man's kotatsu
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   • 💮Space Elf🐝 (spaceelf@leafposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 06:04:09 JST 💮Space Elf🐝

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot Another good option is hanging some thick blankets from a coffee table and putting one under so that your feet & legs stay warm in cold weather.