Wrong Fuel

Probably too late, the anthracite will have COALesced by now

The message from "Sir Hubert Beaudegarde" contains these words:

Save the Oil of Vitriol for your manservant. You'll need to break the lead straps between the cells of the battery, seperate the cells, then using a blowlamp (beware of the risk of explosion both from hydrogen and, in your case, coal dust) warm the pitch that seals the vulcanite lid to the cell. Once it's warm enough you should be able to withdraw the lid, bringing the plates with it.

Rinse these thoroughly in low quality single malt and sloosh out the bottom of the cell with cats widdle.

Once all the coal is removed, replace the lid and run some fresh pitch round the crack to seal it again. Using a moleskin and a blowtorch, reconnect the lead straps. Refill with fresh smoking vitriol and charge for ten hours.

I assumed the manservant is going to be doing all this? In which case you can speed up the process by omitting any safety precautions - after all the blighter deserves it.

just google for it, this has come up several times recently.

Never mind that, how's the drainage in the lower field?

Si

Go back to equestrian transport, old boy. These new-fangled horseless carriages are becoming popular with the hoipolloi, who are adding extra-large chimneys, lowered leafsprings and taking extra-loud string quartets along in an attempt to impress the ladies. You don't want any part of that, I assure you.

Zog The Undeniable wrote in news:442456aa.0@entanet:

Arf !!!

Yes, back to what my father (born in 1901) used to call a "hay burner".

John

Then some of the misfueling possibilities could be described as "delicious".

John