George,
Dang! Here I've been dabbling at the wrong periphery all those years! ;-)
As to "living near a port," I'm 2500 km East of Vancouver, BC, 2500 km West
of Montreal and probably the same distance from New Orleans. Closest sea
port in Churchill, Manitoba but, man, it's supposed to be cold up there and,
for more than six months out of the year the water is solid.
Anyway, thanks for the information. There's got to be a boiler around here
somewhere.
Chuck (in the colonies, "up in Canada")
Chuck, If you had been "dabbling at the periphery of" boiler houses you
would be fed up tripping over the stuff as maintenance fitters or whatever
they are called Stateside use it for making all sorts of "joints", they do
not seem to call what the make with the Clingerite "gaskets"? in steam lines
and other boiler related paraphernalia, it comes in large sheets and is
available in different grades, it is graded to suit the particular
application, the grades are distinguished by the colour of the sheet, pink,
green etc. It may be in the States that the same stuff is marketed under a
different name. As Harald has said it is a worthy addition to the toolkit of
any traveller. So hit the first boilerhouse you come across, or failing that
if you live near a port, Mug a ships engineer......He is bound to have some
in his pocket as these guys do not go to sea without it.
Cheers, George.
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