- 1. License holder. (score: 1)
- Author: as@boris.umds.ac.uk (A.D.Smith)
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 17:25:24 GMT
- Only 2 or 3 B's a week. Doesn't sound a lot. I'd guess I see that many at least, every day round London. There are more B's in London than anywhere I've lived in Britain. If you go to Hampstead or s
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00536.html (8,956 bytes)
- 2. Re: more brit terms (score: 1)
- Author: as@boris.umds.ac.uk (A.D.Smith)
- Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 10:21:19 GMT
- White spirit is a turpentine substitute, used for paint thinning, in the US if I remember right, it's known as "denatured alcohol", or at least it was when I bought some to use in my camping stove a
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00646.html (9,346 bytes)
- 3. Re: more brit terms (score: 1)
- Author: as@boris.umds.ac.uk (A.D.Smith)
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 13:47:59 GMT
- More international confusion... I've been looking at the camping fuels FAQ stove - Denatured alcohol (== Methylated spirits in the UK), burns fine in camp stoves designed for it, most commonly in Eur
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00687.html (10,186 bytes)
- 4. Re: more brit terms (score: 1)
- Author: as@boris.umds.ac.uk (A.D.Smith)
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 15:24:31 GMT
- and me Methylated spirits (UK now) is ethanol, with some methanol added to make it unfit for drinking, and so not taxed as such. Given that drinking an ethanol / methanol mix isn't good for you, it
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00693.html (9,213 bytes)
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