From: "Geo." 

automatic, dump a bucket of hard coal into it once a day and give it a
shake, looks similar to this
http://www.abbeystoves.com/multi/saey_blenheim.html

the pipe never gets over 120F so all the heat goes into the house. No smoke
in the house but not as easy as electric heat. Lots cheaper though, I was
paying $300 per month to heat by electric, I can heat 2 winters with $300
now. and all this crap about natural gas shortages doesn't bother me at
all.. 

Geo.

"Frank Haber"  wrote in message
news:3ee5df7f$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Automatic stoker, or are you a survivalist, with a pot-bellied stove in
the
> middle of the room and soot on the curtains?  Anthracite?   Coal smoke is
a
> nightmare for computer hardware -- conductive.
>

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