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In article <1if8upINNnav@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
>In article 29046@ide.com, forman@ide.com (Bonnie Forman) writes:
>>
>>  This is my first year using a fireplace, and I have some
>>  questions about what to burn.
>>
>>  *  I tried using those presto-logs.  
>>	[...]
>>     - Can you really only burn one at a time?
>
>no.
>	[...]

Back when the "paraffin and sawdust" logs were a novelty, I visited a friend's
house where there was a large charred spot in a very irregular pattern on the
carpet in front of his hearth, with some sharred wood showing through in
spots.  When I asked about it, he explained that it was the result of using a
2/3 burned up "presto log" to light the next one (he just piled the second on
top of the first).  Before it got hot enough to ignite, the second one melted,
and a river of paraffin flowed down over the first log and _did_ ignite.  By
the time he notices the problem, he had a burning pool of wax on his carper, a
good 18" in front of the fireplace.  That stuff is HELL to put out!

Maybe technology has improved, but _I_ sure as hell wouldn't risk it.

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