Your Questions About Thin Bricks

Mr. Thin Brick answers:

The brick was meant for weight in the pan to keep it from moving. You will need less than a 1/4″ of fuel in the bottom, about an 1/8″ would be plenty. Use an open flame on on long stick approx. 6′ to light with. Diesel fuel is hard to get ignited takes alot of heat to get lighted, that is why they told you to use paint thinner. Paint thinner is highly flammable, so use extreme caution when lighting. Establish a safe zone of at least 20′ with no one else in that zone except the person lighting the pan and a trained person on the extinguisher. After the pan is lit then take another ext. And start about 6′-8′ away with a sweeping motion at the base of the fire until it is put out. I am assuming that somone there will be trained well enough to present this demonstration. If not then make a call to the fire dept. And ask them if they would do it for you or have someone present for this. Also you might try your work’s workman’s comp. Insurance company, they have people that get paid to put on these sort of demonstraions. Go online to Kidde fire protection and they also have they info. That you will need to help in your presentation. It is very hard for me to believe that your company would have you do a demonstration that has a high probability of injuring someone. I hope you have good insurance. Whenever I do these I wear my turnout gear and always have another FF to back me up in case of trouble. If you need more info go to the NFPA website and they will have all the info you could ask for. Good luck and please, please be safe.

Mr. Thin Brick answers:

Sounds like a cobweb spider,(common house spider)
and they are harmless. The only dangerous spider in Mn.
Is the northern black widow.
Http://www.spiderzrule.com/commonhouse.htm

Mr. Thin Brick answers:

Okay… Do you know any people who love their bodies?

(bugger them!)

You’ve mentioned everything you don’t like, but what is it you DO like about yourself? That’s usually a starting point you should emphasise when picking out clothes.

If like me you still have a hard time answering THAT question… The next would be what clothes do YOU like wearing? If someone told me to wear a dress I’d laugh… I live in jeans and love V-neck tops, tailored blouses especially. But I know what I can’t wear (which is a lot at the moment because I am overweight).

To me, it sounds like you need to wear something that makes you feel good about yourself. Loose but tailored blouses and layers seem to work best on girls with less in the bra department, plus tailored tops accent a waist even when you don’t have one, so look for the darts where girls shoudl have darts!

Thin long legs? You can wear those Capri pants the rest of us can’t! But you could add more shape with flared or boot-cut jeans. As for waist, I think you’d have some idea to what must look good on you… Do you go the low-rise jeans, the cute tailored skirts, or does a red belt with a pair of black slacks or jeans do it?

Cheer up, you can’t be as hopeless as me right now Right now I can only get around in the colours I love in my pyjamas because I know my partner loves me anyway!

Mr. Thin Brick answers:

They are called pavers and are usually no thicker than a 1/2 inch and get easily be cut with a tile saw.Check with your local tile company.

Mr. Thin Brick answers:

I find many of the newer condos have thinner walls – you could potentially look into an older building/home but then you are looking at higher maintenance fees. You could try and soundproof the walls but that could be costly and you may be in violation of the condo agreement.