If this is what you want to do, sitting by your fireplace, then you must get a regular, wood burning fireplace with a built in chimney. If you want to just relax and enjoy the warmth, the look, the sound and even the smell of a real fire, then you have a choice in Fireplaces.
Besides the built in wood burning fireplace there are also built in gas or propane fireplaces that require a chimney for venting. They are hooked up to a gas line with a shut off valve. One simply turns it on, lights it and jazaam, an instant fire. Artificial logs on a crate and a material that glows but does not burn can be added. It looks similar to the real thing and creates plenty of heat. Many people, who do not want to deal with carrying wood and ash clean-up, settle for this version. Others are forced to it in towns like Phoenix, Az for example, where wood burning fireplaces may not be used on days when the ozone count is high.
Those who do not have a built in chimney can settle for a ventless fireplace. Several versions are on the market. Non-vented natural gas fireplaces which also have to be connected to an available natural or propane gas line. But they need no chimney. Most do come with oxygen sensors that shut down the unit if the home oxygen level gets too low. In several states their installation is prohibited because of the dangers of carbon dioxide build up, Another problem with these fireplaces is excessive moisture condensation, since a byproduct of gas combustion is water vapor. Fungus and mold infestation could result in additional serious health problems.
A better solution is an electric fireplaces. It needs no outside venting, just plug it into a 120 V outlet. Electric fireplaces have a realistic flame effect, created with randomized filtered lighting. It comes with a heater but the flame effect can also be used without the heater. A multifunctional remote control comes with each unit.
Then there are gel fuel fire places. They need neither installation nor hook ups. They can be placed anywhere in a home or cabin and can be taken along when one moves or spends time at a second home. Some people even take them outdoors on chilly evenings. All one needs to do is light the special gel and enjoy the crackling flames. The gel comes in pint size cans and will burn from 2 to 3 hours, depending on the humidity level of a home. The dryer the air, the longer the fire will burn. This gel fuel is a non-toxic gelled alcohol made from organic thickeners and Isopropyl Alcohol, that it is smokeless and odorless. It is safe, clean burning, no sparks, no fumes, no ashes. 100%environment friendly. Because it is an alcohol product it can be safely stored indoors at room temperature or cooler. Another feature neither the electric nor the gas fireplace offers, is the real crackling sound produced while the gel fuel burns.
Through the use of scented candles, incense or oils one can ad the smell of burning wood.
Besides the wood burning, vented fireplace neither of the others mentioned will allow you to burn papers or anything else in them. Then again, neither will you have to clean up ashes. That in itself is a factor that decides people in their choice of a fireplace, it even makes many buy a gel fueled fireplace insert which they use in their vented fireplace instead of burning wood.
On the evening Lyndon Johnson dropped out of the 1968 Presidential it was a celebration. We could not believe it. If there was any politician that I loathed it was LBJ. He had lied about Vietnam. He had kept us in that war at the expense of tens of thousands of lives on both sides. My blood boiled when I would see LBJ or McNamara on TV talking about how they were keeping us safe from communism.
LBJ was an old time politician. He had come up from nothing and meant to keep what he had. He would lean on people and sweet talk them or just pressure them to get them to do what he wanted. I do not know if he would have ever become president if JFK had not been killed.
So, along comes Richard Nixon. He was going to get us out of Vietnam. He had the support of the "Silent Majority". He did not anger me as much as just disgust me. I simply could not believe how people could vote for this guy. I think he had spent his whole life wanting to be president. You could watch him and know that he knew he was lying about what he was saying. But he was quite serious about it.
I think Nixon was another old time politician but some what different than LBJ. I am not sure if Nixon actually believed anything and whatever he did was calculated to further himself. He was probably contemptuous of ordinary people and out of touch with regular working people. Although it was with those people that he had support.
Now we come to Bush & Co. I think these people are contemptuous of everyone. They will stand up there and lie and I do not think they even care if you know it or not. What they are saying usually is meant for a sound bite addicted public that will not actually investigate anything said or even connect any dots together. The claim of any politician of being close to God should be a warning for anyone.
I recently had a discussion with an individual who thought Bush was becoming concerned about his legacy. I do not believe Bush cares anything about a legacy. They seem to have contempt for society and its traditions, for human understanding, and the accumulated wisdom of successive generations of people. There is something perverse underlying the motivations of this administration. It is something that has not been touched upon in any speculations about Bush & Co.
Bush seems to be playing a part that is just a sham. In fact, a lot of the people in the administration seem to be playing a part in a public performance. The problem is the whole charade can be seen through by some and they do not care. This administration is a front for something else. What it is I am not sure. A lot has been said about the forces behind this bunch. Ideology and Religion are the two big ones. I think it is quite possible that neither of these are the real motivation behind the current Bush Administration.
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