Fire walk with me

[eatmo]

Does anyone have a good technique for starting fires with peat bricks? I've been using cardboard as kindling, but is seems to take forever for the bricks to catch alight

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[dibkins]

Frist a fire lighter, then sticks (you get them in bags), then the briquettes. Then light the firslighter.

I thought for a minute you were using turf:P

[eatmo]

Ah, I thought it would take an irishman to answer this question.

Sticks eh? The kind that fall out of trees? There's not many stick wielding trees round here, so what sort of place might sell them in bags? I bought the bricks in a Spar, but saw no sticks there.

[dibkins]

We buy them with the bricks at the garage. Hmmmmmm, i don't know where to find them in the big city. if there is a garage nearby, they might have some.
You might get by without them, but you will definatly need the firelighters.

[eatmo]

Well, I've got a big pile of cardboard boxes I need to get rid of, so mayhap I'll get some firelighters and roll the cardboard up into stick-like yokes.

[dibkins]

Gosh and begorra, that just might work.

[eatmo]

I just froze my fingers off on the way to the shop to buy some firelighters, they had no sticks, so I'll give it a go and let you know if it works.

[dibkins]

Do. i'm on the edge of my seat.
You should be ok. i've started fires without any sticks before. they do make a nice crackly noise though:(

[danox]

I love this conversation

[eatmo]

Me too.

[dibkins]

My conversations about fire are very SPARKY.
GET IT - SPARKY

[danox]

WHAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[eatmo]

Well, it kind of worked, but I think we smothered the fire with ahes from all the cardboard we burnt. We had a lot of boxes to get rid of.

[dibkins]

Oh dear.
i expect you australian types ain't got much practice at it.

hey, when i come to dublin, we can all start taco fires, or jsut eat taco fries.
That would be tasty.

[danox]

WE WILL PAINT THE SKY BLACK WITH TACO FIRES!

[eatmo]

I like taco fries. A place around the corner does em real nice like.

[danox]

I think you missread me.