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Friday, June 28, 2013

Yorkshire Humor


A traveller decided to write a book about famous houses of worship around the world.
He bought a plane ticket and took a trip to China.On his first day he was inside a temple, taking photographs, when he noticed a golden telephone mounted on the wall with a sign that read ‘$10,000 per call’.  Intrigued, the traveller asked a priest, who was strolling by, what the telephone was used for.
The priest replied that it was a direct line to Heaven and that for $10,000 you could talk to God personally.
He thanked the priest and went on his way. Next stop was in Japan. There, at a very temple, he saw the same golden telephone with the same sign under it. He wondered if this was the same kind of telephone he saw in China and he asked a nearby nun what its purpose was. She told him that it was a direct line to Heaven and that for $10,000 he could talk to God directly.
‘OK, thank you.‘ said the budding author.He then travelled to Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Russia, Germany and France. In every house of worship he saw the same golden telephone with the same ‘$10,000 per call’ sign under it. The traveller decided to visit the UK to see if the British had the same phone. He arrived in Yorkshire and again, in the first church he entered, there was the same golden telephone. But this time the sign under it read ’20 pence per call’. The traveller was surprised, so he asked the priest about the sign.
‘Father, I’ve travelled all over the world and I’ve seen this same golden telephone in many houses of worship. I’m told that it is a direct line Heaven. But everywhere I went the price was $10,000 per call. Why is it so cheap here?’
The priest smiled and answered, ‘you’re in Yorkshire now, son – it’s a local call’.

Never a truer word spoken...

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Pizza Oven.02

We're moving along with the wood-fired oven, aka; pizza oven. Below are some photos of its progress:


Pouring the refractory mortar base for the oven floor.

The base of the oven. The opening below will provide storage for firewood.

The refractory mortar is levelled prior to curing.

The firebrick oven floor.

The oven begins to take shape. The soldier course is laid and the arched opening established.

Wooden forms provide guides for the courses of firebrick.

This arch will eventually be clad with natural stone.

With the oven finished, the first layer of refractory mortar is applied to the exterior of the dome. The bricks you see at the perimeter are placed temporarily simply to hold the mortar in place while it cures.

After installing the clay chimney, the second layer of refractory mortar is applied.

...and the work progresses nicely.


Operation Pizza Oven- Installment #2

Day #2:
Today  is the day to build the base stand. Concrete block establishes the armature for the workings of the future oven and wood storage.