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In Edinburgh, Scotland, in the 1970s, a friend of mine inherited a flat and contents but no money. It was an extremely cold winter and he ended up chopping half
by zabzonk 7y ago
In Edinburgh, Scotland, in the 1970s, a friend of mine inherited a flat and contents but no money. It was an extremely cold winter and he ended up chopping half the furniture to pieces (it was the typical hideous stuff you got in flats in Edinburgh back then) and burning it in the fire-place to keep warm.
- dredmorbius 7y agoProbably mostly natural materials. That'd be risky now.
- dan-robertson 7y agoAt least in Europe most furniture uses fire retardant materials. But the chipboard that lots of things are made of will burn ok if you get it hot enough
- dredmorbius 7y agoI'm thinking plastics in everything: foams, fabrics, coverings, resins, glues. Even fasteners and structure.
- buckminster 7y agoRisky is right. Even wooden furniture is treated with chemicals (flame retardants, anti-fungals, etc.) that are noxious when burned.