"LeRoy" > wrote in message
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> "June Hughes" > wrote in message
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>> In message >, LeRoy
>> > writes
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>>>We use bottled gas in France - never any problems at all. Very
>>>cost-effective, I think the flame's hotter than over here (don't know
>>>whether that's true) and it's a total necessity for my Chinese cooking,
>>>IMHO.
>>>
>>>We keep the bottle covered away under the counter in a corner and don't
>>>really worry about it at all, but it's easily turned off if needs be - we
>>>turn it off when we come back to the UK.
>>>
>> Slightly OT but still about bottled gas - Is that the same gas as you
>> would use for an outdoor barbie? I worry about ours.
>> --
>> June Hughes
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> It is the same gas. My DH says that there is special LPG for cold outdoor
> use/ outside storage, as it freezes in colder weather!
>
The school buses here use propane gas instead of petrol. The kids get a day
off sometimes in the middle of winter when the temp drops below -30ºC.
Graham