The shock for me (Canadian) is that this came
from Canada where funds for all sorts of cultural and historic places and
programs are currently being disastrously cut and eliminated.
We will soon be thinking of the historic buildings as
sources of firewood to keep us warm during the winter, and the
government will probably ask us to thank them for providing us with a
little extra costly warmth due to the epoxy treatments.
The awful irony is that I am currently in the midst
of a major artefact cleaning and conservation project due to a recent fire in
the historic Farmhouse I work with. The image of deeply charred
wood at the closet and hall door frames where the fire
happened is terribly familiar as a daily sight and smell along with
local self-appointed "experts" with strong opinions about the
desirability of consolidating the charred remains of door frames due to the
simplistic fact that they were made 150 years ago. The original
highly skilled carpenter would have no question about what to do with the
charred mess.
cp in bc
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Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 6:42
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Subject: Re: [BP] Our Incredibly Precious
Material Heritage, Chapitre CXXVIII
Until all the toxic resins
were applied it probably would have provided a good warm
fire.