Cleaning the smokebox

That'll come later, Jmeiners (graduated from high school or born in 1963?).
For now, he was just vacuuming the smokebox. I sat on a nearby bench until I started choking from all the soot the vacuum wasn't hanging on to and the air was hazy. He was wearing a mask, not sure how well it protected him. We used to have a hospital here that was called Miners Hospital because so many people died of black lung disease. Hope I make it a couple of more years after that cleanout. :-) ~Gayle

That's a handsome pup you have!

Tubes have to be scrubbed

Haha, Nev! Yes, I suppose it is. I'm glad you made me look at it this way. ;-))

It's a bit like being a Gastroenterologist isn't it, looking after the stomach and intestines. :-)))