Post ArPbyy6ioppLHsAF4S by stavvers@masto.ai
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 (DIR) Post #ArPbyy6ioppLHsAF4S by stavvers@masto.ai
       2025-02-23T13:43:32Z
       
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       Very niche question, but I suspect someone in the fediverse will know all about this. I'd like to know more about the hardware used for the temporary chimney, flue and stoves used in papal elections to make the smoke come out. All I can find is information about the chemicals they use to make the ballots burn black or white, but I want to know more about the chimney. Do they use the same one every time? Is it kept under lock and key by a holy order of monks?
       
 (DIR) Post #ArPbyzBinjQ8dfVkVE by stavvers@masto.ai
       2025-02-23T13:49:04Z
       
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       Here are some pics of the chimney and the frankly asphyxiation-risk contraption they use to burn the ballots in the chapel in case some of you haven't seen it before, it makes me cackle every time because it's so unceremonial-looking.
       
 (DIR) Post #ArPbyzscEFjQmha0MS by stavvers@masto.ai
       2025-02-23T13:50:54Z
       
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       So yeah, do they keep the same equipment and trot it down every time there's a conclave? Or do they send a monk down to the Italian version of Screwfix to buy a conclave-grade chimney every time? Is there a sacred order of health and safety to minimise the risk of killing the entire senior Catholic clergy with carbon monoxide poisoning from that janky-looking contraption?
       
 (DIR) Post #ArPbz0ij6VPpOJxcaO by mer@shrine.moe
       2025-02-23T13:57:26.434287Z
       
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       @stavvers I don't know anything about it in particular but from the pictures,  that room is big enough that monoxide is not a concern, I'd be more concerned about soot getting on the wall fixturesEverything here also looks like normal wood stoves and stovepipes, in good condition even. The only janky thing here is the fact they have a scaffold instead of mounting the pipe directly to the wall which makes me think they indeed take it down when not in use.