[AT] Gas can rant

[Thomas Mehrkam]

I will relate an experience I had with my dad.
We were clearing brush using an International H tractor and a log chain.
We would clear out an area, stack the brush then make a fire.
This was August in Texas about 100 degree in the shade.   Dad had a coffee can full of gas. He was hot and dehydrated and not thinking straight.  I was on the tractor watching him.  He poured the gas on the brush pile then knelt down and struck a match on the bottom of the can.  

There was a bug whoosh and he stood up missing his eye brows and mustache.   I few first degree burns but other damage.
He could not believe he did that.
>From then own we used Diesel or used motor oil.

      From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
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Brad I just wrote my experience with that before I saw your message.
Apparently it's quite dramatic.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Gunnells, Bradley R
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That there sounds like a You Tube video in the making.  :-)

Brad


On Jul 22, 2015, at 10:44 AM, Mike 
<meulenms at gmx.com<mailto:meulenms at gmx.com>> wrote:

That just went on my bucket list, Alan.

Mike M


On 7/22/2015 10:44 AM, Alan Nadeau wrote:


OTOH, I have heard it is great sport to suck fumes, maybe even liquid
gasoline, through a discarded household vacuum equipped with a very long
extension cord(so you can plug in the turned on vacuum from afar).  I've
always wanted to try that.


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When I mentioned a hand drill I was thinking about a used can. An electric
drill would be fine for a brand new can but if a used can had a teaspoon
of
gasoline in it and someone absently picked up a power drill the carbon
brush arcing could make it interesting. Not that any of us would ever do
something absently...
:-)

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Central Indiana USA
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