[DeTomaso] Glad my ears still work

[Garth Rodericks]

No Pantera content, but while on the subject of gasoline stories...
 
When I was a boy I was at my grandparents house one day and my grandfather knocked 
over an open jerry-can spilled almost a gallon of gas (but less I'm sure) in the middle of the 
garage while trying to fill up his lawnmower. So how does he clean up?  Roll the 
lawnmower out into the driveway to get it out of the way, grab a book of matches, light 
one, and toss it into the middle of the puddle!  The initial ignition was quite impressive!  
Remarkably, he didn't burn the house down or injure either of us in the process. We just 
watched it burn as he told me how it beats wiping up the mess. D'oh!
 
When I was a teen I was working on a 61 Ford Falcon Ranchero - I was using an 
acetelyne torch to remove a broken bolt from the front of the block when it ignited some 
gas fumes in the intake or vicinity, which made a nice little explosion in my face and 
knocked me on my arse a few feet back from the car. Scared the bejeezus outta me!
Another D'oh! moment.