[DeTomaso] Glad my ears still work

[Larry - Ohio Time Corp]

Just to keep things rolling along...

When we were kids (8ish) I was at my best friends house as his dad was
working on the station wagon. "Ken bring me the gas can!" Ken ran over with
a 1/2 filled 5 gal can and sat it right on the old top post battery. Sparks,
smoke, new words to my ears... but that was all. His dad (now 90) sat down,
had a beer and held his head.
 

Larry (likes a good story) - Cleveland



-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Garth Rodericks
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 12:43 PM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] Glad my ears still work

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.
 


      
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