[DeTomaso] NPC Re: Glad my ears still work

asajay at asajay.com asajay at asajay.com
Fri Feb 20 13:11:41 EST 2009


Next door neighbor to my parents, had their 16-17 year old boy burn  
down their entire house by pouring gas down the carb of his hot-rod.   
Timing was off most likely, backfired through the carb, fireball,  
panic, no fire extinguishers.  Oh yea, it was a disaster, and I don't  
think the either had insurance or the insurance didn't pay (for  
whatever reason).  They moved and all that was left was a cracked  
concrete foundation.

Asa Jay

Quoting Garth Rodericks <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>:

> 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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