Re: [FWDLK] Old Gas

[Fern Rivard <crc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good story Ted but I'm not buying it!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ted dudley" <moparp2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 3:14 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] Old Gas


> One member wrote the following on Old Gas: "Weed control, clean greasy
> parts, fire starter, a few of the many uses for old, stale, foul 
> smelling
> gasoline!  None of these uses are legal in WI if not all of the United
> States."
>
> PLEASE don't use gas as a fire starter. I had a young man working for 
> me at
> a Marine Dealership in Atlanta, GA who was asked to burn the engine 
> crates
> out back in "The Pit".  Not being the brightest light on the Christmas
> tree, he poured USED TWO CYCLE GAS on the pile and then stepped back 
> to
> light it off.  We, who work on engines, know that liquid gas does not 
> burn.
> It's the vapors that ignite.  As you pour gas out of a container on to
> anything, the vapors WILL get inside your cloths. As soon as Tommy lit 
> the
> match, he went up in flames first, not the crates and he spent many 
> months
> in the hospital being treated for the burns over 85% of his body. He 
> will
> carry the scars for the rest of his life.  I believe this is my first 
> post
> to the list server, but it is a subject close to my heart, and a sight 
> I
> will never forget. As a two tour Vietnam era Marine Corps S/SGT, I saw 
> a
> lot, but that is one thing I don't want to happen to any of our 
> members.
> I'm not picking on the member who posted this, I'm just concerned 
> about our
> safety as restorers of these great MoPars.   Ted,  Ocala, FL
> ted dudley
> moparp2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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