Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 00:03:10 -0500
Reply-To: David King <dlking58@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From: David King <dlking58@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: Re: Things not to wear when welding
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Just saw this on Mythbusters the other night. Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: Things not to wear when welding
> He're a good one
>
> http://www.snopes.com/autos/dream/jato.asp
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Klun" <jklun@EARTHLINK.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 6:36 PM
> Subject: Re: Things not to wear when welding
>
>
> > Weelllll!
> >
> > The Navy Safety Bulletins were put out on the East Coast by the Norfolk
> > Naval Safety Center. In fact, our ship was mentioned twice in separate
> > safety violations in 1968 and 1969. Our Commanding Officer, when he was
> > relieved in April 1969, was assigned to that very same location as
> > 'punishment' for one of the safety infractions he committed in January
> > 1968. I personally read the Safety Bulletin that 'banned' BIC lighters
> > from breast pockets of welders. I didn't believe this either when I was
> > first told of this when I reported on board my ship so I asked to see
> > the 'paper'. It was there- kept in the Engineering Department Office
> > along with the NAVSHIPS TECHNICAL BULLETINS. This didn't apply to me as
> > I used a Zippo.
> >
> >
> > Spewey wrote:
> >
> > > Gawd dang newsgroups.
> > >
> > > The exploding lighter legend emerged in the late 1970s. According to
> > > Morgan and Tucker, it probably began as a word-of-mouth rumor which —
> > > whatever its origins — was "soon picked up by worried officials and
> > > spread further with the help of copy machines."
> > >
> > > http://www.snopes.com/horrors/techno/lighters.htm
> > >
> > > chris gonzalez wrote:
> > >
> > >> I call BS on that myth....
> > >>
> > >>> John Klun wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> The story below is quite true....
> > >>
> > >
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