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Date:         Sat, 10 Apr 2004 19:00:19 -0500
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Things not to wear when welding
Comments: To: John Klun <jklun@EARTHLINK.NET>
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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.... > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Scirocco-l mailing list > > Scirocco-l@scirocco.org > > http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l > >


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