** John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM> writes: ** > It's actually even dumber than smoking. Igniting gasoline with a lit > cigarette requires very specific conditions that are suprisingly hard > to create This reminds me of the old guy that used to work at the local Vickers fillerup in the small town I grew up in as a kid.. Due to the initial onset of Parkinsons, he's holding that lit cig in one hand.. it's shaking, while he fills your tank with the other! ;-) (this is *not* an urban legend) Rose Hill, KS circa 1975 or so. As kids, we'd go buy there to get a bottle of orange/grape soda out of their machine for a nickle. The station never exploded BTW -tim
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