Date:         Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:55:23 -0400
Reply-To:     Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
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From:         Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Subject:      Re: Was: dead cat kills van- What About Bad Gas
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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Hi David,

You certainly raise a good point.

I expect Pete should know what he's doing.... His "Buses By The Beach"
event is held to raise $$$$ for a burn unit.


Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop
www.busesofthecorn.com
www.pottsfamily.ca



event David Beierl wrote:
> At 03:39 PM 3/21/2009, Greg Potts wrote:
>> an accellerant for the campfire of your next bus gathering.
>
> I've seen someone get a big surprise after putting a quart or so of
> gasoline on a big pile of brush and throwing kitchen matches at it from
> about as far away as you can throw a kitchen match.
>
> I'm not sure if the bigger surprise was the great big FOOMP! or when he
> went looking for his eyebrows later.  His young son and I were a lot
> farther away and we still found it pretty surprising.  Of course that
> was *good* gas.
>
> But I'd suggest if you're not already experienced with mixing campfires
> and gasoline, to look on You-Tube for some of the folks who got it
> wrong, first.  The stuff's a lot closer to black powder than it is to
> kerosine.
>