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Date:         Fri, 26 Oct 2012 23:31:09 +0000
Reply-To:     J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: FRIDAY TOPIC: what's the worst thing that ever caught on fire
              in              your Westy?
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <CAFnDXk3a9zFCC0R86zKVc+rdfzxHJpx7POEAzhYPquNBKH7Q2Q@mail.gmail.com>
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Wow, and to think I always thought crap like this just happened to me... Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message ----- > I know there isn't much time left in the day to discuss this important > topic, but here goes: > For years, I thought the worst thing that ever caught fire in my Westy > was > a down sleeping bag. While it only burned for one or two seconds, the > heat > from the fire made the down rise instantly through the air and festoon > the > inside of the Westy in a snowy wonderland that took two rolls of > packing > tape to remove. > But this past weekend, I think the down bag episode was surpassed by a > gigantic moth, its body the size of a man's thumb and a wingspan of > about > 3.5 to four inches. It flew in through the sliding door and careened > toward > the fluorescent light over the stove before it hit the raised stove > lid and > thudded to the stove deck next to the burner, where it instantly > caught > fire. Whatever it was it could fly about 35 miles per hour > pre-ignition, > twice than when aflame. I was busier than a pair of jumper cables at a > trailer park funeral trying to catch it and get it out of the camper > before > it flew into a pile of clothes or a roll of toilet paper, or worse as > I > knew, my down sleeping bag. It burned for an amazingly long time, > flying > out of the stove flame again and again and threatening to set fire to > everything it collided with in its fire-stoked death troes, with me > being > about two moves behind it during the perilous half-minute of its life. > It > came to an ironic final rest near the burner that literally started it > all. > Jim


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