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   Bob La Londe to Mike Spencer   
   Re: flameless heat !   
   10 Sep 24 15:05:42   
   
   From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 9/10/2024 2:02 PM, Mike Spencer wrote:   
   > Bob La Londe  writes:   
   >   
   >> Ah-yup.  I once decided to use a torch to make some bolt holes for a   
   >> frame mounted receiver hitch on an old beater truck.  I clamped the   
   >> hitch in place and used the bolt holes as torch guides.  Imagine my   
   >> surprise when I blew through a fuel line on the opposite side of a   
   >> member and flaming gas poured out.  One of the few times I was happy to   
   >> be working on a truck laying on the ground in the middle of 100,000   
   >> square miles of kitty litter.  A couple handfuls of sand put out the   
   >> fire, and all that really poured out was what was in the line.   
   >   
   > Your Darwin Award is being withheld pending further review. :-)   
   >   
      
   I was a wild and crazy guy and not in a Steve Martin kind of way.  Dying   
   in an inferno of gasoline was low risk for me back then.   
      
      
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