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<BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">hey gang me again, heres one for you and it didn't happen to me. nope it happened to my brother this afternoon. he was doing some welding in his garage on a 55 gallon drum that he was preparing for paint and then to be used for a small oil drum for his shop. know my brother is very very anal about a lot of his work and this was no exception. he drained the oil then washed it out with lacquer thinner and he thought that he removed the cap so that it would drain. but big mistake. he didn't remove it so it hung there for two days and today he was going to weld the spicket on to the end of the drum. he touched the drum with a live welding rod and booooooommmm. the end of the drum blew off and went up thru the ceiling thru the attic and then thru the roof and landed out in the yard. the rest of the drum blew up and to the left thru the ceiling then back down thru a cabinet and the in to the wall. it blew out the out side window smashed the lights on the ceiling, it took down 3 and a half sheets of 3/4 sheet rock and as far as my brother goes well some thing hit him in his hand maybe a broken finger and a small burn and he cant hear to good out of his left ear. other then that he's good to go. so we are all happy that some was watching over him. rich never makes mistakes like this it is all was me that dose that, so i thought that i would share this with you all, be safe and check your work always before you do any welding burning or mixing anything around heat Dave c. </BODY></HTML>