<VV> In the interest of safety

[Norman C. Witte]

And, point three, never siphon gas with a vacuum cleaner!  

> 
> Smitty Says:  I will relate my fire building episode to get people
> thinking outside of the box when it comes to gasoline and fire.  Paul had
> drained stale gas out of his motorbikes to freshen them up.  When I told
> him I was going to light the bonfire (a 20 ft pile of brush and
> construction debris) he suggested using the 3 lb coffe can of gas to
> expedite ignition.  No problem.  So after I dumped the major part of it in
> the pile I trickled a trail of it about 20 ft out to act as a fuse.  If
> all had gone as planned I would have been well away before the fuse fire
> got to the pile.  What happened though was the heavy gas fumes had time to
> creep out from the pile and into the surrounding grass.  When I lit the
> "fuse" the fumes had already gone past me.  Luckly I was already turning
> away from the fire as it exploded.  Got no hair on my left arm and got a
> sunburn from it.
>   The point being that just cause you put the gass in one place doesn't
> mean it is going to stay there.   Point two is, Gasoline is a good motor
> fuel.