Why I won't passenger in a WWII Jeep...

[Greynomad]

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[Peter and Sandra]

Just like all the early Nissans, Toyota's and Landrovers, never mind the VW beetles with it suspended above the front seat passengers legs so that in a prang they got soaked in petrol just before the rear seat springs shorted out the battery mounted underneath!

[Busman]

Or the yanks in svn that drooled over our diesel powered APC's, theirs were petrol and quite spectacular when they hit a mine !

[BruceS]

Petrol isn't quite as flammable as people think.
On a very hot day with fumes coming off petrol it can be 'interesting'.
On a coolish day I won $10 by extinguishing a ciggy in a small open container of petrol.

[Greynomad]

When learning woodturning, I was warned not to let anyone smoke nearby when I was sanding... wood-dust and air can be more volatile than petrol!
Same goes for flour... that's why some windmills in UK went BOOM!
We visited a windmill in Tas, and smoking was prohibited inside. Not just because they still manufactured food products, but because visitors were allowed inside to watch the milling process, which created much flour dust.
Cotton mills also had a dust problem early in the industrial revolution.
And woollen mills were a fire hazard, but their problem was more to do with lanoline, not dust.

[bobk]

Have a look at 'silo explosions 1930s'. Interesting stuff. Sorry bout off-topic.
bobk

[Chuck]

Have a look at 'silo explosions 1930s'. Interesting stuff. Sorry bout off-topic.
bobk

He Lives!!


Where you been hiding lately?

[Busman]

The ATTVN warrant officers were all trained in making big bangs from stuff on your kitchen shelves, you would be surprised !

[bobk]

Yes, still here Chuck, see you in July/August.....or something. Intentions are one thing..... The Hino is an example
bobk