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Wedg1e
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You should try an RF burn, say from touching open-wound coils in the output stages of a transmitter. Think soldering iron burn combined with the HF shock from a TIG set
Wedg1e
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Mate of mine had three motorcycles, a Harley sportster, a home-built XS650 chop and something else I forget. Anyway, he'd decided to flog all three to buy a really expensive Harley - the deal on the third bike was done, the guy was en route with the cash and our hero decided the least he could do was put some petrol in the sold bike. So he got the jerrican out and started glugging it in. I recall he said the first hint of trouble was when his legs started to feel a bit warm. He looked round and found the whole floor on fire. It being a nice cold day, the vapour running down from the filler had spread out across his garage and been ignited by the Calor Gas Super Ser in the corner. He managed to salvage the sold bike by opening the door and pushing it out, but the XS and Sportster, as well as his garage, were destroyed.
- the deal on the third bike was done, the guy was en route with the cash and our hero decided the least he could do was put some petrol in the sold bike. So he got the jerrican out and started glugging it in. I recall he said the first hint of trouble was when his legs started to feel a bit warm. He looked round and found the whole floor on fire. It being a nice cold day, the vapour running down from the filler had spread out across his garage and been ignited by the Calor Gas Super Ser in the corner. He managed to salvage the sold bike by opening the door and pushing it out, but the XS and Sportster, as well as his garage, were destroyed.
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Mate of mine had three motorcycles, a Harley sportster, a home-built XS650 chop and something else I forget. Anyway, he'd decided to flog all three to buy a really expensive Harley
He must have spilled some. Surely the vapour would have just gone up in an instant fireball?
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Brother in law did this, servicing a tractor.
Something to do with putting your hand in the fan belt while his mate turned it over without checking..
Lost the end of his finger mind..
Something to do with putting your hand in the fan belt while his mate turned it over without checking..
Lost the end of his finger mind..
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Years ago I was working for a civil engineering company in Essex ..Me and the foreman got sent off to fit a galv steel cover over a concrete tank at a village sewer works that had just been built ... the tank had half a sheet of ply laid over the three foot square hole in the concrete lid ...we I knocked up a wheel barrow full of compo to bed the cover on and got the broom to sweep the area around the hole picked up the bit of ply ,the wind took it and I stepped back to steady my self ....straight into the tank that was full of sewage ....went in only waist deep thankfully.... but scraped me legs as I slipped in ..hospital tetanus jab etc...
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You should try an RF burn, say from touching open-wound coils in the output stages of a transmitter. Think soldering iron burn combined with the HF shock from a TIG set
The first time I drove my Pickup at night there was a strange glow from under the dash. Without thinking I stuck my hand underneath, soon pulled back out. I got hold of the open speed control coil for the heater fan.
Geez I had 5 or 6 deep lines across my fingers, that smarted
I was looking through old pics the other day, and found this when I was fitting the roller shutter, missed the chisel and hit a cut engineering brick with my index finger knuckle.
You would think so. While camping I used a drop of petrol to get the bbg going. My mate took a little too long to get it lit, as soon as he clicked his lighter- some 3-4 foot away- the whole area turned blue and yellow, [like burning dirty meths.] No whooof, just a steady flame. We decided it was better we went back to the pub after that
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The foreman said "don't worry about going to the hospital I've got a bottle of bleach in the landrover , you can splash a bit of that on the bloody bits and get on with the job "...I striped off and found a pair of overalls and took off for the hospital ... explaining to the nurses what I had done ...and having the jab in me buttocks was a cause for much giggling me stark naked with me bum in the air and the overalls round me ankles .....
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There's quite a few women would have wished he'd lost an entirely different 'member'. he's got I think five kids by four different women and that doesn't include the one he adopted that one of his previous partners had with another man.
Christmas must be a nightmare.
Funny thing his father was somewhat inconsistent with his female partners too; must be in the genes.
Wedg1e
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You would think so. While camping I used a drop of petrol to get the bbg going. My mate took a little too long to get it lit, as soon as he clicked his lighter- some 3-4 foot away- the whole area turned blue and yellow, [like burning dirty meths.] No whooof, just a steady flame. We decided it was better we went back to the pub after that
Back in 2000 I was camping in northern Spain with an ex and the kids. I'd won a couple of grand on the lotto (20 years ago last month
) and used some of it to buy a trailer tent. We towed it down via the Bilbao ferry with 'er indoors' Peugeot 309 GRDT and set up shop. Next to us was a family from Chippenham in Wilts: the father was an insect infestation specialist with Rentokil. A barbecue specialist he was not 
Trying to get the bbq going without much success, he pulled a jerrican of petrol from his car and splashed some into the smouldering pit. Nothing happened for about five seconds, then the place lit up like Dresden, 1943. The flames from the pit ignited the jerrican, which made our hero go "Oh!" somewhat. In a panic he spun 180 degrees and threw the can, which spewed burning petrol down the gap between our tents. As the guy lines of our Conway melted I ran across, picked up the burning jerrican and screwed the bloody top back on. He and I and our womenfolk then joined in a happy dance trying to put out the burning grass, while the kids cheered. There was something of a cordial relationship for the next week.
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Someone, a few years ago either here or on Pistonheads, decided it'd be a jolly good wheeze to clean the chain of his motorcycle by putting it on the centrestand, starting the engine, putting it in gear and holding a wad of cloth around the running chain.
Once his fingers had done half a lap of the back sprocket he decided it probably wasn't such a good idea after all.
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I seen the after pics of someone who tried that aswell, left a right mess.
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Forgot to let go of the steering wheel. I found I was able to fold the thumb right back against the wrist. Wires go right back into the main arm bones.
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Back when those big old iron wheeled lister engined cement mixers were still around, they had a de-compressor and a strong man could show off by starting one by grabbing the drum and turning it.
One day a fitter came back off site looking rather pale, he'd just seen a bunch of labourers betting on who could stop the mixer by grabbing the drum.
As usual the engine cover was missing so one clever Norbet with a fine grasp of the principles of gearing, decided the only way to stop it was by grabbing the chain!
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Can I unread that please.
Hope you are on the mend - or is that photograph old enough for you not to care any more?
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WTF? The steering wheel of what, may I ask?
