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Edwin Pawlowski wrote:

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I've thrown hanfulls of sawdust into a fire.

That's pretty much the same thing as dumping a load of dust on
the floor next to a gas water heater with a pilot light, right?

Did the room explode?

Not to diminish any dangers or recommend against any safety practices,
but it's often difficult to get a lit match to light a flammable
liquid, let alone a handful of dust.

Dead wrong!

It is easy to light a _flammable_ liquid (e.g. gasoline) with a match,
that follows from the formal definition of 'flammable'.

It is not easy to light a _combustible_ liquid (e.g. kerosine)
with a match as you have to heat it to the flashpoint before it
will ignite.

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"Flammable, nonflammable, inflammable--why are there three?"
-- George Carlin