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Al Bundy

"Eigenvector" wrote in
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"mm" wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:07:18 -0000, (Chris
Lewis) wrote:

According to Harry K :

Gas and Kero are basically the same. The only difference in the
cans is the color.
Firemen don't care what is in the can. If it is red or blue they
will be treating it as highly flammable.

Firemen do care. I was one for a bit. ;-)

Gasoline is far more of a fire hazard than kerosene or diesel, and
depending on the circumstances will be treated differently.

Isn't that why in cowboy** movies, a guy on horseback can go into a
cabin where no one has been for months, and light the kerosene
lantern?

Did they have gasoline in the second half of the 19th century\? If
they did, I think it would be wicked up by the lantern wick and
evaporate. Wouldn't be nearly as practical as kerosene for that
reason, and I don't think one could safely burn it in a lantern.

They did have gasoline, it was sold in the drugstore as a cleaning
agent/solvent.

**BTW, did you ever notice that there are no movies afaicr with both
cowboys and Indians in the same movie. Maybe "cowboy and Indian
movies" refers to two kinds.

Ohhhhh, so that was the **** the old man used to drink.