On Nov 16, 3:06 am, wrote:
On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:09:38 -0600, "HeyBub" wrote:
Evidently not. Who knew?

"A man using a vacuum cleaner to suck gasoline out of a vehicle was burned
and his house damaged when the fuel exploded, the Albuquerque Fire
Department said."

http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2007/nov...lbuquerque-man...

Good grief...... I would have never even thought of doing something so
stupid. I'm pretty sure those motors have brushes, and brushes mean
sparks. I dont even like using those little drill operated pumps that
you can buy anywhere for under $5. I have one, used it for water
several times, but for gas I'll stick to the old fashioned hand
operated squeeze bulb, and make sure not to smoke while doing it.

Yup. All these rank right in there with those about the lady who
washed her telephone in hot water in the kitchen sink "Because it was
dirty"!. (It short circuited the telephone line so none of the phones
in the house would work!).
Or the kids who put a pet cat into the microwave to dry it off after
giving it a bath' etc./ etc. (First Kitty was shivering; and then was
dead.).
Misunderstanding of the tools and technology we have at hand makes us
modern humans more stupid than a 'primitive person's' understanding of
more natural events. Such as "Don't eat those berries they will kill
or make you sick. That water or that animal/fish etc. is unclean and
will give you disease.
Of course what we are currently doing to the planet is going in that
direction anyway!