Ivan Vegvary wrote:

Again our news media (AP story) mentions that the Palestinians broke down
the barrier(s) to Egypt using a blowtorch (on the metal fences). Do they
really mean an oxy/acetylene cutting torch? Did the phrase blow torch ever
mean anything other than the little hand held jobbies that holds what we
used to call "white gas" and was used for heating metal objects?

Ivan Vegvary



Yes and yes. The Hamas guys used cutting torches, and jewelers in the Middle
Ages used a torch with a tube into which the jeweler actually blew air, to
melt gold.

GWE

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