On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:32:21 GMT, "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


It is, no doubt, the only torch term they know so they use it
constantly. Any torch is a blow torch just like any rifle is an AK47.
Just goes to show you what kind of "journalists" our public education
system is turning out.