On 2010-07-04, billw wrote:
I loved the story. It could have happened to me... My next door

The whole thing sounds fictional, but knowing how truly fearless
....and BRAINLESS!.... kids can be, I believe your story. Gasoline is
unbelievably dangerous and kids are astonishingly clueless. I'll not
bore you with the story of how we almost burnt down the house with our
homemade gasoline-ignited match-head propellant BB gun.

It's a wonder I survived childhood.

nb