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On Tuesday, March 18, 2014 8:57:05 AM UTC-7, Robert Macy wrote:
On Mon, 17 Mar 2014 06:47:28 -0700, Stormin Mormon

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Ether to inflate tires.


Isn't ether highly explosive? Hasn't using ether in tires caused some
dramatic explosions? Or, is that all 'hearsay'?


Actually, ether isn't used to "inflate" tires, it is sprayed into the flat tire and then exploded to blow the tire onto the rim so it _can_ be inflated.

Harry K