"Grunff" wrote in message
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Mike Mitchell wrote:

Treat oxy-acetylene bottles with the
utmost respect. They are like bombs.

They are nothing like bombs.


You don't have a clue. The fire brigade are always warning of hazards
like oxy-acetylene bottles in workshops everywhere, especially when
they are called out to put a fire out. How do you think a fireman
feels to be told that in the conflagration there will be a couple -
maybe several - of such bottles? The fireman typically play water on
them for ages to reduce the risk of explosion.


That doesn't make them 'like bombs'. By your reasoning a can of
deoderant is 'like a bomb', and should be treated with utmost respect.
Many things are perfectly safe in everday use, but become dangerous
under extreme conditions.


So, yes, they do need treating with respect. Many people go out and
'collect' this sort of equipment whilst having little or no knowledge safe
handling (in the broad sense of the word) and then use them without a clue.
I once came across a oxy-acetylene rig were the anti-flash back arresters
had been installed at the torch end and not regulator ends of the hoses, if
'professional' can make stupid mistakes like that just think what mistakes
those that are clueless could make.

They are not bombs, but they dammed well are potential bombs in the wrong
hands.