On Mon, 23 May 2005 20:43:26 -0500, wws wrote:


Talk about curling hairs.
Way back when my father used to swab out the garage with gasoline with
my mother hollering: DON'T!
To prove her fears unwarranted he would flick his lit cigarette into the
puddle, and that put the cigarette out.

The house is still standing.

http://www.archive.org/details/more_..._then_dynamite

Line shafting, live steam fire extinguishers, asbestos blankets,
and a woman washing clothes in gasoline in her kitchen. Just some
of the things you'll see in the 1930's safety film, "More Dangerous
Then Dynamite" at archive.org.