Tell us something really trivial about your life (vol 25)

[ali_kat]

Adenauer said:

Timmy40 said:

Adenauer said:

Fun Bus said:

ChemicalChaos said:

Diesel really is a horrid fuel.

It has it's place.

The newer diesel turbot engines are pretty good, imo.

They have their plaice.

Timmy, look what you did, look at it, properly.

Adafish, you know your carp started it, right?

[Adenauer]

Suck a small amount of petrol into a Pipet, light the end of it and then lean over the bucket and squirt it at the petrol. That's what I did when I was about 8 years old

[ali_kat]

Timmy40 said:

I have a desire, as an experiment to put a couple of litres of petrol in a bucket and light it. The thing is I can't work out how to light the petrol safely? I thought if I put a candle in a jam jar suspended over the petrol and lit that, then retired so a safe distance then shot the jam jar with a gun it would shatter and the candle would fall into the bucket and ignite it. Unless anyone has any better ideas???

The fall of the candle into the petrol would put the flame out?

You'd need to drop a lit Zippo into it

What sort of bucket?

[Timmy40]

Adenauer said:

Suck a small amount of petrol into a Pipet, light the end of it and then lean over the bucket and squirt it at the petrol. That's what I did when I was about 8 years old

Hmmmm.

I need something practical, I've got a bow and arrow so I did consider firing a flaming arrow at the bucket.

Or laying a trail of paraffin to the bucket. Thing is I reckon I need to be at least 20ft away.

[pad58]

Why waste the petrol ,I'll have it?

[Adenauer]

I didn't need a hair cut for months after I did that

[Timmy40]

ali_kat said:

Timmy40 said:

I have a desire, as an experiment to put a couple of litres of petrol in a bucket and light it. The thing is I can't work out how to light the petrol safely? I thought if I put a candle in a jam jar suspended over the petrol and lit that, then retired so a safe distance then shot the jam jar with a gun it would shatter and the candle would fall into the bucket and ignite it. Unless anyone has any better ideas???

The fall of the candle into the petrol would put the flame out?

You'd need to drop a lit Zippo into it

What sort of bucket?

Hi Ali.

A fairly large one, one of those builders type buckets. I've been thinking about it for ages, just can't figure out the ignition issue.

[drivin_me_nuts]

pad58 said:

Fun Bus said:

Two people. Happy to help.

Good, next Friday I shall grab a hippy from the street and drag it in for the freebe.

With all due respect, i'm not an 'it'.

[Carthage]

Timmy40 said:

ali_kat said:

Timmy40 said:

I have a desire, as an experiment to put a couple of litres of petrol in a bucket and light it. The thing is I can't work out how to light the petrol safely? I thought if I put a candle in a jam jar suspended over the petrol and lit that, then retired so a safe distance then shot the jam jar with a gun it would shatter and the candle would fall into the bucket and ignite it. Unless anyone has any better ideas???

The fall of the candle into the petrol would put the flame out?

You'd need to drop a lit Zippo into it

What sort of bucket?

Hi Ali.

A fairly large one, one of those builders type buckets. I've been thinking about it for ages, just can't figure out the ignition issue.

Would it not be more effective to have the petrol in an enclosed container, like an old milk churn.
Take the lid off, throw a match in?.

[DickyC]

Fill the bucket with dry sand, pour on petrol, ignite, hey presto, Benghazi Cooker, improvised stove invented by Allied troops in the desert during WW2.

Quite safe.

ish

[GOG440]

Carthage said:

Timmy40 said:

ali_kat said:

Timmy40 said:

I have a desire, as an experiment to put a couple of litres of petrol in a bucket and light it. The thing is I can't work out how to light the petrol safely? I thought if I put a candle in a jam jar suspended over the petrol and lit that, then retired so a safe distance then shot the jam jar with a gun it would shatter and the candle would fall into the bucket and ignite it. Unless anyone has any better ideas???

The fall of the candle into the petrol would put the flame out?

You'd need to drop a lit Zippo into it

What sort of bucket?

Hi Ali.

A fairly large one, one of those builders type buckets. I've been thinking about it for ages, just can't figure out the ignition issue.

Would it not be more effective to have the petrol in an enclosed container, like an old milk churn.
Take the lid off, throw a match in?.

A few years ago at LeMans there were some mad dutch people with a milk churn, some meths and a lighter.
They had put a small hole in 1 end so they could light the meths, when they lit it (with the churn lid on) there was a massive boom and the lid of the churn flew a pretty reasonable distance

[Carthage]

GOG440 said:

A few years ago at LeMans there were some mad dutch people with a milk churn, some meths and a lighter.
They had put a small hole in 1 end so they could light the meths, when they lit it (with the churn lid on) there was a massive boom and the lid of the churn flew a pretty reasonable distance

Shhhhhhhh!

WTF is wrong with you? He's never going to do it now....

[Timmy40]

DickyC said:

Fill the bucket with dry sand, pour on petrol, ignite, hey presto, Benghazi Cooker, improvised stove invented by Allied troops in the desert during WW2.

Quite safe.

ish

Ooh, I'm going to try one of those I've got plenty of sand in a dumpy bag out back, and a lot of petrol. So make up DickyC stove. Suspend wine bottle full of petrol over DickyC stove, retire to safe distance, shoot bottle, watch small mushroom cloud!

[Carthage]

I take it all back, Gog.

Clearly my estimations were incorrect.

[DickyC]

Timmy40 said:

Ooh, I'm going to try one of those I've got plenty of sand in a dumpy bag out back, and a lot of petrol. So make up DickyC stove. Suspend wine bottle full of petrol over DickyC stove, retire to safe distance, shoot bottle, watch small mushroom cloud!

EAOE

[DickyC]

"Mr Benghazi, allow me to introduce you to Mr Molotov."

[DickyC]

McAndy said:

DickyC said:

The decorator who hits windows with ladder looks guilty.


This isn't a proverb, this is Breaking News in South Glamorgan.

Ba-dum, tsh.

I slave away in my lonely garret writing these gems that's the one you pick up?

[DickyC]

One of the lads here in Barry is leaving on Friday to start work in Aldermaston next week. He lives near here. I live near there. We'll wave as we pass one another on the M4. Somewhere around Leigh Delamere Services if my calculations are correct.

[drivin_me_nuts]

DickyC said:

One of the lads here in Barry is leaving on Friday to start work in Aldermaston next week. He lives near here. I live near there. We'll wave as we pass one another on the M4. Somewhere around Leigh Delamere Services if my calculations are correct.

Whilst he still has fingers and not one webby stump to wave.

[ChemicalChaos]

DickyC said:

I slave away in my lonely garret writing these gems that's the one you pick up?

You live in a turbocharger?