Over the years I have been there, done that.
I have learned from experience.
Most of the time.
Over the years I have been there, done that.
I have learned from experience.
Most of the time.
In reply to bearmtnmartin:
Unleaded works fine in Coleman stuff, Coleman fuel is naphtha, gasoline is mostly naphtha. Both are highly flammable.
In reply to BrokenYugo:
In all fairness, I would have had the same end result regardless of what fuel I had used. It was beer and stupidity that were my downfall.
These stories all remind my of my MIL. She believes that gas is the solution for everything in the same way as the dad on My Big Fat Greek Wedding believes that Windex is the Answer.
Before I met my wife, MIL was out trying to remove the remains of a stump or something right next to the garage. She goes and gets a can of The Answer, dumps some, then lights it off while still pouring gas. She then proceeds to use her flamethrower to hose down the side of the garage, lawn, and most of the foliage on the side of the garage. Fortunately my wife had the common sense to call people WITH common sense to help with extinguishing the mess.
The stump is still there ~25 years later 
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Glad you're OK, stuff happens.
fasted58 wrote: Glad you're OK, stuff happens.
From you I find this response very disappointing. We were all set for a fasted58 tale of wildly questionable choices leading to a gloriously epic outcome.
I did drum brake springs with a regular pair of pliers and slipped and punched myself square in the face. I never saw it coming.
Guy at work thought it was a funny story and went out and bought me the correct tool. (I was in my late 20's and learned my lesson)
Reminds me of the time I asked my son's friend's mom about the bandage on her hand. "Oh, it's a burn." How did it happen? "We made a campfire." You didn't happen to use an accelerant, did you? "Yes." That's not how we teach fire starting in Scouts. "Well, I'm from New York and we like it hot and fast."
What could I say? 
Datsun310Guy wrote: Guy at work thought it was a funny story and went out and bought me the correct tool. (I was in my late 20's and learned my lesson)
The correct tool being a disc brake conversion? :)
Mistakes are not monumentally stupid until someone from the local news is asking you how it all started.
KyAllroad wrote:fasted58 wrote: Glad you're OK, stuff happens.From you I find this response very disappointing. We were all set for a fasted58 tale of wildly questionable choices leading to a gloriously epic outcome.
Always been safety-minded and cautious to a fault. A few errors in judgement did slip through over the years. Anymore though, I feel like Mr. Magoo walking aimlessly through life.
Curtis, are you a smoker? They're the only people I know that are more likely to have a lighter on hand than a flashlight, and have the idea of using the lighter as a flashlight.
More evidence that smoking is bad for you.
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