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I received the below email as a first-person story, from the person to whom it happened. I have deleted her name and location to protect her. It certainly seemed, though,
this is worth passing along. Please read closely! THE GASOLINE STORY! |
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It is truly a pleasure to be writing to you. I have a tale to tell you. Yesterday I thought that I would
fill up my gasoline can for the lawnmower & get some gasoline in another can for my snowblowerjust planning ahead. So I did so and had them in my trunk. Meanwhile I ran some other
errands. When I got home & popped the trunk, I discovered one of the cans ( 2.5 gal) had tipped over and there was no gasoline in it anymore. So I went to another gas station & refilled
it and came back home. I put the 2 containers away, and pondered what to do with a trunk full of gasoline. Of course I have umpteen things in my trunk. So the first think I did was to pull
out the blanket that I had lining my trunk. It was saturated, as was a sweatshirt & a few small other things. So I figured that I would wash them & get the
gasoline & smell out. So I proceeded to do so. I then stopped the washer so I could take a quick shower & restarted it when I got out. Went upstairs & threw my nightgown on
& was going to the kitchen to make supper. I decided at the last minute to check my email instead and then make supper. While I was responding to a friend's email
there was a tremendously loud KABOOM!!! I ran towards the back of the house which was filled with smoke. Pots & pans were thrown out of my kitchen cupboards, glasses tipped over, a curtain
blown off another cupboard, cook books & vitamins blown off a shelf over the sink & Microwave, and 2 blown out kitchen windowsspraying glass from one end of the kitchen to another.
I ventured through the glassbarefoot, of courseand what a surprise in my utility room. It and the back bathroom looks like a city in Iraq!! The back door was sprung, partially
twisted, lock torn off & standing ajar. The washing machine is across the room in about 4 large parts. The dryer vent was shredded. The toilet tank exploded into 5 or 6 pieces.
Everything in every cupboard in the bathroom was blown out. Nail polish exploded and is on the door & wall, lotion was blown out of the bottle, etc etc. The whole wall is over about 3 inches
now. The ceiling tiles are about 3 inches from meeting the wall. I can stand in the utility room and look between the wall & the door frame which used to be tight against each other and now
there is this 3 inch gap! It blew the surround sound speakers & some pictures off my living room wall as well as the living room screen off the door & twisted
it. My bedroom screen & blouse were laying out on the front lawn. Water was pouring down in my basement. The first thing I did was shut off the water to the house. What a collosal mess!!! Thank the Good Lord that the 2 dogs & 2 cats and I weren't hurt. Well, that my great news. What's new with you? |
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Some years ago the NTSB did an experiment, regarding automobiles with defective or leaky gasoline tanks. Most people realize that gasoline is a flammable liquid. What a lot of people do not
realize is gasoline is an explosive. Gasoline fumes are one of the highest explosives we will encounter in our lifetimes, unless we work with explosives as a career. The NTSB experiment was
performed by evaporating one cup of gasoline in a close space - the trunk of a car. When it was ignited, it destroyed the car. The explosive force was equal to several sticks of dynamite!
Gasoline fumes do not burn! They explode. That is what takes place in the cylinders of your internal combustion engine - explosions. And the amount of gasoline in those cylinders, as a vapor, is
extremely small. Yet they drive the piston downward and operate the engine. GASOLINE FUMES EXPLODE! When aircraft land, they are refueled. Why? To fill the empty space in the tank
with liquid gasoline, so that fumes cannot accumulate. Same with gasoline powered boats. There are few ways to store gasoline safely around the home. A full gasoline can, though, is less
dangerous than a partially empty one. If you must store gasoline, allow it to vent. If you must store gasoline soaked rags, or even damp ones, they should be stored safely outdoors, in an
UNsealed container. I sent this lady's story to my son, who attended fire fighting school I will publish his reply here in a few days. Gasoline is an extremely dangerous chemical if handled
improperly. I have had gasoline soaked rags around. I hang them on my wire fence, wash them with a garden hose, and leave them for several days for the wind to evaporate as much of the remaining gas
as possible. They should NEVER be brought indoors, for any reason. |
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GOING TO MEXICO
Dear President Bush: I'm about to plan a little trip with my family and extended family, and I would like to ask you to assist me. I'm going to walk across the border from the U.S.
into Mexico, and I need to make a few arrangements. I know you can help with this. I plan to skip all
the legal stuff like visas, passports, immigration quotas and laws. I'm sure they handle those things the same way you do here. So, would you mind telling your buddy, President Vicente Fox, that I'm on my way over? Please let him know that I will be expecting the following: 1. Free medical care for my entire family.2. Englishspeaking government bureaucrats for all
services I might need, whether I use them or not. 3. All government forms need to be printed in Eng! lish. 4. I want my kids to be taught by Englishspeaking teachers.
5. Schools need to include classes on American culture and history. 6. I want my kids to see the American flag flying on the top of the flag pole at their school with the Mexican flag flying
lower down. 7. Please plan to feed my kids at school for both breakfast and lunch. 8. I will need a local Mexican driver's license so I can get easy access to government services. 9. I do not plan to have any car insurance, and I won't make any effort to learn local traffic laws. 10. In case one of the Mexican police officers does not get the memo from Pres.
Fox to leave me alone, please be sure that all police officers speak English. 11. I plan to fly the U.S. flag from my house top, put flag decals on my car, and have a gigantic celebration on
July 4 th. I do not want any complaints or negative comments from the locals. 12. I would also like to have a nice job without paying any taxes, and don't enforce any labor laws or tax laws. 13. Please tell all the people in the country to be extremely nice and never say a critical word about me, or about the strain I might place on the economy.
I know this is an easy request because you already do all these things for all the people who come to the U.S. from Mexico. I am sure that
Pres. Fox won't mind returning the favor if you ask him nicely. However, if he gives you any trouble,
just invite him to go quail hunting with your V.P. Thank you so much for your kind help. Sincerely, |
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TEACHER ARRESTED AT AIRPORT NEW YORK A public school teacher was arrested today at
John F. Kennedy International Airport as he attempted to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a set square, a slide rule, and a calculator. At a morning press conference, Attorney
General Alberto Gonzales said he believes the man is a member of the notorious Algebra movement. He did not identify the man, who has been charged by the FBI with carrying weapons of math
instruction. "Algebra is a problem for us," Gonzales said.. "They desire solutions by
means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in search of absolute values. They use secret code names like 'x' and 'y' and refer to themselves as 'unknowns', but we have determined they belong to a common denominator of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every country. As the Greek philanderer Isosceles used to say, 'There are 3 sides to every triangle'."
When asked to comment on the arrest, President Bush said, "If God had wanted us to have better weapons of math
instruction, He would have given us more fingers and toes." White House aides told reporters they could not recall a more intelligent or profound statement by the president. |
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A Somali arrives in Minneapolis as a new immigrant to the United States. He stops the first person he sees
walking down the street and says, "Thank you Mr. American for letting me in this country, and giving me housing, food stamps, free medical care and free education!" But the
passerby says "You are mistaken, I am Mexican". The man goes on and encounters another passerby. "Thank you for having such a beautiful country here in America!"
The person says "I no American, I Vietnamese." The new arrival walks further, and the next person he sees he stops, shakes his hand and says "Thank you for the wonderful America!" That person puts up his hand and says "I am from Middle East, I am not an American!" He finally sees a nice looking lady and asks suspiciously, "Are you an
American?" She says, "No, I am from Russia!" So he is puzzled, and asks her, "Where are all the Americans?"
The Russian lady looks at her watch, shrugs, and says... "Probably at work!" |
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Subject: FW: Learn Chinese in 5 minutes Learn Chinese in 5 minutes...(You MUST read them out loud) 1) That's not right ........................ Sum Ting Wong 2) Are you harboring a fugitive?............. Hu Yu Hai Ding 3) See me ASAP................................ Kum Hia Nao 4) Stupid Man ............................... Dum Fuk
5) Small Horse .............................. Tai Ni Po Ni
6) Did you go to the beach? ................. Wai Yu So Tan
7) I bumped into a coffee table ............. Ai Bang Mai Fa Kin Ni
8) I think you need a face lift ............. Chin Tu Fat
9) It's very dark in here ................... Wao So Dim
10) I thought you were on a diet ............ Wai Yu Mun Ching
11) This is a tow away zone ................. No Pah King
12) Our meeting is scheduled for next week ... Wai Yu Kum Nao
13) Staying out of sight! .................... Lei Ying Lo
14) He's cleaning his automobile ............. Wa Shing Ka
15) Your body odor is offensive .............. Yu Stin Ki Pu
16) Great .................................... Fa Kin Su Pah |
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