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From: colonel@ellie.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: Setting fire to Non-Dairy Creamers
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Date: Thu, 20-Feb-86 14:10:09 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 20 14:10:09 1986
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[The can contains some nondescript susbstance ...]

> The stuff is flammable, too!  A waitress once showed me a trick:  take
> a packet of creamer, light a match, and CAREFULLY sprinkle the creamer
> over the flame from a height of approximately one foot.  Instant flash.
> I almost burned off my hair.  You expect that I will eat this stuff!!???

You can ignite many powdered substances this way.  Some of the worst
fires in Buffalo were caused by explosions in flour mills.
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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