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From: dep@ius3.ius.cs.cmu.edu (David Pugh)
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Subject: Re: SR71 to be retired October 1st, rumors regarding SR-71
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Date: 26 Mar 89 16:06:37 GMT
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In article <540@bridge2.3Com.Com> gfk@vision.3Com.com (Gregory F. Kendall) writes:
>Listen up, folks. Cigarettes are not very hot, when it comes to igniting fuel.
>I have, repeatedly, dropped lit cigarettes into buckets of gasoline (that's
>right, mogas, autogas). NO ignition!

I'd be rather careful doing this. If you try it with a partially full
bucket that has sat around for awhile, you may get a rather large explosion.
A cigarette may not ignite liquid gasoline, but I'd be surprised if it
couldn't touch off gasoline vapors.
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Never be angry when a fool acts like a		David Pugh
fool.  It's better when fools identify		....!seismo!cmucspt!cat!dep
themselves...it removes so much uncertainty.
			--Lord Peace
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