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Royse · Mar 23, 2014

Someone could use a lesson maybe?

rrlund · Mar 23, 2014

Only one gas can? I'll bet there are at least 3 piled behind mine,along with some cardboard boxes.
Remember,"Safety Forced".

fixerupper · Mar 23, 2014

I used to get red in the face when dad would bring a gas can in the shop and put it under the welding table. I would see it and toss it out the door and into the yard in a fit of frustration but what I was really afraid of was my son or a neighbor coming in and using the welder without seeing that gas can under there. Jim

David G · Mar 23, 2014

My dad kept his blasting caps on top of the used oil tank. The caps were 50 years old and he really was not supposed to have them.

The county engineer helped me dispose of them when I cleaned up his estate.

JD Seller · Mar 23, 2014

I fought the same thing for years as the welder and torch where just inside the door so I could work on big stuff out side. People would just bring the gas cans back and set them right inside the door. This was right around the torch and welder.

I finally made a rack/cage like you see at some commercial places. It sets just outside the door.

Ultradog MN · Mar 23, 2014

When we moved onto my grand dad's farm I found his blasting caps in a paper bag in the barn.
Little sister was there though and told dad.
Dad made me dig about a 4' deep hole with the hand phd and bury them.
I wanted to shoot them with my .22

FBH44 · Mar 23, 2014

You know, I"ve never even thought about it. I got some stored just inside the barn door, where a rear tire could squash one, one in the lawn-mower shed, one under shelving, they"re just sitting all around. Never thought.

showcrop · Mar 23, 2014

(quoted from post at 17:32:34 03/23/14) When we moved onto my grand dad's farm I found his blasting caps in a paper bag in the barn.
Little sister was there though and told dad.
Dad made me dig about a 4' deep hole with the hand phd and bury them.
I wanted to shoot them with my .22

I knew where my dad kept the dynamite but I never found the caps. we sure had a lot of the wire.

504 · Mar 23, 2014

Ask the coop north of me,summer help was cutting a piece on the bench that held 5 or 6 gal of used oil.
They did build a very nice new shop to replace the brunt one.

fixerupper · Mar 23, 2014

We had a partial case of old mushy dynamite in the machine shed loft from the days when dad would blast rocks. I threw it in the hole when we were burying some old feed floors so it's eight feet in the ground. That was when I was young and not so smart. I could have been blown to smithereens if something went wrong. Jim

js305 · Mar 23, 2014

I work for an electronic supply store and from time to time we have some real winners come in. A couple of days ago this fellow came in looking for a 9 volt battery and holder and a switch of some kind and some wire. I asked him what he was building, thinking I might be able to guide him better. He reached in his pocket and out came a blasting cap. I took it and asked if he had more with him. The answer was "yep, I got a box of em in the pickup..." I suspected he was one of the "preppers", as he was talking about how "they" were watching him. I finally told him they may be able to help him at Radio Shack and gave the address of the nearest one. As he left I called a friend at the PD and told him to maybe go over and shop at the Radio Shack for a bit. Don't know the outcome just yet, but I'm waiting for a return call any day now.

js305 · Mar 23, 2014

A local grocery chain has one of the self service propane bottle cages out on the front side walk, right next to the park bench that has a large "butt can" for the smokers made into it.

ss55 · Mar 23, 2014

Did anyone else notice inside the lodge on the "Red Green Show", on the left hand side of the stage, there was often a plastic gas can sitting on top of a cast iron stove as simulated smoke backdrafted out the top of the stove into the room.

GVSII · Mar 24, 2014

(quoted from post at 21:23:37 03/23/14) Did anyone else notice inside the lodge on the "Red Green Show", on the left hand side of the stage, there was often a plastic gas can sitting on top of a cast iron stove as simulated smoke backdrafted out the top of the stove into the room.

Yup! I miss that show.

JML755 · Mar 24, 2014

Actually, I think that gas can is in the safest spot, right under the cart.

I never cut stuff at the cart. The hose is unwound to the middle of the garage floor before it is lit. Now, if there is still a flame when you return the torch to the cart you might have a problem. :wink:

As a disclaimer, I DO keep an extinguisher on hand when cutting and have had my share of smoldering rags that had to be tossed outside the door. I never return them to the garage until the next day at least after making sure they are cold and dead.

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