Posted by Mark - IN. on July 18, 2012 at 20:32:00 from (24.15.158.111):
In Reply to: Wile E.Coyote moment posted by rrlund on July 18, 2012 at 17:22:34:
I don't mean to laugh, but reading your story stepping out, reminded me of something, now very funny to me, but back then, maybe not so funny.
When I was a kid, about 10 or so, I helped a buddy rake his yard as part of his chores. His family was kind of wealthy and they owned a several thousand square feet home on about an acre full of oak trees. When we got done, on the back of the property there was a pile of leaves bigger than the house I lived in. So wanting it to burn, my buddy goes to the garage and gets a five gallon can of gasoline, walks around the whole pile, and uses the whole thing, except enough to pour about a 10' wick leading away from the pile. Seemed ok to me too, not just him. I was every bit as mentally challenged as he was. He lit the wick, and it flashed through the grass about 3' wide, and into that mountain of leaves. We were just turning to run, and the whole thing exploded singing the heck out of both of us. We took off running and were getting showered by burning leaves for about 30'. Neighbors came running out of their houses because they all got shook. His mother came running out of his house, and there we stood smoldering as people were patting us trying to put us out. We really didn't get burned, but we sure got singed. My buddy's mom was yelling at us, "What did you guys do?", so my buddy says back, "Well Dad used gas when he burned the leaves last year", and his mom was in tears when she slapped him, "Thats because the leaves were wet". Our pile of leaves were drier than dry, except the part doused in gasoline and vapor. You know? Our mothers had gray hair before they were 30. We will never ever be able to repay them for what we did to them. God bless mothers, they are so forgiving.
Glad that you didn't get hurt, other than maybe your pride.
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