On 8/9/03 9:58 pm, Mike Chaney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tag asked:-
Hands up those who have never done it!
Gas is good, but for a real display you can't beat the well known 16miller who
was using clear alcohol and got his bottles mixed up. After he had filled the
boiler, he lit the
On 8/9/03 11:32 pm, Chad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I guess I'm just a worrier. I'm just afraid that someday our hobby will
suffer the consequences that other hobbies have suffered..snip..
but I'll wait for the day we get
sued or kicked out because of the unsafe practices the 7 1/2
On 9/9/03 3:15 am, XXYZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I thought hobbies were suppose to be fun and away to get away from our
everyday stresses??
Whatever gave you that idea Ken :-) There is an awful lot of ego gets
exercised in the various sports and hobbies.
--
Yours Aye
Tag Gorton
On 6/9/03 9:25 pm, Chad R Schend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There is a picture floating around of a guy filling his butane while the
boiler was lit at Diamond Head. I can't find it so I just tell you that he
made an ass of himself because a 3 foot tall flame shot up from the boiler.
According
On 7/9/03 5:44 pm, Geoff Spenceley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yep,
Singed eyebrowqs--I know what you mean!! When I first started steaming with
alcohol, at one time I had my sweatshirt alight, the loco alight and the
ties alight with a big jet of flame from the alcohol tank. Magically,
Tag asked:-
Hands up those who have never done it!
Gas is good, but for a real display you can't beat the well known 16miller who
was using clear alcohol and got his bottles mixed up. After he had filled the
boiler, he lit the (external) burner and within seconds had a flame 6ft high out
of
At 09:35 PM 9/8/03 +0100, you wrote:
Hands up those who have never done it!
A few of us have touched on this before (at DH maybe). In observing
the proceedings it became obvious to us that if and when an injury
occurred (whatever injury might be) it was much more likey to result from
a
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Behalf Of Harry Wade
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 2:11 PM
To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteama
Subject: Re: Cheddar gas shutoff/regulator
At 09:35 PM 9/8/03 +0100, you wrote:
Hands up those who have never done it!
A few of us have touched on this before (at DH maybe
At 03:32 PM 9/8/03 -0700, you wrote:
I'll wait for the day we get
sued or kicked out because of the unsafe practices the 7 1/2 gauge guys
partake in.
Chad
I've been in 7-1/2ga for quite a few years so naturally I'd be very
interested to know what unsafe practices you are referring to.
: Cheddar gas shutoff/regulator
At 03:32 PM 9/8/03 -0700, you wrote:
I'll wait for the day we get
sued or kicked out because of the unsafe practices the 7 1/2 gauge guys
partake in.
Chad
I've been in 7-1/2ga for quite a few years so naturally I'd be very
interested to know what unsafe
I thought hobbies were suppose to be fun and away to get away from our
everyday stresses??
Ken
Well Sir,
There was the time that two engineers got into it because one did not like
to sit on the siding while the other one went by, so he went ahead and
rammed his engine into the other one.
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 4:34 PM
To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam
Subject: RE: Cheddar gas shutoff/regulator
Chad
I observed that, or one like it, the steamer was actually filling his gas
tank to ready for steaming when an alky fired engine passed by. The alky
flame lit the butane
Yep,
Singed eyebrowqs--I know what you mean!! When I first started steaming with
alcohol, at one time I had my sweatshirt alight, the loco alight and the
ties alight with a big jet of flame from the alcohol tank. Magically,
nothing was damaged except my pride--and fortunately I was running
Chad
I observed that, or one like it, the steamer was actually filling his gas
tank to ready for steaming when an alky fired engine passed by. The alky
flame lit the butane and the resulting blast also blew out the alky fire
in the loco!~
I saw a similar thing happen in Diamondhead a few years
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