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    Paul Conrad
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    Saw this after a quick visit to cnn.com... Man Cleaning With Blowtorch Starts Fire[^] :wtf: Ummm, what ever happened to just using a broom or a pressure sprayer?

    "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham

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      Saw this after a quick visit to cnn.com... Man Cleaning With Blowtorch Starts Fire[^] :wtf: Ummm, what ever happened to just using a broom or a pressure sprayer?

      "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham

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      Oakman
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      A blowtorch makes a great paint stripper, too.

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        A blowtorch makes a great paint stripper, too.

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        Tim Craig
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        Hell of an interrogation device, as well.

        Your silly assed, irrelevant opinion has been duly noted. Now take it elsewhere!

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          A blowtorch makes a great paint stripper, too.

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          Paul Conrad
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          Oakman wrote:

          A blowtorch makes a great paint stripper, too.

          Yes, they do :laugh: I'll stick with the electric heat gun I borrowed from my mom. It gets the old paint removed without the excessive power of a blowtorch :)

          "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham

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            Hell of an interrogation device, as well.

            Your silly assed, irrelevant opinion has been duly noted. Now take it elsewhere!

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            Paul Conrad
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            Yep. Taken from Star Wars, Episode I, "The negotiations where short."

            "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham

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              Oakman wrote:

              A blowtorch makes a great paint stripper, too.

              Yes, they do :laugh: I'll stick with the electric heat gun I borrowed from my mom. It gets the old paint removed without the excessive power of a blowtorch :)

              "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham

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              Oakman
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              Paul Conrad wrote:

              I'll stick with the electric heat gun I borrowed from my mom

              Wussy ;P

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                Paul Conrad wrote:

                I'll stick with the electric heat gun I borrowed from my mom

                Wussy ;P

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                Paul Conrad
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                :laugh: I doubt the US Forest Service would allow me to use a blowtorch to get rid of the old paint. The fire danger sign at the ranger station around the corner from here is still "High"... :sigh:

                "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham

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                  Saw this after a quick visit to cnn.com... Man Cleaning With Blowtorch Starts Fire[^] :wtf: Ummm, what ever happened to just using a broom or a pressure sprayer?

                  "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham

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                  Brady Kelly
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                  Spiders lodge in the broom and plot revenge from behind the kitchen door. OK, that's where my broom is, and I don't want a pissed off rain spider[^] in my broom.

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                    Spiders lodge in the broom and plot revenge from behind the kitchen door. OK, that's where my broom is, and I don't want a pissed off rain spider[^] in my broom.

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                    Paul Conrad
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                    Brady Kelly wrote:

                    don't want a pissed off rain spider

                    Nope. Glad I don't have any of those. These large, attractive spiders Okaaaaaay.

                    Brady Kelly wrote:

                    Spiders lodge in the broom and plot revenge from behind the kitchen door. OK, that's where my broom is

                    That is why we have two brooms. One for outside and the other for inside.

                    "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham

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                      Spiders lodge in the broom and plot revenge from behind the kitchen door. OK, that's where my broom is, and I don't want a pissed off rain spider[^] in my broom.

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                      Anthony Mushrow
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                      Big spiders are no problem, it's the small fast ones you have to watch out for.

                      My current favourite word is: Nipple!

                      -SK Genius

                      Game Programming articles start -here[^]-

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                        :laugh: I doubt the US Forest Service would allow me to use a blowtorch to get rid of the old paint. The fire danger sign at the ranger station around the corner from here is still "High"... :sigh:

                        "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham

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                        Oakman
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                        What if you promise to be careful?

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                          What if you promise to be careful?

                          Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

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                          Not sure, but it couldn't be really any different than the people who flick their burning cigarette butts out of their cars into the dry brush. Couple that up with 50-90mph Santa Ana winds that blow at this time of year, we could be in trouble. Cal-Fire is supposedly going to let the Australians borrow the DC-10 Supertanker for their fire season coming up. Here is a clip[^] of it making a drop in the Zaca fire.

                          "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham

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                            Not sure, but it couldn't be really any different than the people who flick their burning cigarette butts out of their cars into the dry brush. Couple that up with 50-90mph Santa Ana winds that blow at this time of year, we could be in trouble. Cal-Fire is supposedly going to let the Australians borrow the DC-10 Supertanker for their fire season coming up. Here is a clip[^] of it making a drop in the Zaca fire.

                            "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham

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                            Paul Conrad wrote:

                            Cal-Fire is supposedly going to let the Australians borrow the DC-10 Supertanker for their fire season coming up

                            That's really nice of them, but wtf will they do if there's a fire in your neighborhood? huff and puff and blow the thing out? Screw the Aussies.

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                              Big spiders are no problem, it's the small fast ones you have to watch out for.

                              My current favourite word is: Nipple!

                              -SK Genius

                              Game Programming articles start -here[^]-

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                              SK Genius wrote:

                              Big spiders are no problem

                              Depends on how big - ask Frodo

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                                Paul Conrad wrote:

                                Cal-Fire is supposedly going to let the Australians borrow the DC-10 Supertanker for their fire season coming up

                                That's really nice of them, but wtf will they do if there's a fire in your neighborhood? huff and puff and blow the thing out? Screw the Aussies.

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                                Oakman wrote:

                                will they do if there's a fire in your neighborhood? huff and puff and blow the thing out?

                                Exactly. My wife said she was not worried about it since our fire season is pretty much over. Well, not worried about it until I reminded her of the fire incident we had in January '06. Luckily the wind blew it straight into an area that was hit two years before, and a storm rolled in three days after it started. The lady that works with my wife, her husband is a mechanic for the plane and said something about the Aussies being charged $50K per day using the plane. Supposedly Arnold Schwarzenegger has been trying to get a 747 retrofitted for fire fighting. Hell with that, how about a C-130 or C-5 the Air Force would be willing to donate :rolleyes:

                                "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham

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                                  Big spiders are no problem, it's the small fast ones you have to watch out for.

                                  My current favourite word is: Nipple!

                                  -SK Genius

                                  Game Programming articles start -here[^]-

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                                  SK Genius wrote:

                                  it's the small fast ones you have to watch out for

                                  Yep. We have plenty of black widows around here. My wife and kids freak out over the wolf spiders[^]. It's funny watching our three cats bat these guys around :laugh:

                                  "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham

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                                    Oakman wrote:

                                    will they do if there's a fire in your neighborhood? huff and puff and blow the thing out?

                                    Exactly. My wife said she was not worried about it since our fire season is pretty much over. Well, not worried about it until I reminded her of the fire incident we had in January '06. Luckily the wind blew it straight into an area that was hit two years before, and a storm rolled in three days after it started. The lady that works with my wife, her husband is a mechanic for the plane and said something about the Aussies being charged $50K per day using the plane. Supposedly Arnold Schwarzenegger has been trying to get a 747 retrofitted for fire fighting. Hell with that, how about a C-130 or C-5 the Air Force would be willing to donate :rolleyes:

                                    "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham

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                                    Oakman
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                                    Paul Conrad wrote:

                                    said something about the Aussies being charged $50K per day using the plane.

                                    Great and what happens if they break it? Would they come up with the money to buy a new one (Do you really think a government Carson is happy with would provide new equipment for the US? They'd claim it was "used" and offer $0.10 on the $1.00) And even if they did, the delivery time would leave you unprotected for at least a year.

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                                      Paul Conrad wrote:

                                      said something about the Aussies being charged $50K per day using the plane.

                                      Great and what happens if they break it? Would they come up with the money to buy a new one (Do you really think a government Carson is happy with would provide new equipment for the US? They'd claim it was "used" and offer $0.10 on the $1.00) And even if they did, the delivery time would leave you unprotected for at least a year.

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                                      Oakman wrote:

                                      Great and what happens if they break it? Would they come up with the money to buy a new one

                                      That is precisely why I wasn't too thrilled about hearing about the notion of the plane going down there.

                                      "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham

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                                        SK Genius wrote:

                                        Big spiders are no problem

                                        Depends on how big - ask Frodo

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                                        Oakman wrote:

                                        Depends on how big

                                        Sure, size can matter, but also the quantity. Just ask Harry Potter and his friends about the ones they dealt with in Harry Potter: Chamber of Secrets :rolleyes: Or, how about those red ants in the latest Indiana Jones?

                                        "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham

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                                          Paul Conrad wrote:

                                          Cal-Fire is supposedly going to let the Australians borrow the DC-10 Supertanker for their fire season coming up

                                          That's really nice of them, but wtf will they do if there's a fire in your neighborhood? huff and puff and blow the thing out? Screw the Aussies.

                                          Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

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                                          Oakman wrote:

                                          Screw the Aussies.

                                          Screw you too![^]

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