Barren Realms 007 said:
Did you mean to Hokea HE?
Correct. I was not aware that Hoke was a woman. I learned that here, on this forum. Take note that there is nothing in her book to imply she is a female. I expect that is to do with her time--- women did not enjoy the success they do today--it wasn't fashionable for them to compete in what was, then, a man's world.
Come on Harold you have got to tell the story about setting the garage on fire, this I want to hear.. PLEASE 8) :lol: :mrgreen: :twisted:
Pretty simple. I had my wisdom teeth pulled and didn't feel all that great. Got home from the dentist's office and set some polishing wastes, including the large plastic bag, on to incinerate. This was early on, when I was using my first hood, a dreadful thing I had made of fiberglass. Went inside to relax, then decided a dish of ice cream was in order. As I was eating the ice cream, I heard a noise from what was then, my lab, an attached two car garage. Ran in to find black smoke down to about four feet off the floor. Couldn't see a thing. Ducked down low and ran to the far side, where the hood was located, to find it on fire, including the under side of the roof. Ran back and told Susan to call 911---then ran back in and emptied my fire extinguisher, which reduced the flame, but didn't put it out. Next I grabbed a garden hose and went back in, extinguishing the flames. Opened the doors to air out the smoke, then went back to the house to find Susan still talking to 911---answering questions, without having dispatched the fire department. I shudder to think what would have happened had I not put out the flames. I told her to tell 911 to disregard the call, that the fire was out. To this day, I have nothing good to say about 911. By the way, the fire department was about two blocks away, as the crow flies. Directly behind my house, although no street connected the two without driving around a little. They could have been to my address in less than a minute.
You may have taken note that I always talk about using a hood that is fire resistant. Now you may understand why. My next hood was made entirely of asbestos, as was my third hood, which proved to be a good design.
When you incinerate a plastic bag (this one was covered with polishing waste---it needed to be processed), they don't burn immediately. What they do is liquefy, then when they're hot enough, they burn almost like gasoline (not quite, you understand). When the pan reached the proper temperature, the flames impinged on the small hood, which was now quite hot anyway, setting it on fire.
I do NOT endorse hoods made of fiber glass, nor wood. Wood that is exposed to nitric acid burns readily. Fiber glass resin burns readily as well.
Harold
Mind you, once again, what you say is so true. I cant understand it myself, and like you say, people get fat and lazy, and expect help, and then eventualy you just give help and let them be fat and lazy, then they just wana jump off the nearest bridge but they cant as your not helping them, and they to fat and lazy to do it themself 
