Ahh...boredom...

[MinisterofDOOM]

Really slow night. Not much happening. And the few things that have happened have pretty much taken care of themselves.

So I find myself sitting here, playing with my homemade (well...office-made) flamethrower. Actually, flamethrower is a bit of an overstatement...more like mini-torch.

And since I'm really bored, I'm going to tell you ALL about it.

In my pocket, when I came into the office, I had my swiss army knife (a black one...I love it) bic lighter (don't smoke--but I never leave home without a lighter), and one of those little breath spray things (don't even recall why I have it; I've never used it for its intended purpose).

Hmm...lighter...breath spray.

Fire.

After the bottle of spray was about halfway gone, I decided that the flames weren't big enough, and needed enhancement.Luckily for me, we keep several bottles of isopropyl alcohol around the dispatch office for sanitary purposes.

But...the spray container was sealed tight. I tried prying the top off (seperate plastic) but the glue was the plastic-weld variety, so there really wasn't much of a seam.

So I drilled a small hole in the side with my pocketknife. But there was no way I was going to be able to pour the alcohol in that small hole. The solution? A bit of aluminum foil and a shishkebab skewer made a perfectly sized funnel.

So, spray bottle filled with alcohol, I needed to seal the hole. Tape obviously wasn't going to work...We have no glue of any sort...I rolled up a bit of foil and sized it with the skewer, stuffed it into the hole. then I covered it with more foil (for better seal) and then taped around the edges. Didn't work.

Next attempt was to take part of the spray bottle (part of which which I had already removed because it had a stupid arch over the spray button) and heat it with the lighter, then force it into the hole.That didn't work. It stuck to whatever I was forcing it into the hole with (yeah, yeah, innuendoes abound...).

Then I noticed the mechanical pencil sitting next to me on the desk.I removed the eraser, shaved it down with my knife so that it was shaped to match the hole, and viola! A perfect seal.

Except that it didn't stay on it's own.And we don't have glue...tape won't work...

Whiteout!

I put a tiny dab of whiteout on the eraser to hold it in place, let it cure for a moment, then began generously flooding the seam with the liquid. Layer-by-layer, I built up a perfect seal.

Now, I have a spray bottle filled with 100% isoproply alcohol and a lighter.

Also, when I hold the bottle (it's translucent) up to a light, I can see small particles floating about inside. Looks like the alcohol is eating away at either the eraser or the whiteout. Probably not a wise idea to stick the bottle back in my pocket...

The flames still suck compared to those I used to get from another (now nonexistent) brand of breath spray back in highschool. Those ones would yield the most glorious, slowly rolling balls of flame. This new one just looks like a small dragon sneezed or something...

[nchopp]

Hard to beat WD-40, or aerosol air spray. We were playing around with fuel at recruit class Tuesdsay - hooray for fuel oil!

[audtatious]

If you are that bored, I could think of some stuff for you to do

[MinisterofDOOM]

Depending on what that stuff might be, I might just be interested in helping out...

Just remember: You're a guy. I'm a guy.

And yeah...WD-40...When I was in junior high, I made tons of Lego movies with a friend. We went through nearly all our Legos. In one movie, we used an entire can of WD-40 for pyrotechnics in one scene. It was awesome.

[audtatious]

Depending on what that stuff might be, I might just be interested in helping out...

Joooo Da Man!

[phleb]

[nchopp]

Fire.

[MinisterofDOOM]

Crappy frame from a digicam vid:

[gabossie]

Fire.

Hey you ummm, might want to put that fire out before you stop to pose for pictures. Worst firefighters EVAR.

[nchopp]

Hey you ummm, might want to put that fire out before you stop to pose for pictures. Worst firefighters EVAR.

When the Chief wants to take pictures, the Chief gets to take pictures. Us lowly Firefighters don't argue with Chiefs.

[The Mic]

Its Minnesota, they probably started the fire out of boredom

[nchopp]

Actually, we did. 110 year old granary. Was covered in tin, got so hot (1,900 degrees) the rivets started cooking off. Good time.

[colies97~240sx]

Those Axe body-spray cans make EXCELLENT flame throwers

[corn322]

Brake cleaner.

[Red coupe]

Hey you ummm, might want to put that fire out before you stop to pose for pictures. Worst firefighters EVAR.

grab a beer bottle, fill it (only a little bit)with what ever(alcohol, asitone, wd40, gasoline....)light the top of the bottle on fire and pour....Viola! you can now pour a stream of fire on what ever you want. Simple but amazingly entertaining.

MOD don't try this one in your office...

[nismofly]

even better:

5 gallon water cooler jug, gallon of acetone, flare

wheee!

[gabossie]

Nothing better than spraying bug spray all over your arm and lighting it on fire. Or writing something on a bathroom wall with it and lighting it at one end. Boy Scouts for the pyro win!

[MinisterofDOOM]

Actually, we did. 110 year old granary. Was covered in tin, got so hot (1,900 degrees) the rivets started cooking off. Good time.

I would enjoy being a fireman WAY too much.Problem is...I don't know if I could bring myself to destroy something so beautiful...

Nothing better than spraying bug spray all over your arm and lighting it on fire. Or writing something on a bathroom wall with it and lighting it at one end. Boy Scouts for the pyro win!

I prefer Ronsonol myself. Burns longer, plus it's a heavier liquid, which means you can let it burn longer before the heat starts really getting to you.

Other good stuff:Carb cleaner/starter fluid. Diesel fuel (burns nice and slow).

Alcohol is my preference for flamethrower type stuff because it burns so hot. Blueish flames are much more impressive than orange ones.

I've been in such a pryo mood lately...it rocks.Right now I'm trying to figure out a way to combine aerosols with alcohol.I think what I'll do is use a can of "canned air" combined with a hopper of isopropyl--sort of how paint guns work.

[gabossie]

Why not just use a real paint gun (a cheap one) with a compressor. Now THAT would be a good flame thrower!

[The Mic]

" I used to want to be a firefighter... then I turned 10."

[MinisterofDOOM]

Now he wants to be a racecar driver.

[The Mic]

No he then started to like burning stuff. Get with the program MoD.

[nchopp]

I would enjoy being a fireman WAY too much.Problem is...I don't know if I could bring myself to destroy something so beautiful...

It wasn't very beautiful. In fact, it was rather unattractive.



The two Teamleaders are in the black helmets. The guy in the black turnout is a Firefighter from Kasota, they came out to help us with the burn. Since there are no hydrants out there, and we don't have a tanker, we needed to use theirs.

" I used to want to be a firefighter... then I turned 10."

Hey, some of us just plain don't want to grow up. Get it? Grow UP?

[MinisterofDOOM]

It wasn't very beautiful. In fact, it was rather unattractive.

You dork. I meant the FIRE, not the farmhouse.

[nchopp]

You dork. I meant the FIRE, not the farmhouse.

[Jesda]

Can we throw Paris Hilton and some TV wrestlers into that fire?

[nchopp]

Um, I think it's out by now, but I've got another burn coming up here in a few weeks. I'll let you know.

[The Mic]

So MoD likes to masturbate to burning farmhouses?

[MinisterofDOOM]

No, no...you're slightly confused.

I like to enjoy the natural beauty of burning farmhouses, much like normal people enjoy the natural beauty of, say, the grand canyon.

I masturbate to p0rn, just like everyone else.

[Mr1der]

remember kids, burnt fingertips suck.