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Subject:Re: got to use my fire extinguisher
From:Pat Dooley
Date:Sat, 4 Sep 1999 23:12:55 -0400

Am I being petty, or would it be appropriate to ask the owner for 10-15
bucks to replace your extinguisher?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of Alistair Bell
> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 1999 10:49 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: got to use my fire extinguisher
>
>
> Driving into work tonight I saw a hot rod (one of those little jobs, open
> chromed engine, teeny little "tub" to sit in) pulled over on the
> shoulder of
> the hwy, smoking and flames coming out of the firewall area. I stopped and
> grabbed the fire extinguisher that i keep in the van. Its an old
> "Stemple",
> 2.5 lb  CO2 unit that I bought at a Sea Cadet garage sale years ago.
>
> Well it worked, put out the fire that was consuming the
> fibreglass body. The
> owner of the car was a bit in shock over the whole thing (as is natural),
> and i was frankly amazed at how well the extinguisher worked.
>
> Alistair
>