[TheForge] Aha! - duh! OT

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Cute Bruce! I feel even dumber as it never even occurred to me...pf

Bruce Freeman wrote:
> Ever have one of those Aha! moments, only to realize you were dumb not
> to have thought of it years ago?
> 
> I needed to start my lawnmower today, and it was cool out so the
> engine was not cooperative.  I looked around for some starter fluid
> (ether) and couldn't find any.  I considered substituting acetone, but
> this mower has a lot of plastic parts the acetone might damage.  What
> to do?
> 
> While looking around in my garage some more, I spotted the propane torch. (!)
> 
> It was tricky balancing the torch near the air filter but once I
> succeeded in that, and turned on a stream of propane (unlit, of
> course), I started the mower on the first try.
>