Re: [DML] Re: Importance of a Fire Extinguisher

[Stephen Rice <stevedmc@xxxxxxxxx>]

My satellite phone works almost anywhere on the planet.  Why are you so
worried about a car burning to a crisp?  Isn't that what insurance is for?

-Steve Rice
DMCToday.com
#16510
On Jul 23, 2013 8:13 PM, "jtrealtywebspannet" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> At all AACA events cars (and motorcycles!)are not allowed onto the field
> unless they have a fire extinguisher. As I see it, it is not so much for
> me, I take care of my car, it is for the poor bastard nearby who caches
> fire and I put it out so it doesn't spread to me! Now who is going to pay
> to refill or replace my fire extinguisher? No good deed goes unpunished.
> Gary forgot about when his fan jumper melted and almost caught fire. Not an
> uncommon event in a Delorean I am told. Point is having a fire extinguisher
> can keep a bad day from becoming much worse! As for Halon, yes, they are
> nice but if all you had was a bucket of sewerage you would use it! As for
> cell phones, you get spoiled when you are in an urban area. In between big
> cities there are a lot of dead zones. And by the time anyone gets to you
> all there will be are some smoking S/S panels arranged in the shape of what
> once was a car. Did anyone mention fiberglass melts before it burns. What
> remains ain't pretty. Moral of the story; carry a fire extinguisher, it
> doesn't matter what kind as long as it is large enough to put the fire out.
> David Teitelbaum
>
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Stephen Rice <stevedmc@...> wrote:
> >
> > You call someone and let them deal with it.
> >
> > Incidentally, cell phones have made spare tires obsolete too.  In today's
> > society, all you have to do is pickup a phone, call AAA, and someone will
> > tow your car to a tire shop.  There is no need to carry around the excess
> > weight of a spare tire.
> >
> >
>
>
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