[Blindtlk] Fired up and cooking now

David Evans drevans at bellsouth.net
Mon Jun 27 13:20:46 UTC 2011 

Dear All,


This story reminds me of a incident back when I first started working for 
G.E. Nuclear Energy Division.
One of the techs was given the task of lighting off a gas fired furnace that 
was used to simulate the reactor core on our test rig.
He turned on the gas and after a minute started the blower that supplies the 
burners with air.
He then tried to light the burner, but for some reason it did not light 
right away.
Instead of turning off the gas, while he checked for the problem, he left it 
on.
When he tried to light it the second time, there was a explosion and the 80 
foot tall smoke stack on top of the furnace made like the space shuttle and 
flew 200 feet into the air and came down next to the parking lot about 500 
feet away from the building.  We all went running to see if we could help in 
case there was a fire in the furnace shed and to see if anyone was hurt.
When we got there this guy Sal greets us at the door,looking like Uncle 
Fester from the Munsters, bald headed, no eye brows , clothes smoking his 
face all black with only his eyes showing through.  He has this sheepish 
grin on his face and he is stuttering to say what happened.
He forgot to purge the cell before trying to light the burner the second 
time and the gas built up to the point that when it did light the explosion 
was too much for the cell.
Lucky for him, no one was hurt and his flash burns were minor.
>From then on he was just called Uncle Fester by everyone.
My first job that day was figuring out how to replace the smoke stack back 
on the furnace and making repairs to it.
This story just shows how easy it is to do something wrong .  This guy had 
lit this furnace over 100 times in the past without a problem, but admitted 
that he was lost in thought and thinking about something else when the 
accident happened.  the lesson is, "keep your mind on what you are doing or 
what you are doing can come down on your head."

David Evans, NFBF and GD Jack.
Retired Nuclear/Aerospace Materials Engineer.
Builder of the Lunar Rovers and the F-117 Stealth Fighter.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 6:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fired up and cooking now


> They fell off the pizza, into the oven, and caught fire.  Lots of smoke, 
> lots of alarms, sirens, etc.  Not much else.  (I wasn’t involved, that 
> time, but I was there…)
>
> Joseph
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 03:33:09AM -0500, David Thomas wrote:
>>What was that story about the topings
>>
>>Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>On Jun 27, 2011, at 2:36, "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com> 
>>wrote:
>>
>>> No, not at all!
>>>
>>> I dumped a whole lot of lighter fluid in it, closed the lid, fumbled 
>>> around a bit, and stuck the tip of an aim-n-flame into an enriched 
>>> air-fuel mixture and lit THAT.
>>>
>>> I blew the cover right off the top of the grill.  And then it hit the 
>>> fence and bounced closed.  I was laughing SO hard.  I singed some hair, 
>>> but I was laughing because even under sleepshade I knew exactly what 
>>> just happened, as well as the awful truth:  The coals were out again.
>>>
>>> I swear that I was following instructions.  Julee Mullen does not 
>>> remember giving me those instructions, but she did.  And I followed 
>>> them, not thinking about what I was doing.
>>>
>>> They didn’t let me use the grill after that for some reason, no idea why 
>>> not.
>>>
>>> But at least I didn’t have four fire trucks pulling up with lights and 
>>> sirens and everything during a NABS meeting over pizza toppings.  That 
>>> one is totally on our student pizza chef.
>>>
>>> (See these are the stories you DON’T see in our training centers' 
>>> brocures!)
>>>
>>> Joseph
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 01:42:53AM -0500, David Thomas wrote:
>>>> Let me guess dump a lot of liter fluid on and presto boom
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 27, 2011, at 1:18 AM, "T. Joseph Carter" 
>>>> <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You can invite me over to start up the charcoal.  Just ask people from 
>>>>> the Colorado Center how good I am at lighting up a few coals.  *evil 
>>>>> grin*
>>>>>
>>>>> Joseph
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 06:19:03PM -0700, Gloria Whipple wrote:
>>>>>> Yummy!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gloria Whipple
>>>>>> Corresponding Secretary
>>>>>> Inland Empire chapter
>>>>>> nfb of WA
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cell: 509-475-4993
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>>>>>> [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of T. Joseph Carter
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 17:53
>>>>>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fired up and cooking now
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Everybody over the Jim’s house!  *grin*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Joseph
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 05:45:51PM -0700, Jim wrote:
>>>>>>> That's what I had. <grin>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>>>>>>> [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>>>>> Behalf Of Steve P. Deeley
>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 5:41 PM
>>>>>>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fired up and cooking now
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Get a gas grill.
>>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> From: "Jim" <jp100 at earthlink.net>
>>>>>>> To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 11:41 AM
>>>>>>> Subject: [Blindtlk] Fired up and cooking now
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Greetings everyone,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm hoping I can get some good tips here.  I will admit that I 
>>>>>>>> remember
>>>>>>>> having seen a thread about something similar last summer, but I 
>>>>>>>> can't
>>>>>>>> remember on what forum.  Some other guy was asking similar 
>>>>>>>> questions.
>>>>>>>> Since
>>>>>>>> it's summer time, I thought it would be appropriate to ask again.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So, for my friends that know me, you know that one of my favorite 
>>>>>>>> things
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> eat is a good burger or good piece of meat.  Quite frankly, I am 
>>>>>>>> getting
>>>>>>>> tired of smelling these grills coming from neighbors' houses and 
>>>>>>>> yards,
>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>> such wonderful smells!  So, although I've had one of those portable 
>>>>>>>> grills
>>>>>>>> for a while, it's not been used except by a friend of mine one 
>>>>>>>> time, and
>>>>>>>> I'm
>>>>>>>> thinking that's a shame.  Last year's thread kept poking at me and 
>>>>>>>> telling
>>>>>>>> me that I should use it again, but admittedly, I chickened out. 
>>>>>>>> The
>>>>>>>> Foreman
>>>>>>>> grill just isn't cutting it right now!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Truthfully, I can't remember the last time I really barbecued as a 
>>>>>>>> blind
>>>>>>>> person with any amount of confidence.  I know I did it in 
>>>>>>>> Louisiana, but
>>>>>>>> don't ask me how long ago that was, and I have very fond memories 
>>>>>>>> when Dr.
>>>>>>>> Jernigan had me do it with him, but that was also charcoal, and 
>>>>>>>> that was
>>>>>>>> sixteen years ago.  That's where you guys come in.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Can you guys give me some getting started tips so as to be able to 
>>>>>>>> do some
>>>>>>>> stuff.possibly even today!  I've heard or read of some good tools 
>>>>>>>> or pans
>>>>>>>> that are used for burgers or chicken breasts.  Can you tell me 
>>>>>>>> about them
>>>>>>>> and how I can get them?  Also, if you have any tips or tricks as 
>>>>>>>> blind
>>>>>>>> folks?  Just consider me a novice these days.  I also want to be 
>>>>>>>> able to
>>>>>>>> avoid messes and to clean this stuff rather easily.  I don't have 
>>>>>>>> any
>>>>>>>> talking thermometers or special blindness tools for barbecuing, so 
>>>>>>>> let me
>>>>>>>> know if I need anything!   I'm just tired of all of these barbecues 
>>>>>>>> around
>>>>>>>> me and me just eating other things when I could be using my little 
>>>>>>>> gas
>>>>>>>> grill
>>>>>>>> and indulging! <grin>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I know I could also ask my sighted friends for help, but this is 
>>>>>>>> something
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>> want to be able to do myself whenever I want, so why not start and 
>>>>>>>> ask
>>>>>>>> blind
>>>>>>>> folks who are friends of mine?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks for everything, and thanks for not grilling me regarding my
>>>>>>>> questions!  <grin>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I should start with a burger or two, huh??
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>>>>
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