FIRE Control!!!
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FIRE Control!!!
Oh look at that! I made you look….
(This is a "Countryism" by the way)
Have you ever noticed, that when you have a drink in your hand – particularly an ‘Adult Beverage of Choice’ – you can stand on any side of a fire you want, but the smoke and fly ash come directly at you?
I’ve noted that, down through the years. I believe I have an explanation for it.
Ever notice that when you want a fire real bad, it takes forever and a day to light? BUT – when you absolutely DON’T want fire anywhere around – it will blaze up so fast all of the witnesses to it will be astonished…
I put this idea to you, and you can experiment with it at your liesure. You can lead a fire just like a dog on a leash if you bear in mind some very fundamental basic principles:
The wind will immediately change direction, sending oxygen to the coals, and driving the flames and smoke straight at you (I done told you earlier – they in CAHOOTS!)
This will cause the fire to travel back and forth in whatever direction you want it to go! All you have to do is walk around it…
It is demonstrable! How many of us have been to a camp out, and could not find a place to sit without smoke driven tears streaming from our eyes? Eh???
And ashes in our drink cups… (Oh yeah! Any receptacle for containing a beverage of any kind is a magnet for ashes from the fire!)
This is referred to as the "Vindictive Law of Spontaneous Combustion" and is regarded by many to be infallable!!! No campfire is complete or happy within itself, until it has caused at least as much annoyance and discontent as the mosquitos it has driven away!!! It’s TRUE!
So then- In lighting a fire, we should hope it don’t catch.
To get it to burn into the wood or tinder we want it to – go to the opposite side, so that the tinder is between us and IT.
If you want a fire to go out – convince yourself that it should last forever!
If you want it to last through the night – decide that you want to snuff it right away
Given these basic points to work with, I feel confident that you too can become a master fire leader, and will have no further trouble in your woodland or state park camp from here on out!
~Wolf sends
(This is a "Countryism" by the way)
Have you ever noticed, that when you have a drink in your hand – particularly an ‘Adult Beverage of Choice’ – you can stand on any side of a fire you want, but the smoke and fly ash come directly at you?
I’ve noted that, down through the years. I believe I have an explanation for it.
Ever notice that when you want a fire real bad, it takes forever and a day to light? BUT – when you absolutely DON’T want fire anywhere around – it will blaze up so fast all of the witnesses to it will be astonished…
I put this idea to you, and you can experiment with it at your liesure. You can lead a fire just like a dog on a leash if you bear in mind some very fundamental basic principles:
- Fire goes where you don’t want it.
- Fire and air are kindred spirits – they therefore can be expected to be in cahoots with one another.
- Fire resists being where you need it. Ever had a persistant ignition problem? That’s why… (-Lightning is similar, ever notice it won’t strike your mother in laws house?)
- All of the above is in line with the concept: "It never rains when you have an umbrella"
- Fire never burns straight up in the air, unless no one is watching it.
The wind will immediately change direction, sending oxygen to the coals, and driving the flames and smoke straight at you (I done told you earlier – they in CAHOOTS!)
This will cause the fire to travel back and forth in whatever direction you want it to go! All you have to do is walk around it…
It is demonstrable! How many of us have been to a camp out, and could not find a place to sit without smoke driven tears streaming from our eyes? Eh???
And ashes in our drink cups… (Oh yeah! Any receptacle for containing a beverage of any kind is a magnet for ashes from the fire!)
This is referred to as the "Vindictive Law of Spontaneous Combustion" and is regarded by many to be infallable!!! No campfire is complete or happy within itself, until it has caused at least as much annoyance and discontent as the mosquitos it has driven away!!! It’s TRUE!
So then- In lighting a fire, we should hope it don’t catch.
To get it to burn into the wood or tinder we want it to – go to the opposite side, so that the tinder is between us and IT.
If you want a fire to go out – convince yourself that it should last forever!
If you want it to last through the night – decide that you want to snuff it right away
Given these basic points to work with, I feel confident that you too can become a master fire leader, and will have no further trouble in your woodland or state park camp from here on out!
~Wolf sends
Last edited by Greywolf; Apr 4, 2005 at 06:35 PM.
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haha, thts SO true. after years in boyscouts, and years of bonfires at home....it is VERY ttrue. my only question it, if you are sitting in a circle around the fire with say, 6 other people, and the smoke is coming at YOU, is it also going at everyone else or are they wishing it to come into thier drink and it refuses? also, its a LOT easier to get it start with a lil' douse of your choice Octane gasoline....model airplane fuel works REAL well too.
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I learned about fire real young. Me and the neighbors,when I was about 5, set bunch of leaves on fire.On purpose too......and also that day I learned what a wooden paddle feels like....never knew dad could hit that hard. LOL I told him now lookin back on that he should of used it alot more often.
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If your neighbors have leftover KEROSENE from last year that seems kind of "iffy"...
Save that stuff! I swear - it is Sooo useful...
It might not be good for a kero heater, but it lights a fire DANG good!
Keep 'at in mind...
~Wolfuss
Save that stuff! I swear - it is Sooo useful...
It might not be good for a kero heater, but it lights a fire DANG good!
Keep 'at in mind...
~Wolfuss
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