“I used to teach my Scout Troop to use corn chips as fire starters.... burns with the nicest blue flame.”
My scoutmaster taught us to tear a beer can in half and pour in some white gas lantern fuel.
My scoutmaster taught us to tear a beer can in half and pour in some white gas lantern fuel.
Rebelbase, that is only because your scoutmaster didn't want you to waste the 151 proof liquor.
And if you didn't have a lighter or matches, he taught you to remove the bullet from a cartridge, dumped the powder and strike the primer in base of the round to get the fire started
Obviously, after leaving his military service, your scoutmaster used his GI Bill to attend Purdue University and participate in their annual research project using liquid oxygen to start a charcoal grill and get the coals white hot in record time.
” My scoutmaster taught us to tear a beer can in half “
Cause he knew you guys had plenty of beer cans with ya?
I only allowed the adults to handle the white gas. My biggest fear was one of the kids getting the bright idea of using it to start the fire. Now, diesel fuel and a roll of toilet paper.....