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[AndyJWest]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">43. Extinguish fires. Throw on grease fires to arrest flames. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
<span class="ev_code_RED">Crass Stupidity!</span>

NEVER use a liquid to extinguish a grease fire:

Caption for above:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> Laboratory simulation of a chip pan fire: a beaker containing wax is heated until it catches fire. A small amount of water is then poured into the beaker. The water sinks to the bottom and vaporises instantly, ejecting a plume of burning liquid wax into the air. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

From here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_classes
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> Fires that involve cooking oils or fats are designated "Class K" under the US system, and "Class F" under the European/Australiasian systems. Though such fires are technically a subclass of the flammable liquid/gas class, the special characteristics of these types of fires are considered important enough to recognize separately. Saponification can be used to extinguish such fires. Appropriate fire extinguishers may also have hoods over them that help extinguish the fire. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

The only safe method available in most domestic kitchens for dealing with grease/fat fires is to smother it - use the chip-pan-lid, or a fire blanket. Pouring vinegar on it could quite likely kill you...

[Outlaw---]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by ROXunreal:
45. Deactivate leftover stingers in the skin after being burned by a box jellyfish.

Although you would need someone else to do that, since you would be too busy screaming in agony, or passed out, or already dead. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Not that it would matter, the "leftover" stingers are not the ones you need to worry about. Of course, there's no need to worry at all as you're a goner anyway. Just pray that it doesn't take too long.

--Outlaw.

[Skunk_438RCAF]

Helps soothe heartburn. No joke.

[WTE_Galway]

Well when we were kids we used to mix it with bicarb in a plastic bottle and shake it to make a "bomb" which exploded the bottle.

[Pirschjaeger]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by AndyJWest:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">43. Extinguish fires. Throw on grease fires to arrest flames. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
<span class="ev_code_RED">Crass Stupidity!</span>

NEVER use a liquid to extinguish a grease fire:

Caption for above:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> Laboratory simulation of a chip pan fire: a beaker containing wax is heated until it catches fire. A small amount of water is then poured into the beaker. The water sinks to the bottom and vaporises instantly, ejecting a plume of burning liquid wax into the air. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

From here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_classes
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> Fires that involve cooking oils or fats are designated "Class K" under the US system, and "Class F" under the European/Australiasian systems. Though such fires are technically a subclass of the flammable liquid/gas class, the special characteristics of these types of fires are considered important enough to recognize separately. Saponification can be used to extinguish such fires. Appropriate fire extinguishers may also have hoods over them that help extinguish the fire. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

The only safe method available in most domestic kitchens for dealing with grease/fat fires is to smother it - use the chip-pan-lid, or a fire blanket. Pouring vinegar on it could quite likely kill you... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

If I had a safe area to try it I would, but I don't. I have a feeling #43 might be an urban legend originating from homemade fire extinguishers that use vinegar.

Homemade Extinguisher

[Badsight-]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Outlaw---:
Not that it would matter, the "leftover" stingers are not the ones you need to worry about. Of course, there's no need to worry at all as you're a goner anyway. Just pray that it doesn't take too long. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
the biggest concern is the risk of heart attack

otherwise its more commen to survive contact with them than die

[Low_Flyer_MkIX]

45 - Put it in Budweiser to improve the taste.

[AndyJWest]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> Homemade Extinguisher </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
A nice video demonstration of why you shouldn't squirt lighter fluid onto a flame. I doubt his homemade extinguisher would have been any use if the lighter fluid bottle had ignited. Idiot.

[R_Target]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Low_Flyer_MkIX:
45 - Put it in Budweiser to improve the taste. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

As with the jellyfish stingers, pee will work in this case also.

[ROXunreal]

just to clarify on my jellyfish post: I'm talking about the "box" jellyfish, not normal jellyfish which belong to a different order. Box jellyfish are probably the most venomous creatures on earth, and nope, urine does not work here.

From wiki:
If swimming at a beach where box jellyfish are known to be present, a bottle of vinegar is an extremely useful addition to the first aid kit. Once a tentacle of the box jellyfish adheres to skin, it pumps nematocysts with venom into the skin, causing the sting and agonizing pain. Following a sting, vinegar should be applied for a minimum of 30 seconds, resulting in the removal of any unfired nematocysts. A box jellyfish sting can kill a human.[7] Acetic acid, found in vinegar, disables the box jelly's nematocysts that have not yet discharged into the bloodstream (though it will not alleviate the pain). Vinegar may also be applied to adherent tentacles, which should then be removed immediately[8]; this should be done with the use of a towel or glove to avoid bringing the tentacles into further contact with the skin. These tentacles will still sting if separated from the bell, or if the creature is dead. Removing the tentacles without first applying vinegar may cause unfired nematocysts to come into contact with the skin and fire, resulting in a greater degree of envenomation.

Although commonly recommended in folklore and even some papers on sting treatment,[9] there is no scientific evidence that urine, ammonia, meat tenderizer, sodium bicarbonate, boric acid, lemon juice, freshwater, steroid cream, alcohol, cold packs, papaya, or hydrogen peroxide will disable further stinging, and these substances may even hasten the release of venom.[10] Pressure immobilization bandages, methylated spirits, or vodka should never be used for jelly stings.[8][11][12][13] Often in severe Chironex fleckeri stings, cardiac arrest occurs quickly, so cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can be life saving and takes priority over all other treatment options.