Kyle,

        I remember one time in high school, a fireman came to our high
school and did some demonstrations. One consisted of putting out a lit
cigarette by dipping it in petrol. He said the trick was to dip the
cigarette quickly!!

Bobby


>The latest on both is that the brain tumor issue was unfounded and was based
>on "red herring" research.  The issue re: cell phones blowing up refueling
>cars is simply urban myth and has no basis in fact.  You would have to have
>a capacitive discharge great enough to start oxidation of the petrol (tip o'
>the hat to Deri) vapors.  Frankly, gasoline does not oxidize as easily as
>you might think.
>
>-Kyle
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Elaine Taylor [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2000 7:26 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: WARNING gas stations and cell phones please read
>
>
>Actually Bobby, I saw the brain tumor report recently on either 20/20 or
>Dateline.  Sounded pretty logical to me.  Maybe it sounded logical 'cause
>I'm
>not an owner of a cell phone and I'm just justifying not having one!
>
>Elaine