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       #Post#: 17280--------------------------------------------------
       Meanwhile...in Spain
   DIR By: Truman Overby
       Date: June 29, 2019, 7:03 am
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       From Accuweather:
       "Amid the heat, hundreds of firefighters worked to contain a
       major wildfire that officials believe was started when a pile of
       chicken manure self-combusted, similar to the threat that wet
       hay bales pose."
       #Post#: 17283--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Meanwhile...in Spain
   DIR By: Nikola
       Date: June 29, 2019, 12:33 pm
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       Apparently, spontaneous combustion is caused by aerobic
       bacteria. I must admit I had no idea bacteria did such things in
       their free time.
       #Post#: 17303--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Meanwhile...in Spain
   DIR By: Alharacas
       Date: June 30, 2019, 4:10 am
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       Yeah. And it's not that rare, either. Happened to me shortly
       after I'd bought my house. Had a huge mound of cut grass,
       looking quite normal from the outside, but which suddenly
       started emitting smoke. Took us ages to extinguish the fire
       inside. However, nobody would believe us. Everybody just went
       "Yeah, yeah, very dangerous, throwing burning cigarette butts
       about", even though a) I'd been brought up to be
       extra-super-careful about this, b) we'd noticed by digging up
       countless cigarette ends from the previous tenants how they
       wouldn't decay, therefore had dedided quite early on we wouldn't
       be adding to this kind of crap and c) the bleeding mound had
       been burning from the inside out.
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       Re: Meanwhile...in Spain
   DIR By: Nikola
       Date: June 30, 2019, 4:25 am
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       --- Quote from: Alharacas link ---
       >
       > Everybody just went "Yeah, yeah, very dangerous, throwing
       burning cigarette butts about", even though a) I'd been brought
       up to be extra-super-careful about this...
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Goodness me, Alharacas, how old were you when you started
       smoking? :)
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       Re: Meanwhile...in Spain
   DIR By: Alharacas
       Date: June 30, 2019, 6:27 am
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       --- Quote from: Nikola link ---
       >
       > [quote author=Alharacas link=topic=1187.msg17303#msg17303
       date=1561885850]
       > Everybody just went "Yeah, yeah, very dangerous, throwing
       burning cigarette butts about", even though a) I'd been brought
       up to be extra-super-careful about this...
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Goodness me, Alharacas, how old were you when you started
       smoking? :)
       [/quote]
       Not very old, no. ;) But actually, my mother and my much older
       brother used to smoke all through my childhood, frequently being
       admonished by my outdoorsy, non-smoking father about what to do
       with their cigarette ends. That's why I think it's safe to say I
       was brought up to be careful about this, wouldn't you agree?
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       Re: Meanwhile...in Spain
   DIR By: Nikola
       Date: June 30, 2019, 6:38 am
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       --- Quote from: Alharacas link ---
       >
       > Not very old, no. ;) But actually, my mother and my much older
       brother used to smoke all through my childhood, frequently being
       admonished by my outdoorsy, non-smoking father about what to do
       with their cigarette ends. That's why I think it's safe to say I
       was brought up to be careful about this, wouldn't you agree?
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Oh, the being careful part is understandable. It's just that I
       never had the cigarette-butt talk with my parents.
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