I just read it was reported that the homeowner was having water heater problems. Water doesn’t explode, so it has to be gas.

There were two or three people in the house at the time.

If it was the gas to the water heater leaking, it makes you wonder how long the problem was going on. The gas sinks to the ground, which is why water heaters are raised at least 18 inches above the ground. How does enough gas accumulate to explode?

Maybe the water heater was not working but the gas kept running and the source of the ignition with something else? Seems like you would smell it.

Tooth implant update:
They got the broken piece out. The implant is solid in her jaw, not loose. However, the doc was concerned about bone loss around the implant, so he added some bone graft material to the area and stitched up her gum. That's got to sit for 4 months, and then he's going to check it again. If the graft works and the jawbone is built up to his satisfaction, he'll put the stud or post back in. If not, he will have to remove the implant, put in more bone graft material, wait for it to all heal again, and then start over.

Someone asked if this repair was free. No, not a chance.

I would have tried JB Weld.

That was a BIG explosion so it would have to be A LOT of gas.

Back in college, a 3 story apt. building was absolutely leveled to rubble (and a few other buildings severely damaged (condemmed), including the one I had just moved out of. A gas leak in the laundry room in the basement .... and some had even smelled the gas earlier. Utter devastation .... hard to believe only one fatality in the 4am explosion that I heard miles away.... woke me up.

Powerboat racer/builder Reggie Fountain owned the apt. complex and had a "bachelor pad" below my apt. but he was never there .... except to ask me to turn down my stereo one Aug. afternoon ;).

Rush 2112 .... cranked to 11 :D

Gas doesn't play nice....

Water heaters can explode even if they are electric. They have a pressure limiting valve. I don't know if they have another layer of safety specifically for over-pressure, but if they over heat and the pressure limiting valve fails, they can explode in spectacular fashion. I'm not saying that's what that was, but it is possible.

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I'm glad the removal worked without having to go to extremes. I'm surprised that there was a bone issue. Sure, I didn't really expect the work to be free, but it certainly seems like a broken stud (while eating chips) had to have been either a material defect or installation issue. Hopefully, the graft from the work is adequate and she gets a tooth installed next go-round.

Been there, done that. Tooth #30 was an implant that had been in place for over 10 years. Bone loss around the implant necessitated removing the implant before it broke off. It was a horrible surgery, and they did bone graft, and stitching gum tissue is not easy or comfortable recovery.

The surgeon told me to no eat anything solid for a day at least, and suggested ice cream with no chocolate chips or nuts or additives. Just straight vanilla or chocolate. I asked him for a prescription, and he laughed, and said it is an over the counter item. :)
I stopped at the local ice cream store and bough some vanilla, but I told my wife it was my medicine, and only food for a day. To this day we call any ice cream medicine. :)

BTDT. I don't have adjectives adequate to describing that suckage.

I saw Glens Sebring poster in the I like garage time thread and I have same in mine.

Prompted me to buy my avatar Porsche poster from EBay just now. $1,500 for a factory one. I went repro for a 20x30. $18 on my doorstep.

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AFAIK the pressure valve is the only safety and if it fails, a WH will explode. It usually will look like a Estes Rocket. The video is showing a combustible substance (ie natural or propane gas).

Yesterday I stopped by the hardware store for two items: self adhesive strips for the tub and a hitch pin for the drawbar of the tractor. I had a WTF moment when I looked at the slip. The steel hitch pin, with a pivoting handle on top and a retaining pin in the bottom, captured by a light chain, was$8.99.
A pack of 8 self adhesive non skid strips in a cardboard sleeve was$10.99.
On the surface, you might say: safety costs. On the other hand, you'd better not have your loaded manure spreader come loose and head on to a family in their big RV.
How in the heck can 8 pieces of plastic cost 20% more than an 8 inch steel pin?
I just shook my head.

Best
Les

I bought 2 things this week:

1 new tire for my gravel bike.
Kenda Flintridge Pro GCT Bike Tire, 700 x 35, Blackwall, in case you're wondering.
$60.00

1 Rivnut setting tool, metric and imperial with 80 or so steel rivnuts. (max size M10)
$33.00

I had the same thought you did - 'Seems to be a discrepancy'.

I'm thinking that this pilot will be grounded. Isn't there a way to shut the engines down prior to ejecting from the ground?

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back in the late 80s in high school i worked at a marina that sold fountains. the 3 owners of the place each had i think it was called the 42’ lighting. we sold dozens of them in all sizes. for a high school kid those boats made a huge impression on me. seeing one of them get up on plane was always a thrill…and the sound!

The amazing 747

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Kizik shoes...
 

anyone tried these?

https://kizik.com/products/mens-roamer-black-black-outsole?variant=43086113865885

IDK when just shoving your foot into a shoe became a thing but I do it all the time.

[QUOTE=flatbutt;12072538]I'm thinking that this pilot will be grounded.

These two vids are simulations but I had to read the comments to know

I've seen Albert Salmi in countless TV shows and movies. Big time character actor from 1955-1989. I didn't realize that he murdered his wife, then killed himself in 1990.

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How the hell does this happen? Did someone leave a door open? WTF?

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/31/us/pennsylvania-chester-county-prison-escape/index.html