OMG!! ( I hate web speak, but in this case... ) Hmmm... Now petroleum jelly is non-toxic, mineral oil too, but kerosene?!?!?! WOW!
Oh I drink it all the time! I had a rum and kero just last night. It also said it wasn't flammable??? Dan
Wow. Funny and sad. This is why the warning is on the can. It says it is biodegradable. Over used term. Jeff
Hello all, I can, with absolute clarity and confidence, state that kerosene IS poisonous!!! When I was an infant, my father mistakenly believed that his Garden Shed was child-proof. I proved him wrong. He had been servicing and fueling our kerosene heater, and had left a soft-drink bottle of kerosene on the floor. This I drank with gusto, about a pint, I'm told. A mad rush to hospital in an Ambulance, followed by a wonderful session in the Stomach Pump Room to cap it off. He received the fright of his life, and every poisonous substance was ever after kept in the top cupboard in the Laundry, or in a locked steel cabinet high on the shed wall. He learned the lesson, as did I. To this day, I suffer from continual bronchitis, due to the scarring of my oesophagus, lungs and throat. It has limited my ability to partake in sporting recreation, as I suffer something akin to an asthmatic attack when subjected to sustained vigorous activity. I did manage School-boy Rugby, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, and Orienteering. I also spent 28yrs in the Scout Movement, as a Cub, Scout, Venturer, Rover, and Leader. It didn't stop me tramping all over the nearby mountains as a youth either, as long as I took it at my own pace. Unfortunately, that was curtailed by the loss of my job, and a change of lifestyle. I hope to get back up there in the not too distant future. KEROSENE IS LETHAL!!! Best regards, Mike.
I dunno whether I'm staunch or stupid.....bit of both I suspect. Substance abuser from a young age.....definitely!!! Still have a drinking problem, enjoy it too much. Can do without it though, need a decent get-together to make it worthwhile. End of the day, life is what we make of it. Knowing one's limitations is the most useful wisdom we can learn. Extending one's limitations is life's challenge, one to embrace every day. After all, a very wise old gent once told me; "You're a long time dead!!!" Best regards, Mike.
yup, even small amounts will give you a bad tummy. Happened once during my conscript year. A lad cooked soup in his mess kit on the tent stove-top, and at some time a few drops of kero a dripped from the lantern above into his food. He vomited a lot I can tell you! An old hand at the cooking stall told me it happened a lot in older times. Taught me to never be as careless with kero as I've sometimes been with the ethanol for my trangia. You only suffer horribles tasting food, then! BTW. @ the bird, Lucky you came out alive!
