Apropos of nothing, this is how manly men of yore put out a fire. pics to follow.

you grab one of these and throw it at the fire. no kidding.

Hmmmmm . . . .

Wow. It makes sense.
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one more.

Full of carbon tetrachloride

Bobby, when I was a kid we had a place in Buzzard's Bay that was built in the 20's, and a couple of those were hanging on the walls.

(the dark ones)

i thought those were net floats