Scientist's blowtorch weedkiller backfires - Telegraph: "Robert Gailey, 79, watched in horror as sparks from a gas-powered garden tool caused the lawn and shrubs of his neighbours, Stuart and Phyliss McLean, to catch light. Mr Gailey had been using a Weed Wand, a £20 hand-held flaming device which burns weeds, to treat the driveway of his semi-detached home in Paisley, Renfrewshire. Within seconds, the McLeans's manicured lawn and evergreen trees were aflame and Mr Gailey's wife, Mary, called the Fire
Brigade."
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Making the omelette of science requires breaking a few eggs, and setting fire to a few lawns, apparently. I am content with my neighbors being IT people, plumbers, and investment counselors. You can keep your scientists, thanks just the same.