Living off the grid expertise.

In Vietnam we made hot showers out of mess hall immersion water heaters. Lighting them often lead to singed eyebrows.

Fuel plus match=kaboom.

And you had to climb up there to do it.

Lighting the immersion water heater for our showers

Bill Walker

This was always a near death experience.

Every FNG pilot was noticeable by the lack of facial hair (eyebrows and lashes) and the smell of burning hair.

Ben Conway

Same with the EM if anyone would do it!

Gary Bowman

I never had the pleasure. Was always flying, and showers were always cold!

Steve (RS16)

Luckily, never as bad as Hawkeye.

Tim Pasquarelli

Shit burner had it worse. Little Vietnamese guy. One late afternoon several of us heard a muffled explosion behind the shitter. Rushed down there. Diesel pocket had formed and exploded as he was burning. Poor guy was covered with crap. We had him go in the shower and wash off as best he could.

Bill Walker

Holy crap!

Reggie Kenner

Hmm…i seem to recall a coil of copper tubing on a small stack of rocks, the water tank atop the shower. The fire was diesel fuel dripping on the flaming rocks and heating the water which rose back to maybe sis feet. I don’t ever recall a cold shower. In ‘69 I assumed the setup had been dreamed up by Paul Phillips or Don Bullock, but it was in place when I was infused.

Walter White

I lite it a few times and never had a problem. Thank God I'm a country boy! :)

Steve Crimm

I lost my eye brows doing it