> A few years in,  I showed up at work 3 hours early on rag day to deal
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> with the gov't paperwork needed to avoid gaol...
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> To discover a smoldering rag fire in the pile near the interior front of
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> my premises,  a 100-year-old wooden warehouse,  originally...

Well, linseed oil, as used in oil based paints is well known for spontaneou=
s combustion where cleaning rags have been left in a heap. There is apparen=
tly some chemical reaction between the cloth and the oil that produces an e=
xothermic reaction, and if the rags are left bundled the heat is enough to =
ignite them. I guess it is a possibility that other oils will do the same t=
hing.

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> Mene Tekel Upharsin...
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Well, %deity% saw that you weren't found wanting this time.



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