I confess

[Lulujayne]

Churba, I used to do firebreathing and twirling on Oxford street back in Sydney, the tips were awesome, but be prepared for a lot of macho wankers begging you to let them have a go so they can impress their dates, also a lot of people offering you E... But then again, that could have just been my location.

Here's me being a dirty hippy circa 1998.

Also, go for gold, it's fucking fun

[Vedius Pollio]

On the upside, I might get paid to be a firebreather. Fuck yeah.


I'll have to shave my awesome beard, though.

Never breathed fire, but I went to a party once that had a twirler, and she let me try twirling for a little while.

Kerosene flames aren't really that hot. Even if you hold the flame against your clothes, they'll get sooty, but it's hard to actually make them catch fire. And the flame itself isn't much hotter than steam. (Probably colder than steam, actually.)

[Churba]

Churba, I used to do firebreathing and twirling on Oxford street back in Sydney, the tips were awesome, but be prepared for a lot of macho wankers begging you to let them have a go so they can impress their dates, also a lot of people offering you E... But then again, that could have just been my location.

Here's me being a dirty hippy circa 1998.

Also, go for gold, it's fucking fun

Lulu, I'm booking my ticket to other parts of Europe as we speak so I may throw you down and make sweet, sweet love to you.

P.s - It's not just Oxford street. I used to do the same thing around Southbank, and exactly the same thing happened all the god damned time. Though, if I felt particularly flashy, I'd taint the fuel for my stick with various stuff to make the flames different colours. Looks impressive when you're going with a Purple and a Green flame on either end of your stick. It'll foul your wicks if you use too much, though.

Kerosene flames aren't really that hot. Even if you hold the flame against your clothes, they'll get sooty, but it's hard to actually make them catch fire. And the flame itself isn't much hotter than steam. (Probably colder than steam, actually.)

Yes, But if you get kerosene soaked in your beard, and then introduce a naked flame nearby - say, lighting a smoke, or breathing fire - Say goodbye to facial hair. And nose hair.
Also, Takes all the oils and such out of it, and makes your beard feel really shitty and hard to manage.
Though, I'll note, your statement has problems - for example, if you spill kero on your clothes, they will catch much easier, and while it is a cooler flame than, say, petrol, it's most certainly hotter than steam by a good margin - if I remember correctly, it burns at about 287 °C.

[Lulujayne]

Wow! I'd love to know what you used to tint the flames!

Also, maybe keeping the beard is a good idea, I remember the kero used to dry the shit out of the skin around my lips.

I see flames in Dusseldorf in the future

EDIT: I just remembered one of the reasons I stopped, some Thai boy I had at the time bought me fucking gasoline instead of kero (I can't read thai, and would never have thought him dumb enough to by gasoline) and the resulting fireball made me... wary.

[MistressMaggie]

wow, you really are doing EVERYTHING possible to find a job.

[Xero]

I confess I miss the lulu
-hugs and molests-

also I confess I've had my teeth polished clean
shaved
and got a hair cut

all in 2 days
the apocalypse draws near

[Churba]

Wow! I'd love to know what you used to tint the flames!

Also, maybe keeping the beard is a good idea, I remember the kero used to dry the shit out of the skin around my lips.

I see flames in Dusseldorf in the future

EDIT: I just remembered one of the reasons I stopped, some Thai boy I had at the time bought me fucking gasoline instead of kero (I can't read thai, and would never have thought him dumb enough to by gasoline) and the resulting fireball made me... wary.

I always used Blistex before and after. Didn't help that I tasted like kissing a petrol pump afterwards, though.

Flames in Dusseldorf? It's on my list after I burn this town to the ground.

But Petrol instead of kero? Good christ on a cheetah.

(Edit - Oh yeah, Lulu, if you make it to England sometime, be sure to come visit me in Leeds. I know the place well enough to show you around, now.)

As for getting pretty colours to your flame, Here's how you do it.

First of all - While if you do it properly, you should be ok, but you're still going to go through wicks faster. Also, Considering some of the stuff you use is corrosive to metal, you might want to keep a separate stick if you're going to do this on a regular basis. Also, if you don't have Fresh wicks or wicks you've fueled only on metho, It won't work as well. Bigger wicks are good, too, because obviously since these fuels burn hotter, they don't burn as long.
Second - Never Firebreathe with these chemicals. You will die. Also, if possible, limit yourself to 2 burns a night unless you're wearing breathing protection.
Third - These mixes burn hotter than Kero or Para. Try not to do slow wraps with them, or any wraps at all, if you're even the slightest bit hesitant.
Fourth - While Mixing, Use some form of breathing protection for christ's sake. Use a filter mask, too, not some shitty particulate mask.

Now, The Method is simple, though it requires a fuel change.
First, you get your metho, and then dissolve as much of the particular chemical as you can in the amount of fuel you're mixing. Bing bang boom done.

As for the colours, use the following chemicals -
Green - Boric Acid
Yellowish Green - Borax
Red - Lithium Chloride
Lilac - Potassium Chloride
Violet - 3 parts Potassium Sulfate, 1 part Potassium Nitrate (saltpeter)
Purple - Potassium Nitrate aka "Saltpetre" (This burns FUCKING HOT. Don't wrap, and don't plan on using your wicks for too long with this stuff)
Blue - Copper Chloride
Yellow - Sodium Chloride (table salt) or Sodium Carbonate
White - Magnesium Sulfate (Epsom salts) (Again, Quite hot, and not conducive to long lasting wicks.)

If you want to go the other route, you can buy "Fire Dyes" from various places online, though it's far cheaper to mix your own - and frankly, I like to have as much control as possible over my equipment, so I mix my own.

wow, you really are doing EVERYTHING possible to find a job.

Ma'am, when I set about doing something, I do not fuck about.

[Vedius Pollio]

Wow! I'd love to know what you used to tint the flames!

Also, maybe keeping the beard is a good idea, I remember the kero used to dry the shit out of the skin around my lips.

I see flames in Dusseldorf in the future

EDIT: I just remembered one of the reasons I stopped, some Thai boy I had at the time bought me fucking gasoline instead of kero (I can't read thai, and would never have thought him dumb enough to by gasoline) and the resulting fireball made me... wary.

I always used Blistex before and after. Didn't help that I tasted like kissing a petrol pump afterwards, though.

Flames in Dusseldorf? It's on my list after I burn this town to the ground.

But Petrol instead of kero? Good christ on a cheetah.

(Edit - Oh yeah, Lulu, if you make it to England sometime, be sure to come visit me in Leeds. I know the place well enough to show you around, now.)

As for getting pretty colours to your flame, Here's how you do it.

First of all - While if you do it properly, you should be ok, but you're still going to go through wicks faster. Also, Considering some of the stuff you use is corrosive to metal, you might want to keep a separate stick if you're going to do this on a regular basis. Also, if you don't have Fresh wicks or wicks you've fueled only on metho, It won't work as well. Bigger wicks are good, too, because obviously since these fuels burn hotter, they don't burn as long.
Second - Never Firebreathe with these chemicals. You will die. Also, if possible, limit yourself to 2 burns a night unless you're wearing breathing protection.
Third - These mixes burn hotter than Kero or Para. Try not to do slow wraps with them, or any wraps at all, if you're even the slightest bit hesitant.
Fourth - While Mixing, Use some form of breathing protection for christ's sake. Use a filter mask, too, not some shitty particulate mask.

Now, The Method is simple, though it requires a fuel change.
First, you get your metho, and then dissolve as much of the particular chemical as you can in the amount of fuel you're mixing. Bing bang boom done.

As for the colours, use the following chemicals -
Green - Boric Acid
Yellowish Green - Borax
Red - Lithium Chloride
Lilac - Potassium Chloride
Violet - 3 parts Potassium Sulfate, 1 part Potassium Nitrate (saltpeter)
Purple - Potassium Nitrate aka "Saltpetre" (This burns FUCKING HOT. Don't wrap, and don't plan on using your wicks for too long with this stuff)
Blue - Copper Chloride
Yellow - Sodium Chloride (table salt) or Sodium Carbonate
White - Magnesium Sulfate (Epsom salts) (Again, Quite hot, and not conducive to long lasting wicks.)

If you want to go the other route, you can buy "Fire Dyes" from various places online, though it's far cheaper to mix your own - and frankly, I like to have as much control as possible over my equipment, so I mix my own.

wow, you really are doing EVERYTHING possible to find a job.

Ma'am, when I set about doing something, I do not fuck about.

I wonder if my LithiCarb tablets would dye the fire. I mean, lithium chloride isn't that different, chemically, from lithium carbonate.

Speaking of which, I remember writing a poem about Julia Gillard which compares her hair to "lithiated fireworks". (I got that particular flash of inspiration after taking a night's stroll on New Year's Eve in Melbourne and watching the fireworks.)

That poem may have just won me $3000 at a competition. We'll have to wait and see.

EDIT:

I shaved off my goatee last night, by the way. I'm regretting it slightly. My face looks a lot rounder as a result.

I also plan to visit, Lulu. Is Maggie still in Europe?

[Aeridus]

I confess that Lulu looks hot in that picture.

[Vedius Pollio]

I confess that Lulu looks hot in that picture.

Hot but blurry.

Filmed in BoozeColour.

[Lulujayne]

Whatever. It was when I had to dance like a wind up monkey at some birthday party.

I confess I'm really tired, worried and tired.

[Vedius Pollio]

Whatever. It was when I had to dance like a wind up monkey at some birthday party.

I confess I'm really tired, worried and tired.

t'least you got some excercise.

[Protagonist]

I confess that I have changed my screen name. The old one made it far too easy for people who know me offline to identify me here, and where's the fun in that?

I confess that I was quite surprised to find this particular name untaken.

I confess that I missed this place quite a lot.

[RavenxDrake]

Saltpetre IS one of the three ingredients in gunpowder you know (along with Charcoal and sulphur.)

I confess, I'm currently out of a job, and given the choice of available work, I'd frankly rather find a way to abuse the government's teat than spend another goddamn day on my feet flipping burgers or pumping gas(Ha! Like any place pumps gas for you anymore....)

The ONLY thing that stops me is the searing hatred I have for people who do that... I honestly think I'd rather be homeless than to do that.

[Kittyboymuffin]

I confess that I really should be working harder to get a job @.@

[Lulujayne]

I confess I'm wondering who Protagonist is/was.

[Protagonist]

I confess I'm wondering who Protagonist is/was.

Here's a hint: I posted on the first page of this thread.

[Lulujayne]

KotM, is that you?

[Protagonist]

KotM, is that you?

Sorry, try again.

[Xero]

KotM, is that you?

Sorry, try again.

maggie?