Rob Waters owns the hay and says for the last few weeks he's smelled a caramel scent coming from the hay.

He's been paying close attention to the stacks, prodding them and doing what he can.

"Well, I've prodded them now. I'm out of options."

I said hay hay hay hay, hay hay hay. I said hay, what's going on?

Overalls or wife beaters also would have worked.

phlegmmo: "Well, I've prodded them now. I'm out of options."

Maybe he should try needling them.

Wanted for questioning.

idaho pot smokers, you're doing it wrong.

phlegmmo: Rob Waters owns the hay and says for the last few weeks he's smelled a caramel scent coming from the hay.

He's been paying close attention to the stacks, prodding them and doing what he can.

"Well, I've prodded them now. I'm out of options."

Lol. Yup, what can you do, sometimes a person just has to DIAF.

*vt vt vt vt vt vt* Say what now? Oh. *vt vt vt vt vt vt*

Haha, my father still wears these ugly brown corduroy pants now and again. I laugh every time I see him in them.

About 20 years ago there was a fad for something called "Acid-washed" bluejeans, basically they were pre-faded, wrinkled, a means to pay top dollar for something that looked like Salvation Army castouts.

That lead me to the idea of "Nitric-acid washed jeans." When you soak cotton in nitric acid, you get guncotton, a fairly powerful yet stable explosive.

And of course, that thought led to fat people with exploding pants.

"zip... zip... zip... BOOM!"

Rain, hot temperatures and wind all contributed to this fire

Ummm, I'm no arsonist or anything, but I'm pretty sure the first one there does the opposite of contribute to fire.

Hay molds. The breakdown process creates heat which can lead to the hay igniting.

Anyone who has spent any time around barns knows to watch for that.

bigredmoose: Rain, hot temperatures and wind all contributed to this fire

Ummm, I'm no arsonist or anything, but I'm pretty sure the first one there does the opposite of contribute to fire.

And you'd be wrong in this case.

Genevieve Marie:
Hay molds. The breakdown process creates heat which can lead to the hay igniting.

Anyone who has spent any time around barns knows to watch for that.

The same thing (on a smaller scale) can happen to grass trimmings stuffed in a trash can.

Genevieve Marie: Hay molds. The breakdown process creates heat which can lead to the hay igniting.

Anyone who has spent any time around barns knows to watch for that.

Learn something new every day. Today I learned about mold/hay/fire, and that Genevieve Marie is the sexiest name ever. Even if she ain't city folk.

bigredmoose: Genevieve Marie: Hay molds. The breakdown process creates heat which can lead to the hay igniting.

Anyone who has spent any time around barns knows to watch for that.

Learn something new every day. Today I learned about mold/hay/fire, and that Genevieve Marie is the sexiest name ever. Even if she ain't city folk.

Aw, thanks. I'm a fan.

But actually, I live in New Orleans. I just rode horses a lot when I was younger.

bigredmoose: Learn something new every day. Today I learned about mold/hay/fire, and that Genevieve Marie is the sexiest name ever. Even if she ain't city folk.

You think that's cool? Did you know that grain dust can be explosive?

/hot as
//nevermind

Genevieve Marie: bigredmoose: Genevieve Marie: Hay molds. The breakdown process creates heat which can lead to the hay igniting.

Anyone who has spent any time around barns knows to watch for that.

Learn something new every day. Today I learned about mold/hay/fire, and that Genevieve Marie is the sexiest name ever. Even if she ain't city folk.

Aw, thanks. I'm a fan.

But actually, I live in New Orleans. I just rode horses a lot when I was younger.

Hot name and likely to show boobage for a string of beads. Great success!

bigredmoose: likely to show boobage for a string of beads. Great success!

Ugh, fail.

So much fail.

Broadside: bigredmoose: Learn something new every day. Today I learned about mold/hay/fire, and that Genevieve Marie is the sexiest name ever. Even if she ain't city folk.

You think that's cool? Did you know that grain dust can be explosive?

Yes, I read it in that book about time travel by the same guy who did the dinosaurs. Book + Author = 2 things I'm too lazy to look up. Some Farker will do the work for me, no doubt. Fark: The New Google.

Genevieve Marie: bigredmoose: likely to show boobage for a string of beads. Great success!

Ugh, fail.

So much fail.

Merely the latest in a long, long line of fails.

bigredmoose: Genevieve Marie: bigredmoose: likely to show boobage for a string of beads. Great success!

Ugh, fail.

So much fail.

Merely the latest in a long, long line of fails.

Let me enlighten you: idiot tourists show their boobs for beads. Locals have several trash bags full of beads in our attics that we have to remember to donate to charity every few years.

maxheck: When you soak cotton in nitric acid, you get guncotton, a fairly powerful yet stable explosive.

Nuh-uh, you always need sulfuric acid as well when nitrating organics to provide nitronium ions.

Nitric acid alone does a very lame job.

Having finally RTFA and having been the farm kid who once had to put out a fire on a twenty-foot tall compost heap... I am getting a kick out of these replies.


/ we called it Mt. Poopmore.

erewhon:

maxheck: When you soak cotton in nitric acid, you get guncotton, a fairly powerful yet stable explosive.

Nuh-uh, you always need sulfuric acid as well when nitrating organics to provide nitronium ions.

Nitric acid alone does a very lame job.

I know that, and you know that. I was trying to get to the punchline of fat people with exploding pants as quickly as possible, ya big nerd! :D

Genevieve Marie: bigredmoose: Genevieve Marie: bigredmoose: likely to show boobage for a string of beads. Great success!

Ugh, fail.

So much fail.

Merely the latest in a long, long line of fails.

Let me enlighten you: idiot tourists show their boobs for beads. Locals have several trash bags full of beads in our attics that we have to remember to donate to charity every few years.

Thanks for the lesson. So, is there a charity whose function it is to encourage the showing of idiot tourist boobs? 'Cause why else would a charity want them? And if so, can I make a cash donation? That's a cause I can support.

What? No love yet for the awesome headline? Nicely done, subby.

I grew up on a horse racing track in the steeplechase capital of the world, Camden, SC. There is a pile of horse shiat that is massive, and they keep adding to it. If you go near it, it's like going near an oven. It's hot to the touch constantly from breaking down. Hell, even my mom's compost heap is pretty damn hot.

sandn8r9: What? No love yet for the awesome headline? Nicely done, subby.

Woooh, now that is out of the way we don't have to talk about it any more.

You can do a similar experiment right at home: Stuff about 20 Lb. of grass clippings into a plastic bag, tie it tight and leave it in the sun.

It will generate considerable heat as it rots, but probably not enough to catch fire.

olddinosaur: You can do a similar experiment right at home: Stuff about 20 Lb. of grass clippings into a plastic bag, tie it tight and leave it in the sun.

It will generate considerable heat as it rots, but probably not enough to catch fire.

And there are some people who will huff the odor that emanates...

\YA RLY

Spontaneously combusts? Really? These farkin crackers still cant figure out why their hay catches on fire?

Does this mean Scarecrow is Martian Manhunter's arch-nemesis?

DrumCorpsAlum: ell, even my mom's compost heap is pretty damn hot.

Yeah....true dat

olddinosaur:
You can do a similar experiment right at home: Stuff about 20 Lb. of grass clippings into a plastic bag, tie it tight and leave it in the sun.

It will generate considerable heat as it rots, but probably not enough to catch fire.

It's oxidizing - just like wood in a fire. Given enough oxygen and heat it'll generate more heat itself, smolder and may combust.

HoboSong: DrumCorpsAlum: ell, even my mom's compost heap is pretty damn hot.

Yeah....true dat

Hehe, eww.

DrumCorpsAlum: HoboSong: DrumCorpsAlum: ell, even my mom's compost heap is pretty damn hot.

Yeah....true dat

Hehe, eww.

/she dont let me call it that, though

Wwith a very large amount of hay already gone up in smoke

Wwhoa.

bigredmoose: ...Genevieve Marie is the sexiest name ever. Even if she ain't city folk.

I know I'm late to the party, but that name kinda struck me, too. Very nice.

Stick a long steel pole down into the hay, when it is hot to the touch you better have a plan B instead of "prodding".
And don't bale damp hay.

goddamnit!

I came for pics of fat people in corduroy.

/leaving totally unsatisfied

Taco Bell bags were found in the scene?.

skinink: I said hay hay hay hay, hay hay hay. I said hay, what's going on?

My my.

ironrat: Stick a long steel pole down into the hay, when it is hot to the touch you better have a plan B instead of "prodding".
And don't bale damp hay.

What? There's a hot pole involved now? It's all so confusing, with the hay and the heat and the water and the lies upon lies!

Cuthbert Allgood: goddamnit!

I came for pics of fat people in corduroy.

/leaving totally unsatisfied

You'll get over it.

phlegmmo: Genevieve Marie:
Hay molds. The breakdown process creates heat which can lead to the hay igniting.

Anyone who has spent any time around barns knows to watch for that.

The same thing (on a smaller scale) can happen to grass trimmings stuffed in a trash can.

I was gonna say that. I have a power bagger on the tractor mower and found that the pile of grass clipping and leaves get HOT! I'm glad I had enough sense to keep the bin out from under a roof.

maxheck: And of course, that thought led to fat people with exploding pants.



I feel a myth coming on...

the Idaho Farm Bureau is worried hay prices could skyrocket to near record highs, with the trickledown effect hitting consumers at the grocery store.


So get out there and stockpile hay now at your local Vons, people! Don't get caught with your haystacks down!

So, for the knowledgeable hay-stackin' folks out there, I have a question. If you noticed your haystacks were getting hot, or smelling like caramel... wouldn't it make sense to spread the hay out; i.e., disassemble the stack, to let the heat dissipate?