Dnynamite on the seat

 While working as a drillers helper My job was to haul water to the drill rig.
 I stopped for water, blew a hole in the ice with dynamite and started loading water on the truck. i was sitting in the truck waiting for the automatic shutoff to indicate the truck was full. seemed like i was sitting there a long time. got out of the truck to check things out. i heard water running behind the truck.
 I went behind the truck and to my disbelief there was water running out of the exhaust pipe. Somehow the shutoff hadn't worked right and the truck was sucking water into the motor and it was running out the exhaust pipe.  No idea how that happened and nobody really believed it did happen, even the mechanic at camp said it was impossible for the truck to keep running while sucking water into the motor. But as i have learned  in life ,many strange things happen.
 anyway the truck was full of water and and i went back to the rig., used up that load of water and went back to get another load.
 When i tried to load the truck again i found the shutoff valve under the seat had frozen after sucking all that water tho the motor.
There was only one way to thaw the valve so i got the propane torch and blasted it under the seat, thawed out the valve, loaded up with water and headed back to the rig.
Then i smelled smoke, stopped the truck, got out and discovered that the torch had stared the padding under the seat burning. it was just smoldering . I tried to pull the padding out, threw water on it best i could, but it kept on smoldering.
I wasn't far from camp so i thought id just stop at camp and get a fire extinguisher to shoot under the seat and that would be the end of it.
 I pulled up to the office in camp and in no hurry i walked into the office and ask for a fire extinguisher, mistake, everybody jumped up and said , wheres the fire, i said , my truck seat is burning but its no big deal, just smoldering.
 Well everybody seemed to think it was a big deal, and the party chief, Larry Sexton, just happen to be there.  he was the first one out the door to the truck, he opened my truck door, and jumped back in surprise.
 There wasn't much smoke so i didn't see what the big deal was. Larry called everybody over to the door and said look at this, This guys drives up here with his seat burning and there, sitting on top of the seat was,,, A five pound stick of dynamite,,,,,
 After i had blown the hole in the ice i had just put the rest of the dynamite on the seat beside me and never thought anymore about it.
 I caught all kinds of hell, but guess who was the talk of the camp at the dinner table that night.
 I sure do hate that negative attention :)