"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On 8/10/2013 8:46 PM, JBurns wrote:
>> That is what thousands of people did before the advent of auto
>> ignition, the only difference is you are using a match rather than the
>> auto spark. What you are lighting is the gas coming out of the burner
>>
>> Make sure you light the match before turning on the gas.
>
> This is good advice. The pilot light gas stove that we had when I was a
> kid could not be counted on to reliably light the burner. I'd turn the
> thing on and most times the burners lit. Every once in a while the thing
> wouldn't and I would just be pumping gas into the kitchen. After a second
> or two, the realization that the burner was not lighting would hit me and
> I'd have to turn the gas off. I'd turn my face away while doing it just in
> case the thing decided to light, or more appropriately, detonate.
>
> I'd have to peek underneath the burners to see if the pilot was still on.
> If it was, I'd fan the burner with my hand to clear the gas out of the
> area and try again. If that still didn't work, I'd have to light it
> manually with a match. Such was my procedure for lighting the gas stove
> when I was a kid.
>

I worked in a kitchen that had similar pilot issues. People there thought I
was a magician because they did not see me blowing, or sometimes I would
wave my hand to get it to light. Simpletons.