I've had one blow up in Poland. Ul. Winklera, Poznan. I'll never forget that. My s.o. was about to use the (common for three apartments) bath and the thing blasted its outer cover clear across the room. She ran into the hallway totally forgetting her state of dress or lack thereof. The neighbours, alerted by the explosion that something was up, all piled into the hallway and sure appreciated the view.

Fortunately she was only scared but otherwise ok. Quite the bang, I've had a healthy respect for old Junckers products that have gas lines fed into them since.

Good that nothing happened to her except getting a bit scared.

Jacques, if you happen to come to Poland again, shoot me an e-mail, I'll buy you a beer :).

Deal :)

That might be quite soon actually. I'll be travelling to Krakow and on another trip I'll be going to Bialestok.

Great, I actually live in Kraków :).

Oh cool. You're Jacek right? I'll be there the 30th and the 31st of August (wedding).

My cell is + 31 6 30 366 241, I won't have email during those days. Send me a text please so I'll be able to reach you when I'm there.

Jacek, right :).

Let me continue this conversation via e-mail then.