No I didn't. The reason I don't is when I was a kid I looked down the barrel of a carb to check the accelerator pump and when I hit the throttle the darn things squirted back at me. Would have hit me in the eyes if I weren't wearing glasses. Having only 1 good eye I thought it was worth mentioning. I didn't mean to make it sound like you are dumb by any means. I just take safety very serious.