Have you ever started a fire?I went to sleep with candles burning - woke up to a circle of flame on the rug. Thought, "Tits. Better put the rug in the bath and turn the taps on." TIP: Don't put a burning rug into a fibre glass bath. I caused about £5000 of damage to the house and was coughing up smoky black phlegm for a few weeks. Can you beat that?
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rob, Tue 2 Mar 2004, 17:48)
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How not to make candlesI had some wax. I really wanted to melt it. I decided to put it in a glass bottle, set that in a skillet, and mely it on the stove top. I learned the hard way that too much heat will break the glass bottle, and wax spilled everywhere. I turned my back to throw the broken bottle away and find something to clean up the wax with. I looked back to my oven, and the burner was in flames. I stood there watching it for a moment, wondering who I was going to get myself out of this one. I finally decided that this would be a good time to learn how to use a fire extinguisher. I managed to get the fire under control, but the crap that's in the fire extinguisher made a mess.
And my room mates all came home later and laughed at me.
(, Wed 3 Mar 2004, 16:23, Reply)
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