Many years ago when I lived in Tavares Florida, my wife and I were sitting in the back yard babbling about who-knows-what when we noticed a kid race out of the adjoining yard on a bike. The area he came from contained a house that had not been used during the years we had lived near it. Suddenly the place went up in fire. We called it in as fast as possible but it was clear that the place was gone from the moment it started. We reported what we had observed, but the only person questioned was a kid we knew and who we were sure was not the one on the bike. (Well, my wife was as she was the only one of us who actually saw anything.) It is amazing how quickly social boundaries change in that situation. While the house burned and the fire department worked to see that it was all that burned, yards nearby, including ours, filled with people who normally wouldn't dream of entering another's yard without an invite or stopping to talk to the owners. Once everything settled, everything returned to normal and once again each little piece of property was treated as sacrosanct. It was interesting as where I grew up, everyone visited everyone without any social formality about it. Ron Denis ----- Original Message ----- From: Spiro To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 3:16 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Using fire extinguishers as a bat
I tried to put out a towel barehanded. The steaks in the broiler were a blaze. Opening the broiler drawer caught the hanging towel on the oven door handle. Don't you have one of those? The burning towel on the oven door handle kissed the towel on the broiler drawer handle when I shut the broiler drawer. I decided that grabbing the towel and putting in in the sink was a good idea. I was handed a big towel that had been dunked in the toilet and brought from the bathroom. So I wrapped it in a towel and don't ya know it felt like a squirming animal in my arms. It felt heavier than a towel, and had movement. Like if I had a rabid chuhuaua dog in my arms. So I juggle it to the sink and don't ya know it takes a bite at the curtains before I get running water on it. Those were fru fru curtains, ya know like be very careful or they'll rip. I had to wrench the bar off of the wall to get them off and into the running water. Man, that was enough. Next day my boss triffled at me about something first thing in the morning and i just couldn't fathom it's importance. Perspective huh? On Thu, 4 Dec 2008, Tom Fowle wrote: > However I'd think that in an arson situation like that unless you caught him > just as it was lit, things would go way to far way too fast > for a hand held extinguisher to do any good. > > It's surely one of the difficult judgement calls to make when to try and when > to run like h---- and scream for help. Of course > you always scream for help, it's just do you try your hand whilst screaming. > > Tom > > __________ NOD32 3665 (20081204) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
