definitely too much excitement in your life lately Dana
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 20:03:07 -0500, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My neighbor's lawn caught fire today, and almost caught his house and truck > on fire. I got there just in time with one of our two brand new fire > extinguishers. I just followed the fire line across the perimeter in a > sweeping motion and arrested the entire line. > > The problem came when, after only about ten seconds, the fire extinguisher > was spent. This was a brand new properly pressurized large extinguisher, > not one of those little convenience extinguishers, so I thought it would > last longer. > > As soon as the ten seconds was up, the parts of the fire that had jumped the > fire permimeter started up a couple of new fires -- one of them near the > truck's gas tank -- but I had nothing left, and my neighbor's garden hose > was hopelessly tangled and wouldn't reach. We had to tackle the remaining > small fires (rapidly getting larger) by slapping them with coats, but if > they were any larger they would have gotten away from us. > > If I had bothered to read the label (which I did after the fact), it clearly > states that there is only 13 to 15 seconds of discharge time in the > extinguisher. > > So the lesson for all of us is this: When you're buying fire extinguishers > for your home or office (good A-B-C ones), get the *biggest damned fire > extinguisher you can find, and get more than one!* The big Kidde commercial > model runs about fifty bucks a piece at Lowes, but I learned today that you > need more fire extinguisher than you think. From now on we're keeping at > least three -- one of which is the big one, and when we replace the smaller > ones as they depressurize over time, we're replacing them with the big ones. > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > Member of Team Macromedia > http://www.ProductivityEnhancement.com > > Download Plum and other cool development tools, > and get advanced intensive Master-level training: > > * C# & ASP.NET for ColdFusion Developers > * ColdFusion MX Master Class > * Advanced Development with CFMX and SQL Server 2000 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:150382 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
