Lude Generation

(No Phil, not that kind of arse... )

http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/Flash/gue ... -fires.asp

I only got a C
I also resisted the urge to blame goldilocks...

I'm so glad you posted this today (edit: and not yesterday!), I went to work yesterday and realised that I'd left a candle burning in my living room - luckily when I got hime 8 hours later the house was still there ..and the candle was still burning!!

Lucky lad - glad it was ok.


I did go through a phase myself a few years ago, of leaving the iron on when I went to work
I only countered it by making sure I always put it away now after using it, every time (there's no way it can still be plugged in).
except for one exception today actually, when I know I have left it out for a good reason (but I do know it is unplugged this time)

I washed some of the cloths we use for work at home and then tumbled dried them bagged them up left in the front room came home 4hours later to the front room full of smoke, 1 of the rags had ultra trim (exterior dressing) it was smouldering inside the bag think I was quite lucky. On the tin it states after washing the cloths must not be crumpled into a ball must be stored In a fireproof bucket as can spontaneously combust, and I put it In the drier lol

wurlycorner wrote:
Lucky lad - glad it was ok.


I did go through a phase myself a few years ago, of leaving the iron on when I went to work
I only countered it by making sure I always put it away now after using it, every time (there's no way it can still be plugged in).
except for one exception today actually, when I know I have left it out for a good reason (but I do know it is unplugged this time)

Tell me about it, I was crapping myself til lunch time then I stopped worrying because if it was going to burn down it would have happened already.. and no one had let me know my house was on fire.

I hate going out thinking I've left the iron on or the door unlocked, I'm so rubbish, I do things on auto-pilot then have to go back and check what I've done.

W1ggz wrote:I washed some of the cloths we use for work at home and then tumbled dried them bagged them up left in the front room came home 4hours later to the front room full of smoke, 1 of the rags had ultra trim (exterior dressing) it was smouldering inside the bag think I was quite lucky. On the tin it states after washing the cloths must not be crumpled into a ball must be stored In a fireproof bucket as can spontaneously combust, and I put it In the drier lol

Spontaneously combustable cloths! Holy macaroni!

Yep here's the label on the tin

Whoa..

Nice stuff