I can't believe this.

[destinie21]

Yes indeed, I woke up to half of my brand new Califorina king sleigh bed being on fire. And guess what it wasn't even me or the wife who started the fire. Here's the deal my parents for some unknown reason (I suspect it was some sort of spot check.) came to visit. They insisted on staying in a hotel I of course insist that they stay withj me, because if I let them go to a hotel there's going to be hell to pay. So everyone's "happy" the rents are staying and my ass is out of the fire(sort of.) At bedtime my mother throws a coniption because the bed in the guest room is just a full and bith her and my father are tall people plus my dad is kind of not skinny. My mother doesn't have a conniption like normal folks instead she quietly says it's okay she'll just go to a hotel and so on and blah blah blah. Soin order to please the great and mighty bitching gods I say it's no probblem have my bed. Then she's like oh no I couldn't, so I spend a qurter of an hour her "convincing" her to take my bed so the wife and I can make do with the other too short bed. In the morning when I got up at around 11:00 The apartment reeks of smoke (the kind that comes from fire and everyone is standing in the kitchen looking at me when I walk in. Apparently my mother left a lit cigarette somewhere on the bed while she was taking a shower. My father was out getting the newspapper and Renza was with me. To the shock of no one the smoke alarm in the apartment is for decoration because it didn't go off. Anyway Renza woke up first and all three of them were afraid to tell me what happened.(The bloody cowards.) As you might expect for precicely five minutes I lost my ever lovin mind and went off. Then I got dressed and stormed out of the apartment. I just got back and it's 2:30 . My mother has ordered a new matress and everything is fine. The apartment still reeks though.


One day in a long long long time this might be funny.

 

[The_Fool]

Destinie darling,

Just think of all the fun gag Birthday and Christmas gifts you can give to get even. Fire extinguishers, No Smoking signs, Fireproofing....

Revenge is sweet....

 

[Colleen Thomas]

Sorry Destinie,

Sounds like a perfectly awful way to spend a day. Hope the new bed is comfy and the smell goes away quickly.

*HUGS*


-Colly

 

[Icingsugar]

Dest, the thing that I would really be annoyed by there is the fact that the smoke detector did a STFU on you. That could had ended much worse.


/Ice


ps. There was a thread here somewhere about eerie coincidents.

Guess, just guess, what was playing on the radio when I read this.

 

[whispering_surrender]

My condolences, and I too, am thankfull that the matress was the only thing ruined. Matresses are a lot easier to replace than people. *hugs*

Whisper

 

[Chicklet]

reminds me of the time my boyfriend and i were sleeping peacefully on our futon and it, well, broke in half. i woke up startled on the floor.

 

[destinie21]

Thanks guys. The two things that upset me the most are the fire alarm being non functional (my super is an ass so I wasn't shocked.) THe other thing is that mommy dearest was so careless. (it not the bed though at least not 99% of it.) The real worrier is that she would leave a lit cigarett laying around anywhere. I can't watch her all the time. All joking aside if this had been her house and she was in the shower the place could have easily burned down taking her with it.

 

[Svenskaflicka]

*shudder*

That's really creepy, des!

 

[McKenna]

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[Dirty Slut]

The problem with smoke detectors: the myth...

Heat travels at 99ft/second, but smoke only travels as fast as the air currents around it. For example, ever notice a smokestack on a calm day? The smoke rises through the chimney with the heat, but once it clears the stack it just tumbles back downward around the stack if there is no wind. Another thing to remember about smoke is that it is caused by an improper fire. Usually you won't get any smoke until the firemen arrive, and start putting out the fire, or the fire runs out of oxygen, but since both we and the fire need oxygen to live we'll be dead by then.

Every fireman knows that in most deadly home fires that the people died not of smoke inhalation as stated in the news media, but by aysphixia, the lack of oxygen because the fire ate it all up. These deadly fires usually take place between 10pm, and 5am when people are alseep. And they are usually started by an electrical appliance, or more likely a television.

Televisions now a days have instant on, which means that they carry a charge in them for hours after you've turned the set off. If you've ever been around when your TV does this you'll hear a little static popping noise of the electrical discharge of the instant-on mechanism inside. This is a real spark folks, and it happens within 2 hours after turning the televisions off.

Ever take a look inside the back of a TV? It's full of dust right? Did you know that dust ignights at the same temperature as gasoline fumes? And since heat/fire travels at 99ft./second, and there is no smoke in a properly burning fire the smoke detector that you buy at the store, (which is radioactive btw) will have melted down along the wall before it ever got the chance to smell any smoke.

The truth is, smoke detectors we buy at the store are unreliable at best, but since they are cheap enough for everyone to purchase at least one, that the fire deparments sanction them for the home, when what you really need is a heat/fire detector which isn't cheap at all because you need one in every room in your house, especially a room with a television set in it. Heat detectors are placed 6 inches below the ceiling, and go off when the temperature reaches 135 degrees Farunhite because if it is that hot you do have a fire.

The best heat, and real smoke detectors on the market were made by Vulcan. They are guarenteed for life, or a 100 years, whichever takes longer. Vangaurd also makes a fine heat and smoke detector, but their gaurentee is for 25 years, and their sales people will scare the hell out of you with pictures of burn victums to make a sale. The problem is everybody needs these in their house, and they are sactioned by the firedepartments, but it's a matter of economics, and so only those who have the money have them in their homes. If you have a smoke detector it should be in all hallways outside of bedrooms, and not in the kitchen where bacon being cooked sets them off.

Enough said.

DS Former salesperson for Vulcan Heat Detectors.

 

[OldnotDead]

. . . The apartment reeks of smoke (the kind that comes from fire and everyone is standing in the kitchen looking at me when I walk in. Apparently my mother left a lit cigarette somewhere on the bed while she was taking a shower. My father was out getting the newspapper and Renza was with me. To the shock of no one the smoke alarm in the apartment is for decoration because it didn't go off. Anyway Renza woke up first and all three of them were afraid to tell me what happened.(The bloody cowards.) As you might expect for precicely five minutes I lost my ever lovin mind and went off. Then I got dressed and stormed out of the apartment. I just got back and it's 2:30 . My mother has ordered a new matress and everything is fine. The apartment still reeks though.


One day in a long long long time this might be funny.

Since no one was hurt, this is probably going to be funny sooner than you realize. Not to you, necessarily, for some time. But to anyone paying attention, I'll bet they have their own 'fire story' that has turned into laughter. Our list currently includes "It isn't a Christmas Present if you haven't had to vaccum all the ash off" , "Don't worry, Mr. Fireman, it's just my mother cooking us dinner," and my personal favorite, "Dad, that smoke smell is outside. It's the OUT side of OUR house."

On a more practical note, call your local rental center and ask if they have an ozone generator to help deodorize the smoke smell. If they don't know what you are talking about, call the local fire department and ask them where to rent one. If you are lucky enough to have a volunteer fire department, they may have one to loan you.

Sadly, if there wac actually only smoke and no real flame, insurance will not cover any of it. BUT if there was a flame, insurance should cover both the loss AND the cost of having the room professionally cleaned. Cleaning is often the more expensive cost associated with a relatively minor household fire.

Good luck in progressing to the humorous side.

 

[Uther_Pendragon]

My condolences, and I too, am thankfull that the matress was the only thing ruined. Matresses are a lot easier to replace than people. *hugs*

Whisper

Yeah, but replacing the people is more fun.