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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 12:30 PM Original message |
Poll question: Have you ever had a house fire? |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. I had a house fire occur that caused MAJOR damage |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. And you, being a good liberal, would have paid the invoice.. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Indeed. |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Well, I always looked at it as fire insurance, and at |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. no, but i did experience two grass fires. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. A Fire In A Town That Had No Fire Department... |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yes. Lost the house. |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
33. cat and dog <3 <3 |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. A house I rented in college burned to the ground. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. A guy I used to know was tripping his ass off on some heavy acid.. |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. That would be one hell of a trip. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Here's your sign.. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. My 10 year-old 'latch-key' kid set the family room carpet on fire, playing with a candle back in |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. I've experienced both a minor house fire and a barn fire. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. My father had a similar experience with a chicken house fire. He opened the |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. I extinguished it but the FD sucked all the smoke out of my house |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
12. I took care of a kitchen fire |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Yeah, we had one of those, my brother grabbed the pan and jumped out the outside door with it.. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Next time just cover the damn thing with a cover |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 05:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. You're assuming a cover was available.. |
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Tracer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
15. Not me personally, but... |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
16. As a child my sister's mattress caught fire from an electric blanket |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. The smell of a burned-out house is hard to forget. |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. that smell |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
17. Two major fires. |
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drmeow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
19. Fire in the elevator |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
23. Minor fire from a lightning strike. FD responded. |
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SargeUNN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
25. yep and it was further problematic because |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
26. We had two electrical fires. I'm not sure what the first one was, |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
27. My brother and sister both live in the woods in the local mountains... |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
28. I was 13, and we lost everything but the house |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 06:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I was eleven........and know precisely what you mean. |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. omg arson |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
34. When I was 12 a fire gutted our kitchen. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
35. my apartment in Austin burned while I was at work |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 06:38 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. truly |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. he was a bit woozy from smoke |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
37. I've lost a home to a house fire, total destruction or had to be demolished.... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
38. public fire dept, druggie set the house on fire to get back at a lover. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
40. yes |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
41. damn, voted wrong |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
42. Lightening came down the chimney |
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