Posted on 05/24/2002 9:51:02 AM PDT by Hunble
Today, I had lots of card board boxes and decided to burn them in the fireplace rather then fill up the garbage can.
For an hour, this was working rather well and I was enjoying watching the fire.
I still do not understand why that last batch was different, but the fire got very hot. While watching it, I started to worry about the front glass with such a hot fire, since it was making some unusual noises.
Just to be safe, I went into the kitchen and filled a pot with water. Not once have I even heard of a problem with the fireplace glass, so I was just being a little cautious.
Sure enough, 2 minutes later, the front of my fireplace exploded! Hot glass was all over the living room, and thank God, I had that pot of water ready to prevent a fire.
Now when my wife gets home from work today, she will probably kill me.
For my fellow Freepers, I just wanted to pass along a lesson learned.
If the fire gets too hot, that front glass will explode!
My, my, a bit of drama. It is a good thing that no one was hurt. Your wife may, one day, get over it but look on the bright side, it gives you a good story for Christmas dinner with relatives.
Had a fireplace insert called a Fuego around 79 or 80. Somehow in my firewood collection, I picked up a piece that was creosoted. Kablowie!! Scared the crap out of me.
One of the funniest things to ever hear is, “Well, I’ll be!” Usually means at some late stage of life we learn something surprising, yet, rather interesting.
Yes, things like, "So THAT'S why we don't fry bacon while naked."
LOL! Yep, been there, said that! “OW!!! We’ll I’ll be!!”
I would have never known about this group if it were not for a much older brother. I picked this up for the heck of it one day and it brought back a lot of memories. I highly recommend this is a full listing experience from start to finish. Its a great recording.
He also explores the continual cycle of booms and busts that reverberate throughout the country’s history. His engaging style includes many anecdotes that would surely spice up any reader’s future conversations. For example, the seeds of discontent that sparked the Civil War are sown here in the most basic terms. As usual, ideology is always subverted by attention to finance. Much time is spent on the citizen’s constant need to demarcate and consolidate the perceptions of who or what should be considered superior. Invariably, the determination is based on assets. One of the amusing interludes details FDR’s brilliant bit of Kabuki theater when he removed the country from the gold standard for domestic dealings in 1934.
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