Kitchen fire!

Andy

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Nov 23, 2009, 4:33:10 PM11/23/09

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Kitchen fire!

To test the chimney I burned a few pages of paper records/bills. Didn't
back down into the house so I added a years worth of records on top of
that. Sure beats shredding,

It did add a small amount of smokiness flavor to the kitchen. :(

Oh well. Nice to see the kitchen fireplace lit up and running again!

Andy

Chemo the Clown

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Nov 23, 2009, 5:07:15 PM11/23/09

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That's about as smart as some of your eating habits.

Nancy Young

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Nov 23, 2009, 5:26:14 PM11/23/09

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Chemo the Clown wrote:
> On Nov 23, 1:33 pm, Andy <a...@b.c> wrote:
>> Kitchen fire!
>>
>> To test the chimney I burned a few pages of paper records/bills.
>> Didn't back down into the house so I added a years worth of records
>> on top of that. Sure beats shredding,
>>
>> It did add a small amount of smokiness flavor to the kitchen. :(
>>
>> Oh well. Nice to see the kitchen fireplace lit up and running again!

> That's about as smart as some of your eating habits.

I can just see those little bits of burning paper setting his roof on
fire like happens a gazillion times every Christmas when people
think it's a great way to get rid of wrapping paper. Maybe it's
on fire and he hasn't noticed yet.

nancy

Andy

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Nov 23, 2009, 5:32:30 PM11/23/09

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"Nancy Young" <rjyn...@comcast.net> wrote in news:i_DOm.69809$3e4.27022
@newsfe27.ams2:

> I can just see those little bits of burning paper setting his roof on
> fire

nancy,

No you cant!

Bit of advice?... fuck it, nevermind.

Andy

sf

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Nov 24, 2009, 1:52:10 AM11/24/09

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If you plan on using it this winter, have it professionally cleaned
ASAP. Can't be too careful with chimneys.

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I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Andy

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Nov 24, 2009, 5:23:47 AM11/24/09

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sf <sf.u...@geemail.com> wrote in
news:kh0ng591kvsdrbfqi...@4ax.com:

> On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:33:10 -0600, Andy <a@b.c> wrote:
>
>>Kitchen fire!
>>
>>To test the chimney I burned a few pages of paper records/bills. Didn't
>>back down into the house so I added a years worth of records on top of
>>that. Sure beats shredding,
>>
>>It did add a small amount of smokiness flavor to the kitchen. :(
>>
>>Oh well. Nice to see the kitchen fireplace lit up and running again!
>>
> If you plan on using it this winter, have it professionally cleaned
> ASAP. Can't be too careful with chimneys.

sf,

I do have them inspected every couple years.

They're both capped so no bird nests, etc.

There's another fireplace in the living room (opposing) side that shares
the same flue.

A separate flue shared by the baseboard and hot water systems share
another flue and have been running strong. No CO2 problems as of yet.
Both flues inspected and cleaned every other year. I do clean the heating
flue traps in the basement every year. A quick but dirty job!

Best,

Andy

Phred

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Nov 24, 2009, 10:09:09 AM11/24/09

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In article <Xns9CCCA86...@216.196.97.131>, Andy <a@b.c> wrote:
>Kitchen fire!
>
>To test the chimney I burned a few pages of paper records/bills. Didn't
>back down into the house so I added a years worth of records on top of
>that. Sure beats shredding,

Mate of mine nearly burnt his house down the other day when the
element on his electric stove stuck ON though set for "Low". Pretty
well burnt the arse out of the saucepan that was supposed to be
slowly simmering a stew. He was pretty pissed off as the whole bloody
kitchen is only a couple of years old!

I had a similar problem with an *old* stove -- it was at least 20
years old at the time -- which meant driving it manually thereafter.

What puzzles me is why the designers do it that way. Why not adopt a
failsafe approach where, if the control fails, the damn thing doesn't
work at all? Are manufacturers malicious, or just stupid, or is the
concept of "failsafe" impossible to implement in hotplates?

Cheers, Phred.

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