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[enigma200316]

hey Wayne glad to hear your alright mate.........lets hope nothing like this ever happens again.........

[Aundrea]

WOW Wayne glad that your ok and your family and pets!! Thats a lot of pets to get outta the house.

Lori LOL Im sorry but that was so damn funny LOL Im glad tho that your all ok. I sure would freak out. I dont think my beagle dog would wake me up. She may howl at the fire but not get me up and save me LOL

[zooplan]

I´m happy that you will still be able to enjoy the forum.
We have fire alarms in each room of our appartment except the kitchen.
I´ve made them to shout severel times only by the art of cooking
Then I had to jump to the ceiling to get them off again, verey time it hapend I felt like in the movie "Rainman".
I hate it but my wife need the feeling of more savety.

[Gijs & Sabine]

That's a scary experience, Wayne
Very glad you're alright and your family and animals as well ofcourse.

[jitami]

Wayne! So glad you decided to get up and check out that noise! How scary!

Lori... too funny... again, tho, glad hubby came home and everything turned out fine

[Hornets23]

Wow, thats scary Wayne....but glad you heard it before things got more serious.

[infernalis]

That awful smell still lingers!

Judging by how hot the blender was, it had been running for hours.

Since mechanical switches cannot just engage themselves, the ONLY reasonable conclusion was the cat had been on the counter while we were asleep.

Since we have this thread going, I would also like to offer some friendly advice, those new "Eco bulbs" the spiral fluorescent ones, well they don't just simply quit working like the old fashion incandescent bulbs do, when they fail, they will sometimes start smoking, and melt the plastic base.

Have had 2 of them fail that way, so never leave them on unless you are in the same room

We also lost the house 15 years ago due to failure in an aquarium appliance, so light hoods and filters should be replaced every few years, the condensation from the fish water collects inside these electrical appliances, and can short them out.

Thank you everyone for your concern, it was very scary.

Now please feel free to share with us any related experiences, it may prove usefull in prevention of a future tragedy.

[Snake lover 3-25]

wow that's crazy wayne!!! glad you're alright!!!!

i have set the microwave on fire too many times to count i tent to accidentally leave things in with my food..... tinfoil..... sparkly plates.... silverware..... and who knows what else!!!!!

[ssssnakeluvr]

glad you are all ok wayne!!!! hmmm....could be the cat....I catch mine on the counter a lot....conniving little critters..LOL!!!

speaking of setting water on fire....my mom was getting a pan of water boiling for macaroni noodles years ago....she had apparently spilled something on the burner and hadn't noticed it. when she turned the burner on high to boil th e water, whatever was on the burner started smoking real bad and set off the smoke detector. we have teased mom for years about her cooking being so bad she could burn water!!!!

[infernalis]

The burning water reminds me of once when I was a kid, Grandma had no clue, she boiled water and mixed it with Nestle quick powder, served it as cocoa, the picture on the front of the can shows hot cocoa, but she never read the instructions to use hot milk!