 ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
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| Blatantly stupid people. Really? Cleaning cobwebs with a blowtorch? Natural selection should have taken care of this brainiac.
»www.cbs46.com/news/17919628/detail.html
SARGENT, Ga. -- A Coweta County man who set his house on fire while cleaning out cobwebs with a blowtorch won't be charged, Fire Chief Bill Haynes told CBS 46 Thursday afternoon.
Authorities said Galen Winchell set fire to his home on Smith Road in Sargent around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday as he cleaned cobwebs from exterior eaves with a blowtorch. Winchell noticed the blaze when he saw smoke pouring from the attic.
Haynes said the fire was contained to one part of the house, because the home had several layers of roofing. But haynes said the entire home suffered at least some smoke and water damage.
No one was hurt.
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 Sweet WitchBe the flame, not the moth.Premium,MVM
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Gallifrey | This is why my hair dryer has a tag on it that says not to use it IN the shower and plastic bags tell you not to put it over your head. I often wonder how those people keep jobs and pay their bills on time.
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 WarzauPremium
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Naperville, IL
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I guess using a duster on a extension pole was too hard. |
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| said by Warzau:I guess using a duster on a extension pole was too hard. You can aim the blowtorch into the soffit vents and get any spiders that are hiding in there. You just can't do that with an ordinary duster.  |
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 WillyPremium
join:2000-09-24
USA
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I read that in the paper this morning.
Did he have his sign?
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kcblackPremium
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Chicago, IL | reply to ptrowski
How about instructions on a box of toothpicks?
Kevin |
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 MaccawolfPremium
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Hillsdale, NJ
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said by Sweet Witch:This is why my hair dryer has a tag on it that says not to use it IN the shower and plastic bags tell you not to put it over your head. My Windex bottle says
Do not spray directly into eyes. 
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| said by Maccawolf:My Windex bottle says Do not spray directly into eyes. You're supposed to do it from off to one side, then? |
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JoelC707Premium
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Stone Mountain, GA
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said by Warzau:I guess using a duster on a extension pole was too hard. Or for that matter a stick from the yard? That's the least expensive option (free). Would make sense to me anyway.... Guess he wasn't playing with a full deck lol. |
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MaccawolfPremium
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Hillsdale, NJ
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said by AB:said by Maccawolf:My Windex bottle says Do not spray directly into eyes. You're supposed to do it from off to one side, then? I must be doing it wrong then. I spray it onto kleenex and apply the kleenex to my eyes. That seems to work pretty well. 
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 GooioolMay God bless you.Premium
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 james
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CWCville USA | reply to Maccawolf
said by Maccawolf:said by AB:said by Maccawolf:My Windex bottle says Do not spray directly into eyes. You're supposed to do it from off to one side, then? I must be doing it wrong then. I spray it onto kleenex and apply the kleenex to my eyes. That seems to work pretty well. So even if you don't spray it directly onto your skin, Windex can still keep the wind out of your eyes? That's good to know. |
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 SparkChaserR.I.P. DocPremium
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said by Sweet Witch:This is why my hair dryer has a tag on it that says not to use it IN the shower and plastic bags tell you not to put it over your head. This all goes against natural selection. If left to there own devices these people would be out of the gene pool. |
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 HarleyYacYacoPremium
join:2001-10-13
Allendale, NJ
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Humm I would think maybe a little gasoline and a blowtorch would have sufficed.
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hurfyPremium
join:2002-08-06
Spokane, WA | reply to Maccawolf
said by Maccawolf:My Windex bottle says Do not spray directly into eyes. Well DUH...you might get it in your nose that way, shesh. |
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xephy
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Marietta, GA | reply to ptrowski
poor spiders |
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 CanerisErikCanerisPremium,VIP
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Toronto, ON
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How disappointing. When I saw this thread title in the ticker, my first thought was that it would refer to DSLR posters. |
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| said by CanerisErik:How disappointing. When I saw this thread title in the ticker, my first thought was that it would refer to DSLR posters. »www.kohls.com/upgrade/webstore/p···33959857 |
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Hmm, that's interesting. I was always under the impression that cobwebs were generally NOT flammable. Not that Ive used a blow torch to clean them out, but for one reason or another I remember lighting one on fire around a camp fire one. It just sorta shriveled and powdered and then disappeared. There is not much there to burn due to their light nature so it seems hard they would burn long enough to light a house on fire.
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 TzaleProud Libertarian ConservativePremium
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NYC Metro | said by snipper_cr:Hmm, that's interesting. I was always under the impression that cobwebs were generally NOT flammable. Not that Ive used a blow torch to clean them out, but for one reason or another I remember lighting one on fire around a camp fire one. It just sorta shriveled and powdered and then disappeared. There is not much there to burn due to their light nature so it seems hard they would burn long enough to light a house on fire. The house went on fire from the blowtorch heating up the exterior of the house.... Not from a cobweb catching fire... If you're not careful, a blowtorch can set your house on fire if you use it incorrectly when welding a pipe joint together in a wall for example..
-Tzale
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