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Come Inside... => The Snug => Topic started by: Nick on September 04, 2007, 10:24:38 AM
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Have just run the MIL back to her bus home and dropped in to the house we rent out to deliver the new fire extinguisher. We put the old one in the car and set off home.
Boy in the back: "Daddy, what is this little pull ring thingy for?"
Me: "That is what sets off the fire extinguisher. So don't fiddle with it"
Boy in the back: "So if you pull it out stuff comes out and stops a fire."
Me: "Yes, so don't fiddle with it, OK?"
SIlence. Small sound of fiddling. Then fucking great whoosh and some screaming. It's amazing how much CO2 they can pack into those things. I opened the car windows and we proceeded up the high street with CO2 sort of billowing out of the windows. Could have been foam, I spose. evil:
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happy001 happy001 happy001
Oh Bless Him. ;)
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It seems to be pensioners shopping day here. I imagine some may be in a state of shock
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Why didn?t you play a game to keep him occupied? noooo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sniauk-GD6E
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Very good evil: We do play that game in the car. He spent a whole hour once trying to guess "S P" ona motorway trip
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41mgUqCGD3U&mode=related&search=
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That one is all too familiar thank you evil:
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Fire Extinguisher in boot ~ Boy in car
Fire extinguisher in car ~ Boy in Boot
Either would have been safer given a degree of thought. whistle:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WRNjHUgOh4&mode=related&search=
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That also, is familiar evil:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq2hcsSdjD0&mode=related&search=
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That too is familiar evil:
Do you have children Barman. If not, do you want one?
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That too is familiar evil:
Do you have children Barman. If not, do you want one?
Just the one thanks... whistle:
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That would be you then?
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That would be you then?
lol: lol: lol: lol: lol:
Smite
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My first thought was much the same as Snoopy's, you should have kept The Boy and the extinguisher well separated.
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Ah? the benefit of hindsight. noooo:
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I spend my entire life enjoying the benefits of hindsight evil:
The car windows are all smeary for some reason cry:
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I spend my entire life enjoying the benefits of hindsight evil:
The car windows are all smeary for some reason cry:
Think yourself lucky that they banned Halon as an extinguishant some years ago because of the ozone layer? whistle:
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Bugger the ozone layer. My car!
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Bugger the ozone layer. My car!
Halon is the best product to put a fire out but is quite toxic and would have ruined the inside of your car. whistle:
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I find myself thinking of other side effects evil:
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I find myself thinking of other side effects evil:
Bromochlorodifluoromethane
Halon 1211 is a trade name for Bromochlorodifluoromethane. It is also known as BCF,Halon 1211 BCF, or Freon 12B1. The chemical formula is CF2ClBr.
It was introduced as an effective gaseous fire suppression agent in the 1960s for use around highly valuable materials in places such as museums, mainframe rooms, and telecommunication switching centers. The production of Bromochlorodifluoromethane and similar Chlorofluorcarbons has been banned in most countries since January 1, 1994 as part of the Montreal Protocol on ozone depleting substances.
This is a volatile extinguishant that should be used only with a breathing apparatus (when volume exceeds 5%).
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Good job it was only CO2 then! scared2:
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Have just run the MIL back to her bus home and dropped in to the house we rent out to deliver the new fire extinguisher. We put the old one in the car and set off home.
Boy in the back: "Daddy, what is this little pull ring thingy for?"
Me: "That is what sets off the fire extinguisher. So don't fiddle with it"
Boy in the back: "So if you pull it out stuff comes out and stops a fire."
Me: "Yes, so don't fiddle with it, OK?"
SIlence. Small sound of fiddling. Then fucking great whoosh and some screaming. It's amazing how much CO2 they can pack into those things. I opened the car windows and we proceeded up the high street with CO2 sort of billowing out of the windows. Could have been foam, I spose. evil:
At the very least you should have realised that telling him not to fiddle with it would be a red rag to a bull doh:
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I find myself thinking of other side effects evil:
Bromochlorodifluoromethane
Halon 1211 is a trade name for Bromochlorodifluoromethane. It is also known as BCF,Halon 1211 BCF, or Freon 12B1. The chemical formula is CF2ClBr.
It was introduced as an effective gaseous fire suppression agent in the 1960s for use around highly valuable materials in places such as museums, mainframe rooms, and telecommunication switching centers. The production of Bromochlorodifluoromethane and similar Chlorofluorcarbons has been banned in most countries since January 1, 1994 as part of the Montreal Protocol on ozone depleting substances.
This is a volatile extinguishant that should be used only with a breathing apparatus (when volume exceeds 5%).
I have this distinct recollection of BCF being phased in by the RAF in the 60's to replace the old ones which contained something whose name escapes me, but which was much prized as a dry cleaning agent leading to lots of empty fire extinguishers.
Can anyone recall its name?
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Have just run the MIL back to her bus home and dropped in to the house we rent out to deliver the new fire extinguisher. We put the old one in the car and set off home.
Boy in the back: "Daddy, what is this little pull ring thingy for?"
Me: "That is what sets off the fire extinguisher. So don't fiddle with it"
Boy in the back: "So if you pull it out stuff comes out and stops a fire."
Me: "Yes, so don't fiddle with it, OK?"
SIlence. Small sound of fiddling. Then fucking great whoosh and some screaming. It's amazing how much CO2 they can pack into those things. I opened the car windows and we proceeded up the high street with CO2 sort of billowing out of the windows. Could have been foam, I spose. evil:
At the very least you should have realised that telling him not to fiddle with it would be a red rag to a bull doh:
True. The technical term is contra-suggestible.
OK?
See also: "Don't fall into that rock pool."
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I find myself thinking of other side effects evil:
Bromochlorodifluoromethane
Halon 1211 is a trade name for Bromochlorodifluoromethane. It is also known as BCF,Halon 1211 BCF, or Freon 12B1. The chemical formula is CF2ClBr.
It was introduced as an effective gaseous fire suppression agent in the 1960s for use around highly valuable materials in places such as museums, mainframe rooms, and telecommunication switching centers. The production of Bromochlorodifluoromethane and similar Chlorofluorcarbons has been banned in most countries since January 1, 1994 as part of the Montreal Protocol on ozone depleting substances.
This is a volatile extinguishant that should be used only with a breathing apparatus (when volume exceeds 5%).
I have this distinct recollection of BCF being phased in by the RAF in the 60's to replace the old ones which contained something whose name escapes me, but which was much prized as a dry cleaning agent leading to lots of empty fire extinguishers.
Can anyone recall its name?
Percoethylene?
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I find myself thinking of other side effects evil:
Bromochlorodifluoromethane
Halon 1211 is a trade name for Bromochlorodifluoromethane. It is also known as BCF,Halon 1211 BCF, or Freon 12B1. The chemical formula is CF2ClBr.
It was introduced as an effective gaseous fire suppression agent in the 1960s for use around highly valuable materials in places such as museums, mainframe rooms, and telecommunication switching centers. The production of Bromochlorodifluoromethane and similar Chlorofluorcarbons has been banned in most countries since January 1, 1994 as part of the Montreal Protocol on ozone depleting substances.
This is a volatile extinguishant that should be used only with a breathing apparatus (when volume exceeds 5%).
I have this distinct recollection of BCF being phased in by the RAF in the 60's to replace the old ones which contained something whose name escapes me, but which was much prized as a dry cleaning agent leading to lots of empty fire extinguishers.
Can anyone recall its name?
Percoethylene?
No, that wasn't it - and nor was contra-suggestible
For some reason, the term 'tetra' is wandering round my head rubschin:
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Carbon tetrachloride
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Carbon tetrachloride
That's the badger!!
Bloody memory evil: It's getting worse as I'm getting . . . (now what's that word? Means not as young.) Oh bugger, I think I'll just go and have a lie down somewhere quiet - I may be gone a while.
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I find myself thinking of other side effects evil:
Bromochlorodifluoromethane
Halon 1211 is a trade name for Bromochlorodifluoromethane. It is also known as BCF,Halon 1211 BCF, or Freon 12B1. The chemical formula is CF2ClBr.
It was introduced as an effective gaseous fire suppression agent in the 1960s for use around highly valuable materials in places such as museums, mainframe rooms, and telecommunication switching centers. The production of Bromochlorodifluoromethane and similar Chlorofluorcarbons has been banned in most countries since January 1, 1994 as part of the Montreal Protocol on ozone depleting substances.
This is a volatile extinguishant that should be used only with a breathing apparatus (when volume exceeds 5%).
I have this distinct recollection of BCF being phased in by the RAF in the 60's to replace the old ones which contained something whose name escapes me, but which was much prized as a dry cleaning agent leading to lots of empty fire extinguishers.
Can anyone recall its name?
Probably wrong but the following come to mind as "dry cleaning agents" but I don't know if they were used in Fire Extinguishers.
Tetrachloroethylene. Also known as perchloroethylene (Perc)
Another I recall was CFC 113, a chlorofluorocarbon solvent.
There was something that was marketed, in a little jar with a cloth pad under the screw off lid ... Dabitoff was it's trade name. I think the active ingredient was called something like Carbon-tetrachloride.
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That is the stuff they use in dry cleaners. Stinks!
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Carbon tetrachloride
That's the badger!!
Bloody memory evil: It's getting worse as I'm getting . . . (now what's that word? Means not as young.) Oh bugger, I think I'll just go and have a lie down somewhere quiet - I may be gone a while.
Exposure to high concentrations of carbon tetrachloride can affect the central nervous system. scared2:
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Good job it was CO2 then
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Good job it was CO2 then
Yep ~ always look on the bright side of life. lol:
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At my last company we did a project that involved dipping spark plus in Perchloroethylene and then applying a voltage across them to see if the insulator was faulty.
We developed this clever enclosed machine but still all had to wear dosimeters because the stuff was so deadly.
However, at the original factory a worker just dunked the ?plugs in a huge vat of the stuff with no protection at all? noooo:
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There was also trike - trichloroethylene I think.
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At my last company we did a project that involved dipping spark plus in Perchloroethylene and then applying a voltage across them to see if the insulator was faulty.
We developed this clever enclosed machine but still all had to wear dosimeters because the stuff was so deadly.
However, at the original factory a worker just dunked the ‘plugs in a huge vat of the stuff with no protection at all… noooo:
Was his name Nick perchance? whistle:
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At my last company we did a project that involved dipping spark plus in Perchloroethylene and then applying a voltage across them to see if the insulator was faulty.
We developed this clever enclosed machine but still all had to wear dosimeters because the stuff was so deadly.
However, at the original factory a worker just dunked the ?plugs in a huge vat of the stuff with no protection at all? noooo:
This original factory wouldn't have been in Russia, India or China would it?
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At my last company we did a project that involved dipping spark plus in Perchloroethylene and then applying a voltage across them to see if the insulator was faulty.
We developed this clever enclosed machine but still all had to wear dosimeters because the stuff was so deadly.
However, at the original factory a worker just dunked the ?plugs in a huge vat of the stuff with no protection at all? noooo:
This original factory wouldn't have been in Russia, India or China would it?
The UK... whistle:
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At my last company we did a project that involved dipping spark plus in Perchloroethylene and then applying a voltage across them to see if the insulator was faulty.
We developed this clever enclosed machine but still all had to wear dosimeters because the stuff was so deadly.
However, at the original factory a worker just dunked the ?plugs in a huge vat of the stuff with no protection at all? noooo:
This original factory wouldn't have been in Russia, India or China would it?
The UK... whistle:
Bradford, Leeds, Sheffield? Amounts to much the same thing really ::)
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Clearly a man who has never been to Doncaster. ::)
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Clearly a man who has never been to Doncaster. ::)
Have too but never again ~ Ex SWMBO and my Husband in Law live near there. I prefer to keep a healthy width of the country between us.
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Clearly a man who has never been to Doncaster. ::)
Have too but never again ~ Ex SWMBO and my Husband in Law live near there. I prefer to keep a healthy width of the country between us.
Now that's s term I quite like! I'll have to remember that one, it describes the ex-SWTSMBO's new spouse to a 'T'.
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Clearly a man who has never been to Doncaster. ::)
Have too but never again ~ Ex SWMBO and my Husband in Law live near there. I prefer to keep a healthy width of the country between us.
Now that's s term I quite like! I'll have to remember that one, it describes the ex-SWTSMBO's new spouse to a 'T'.
The ex-who-what now?
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Family life is so complex nowadays noooo:
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Clearly a man who has never been to Doncaster. ::)
Have too but never again ~ Ex SWMBO and my Husband in Law live near there. I prefer to keep a healthy width of the country between us.
Now that's s term I quite like! I'll have to remember that one, it describes the ex-SWTSMBO's new spouse to a 'T'.
The ex-who-what now?
I'm guessing at She Who Thought She Must Be Obeyed.
As for Husband in Law ~ What else would you call your ex-wife's new husband? I tried "Replacement" but it led to many requests for explanation.
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Clearly a man who has never been to Doncaster. ::)
Have too but never again ~ Ex SWMBO and my Husband in Law live near there. I prefer to keep a healthy width of the country between us.
Now that's s term I quite like! I'll have to remember that one, it describes the ex-SWTSMBO's new spouse to a 'T'.
The ex-who-what now?
I'm guessing at She Who Thought She Must Be Obeyed.
As for Husband in Law ~ What else would you call your ex-wife's new husband? I tried "Replacement" but it led to many requests for explanation.
Unfortunate Bastard
He who does not know
Git
Depends on the circumstances that the ex became ex.
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Substitute?
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"Saviour" came to mind at the time evil:
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"Saviour" came to mind at the time evil:
point:
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He will always be 'unnamed co-respondent' to me cussing:
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He will always be 'unnamed co-respondent' to me cussing:
happy100
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Ahem, foam? Anybody? rubschin:
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Odd how they stray. Could be a PhD in this.
My car smells funny now. Does CO2 have a funny smell?
Admittedly, it could be the cat shit he trod in earlier..........
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Odd how they stray. Could be a PhD in this.
My car smells funny now. Does CO2 have a funny smell?
Admittedly, it could be the cat shit he trod in earlier..........
Maybe The Boy shat himself when it went off.... ;D
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No, I had to wash his shoe. And the carpet. And the back of my seat. evil:
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Admittedly, it could be the cat shit he trod in earlier..........
Did he have his shoes or plimsolls on? point:
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Shoes, why?
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Shoes, why?
Well, if he?d changed into his plimsolls when he got into the car it wouldn?t stink of cat shit would it? point:
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Some of us don't carry spare shoes around with us. evil:
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Some of us don't carry spare shoes around with us. evil:
Good idea though ? you should suggest it at the school? whistle:
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Where is that "my head is spinning" emoticon when you need it?
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Where is that "my head is spinning" emoticon when you need it?
This one?
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Have you forgotten my advice already? whip:
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Have you forgotten my advice already? whip:
Sorry...
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whip: whip: whip: whip: whip:
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whip: whip: whip: whip: whip:
I can't help it...
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Where is that "my head is spinning" emoticon when you need it?
This one?
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That's a Mozoticon that is. He's always upside down seeing as how he inhabits the antipodes!
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Too true. And quite good.
I really should do some work................ noooo:
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I'd forgotten about this!! razz: