I'm worried my missus will kill us all
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CrispyMK said:
Don't get me started on this! I can 'track' where she's been based on what lights are on. I'm sure she thinks they all work like the light on a fridge.
Yes, me too. However, each night when we have this discussion she is "just going back in there in a while" - please note this also includes the spare bedrooms which she hasn't been in for a few days!!OOF - not good.
I can sympathise with this, although I haven't had it to this extent - but the 3 girls i've lived with over the years have all been equally untidy, and not just that but...I dunno, careless?
By that I mean things get used with what I would call abuse sometimes - buttons and knobs on appliances etc. getting pushed, tugged and bashed without care, especially if the appliance is not doing exactly what they think it should be doing at a given point, so you get 'ohh, bloody thing'...smack, bash
Cupboard doors and drawers getting swiped back from their open position with an arm or a leg, so they close with a BANG and everything inside goes 'crash'...
Same with cars. No care, doors flung wide open on windy days, controls and the gearlever being carelessly wrenched about etc. and don't even get me started on the complete bewilderment about having to have cars serviced, or the tyre pressures checked.
I could go on...
Anyway, with regard to the domestic fire hazard, I am extremely careful at home - especially when I saw a neighbour's upper story go up in flames a few years back when their upstairs heating unit failed
So one thing I can never understand is that even though most people have smoke detectors at home, no-one bothers with any rudimentary fire fighting equipment. When I had my retail shop business, there were loads of regulations about having to have fire extinguishers everywhere, plus me and all my staff trained in how to properly and effectively use them.
I understand implicitly about the importance of not over-stretching your ability with a fire, and recognising the difference between when a small fire can be safely tackled, but a larger one best left and evacuation the safest option.
But if we can have extinguishers and training in their effective use in the workplace, then why not at home too????
So to that end, I have a set of Co2 and Foam extingishers hanging on the wall in the kitchen downstairs and the hallway upstairs, alongside our smoke alarms. Yeah, they don't look too pretty hanging there, but they're not in the lounge or bedrooms where I have to sit and stare at them, so I am happy to have them where they are. Besides, I'm used to seeing them there now, so I hardly notice them.
They might just save our bacon one day. Or at least, massive damage to the house.
If, say, the TV caught fire and took one of the curtains behind with it for instance - in a normal situation you would have no way of fighting that fire in a house, so you'd have to leave and wait for the Fire Brigade, whilst most of the lounge was ruined. If that happened in my house, I am confident that my extinguishers would comfortably put that out quickly, without causing danger to myself.
Worth thinking about getting some I would say. It was only about 200 quid for the set of 4, and I get them serviced and inspected once a year for £25.
I can sympathise with this, although I haven't had it to this extent - but the 3 girls i've lived with over the years have all been equally untidy, and not just that but...I dunno, careless?
By that I mean things get used with what I would call abuse sometimes - buttons and knobs on appliances etc. getting pushed, tugged and bashed without care, especially if the appliance is not doing exactly what they think it should be doing at a given point, so you get 'ohh, bloody thing'...smack, bash
Cupboard doors and drawers getting swiped back from their open position with an arm or a leg, so they close with a BANG and everything inside goes 'crash'...
Same with cars. No care, doors flung wide open on windy days, controls and the gearlever being carelessly wrenched about etc. and don't even get me started on the complete bewilderment about having to have cars serviced, or the tyre pressures checked.
I could go on...
Anyway, with regard to the domestic fire hazard, I am extremely careful at home - especially when I saw a neighbour's upper story go up in flames a few years back when their upstairs heating unit failed
So one thing I can never understand is that even though most people have smoke detectors at home, no-one bothers with any rudimentary fire fighting equipment. When I had my retail shop business, there were loads of regulations about having to have fire extinguishers everywhere, plus me and all my staff trained in how to properly and effectively use them.
I understand implicitly about the importance of not over-stretching your ability with a fire, and recognising the difference between when a small fire can be safely tackled, but a larger one best left and evacuation the safest option.
But if we can have extinguishers and training in their effective use in the workplace, then why not at home too????
So to that end, I have a set of Co2 and Foam extingishers hanging on the wall in the kitchen downstairs and the hallway upstairs, alongside our smoke alarms. Yeah, they don't look too pretty hanging there, but they're not in the lounge or bedrooms where I have to sit and stare at them, so I am happy to have them where they are. Besides, I'm used to seeing them there now, so I hardly notice them.
They might just save our bacon one day. Or at least, massive damage to the house.
If, say, the TV caught fire and took one of the curtains behind with it for instance - in a normal situation you would have no way of fighting that fire in a house, so you'd have to leave and wait for the Fire Brigade, whilst most of the lounge was ruined. If that happened in my house, I am confident that my extinguishers would comfortably put that out quickly, without causing danger to myself.
Worth thinking about getting some I would say. It was only about 200 quid for the set of 4, and I get them serviced and inspected once a year for £25.
Another tip re fires - switch off toaster/kettle/washing machine and/or tumble dryer each night and shut all doors before you go to bed - this can buy you some time should the worst happen. Also, don't leave your front door keys in the kitchen - fires usually start there. leave them so they are accessible should you need to evacuate quickly! (tips from a firefighters wife 
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cslgirl said:
Also, don't leave your front door keys in the kitchen - fires usually start there. leave them so they are accessible should you need to evacuate quickly! (tips from a firefighters wife )
I thought of that too - so in addition to my fire extinguishers, I have additional 'fire keys' to the front and back door, permanently hanging on a little hook near the doors. )The rear one is along the inside rear wall, so unless a burgler breaks a window, it cannot be got at, and the front one is in the lounge by the door to the front hallway, so again cannot be got at via a fishing rod through the letterbox or something...
theshrew said:
She also has a talent for leaving her car unlocked on the drive. I was fed up of telling her about it so one night when she went to bed i moved her car down the road. Panic panic when her car wasnt on the drive in the morning - Did it actually make her learn from her mistakes ? Did it feck was unlocked again this morning when i went out to work.
Now that I have got to try. Sadly, I suspect it will be as effective as it was for you.Edited by stemll on Saturday 27th April 14:54
Jasandjules said:
CrispyMK said:
Don't get me started on this! I can 'track' where she's been based on what lights are on. I'm sure she thinks they all work like the light on a fridge.
Yes, me too. However, each night when we have this discussion she is "just going back in there in a while" - please note this also includes the spare bedrooms which she hasn't been in for a few days!!Thing is, she is the sustainable development officer for the local council. It is HER JOB to be "green".
If you're genuinely frightened that someone's going to get hurt, then either a) you're completely neurotic, or b) there is something more than ordinary clumsiness/distractibility going on. Either way have a chat with your GP. S/he will either put you on Valium or consider keeping a slightly closer eye on your missus.
I've often wondered about having some sort of timed cut-out switch for a gas hob - I've only had one proper lucky-that-didn't-take-the-building-down f
kup (got called into work in a hurry) and have been REALLY paranoid about checking ever since, especially as now it's almost always someone else cooking. Some sort of press-it-every-10-mins-or-it-cuts-out type arrangement would do the job, I reckon.
I've often wondered about having some sort of timed cut-out switch for a gas hob - I've only had one proper lucky-that-didn't-take-the-building-down f
kup (got called into work in a hurry) and have been REALLY paranoid about checking ever since, especially as now it's almost always someone else cooking. Some sort of press-it-every-10-mins-or-it-cuts-out type arrangement would do the job, I reckon. Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff