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03-21-12, 07:55 PM
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I'm such a idiot!
I had company over and I showed them my Bearded Dragon and when I went to put him up, I didn't put his lights back on. Well, I turned the light of, but the night bulb flipped on (I have everything on timers) and just about caught the carpet on fire. Thank God I walked in there when I did or it would have caught fire and I would have either lost some animals to the flames or to the smoke. Anyway, my heart just about jumped out of my chest when I walked in and smelled something burning and took me a minute to figure out what it was.
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03-21-12, 07:56 PM
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Re: I'm such a idiot!
I'm confused- how did it almost catch fire?
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03-21-12, 08:03 PM
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Morelia Enjoyus Maximus
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Re: I'm such a idiot!
He set his lights on the floor and left them there. The timers turned them on while still on the floor. You got lucky. Bet you never do it again 
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03-21-12, 08:06 PM
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Re: I'm such a idiot!
Wow, close call!
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03-21-12, 08:07 PM
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Re: I'm such a idiot!
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Originally Posted by Terranaut
He set his lights on the floor and left them there. The timers turned them on while still on the floor. You got lucky. Bet you never do it again |
Ohhh got it
Wow, glad it all worked out!!
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03-21-12, 08:12 PM
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Re: I'm such a idiot!
Man that was scary. I'm going to have to buy a fire extinguisher for the reptile room. I have also got to pay more attention. Maybe this could be made a sticky so other people can learn from it.
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03-21-12, 08:17 PM
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Uncle Brady
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Re: I'm such a idiot!
woah. get tiles  glad everything is ok
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03-21-12, 08:24 PM
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Re: I'm such a idiot!
I have some spare tiles in the garage, I'll have to get a couple in the morning.
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03-22-12, 06:40 AM
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Diesel the pumpkin killer
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Re: I'm such a idiot!
Glad you caught it in time.
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03-22-12, 08:07 AM
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Cold Blooded Chaos
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Re: I'm such a idiot!
I did something similar myself. Don't beat yourself up over it, just consider it a learning experience and you'll remember next time.
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03-22-12, 08:23 AM
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mamma bear
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Re: I'm such a idiot!
I agree, it happened, your heart jumped, you fixed it and you WONT do it again as it is now burned into your memory forever!
But I'm glad everything (except the carpet of course) is ok!!
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03-22-12, 08:31 AM
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Village Idiot
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Re: I'm such a idiot!
So did you set the light in the cage or on the floor of the room? If you set it on the room's floor what does tile have to do with anything?
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03-22-12, 09:21 AM
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The Original Urban Legend
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Re: I'm such a idiot!
I left a light on top of a Lexan lid once....that did not smell very good. I came back up about 30 minutes later and smelled warm plastic- found the light and put it back on the cage where it should go. It had melted a browned, bubbling spot in the Lexan of the other cage. Yuck!
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03-24-12, 11:49 AM
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Re: I'm such a idiot!
A lot of carpet now comes in tiles, which are easy to replace if stained (or burned in this case). Down side? High traffic areas don't stay glued down as well. Glad everything turned out ok, and don't beat yourself up. Learn from it, be grateful it ended the way it did, and you'll never do it again.
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03-24-12, 12:23 PM
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slainte mhath
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Re: I'm such a idiot!
Quote:
Originally Posted by KORBIN5895
So did you set the light in the cage or on the floor of the room? If you set it on the room's floor what does tile have to do with anything?
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thats what i was trying to work out as well mate
i assumed it was the floor of the room ?
cheers shaun
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