I know we all regard typing words in capitals as rude and unnecessary, but on this occasion I feel justified in high lighting the title......
Like half of the U.K., we went away for Easter. Prior to our leaving home, we did all the usual....Water off, gas off, appliances unplugged etc. I went up into my den to unplug the network router and smelt the faint whiff of burning. I had a cursory glance around and thinking it was timber being burned in the nearby woods, came down stairs and locked the house. I noticed there was no smell outside, so went back up to my den.....
Having a proper look, I found the magnifying glass had somehow swivelled around on it's stand and the sun had caught it and was burning a small hole in a piece of tissue which was on my bench. When I turned the tissue over, I was horrified to find a 10p size of red hot tissue underneath. I gave it a gentle blow and it burst into flames.......
Had I not gone back indoors for another look, my property would have, without question been destroyed!
"That wouldn't happen to me, I'm not so daft." I hear someone say. Perhaps so, but please check your work area, and keep magnifying glasses, specs, even empty glass jam jars and the like, in a drawer.
Cheers,
Ron
Like half of the U.K., we went away for Easter. Prior to our leaving home, we did all the usual....Water off, gas off, appliances unplugged etc. I went up into my den to unplug the network router and smelt the faint whiff of burning. I had a cursory glance around and thinking it was timber being burned in the nearby woods, came down stairs and locked the house. I noticed there was no smell outside, so went back up to my den.....
Having a proper look, I found the magnifying glass had somehow swivelled around on it's stand and the sun had caught it and was burning a small hole in a piece of tissue which was on my bench. When I turned the tissue over, I was horrified to find a 10p size of red hot tissue underneath. I gave it a gentle blow and it burst into flames.......
Had I not gone back indoors for another look, my property would have, without question been destroyed!
"That wouldn't happen to me, I'm not so daft." I hear someone say. Perhaps so, but please check your work area, and keep magnifying glasses, specs, even empty glass jam jars and the like, in a drawer.
Cheers,
Ron
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