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somebody_else

Careful_with_that_Axe wrote: »

Had a dramatic lunchtime here. There was a kitchen fire in the flat upstairs. :eek:
Neighbour's daughter (16) didn't realise that what had caught fire was fat and put it in sink. Not a good idea! Sensibly, she did the best thing and came and got me. I grabbed my handy fire blanket (yes, I'm still obsessed by H&S) and did what I could until Fire Brigade arrived. Lots of lovely hunky men in uniform who dealt with it in about 10 seconds flat. :rolleyes:
Cue oxygen for me and Jade - good stuff that! It makes you feel a little high. Although I was aware my chest was sore, Jade needed it far more than me as she has Asthma.
No lasting damage to either of us. I still have very sore eyes from the smoke, chest a little tight and some small sore spots on hands, but it really drives home how dangerous fire can be and smoke especially! Noxious stuff.

Poor Jade left very, very shaken and teary, so I was absolutely selfless and pointed the better looking men in the bunch in her direction. :rolleyes:

Will spend sometime with them this weekend helping wash down kitchen etc and dealing with the aftermath.

Most exciting thing that's happened to me in years and, at last my extensive first aid and safety kit came into use.

If any of you don't have Smoke Alarms up ...........

Ooh, not nice. Don't go over-doing it tomorrow - don't forget delayed reaction, it can have a nasty effect on those of us with compromised immune systems. Dunno about you, but a surge of adrenalin has quite a nasty effect on me. I hope that it's all just surface damage and that Jade doesn't suffer any after effects either.

On a slightly lighter note - I didn't think to call the fire brigade when the plumber set fire to my house so I didn't get any hunks to ogle. Trouble is, they're all so young these days. [Did I tell you about the time my car was 'crunched' by a fire engine? Couldn't bluddy believe it - Friday 13th. My car was parked right up against the kerb; fire engine was moving at a hair-raising 3 MPH and the booger still managed to hit me and nearly ripped my bumper off. Did I tell you that Sod picked me out at birth for a play-thing?]

somebody_else

Careful_with_that_Axe wrote: »

p.s. s/e, well done for standing workmen fitting carpets. I hate having builders or people here as I'm very territorial and immensly private about my space.
Hope you're pleased with what's been done.

The thing that keeps me going in these situations is the knowledge that it'll be worth it when it's done. 'Twas only 1 chap, and fortunately he spent most of his time just getting on with it (although I've converted him to decent tea - it's amazing what you can get a workman to do by bribing them with decent tea or coffee*. Apparently I was supposed to have lifted all the old carpet and underlay before he arrived. I hadn't, so he did it for me and then swept up all the crud left behind and didn't charge me extra like he should have).

Careful_with_that_Axe wrote: »

Now time for the paintbrush!

Not yet! There's no way I'm lifting this carpet to re-decorate the hallway, etc for some time yet.
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s/e
*Down zippy! It was nothing like that.

Careful_with_that_Axe

somebody_else wrote: »

Ooh, not nice. Don't go over-doing it tomorrow - don't forget delayed reaction, it can have a nasty effect on those of us with compromised immune systems. Dunno about you, but a surge of adrenalin has quite a nasty effect on me. I hope that it's all just surface damage and that Jade doesn't suffer any after effects either.

Good point about the adrenalin. Unless I actively use it up, it can make me porly afterwards. Thanks.
Jade seems fine but I think she's a little embarrassed. Lots of hugs for her when her Mum got home from work and it appears it's only cosmetic damage to their kitchen/flat, so I'll leave them to it unless they need some help.
Yes, they were a young bunch. Is cradle snatching illegal? Mind you, they wouldn't look twice at me. Didn't help that I was in sweats and had bed hair, so was Medusa's double
Your poor ickle car! I bet the driver never lived it down though. Perhas they're safer drivers at 70mph than 3mph. :rolleyes:

I once reversed my car into the corner of a wall in front of a van load of council workmen. Many, many years ago, but I still blush at the memory. :rolleyes:

Have been a good girl and hidden lots of veg in my shepherds pie. So mice are off the menu tonight!

Am very tired despite longer sleep last night, so will have to catch up with emails and things tomorrow.

somebody_else

Careful_with_that_Axe wrote: »

Am very tired despite longer sleep last night, so will have to catch up with emails and things tomorrow.

[sarcastic (in a friendly way) tone of voice=ON]

Well, I wonder why that is.

[sarcastic (in a friendly way) tone of voice=OFF]

Just take it easy tonight, don't worry 'bout emails and things.

suep

Careful_with_that_Axe wrote: »

Had a dramatic lunchtime here. There was a kitchen fire in the flat upstairs. :eek:
Neighbour's daughter (16) didn't realise that what had caught fire was fat and put it in sink. Not a good idea! Sensibly, she did the best thing and came and got me. I grabbed my handy fire blanket (yes, I'm still obsessed by H&S) and did what I could until Fire Brigade arrived. Lots of lovely hunky men in uniform who dealt with it in about 10 seconds flat. :rolleyes:
Cue oxygen for me and Jade - good stuff that! It makes you feel a little high. Although I was aware my chest was sore, Jade needed it far more than me as she has Asthma.
No lasting damage to either of us. I still have very sore eyes from the smoke, chest a little tight and some small sore spots on hands, but it really drives home how dangerous fire can be and smoke especially! Noxious stuff.

Poor Jade left very, very shaken and teary, so I was absolutely selfless and pointed the better looking men in the bunch in her direction. :rolleyes:

Will spend sometime with them this weekend helping wash down kitchen etc and dealing with the aftermath.

Most exciting thing that's happened to me in years and, at last my extensive first aid and safety kit came into use.

If any of you don't have Smoke Alarms up ...........

Oh no what a scarey thing to happen, it's a good job you were at home and had a fire blanket, I keep meaning to buy one, think I will actually do it now. We had a chip pan fire when my boys were babies, I was in bed and my DH came home from the pub a bit worse for wear and fancied some chips, he put the chip pan on and fell asleep, I woke up as I heard him choking, I thought he was being sick and went downstairs to have a moan, but from the stairs down I couldnt see a thing, I got my 8 month old son out and layed him in the front garden,( eldest son was staying at my mums that night ) found DH on the floor and dragged him outside, put fire out with wet tea towel then got dressed, got pram and went to my mums dragging DH behind me. We've had oven chips ever since.

By the way, it's my dad that Unity is talking about with pancreatic cancer, so thankyou for your good vibes/prayers etc.
sue

Careful_with_that_Axe

somebody_else wrote: »

[sarcastic (in a friendly way) tone of voice=ON]

Well, I wonder why that is.

[sarcastic (in a friendly way) tone of voice=OFF]

Just take it easy tonight, don't worry 'bout emails and things.

Oooh! Sarcy madam!
At least I can go to bed tired knowing that I made a difference. I struggle with self-esteem regarding being a positive contributor to society

suep, sorry to hear that it's your Dad that's one of the poorly ones. It's hard when it's your parent and can be even more difficult if the roles of caring are reversed. I went through something similar with Mum, so I can empathise with you to some extent. Don't forget to look after yourself.

I worked in H&S before all myhealth stuff and background was from a firm of Tree Surgeons that I managed so, although not obsessive, it does play a part in my life and I have full H&S/First Aid kits in both car and at home. I didn't have a home fire extinguisher, merely because if you use the wrong one, you can cause more problems and I can't store all the 3 that are recommended.
I even have a small hammer in the car to break the glass in case I ever end up in water. . Maybe that one is a little excessive

Your experience with the chip pan fire must have been terrifying with kids in the house.

somebody_else

suep wrote: »

By the way, it's my dad that Unity is talking about with pancreatic cancer, so thankyou for your good vibes/prayers etc.
sue

All I can say is that I'm sorry for you and your family and I will continue with the positive thoughts, Sue.

And I echo what Auntie Axe says, make sure you look after yourself while you're looking after every-one else.

somebody_else

Careful_with_that_Axe wrote: »

Oooh! Sarcy madam!

Careful_with_that_Axe wrote: »

At least I can go to bed tired knowing that I made a difference. I struggle with self-esteem regarding being a positive contributor to society

I can't speak for anyone else, but you've been a positive contribution to my life. Sorry if that sounds off, but I'm glad we've 'met'. Even if you don't really look like your avatar.

Careful_with_that_Axe wrote: »

I worked in H&S before all myhealth stuff and background was from a firm of Tree Surgeons that I managed so, although not obsessive, it does play a part in my life and I have full H&S/First Aid kits in both car and at home. I didn't have a home fire extinguisher, merely because if you use the wrong one, you can cause more problems and I can't store all the 3 that are recommended.
I even have a small hammer in the car to break the glass in case I ever end up in water. . Maybe that one is a little excessive.

I'm not quite sure how it happened, but in my last job, despite being the only person on site who was registered disabled, I ended up being the Nominated First Aid bod, and when there was cause to call the fire brigade and evacuate the building, I was the one who ended up on the top floor (3 storey building, no lift, 2 old houses knocked together and no way through from one side to the other on the middle floor - so I had to go to the top of the house to get back down the other side trying to get people to get off the phone, forget about picking up their lunches, handbags, whatever and just get the hell out of the building), while the site manager cleared the ground floor.

I seemed to be practically the only person in the building who took H&S seriously.

purplecatlover

glad your both ok careful, frightening how easy it is for things to happen.

sue sorry about your dad (that sounds so trite or something) and the others unity (was it?) mentioned.

Unity

somebody_else wrote: »

In my experience, a lot of those who work in the psychiatric services could do with taking their own advice from time to time.

Actually, the best a Psych could come up with for me was that I was anxious. Given what was going on at the time, it was hardly bluddy surprising.


Unity, I think the word you meant to type there was with.


Don't do prayers, but they'll be in my thoughts.

Hi S/E - You were right of course - I did mean 'with' - good job you can keep me right .

I don't do prayers either TBH, so I'm working on 'creative visualisation' instead. Perhaps it amounts to the same thing.