Comments on: I Woke Up This Morning and My House Was On Fire! How a Cigarette Butt Almost Ruined My Day http://curtischappell.com/blog/archives/1772 The Hidden Power of Language Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:38:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Curtis http://curtischappell.com/blog/archives/1772/comment-page-1#comment-171 Curtis Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:07:07 +0000 http://curtischappell.com/blog/?p=1772#comment-171 Hi Dawn, so maybe we should put this out there and collect as many of these stories as we can find? I'm sure there are 100's if not 1000's of examples of this happening in other peoples lives, just like yours! Lenora, I have contemplated the legality issue, but this is something the strata committee would consider...it's interesting that the neighbor has been hiding behind closed doors since it happened... Dr Bob, It was a hell of a way to wake up to be sure! Thank you all for your thoughts and well wishes! Hi Dawn, so maybe we should put this out there and collect as many of these stories as we can find? I’m sure there are 100′s if not 1000′s of examples of this happening in other peoples lives, just like yours!

Lenora, I have contemplated the legality issue, but this is something the strata committee would consider…it’s interesting that the neighbor has been hiding behind closed doors since it happened…

Dr Bob, It was a hell of a way to wake up to be sure!

Thank you all for your thoughts and well wishes!

]]> By: Dr Robert Henry Schwenk http://curtischappell.com/blog/archives/1772/comment-page-1#comment-169 Dr Robert Henry Schwenk Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:50:12 +0000 http://curtischappell.com/blog/?p=1772#comment-169 Wow Curtis! So glad you and yours are all right. What a harrowing experience. I don't know many smokers, but should the occasion arise, I will share your story. Take care. Bob Wow Curtis! So glad you and yours are all right. What a harrowing experience. I don’t know many smokers, but should the occasion arise, I will share your story. Take care. Bob

]]> By: Lenora http://curtischappell.com/blog/archives/1772/comment-page-1#comment-168 Lenora Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:05:27 +0000 http://curtischappell.com/blog/?p=1772#comment-168 Curtis, Jay told me a large fine was charged to anyone who throws a butt on the ground in Australia...or is that only in certain cities? I'm happy to say that I quit several years ago (so did Jay) and have no intention of ever picking up that awful habit again. However, even when I did smoke, I never treated the earth as my ashtray. Curtis, Jay told me a large fine was charged to anyone who throws a butt on the ground in Australia…or is that only in certain cities? I’m happy to say that I quit several years ago (so did Jay) and have no intention of ever picking up that awful habit again. However, even when I did smoke, I never treated the earth as my ashtray.

]]> By: Dawn http://curtischappell.com/blog/archives/1772/comment-page-1#comment-161 Dawn Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:46:53 +0000 http://curtischappell.com/blog/?p=1772#comment-161 Curtis, this was chilling to read. Clearly, you were in that "right place at the right time" for a reason. File this under "there are no accidents". I'm happy all ended well. I'm a non-smoker and find everything about the habit to be distasteful. I also was a near victim of this very type of smoker's negligence years ago, with a customer of the restaurant where I worked flicking his smoldering cigarette into the mulch by the front door. No telling how long it took to catch fire, but I just "happened" to glance outside and notice an odd orange flash. I walked out to behold the whole front of the cedar siding of the building engulfed in flames. I was able to call the fire dept and get help there quickly. Apparently this isn't such an uncommon occurrence. I am happy that your story ended well and that all those lives, not to mention the property, were spared. ~ Dawn Curtis, this was chilling to read. Clearly, you were in that “right place at the right time” for a reason. File this under “there are no accidents”. I’m happy all ended well. I’m a non-smoker and find everything about the habit to be distasteful.

I also was a near victim of this very type of smoker’s negligence years ago, with a customer of the restaurant where I worked flicking his smoldering cigarette into the mulch by the front door. No telling how long it took to catch fire, but I just “happened” to glance outside and notice an odd orange flash. I walked out to behold the whole front of the cedar siding of the building engulfed in flames. I was able to call the fire dept and get help there quickly. Apparently this isn’t such an uncommon occurrence.

I am happy that your story ended well and that all those lives, not to mention the property, were spared.

~ Dawn

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