A Burning Issue!

[BlackAgnes]

For several days, I've smelled something burning when at my desk. Never could locate the source.
Well, today I saw a wisp of smoke coming from the back of the desk. The sun was streaming through my window and lo and behold, was hitting a half-round glass paperweight I had put there, adjacent to a box of .22 Short ammo.

Could have been interesting...
Tim

 

[oddshooter]

There's a lesson in there somewhere.

Of course, with no cylinder to contain the pressure, the bullet should just fall out.


Prescut

 

[WardenRoss]

Stranger things have happened...

Back in the day, a friend had an overhead projector in the backseat of his VW.

The sunlight came through the lens and started a fire in the upholstery.


I left an empty orange juice glass container by the kitchen window. It had a trickle of juice in it. The top was on the container, waiting for me to toss it in the recycling.

Sunlight hit the glass container and it exploded into a million pieces of glass. Sounded like a bomb went off.


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[Rustyt1953]

Millions of ants gave their lives to teach us this lesson.

 

[steelslaver]

A grass fire in Montana was traced to the curved bottom of an spray can that acted as a parabolic mirror.

 

[jeffrefrig]

Some kid was inside the Union Hall years back for Apprentice school and something in the front of his work van caused a fire in the front of his truck. It was interesting. NOBODY had the OSHA regulated fire extinguisher in their van. Quite interesting how these things happen!

 

[s&wchad]

It looks like you have a loupe.

If so, don't flip it over and leave it in the sun. You might burn down your desk.

 

[soFlaNative]

Years ago after a minor living room rubber band skirmish with my sons a stray landed upon a lightbulb within the shade of a tall floor lamp. Took a while for me to trace the faint whiff of burning rubber.

 

[glenwolde]

There's a lesson in there somewhere.

Of course, with no cylinder to contain the pressure, the bullet should just fall out.


Prescut

True but it would be let's say... startling! Kind of like setting off a primer with your Lee Loader.

 

[CH4]

Millions of ants gave their lives to teach us this lesson.

And Crayons

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

True but it would be let's say... startling! Kind of like setting off a primer with your Lee Loader.

First time that happened to me, I was sitting on the basement floor, priming about 40 303 British cases. The set-up was between my legs, and when that Large Winchester Rifle primer detonated, it made me do something I hadn't done in over 20 years!

Ivan

 

[SweetMK]

I have heard this is the reason you should not leave a bottle of water in your car,,

the sun can be focused through the bottle of water, just like the lens,,,,,,,,

 

[yeti]

What are the odds? Geez.
May want to find a different paperweight for that desk though.

 

[Krogen]

I worked with a guy who used flip-down magnifiers on his glasses. Unless he was doing close work, he just flipped them up and went about his business. At our annual picnic, we were standing outside in the sun . . . .

"Bill, you're burning a hole in your shirt!" He looked down at his shirt and of course, the hotspot moved. Bill looked at me like I was a feeble idiot. He looked back up and proceed to burn another hole in his shirt. "Bill, LOOK!" Same response, and a quizzical look. Bill figured I was not just a feeble idiot, but a supreme idiot. After looking back up, he started in on another burning hole, and this time he smelled a wisp of smoke. Bill is a smart engineer, but data driven. Without evidence, it can't be real. Where there's smoke, there's fire . . . .

 

[SMSgt]

What are the odds? Geez.
May want to find a different paperweight for that desk though.

Maybe a Highpoint.

 

[GypsmJim]

My DIL was on a business trip. She left her room to go eat dinner at the hotel restaurant. While there, the fire alarm went off. The staff assured everyone that everything was under control and no need to evacuate.

When she finished and went back to her room, she had no room. She had left her phone charging on the bed and the battery caught fire. The sprinkler system put it out but all her clothes were smokey and wet.

She was able to go to a laundry and the phone company overnighted her a replacement, but it took a dent in her business. The rest of the story is that now the hotel is suing her for damages.

 

[BlackAgnes]

I moved the loupe!!!

Thanks!

Tim

 

[Onomea]

I worked with a guy who used flip-down magnifiers on his glasses. Unless he was doing close work, he just flipped them up and went about his business. At our annual picnic, we were standing outside in the sun . . . .

"Bill, you're burning a hole in your shirt!" He looked down at his shirt and of course, the hotspot moved. Bill looked at me like I was a feeble idiot. He looked back up and proceed to burn another hole in his shirt. "Bill, LOOK!" Same response, and a quizzical look. Bill figured I was not just a feeble idiot, but a supreme idiot. After looking back up, he started in on another burning hole, and this time he smelled a wisp of smoke. Bill is a smart engineer, but data driven. Without evidence, it can't be real. Where there's smoke, there's fire . . . .

That's hilarious!

 

[CH4]

Now that I know this isn't going to be a discussion involving penicillin, I am reminded of a line from, A Christmas Story: "The snap of a few sparks, a quick whiff of ozone, and the lamp blazed forth in unparalleled glory."

 

[Rule3]

Millions of ants gave their lives to teach us this lesson.

And plastic green army men I was a pyro as a kid, good thing it didn't lead to be a serial killer!