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Re: The Front Porch
« Reply #12600 on: August 03, 2010, 11:07:43 PM »
Yep. A cord was hanging out of the socket, but was in the socket enough to get an electrical charge. Sadly, the outlet was behind a long curtain, which over time, cued a spark from the exposed prongs, starting a fire. Even more sadly, no one was home, and no one would be home for the next 3 hours, leaving the family dog to burn.  :cry:
I feel bad for the poor dog as that sounds like it could have all been prevented with a little more electrical safety and care on the part of the owners.

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Re: The Front Porch
« Reply #12601 on: August 04, 2010, 12:50:47 AM »
Yep. A cord was hanging out of the socket, but was in the socket enough to get an electrical charge. Sadly, the outlet was behind a long curtain, which over time, cued a spark from the exposed prongs, starting a fire. Even more sadly, no one was home, and no one would be home for the next 3 hours, leaving the family dog to burn.  :cry:
I feel bad for the poor dog as that sounds like it could have all been prevented with a little more electrical safety and care on the part of the owners.
I feel terrible for that dog! As I am a animal lover, that is very sad to hear :(

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Re: The Front Porch
« Reply #12602 on: August 04, 2010, 02:03:31 AM »
I just tried out RockBand for the first time today during my visit to my sister's house. It's addicting. I'm better at singing than the drums. lol
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Re: The Front Porch
« Reply #12603 on: August 04, 2010, 02:26:32 AM »
I just tried out RockBand for the first time today during my visit to my sister's house. It's addicting. I'm better at singing than the drums. lol
I have it for my PS2, and I can understand that. You need ALOT of concentration... and I lost the CD for it... and the guitar receiver :bleh:

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Re: The Front Porch
« Reply #12604 on: August 04, 2010, 10:46:20 PM »
Got back from the Outer Banks. Zonked and ready for some sleep :D

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Re: The Front Porch
« Reply #12605 on: August 04, 2010, 11:31:08 PM »
Oh my Goodness, my neighbor's house just burnt to the ground. They lost everything, even the family dog.   :(

That truly is sad news. Same thing happened to a neighbor & friend of mine in March. Lost her home to a fire including two of three pets (her beloved King shepherd + one of two cats). The other happened to be outdoors at the time.

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« Reply #12606 on: August 05, 2010, 10:54:06 PM »
I just got back from the craziest NWS shift that the Blacksburg office staff can remember in a long while.  A huge line of storms crossed the area, which prompted the office to issue 43 warnings in just 8 hours!  I had to help verify several of those warnings, so I'm whipped right now. :P

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Re: The Front Porch
« Reply #12607 on: August 05, 2010, 11:55:31 PM »
I just got back from the craziest NWS shift that the Blacksburg office staff can remember in a long while.  A huge line of storms crossed the area, which prompted the office to issue 43 warnings in just 8 hours!  I had to help verify several of those warnings, so I'm whipped right now. :P
As someone who drove home through that line, I agree that today was an interesting day!

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Re: The Front Porch
« Reply #12608 on: August 07, 2010, 04:30:09 PM »
Is everyone having a good weekend and start to August so far?

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Re: The Front Porch
« Reply #12609 on: August 07, 2010, 04:32:17 PM »
Is everyone having a good weekend and start to August so far?

It was really good at first until yesterday came. I got my blood test results back. I'm good, but I have to deal with something in the next 6 months or so. I don't really want to explain it in full till I return from a camping trip tomorrow.
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Re: The Front Porch
« Reply #12610 on: August 07, 2010, 07:37:14 PM »
You guys might remember that I posted an episode of one of my scripted stories here that was based on TWC fan fiction. Well here's a recent episode I been working on the past few weeks called "High Anxiety".

Synopsis: Jason and Melody are preparing to take a statewide test that will determine whether or not they can be promoted to high school or not, Dean and Ana are taking the pre-test which mounts the pressure on when they have Jason help tutor them. Meanwhile Daniel is having problems facing his physiological fear of riding a bike until Kara offers to train him before a company Bike-A-Thon he suggested to his boss Mr. Beamington.   :happy:
 


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Re: The Front Porch
« Reply #12611 on: August 07, 2010, 07:45:35 PM »
You guys might remember that I posted an episode of one of my scripted stories here that was based on TWC fan fiction. Well here's a recent episode I been working on the past few weeks called "High Anxiety".

Synopsis: Jason and Melody are preparing to take a statewide test that will determine whether or not they can be promoted to high school or not, Dean and Ana are taking the pre-test which mounts the pressure on when they have Jason help tutor them. Meanwhile Daniel is having problems facing his physiological fear of riding a bike until Kara offers to train him before a company Bike-A-Thon he suggested to his boss Mr. Beamington.   :happy:

I'm still surprised that my name is still being used. woo. I'll read it when I leave today. I know it's gonna be funnier as the past ones I read back then.
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Re: The Front Porch
« Reply #12612 on: August 08, 2010, 12:35:04 AM »
Is everyone having a good weekend and start to August so far?
Going fantastic!! Sorry to hear Ana. Hope its not serious

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Re: The Front Porch
« Reply #12613 on: August 08, 2010, 03:27:21 AM »
Is everyone having a good weekend and start to August so far?
Going fantastic!! Sorry to hear Ana. Hope its not serious
It's also wonderful here! And I really hope it's not serious as well... hope you get well soon :yes:

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Re: The Front Porch
« Reply #12614 on: August 08, 2010, 04:45:58 PM »
It was really good at first until yesterday came. I got my blood test results back. I'm good, but I have to deal with something in the next 6 months or so. I don't really want to explain it in full till I return from a camping trip tomorrow.
Sorry to hear that.  Hope you're able to recover from whatever was found on the test soon.