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There's NO Fire !!!!! maradcliff 09-17-2006
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Posted by on September 17, 2006, 4:12 am
I really wish people would stop saying a light is burning.

The light is TURNED ON.
It's NOT BURNING....

I once heard that some guy called the fire department because someone
told him his porch light was burning. Whether this is true or not, I
donrt know, but I dont doubt its true considering how stupid some
people are, but that term "light is burning" is really assenine. If
it was burning there would be flames.

Mark

Posted by on September 17, 2006, 6:40 am
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 03:12:17 -0500, maradcliff@UNLISTED.com wrote:

>I really wish people would stop saying a light is burning.
>
>The light is TURNED ON.
>It's NOT BURNING....
>
>I once heard that some guy called the fire department because someone
>told him his porch light was burning. Whether this is true or not, I
>donrt know, but I dont doubt its true considering how stupid some
>people are, but that term "light is burning" is really assenine. If
>it was burning there would be flames.
>
>Mark

It's probably a holdover from when lights actually were burning -
first candles, and then gas or kerosene.

Chris

Posted by on September 17, 2006, 9:29 am
>On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 03:12:17 -0500, maradcliff@UNLISTED.com wrote:
>
>I really wish people would stop saying a light is burning.
>
>The light is TURNED ON.
>>It's NOT BURNING....
>
>I once heard that some guy called the fire department because someone
>told him his porch light was burning. Whether this is true or not, I
>donrt know, but I dont doubt its true considering how stupid some
>people are, but that term "light is burning" is really assenine. If
>>it was burning there would be flames.
>
>Mark


Oh, don't worry; there will be flames, alright...



--

Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland
lwasserm@charm.net


Posted by mm on September 17, 2006, 7:46 pm
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 10:40:37 GMT, chris@mcgill.ca wrote:

>
>It's probably a holdover from when lights actually were burning -
>first candles, and then gas or kerosene.

Before candles, olive oil with a wick.

>Chris


Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on September 17, 2006, 8:35 am

>I really wish people would stop saying a light is burning.
>
> The light is TURNED ON.
> It's NOT BURNING....
>
> I once heard that some guy called the fire department because someone
> told him his porch light was burning. Whether this is true or not, I
> donrt know, but I dont doubt its true considering how stupid some
> people are, but that term "light is burning" is really assenine. If
> it was burning there would be flames.
>
> Mark

What is happening with that tungsten element? It is heated to the point it
glows and then burns through doesn't it? You do not need huge flames to be
burning. In the enclosure, it burns very slow compared to a bulb with no
glass where it burns out in seconds.



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