"Taylor Martin" (tjmartin)
07/21/2020 at 16:35 • Filed to: None
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"Taylor Martin" (tjmartin)
07/21/2020 at 16:35 • Filed to: None | 3
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Me, my Tundra Fire Extinguisher, and The Stig
Well, not really. But I did save my apartment.
I was doing school work in my room while my roommate and his girlfriend were cooking something (I don’t know what, but it got burned). I’m interrupted by a girlish scream followed by, and I quote “oh f- ck f- ck f- ck f- ck f- ck.”
I pop out of the room and see one of our burners is on fire. (Funny story, the burner currently ablaze is nicknamed “The Nuclear Burner” simply because it heats up incredibly faster than the other three. The working theory is it sucks all the power from the other burners, which could make sense, it’s and electric burner). Now, I’m not all that much of a prepper, but I did happen to have this little hairspray can fire extinguisher. I didn’t read the label before shooting it at the flame, so if this didn’t work for grease or electrical fires (it could’ve been either or) we were pretty hosed.
Needless to say it worked. The kitchen was saved just before the fire spread to the counter. I am the hero of the household.
Moral of the story: have a little fire extinguisher on hand in case your roommates light something on fire... or just because it’s safe.
(The exact name is a First Alert Tundra Spray Tool. It’s really handy and works for grease, electrical, and cloth/garbage fires. 10/10 would burn and extinguish something again).
jminer
> Taylor Martin
07/21/2020 at 16:38 |
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Nicely done!
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> Taylor Martin
07/21/2020 at 16:39 |
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I really should get one for our house...
This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja:
> Taylor Martin
07/21/2020 at 16:42 |
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I had a nice commercial one but left it with my former roommates when I moved out. They were a pair of unrepentant drunks who could burn water, so I figured they would end up needing it before I did.
In retrospect I should have kept it and let the cards fall where they may.
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Taylor Martin
> This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja:
07/21/2020 at 16:45 |
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They sound like a handful. My roommates aren’t nearly as bad. They’re just a goochie goochie goo couple that get s easily distracted whilst making out or other, sensual things.
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Taylor Martin
> RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
07/21/2020 at 16:46 |
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Get a couple, just because their pretty cheap.
Sheesh, that’s a long link.
There’s a picture of how happy you and your family will be. It’s like opening presents on C hristmas as you lay out your main escape routes for when everything goes to hell in a handbasket.
E90M3
> Taylor Martin
07/21/2020 at 16:51 |
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My roommate in college burned a pizza in the oven then used the fire extinguisher to put it out. I woke up and was not very pleased to see my roommate standing with a now empty fire extinguisher and an agape oven. Needless to say, I didn’t use the oven for the rest of the time I lived there.
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Taylor Martin
> E90M3
07/21/2020 at 17:00 |
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Thankfully it wasn’t an oven fire, it was a substantially smaller stovetop fire, but that sounds scary man.
So sad to hear he lost pizza. A true tragedy of our time.
facw
> E90M3
07/21/2020 at 17:04 |
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Ooh, I have accidentally started small fires in the oven before, but I’m just like nothing in there can burn except the food, so pull it out (if I can), and then shut things up an turn on a fan while the rest burns out.
My X-type is too a real Jaguar
> Taylor Martin
07/21/2020 at 17:16 |
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Remember Timmy you are the youngest and most easily replaceable
, so you are the last one out.
Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
> Taylor Martin
07/21/2020 at 17:16 |
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I didn’t read the label before shooting it at the flame
For future reference, that’s a good way to get dead when dealing with electrical fires - you were lucky. M os t types of fire extinguishers aren’t suitable for electrical fires: so me beca u se they don’t work all that well but others because what they shoot out the nozzle is conductive, and there’s a pretty good chance you’ll electrocute yourself by using them.
Extinguishers have color coded labels, as per the top of the chart, so if you know the codes (which of course nobody does, or at least not well enough to remember in a panic), you don’t actually need to *read* the label.
TheRealBicycleBuck
> Taylor Martin
07/21/2020 at 17:24 |
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I’m confused. Was the burner on fire or the food in the pan on the burner on fire?
smobgirl
> Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
07/21/2020 at 17:38 |
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We grew up with a big box of baking powder on hand to use for cooking fires. I never even thought about why but this makes sense.
BaconSandwich is tasty.
> Taylor Martin
07/21/2020 at 17:51 |
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The Costco around here sells fire extinguishers for $40 CAD or so. I bought a pair. One stays in the kitchen, and the other in the garage. I used to carry one in the trunk of my car, but it kept rolling around, and that was begging for trouble. Maybe if I get around to it, I’ll get another one for the car.
Not likely for me, but for the other poor schmuck on the side of the road with a smoking car. $40 is a lot cheaper than a new car.
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BaconSandwich is tasty.
> Taylor Martin
07/21/2020 at 17:52 |
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That photo is just begging for a caption contest.
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Taylor Martin
> BaconSandwich is tasty.
07/21/2020 at 18:13 |
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Fantastic idea! Caption Contest Initiated.
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Taylor Martin
> Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
07/21/2020 at 18:21 |
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The risk was calculated, but it certainly wouldn’t have ended well if we had no extinguisher.
This little bottle isn’t exactly a fire extinguisher, in fact it specifically says its not meant for big fires or to replace your typical fire extinguisher. It’s just a chemical mixture that works against fires. It’s odd, on your chart there isn’t a single kind of extinguisher that does both electrical and grease but on my Tundra bottle it says it can do both. Whatever it is, it worked well in a pinch.
Thanks a million for the useful info, It’ll come in handy if I ever have to save the world again.
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Taylor Martin
> BaconSandwich is tasty.
07/21/2020 at 18:23 |
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I’m sure that duct tape could easily solve that problem, you’d just have to use a lot of it. Regardless, I don’t think this little Tundra bottle would work on a car fire, though I hope I’m never in a situation that involves a car fire... yikes.
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Taylor Martin
> TheRealBicycleBuck
07/21/2020 at 18:25 |
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The food was taken off the burner, but it could’ve been food that fell into the burner. All I saw was fire so my primitive instincts told me ooga booga fire bad and that’s that.
The burners certainly needed to be cleaned long before this happened.
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facw
> Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
07/21/2020 at 20:12 |
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Also be sure to consult this helpful graphic:
In any event, the extinguisher I have is a B+C model (was left behind by previous tenant at my old apartment, and recently replaced under the Kiddie recall). I’m thinking maybe I should toss it in the car (though I don’t have a good place to put it, since it seems better suited for that).
Cash Rewards
> Taylor Martin
07/21/2020 at 22:10 |
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Ooh, I got a good old fire extinguisher story.
Once upon a time I was a barista and a cycle studio opens up across the street. We were a popular shop, and lines to the door were common. Some dude in full spandex get up with bike cleats comes in and starts waiting, but he is Losing. His. Mind. Like freaking the fuck out. But waiting. Just clearly hyper, bouncing from one foot to the other, etc. I get through a full customer and into a second before he finally works it up to yell “do you have a fire extinguisher?”.
Jesus Christ. Why did you wait? So I y ell to my manager in back “hey pat, we got a fire extinguisher? ”.
“Shit, yeah, what’s wrong?”
“nothing, cycle studio across the street needs one.”
“Oh. Yeah. Hold on a minute”.
Dude was in a full fucking panic by the time he got one, when he should have run in the door yelling. Well, turns out they opened for business without one, which is hugely frowned upon by the fire marshal, so I guess he was trying to be discreet? No fucking clue. Will always remember that dude in spandex bouncing around like he had to take a piss, wondering what his deal was, and the look on his face when my manager was like, “eh, hold on a minute”.
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Taylor Martin
> facw
07/21/2020 at 22:59 |
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This a brilliant graphic, though I think water would be very effective in a knife fight. My enemy would get all wet and while they’re recovering I can hit em’ or I can run. Done deal.
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Taylor Martin
> Cash Rewards
07/21/2020 at 23:02 |
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LOL that’s too good! Maybe he was just trying to be polite. I mean, can you imagine how rude it is to just barge in and say “the cycle studio is on fire do you have a fire extinguisher?” And how selfish too, mooching off of a coffee shop. Some people. Thanks for sharing my friend!