Thanks jordan, I know the kind you mean and I'll look into that! I should also just get softer, yellower bulbs for my lamps....<br><br>yours,<br>-ona k.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Jordan Price <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yotar@comcast.net">yotar@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div>They do sell electric candles that do not have the potential for a fire. Some are battery operated and some plug into a socket, and while yes, they are electric, they do not emit the harsh glare of a lamp.</div>
<div><br></div><div>That is what I use. I don't have to worry about falling asleep at night, or buying new ones.</div><div><br></div><div><div>I would check out TAGS, or Cambridge Naturals, in Porter Sq., ...or you can always get them on the internet. </div>
</div><div><br></div><font color="#888888"><div>- Jordan</div></font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><div><div>On Jul 9, 2010, at 8:58 AM, Dave P wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;">
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Candles cause an estimated 15,600 fires in residential structures, 150 deaths, 1,270 injuries, and $539 million in estimated direct property damage each year.</span><div>
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<div><font face="'Lucida Grande', Verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande', Verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><<a href="http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/all_citizens/home_fire_prev/candle.shtm" target="_blank">http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/all_citizens/home_fire_prev/candle.shtm</a>></span></font></div>
<div><font face="'Lucida Grande', Verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande', Verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">A glass-container candle is still a candle. Please, for the safety of everyone in the building, never EVER fall asleep with an flame burning!</span></font></div>
<div><font face="'Lucida Grande', Verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande', Verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">David Price</span></font></div>
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</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><br><div><div>On Jul 9, 2010, at Jul 9-8:25 AM, Charlie Denison wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hi Ona,<br><br>It is certainly not illegal to burn candles but it is probably unwise to leave them burning while you sleep, for your sake and the sake of everyone in the building. Accidents can always happen. <br>
<br>Charlie<br><br>On Jul 9, 2010, at 4:44 AM, Ona Kondrotas <<a href="mailto:ona.faster.k@gmail.com" target="_blank">ona.faster.k@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">dear fellow residents of linden 25,<br>
</blockquote><blockquote type="cite">as some of you may have noticed, I often return home late at night and at that pre-dawn hour prefer dim lighting to the harsh glare of electricity. to this end, I burn--on shelves a far way away from my futon--candles that are housed in glass (like, the kind that already come in a glass container), so that htere be no fire hazard in case I fall asleep with one or two of them still lit, which is rare. Is this illegal, unsafe, or in any other way objectionable? <br>
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