[Lindengardens] glassed candles policy

[Ona Kondrotas]

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....

yours,
-ona k.

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Jordan Price <yotar at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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.
>
> That is what I use.  I don't have to worry about falling asleep at night,
> or buying new ones.
>
> I would check out TAGS, or Cambridge Naturals, in Porter Sq., ...or you can
> always get them on the internet.
>
> - Jordan
>
> On Jul 9, 2010, at 8:58 AM, Dave P wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> Read more:
>
> <http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/all_citizens/home_fire_prev/candle.shtm>
>
> 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!
>
> David Price
>
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 9, 2010, at Jul 9-8:25 AM, Charlie Denison wrote:
>
> Hi Ona,
>
> 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.
>
> Charlie
>
> On Jul 9, 2010, at 4:44 AM, Ona Kondrotas <ona.faster.k at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> dear fellow residents of linden 25,
>
> 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?
>
>
> thanks,
>
> -ona k.
>
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