Posted by gerrymn on June 23, 2008 at 08:31:15 from (216.189.133.64):
In Reply to: Watchin' TV posted by dave guest on June 22, 2008 at 20:43:54:
Years ago (early 80's) we had a color tv that also caught fire. My grandfather (only one home at the time) was watching, then shut it off to go to bed. While in the bathroom, he heard something strange (he was very hard of hearing) and went to investigate. The tv was on fire, thick oily black smoke roiling out of it. So my 85 year-old grandfather picks up the set (a good size and rather heavy one for the time) and carries it out to the front closed-in porch, were a neighbor sees the conflagration and runs over w/fire extinguisher and puts it out. grandpa was just fine, no burns or anything. The house was quite another story. We had to stay in a motel for 2 weeks while the cleaning crew scrubbed every surface and everything in the entire house (except maybe the basement). Most of the closet doors had been open, so every garment in them was sent to the cleaners. I've never seen such a nasty mess as that black, oily grime covering everything.
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