Our dryer caught fire in my apt yesterday. (I wasn't here) The firemen used 4 extinguishers to put it out. If any of you have ever used a fire extinguisher you know that that shit has an uncanny propensity to get EVERYWHERE! Even more than I'd imagined. I slept in my sheets last night not even realizing that there was that fine white powder everywhere. There's supposed to be a professional cleaning crew coming Monday. In the mean time none of us feel good... we've separately had symptoms of nausea, headache, fatigue, and mild repertory distress. With each one of us there are other possible causes, but I'm wondering if this is the common denominator. Any insights?

2/24/2007 8:16:15 PM

get an industrial strength fan and open a window or door...you're sick cause of the fumes

2/24/2007 8:18:51 PM

A day later? (The doors are open)

2/24/2007 8:20:43 PM

GTFO out of the apartment

seriously you needed to ask tdub ab this one??

2/24/2007 8:22:30 PM

i need our landlord to clean out our dryer vent but i neither of us are on the lease so i dont know if we'll get in trouble

2/24/2007 8:22:37 PM

mods have n00b moments too...

^^why specifically?

^This is the fucking SECOND dryer fire in our building THIS WEEK!!!

[Edited on February 24, 2007 at 8:24 PM. Reason : arrgh]

2/24/2007 8:23:14 PM

just curious...was it your dryer or the complex's dryer

[Edited on February 24, 2007 at 8:24 PM. Reason : a]

2/24/2007 8:23:32 PM

complex

2/24/2007 8:24:27 PM

what complex

2/24/2007 8:28:11 PM

It's in Delray Beach... so I sorta doubt you know it.

2/24/2007 8:30:10 PM

did you leave the dryer running while you were out of the house?

2/24/2007 9:16:21 PM

I had nothing to do with any of it I was at work. They weren't my clothes, but my roommate was home... he fought the fire, but needed some help. Our shit go fucked up.

2/24/2007 9:24:18 PM

CLEAN YA GOD DAMN LINT TRAP

2/24/2007 9:34:34 PM

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"CLEAN YA GOD DAMN LINT TRAP"

2/24/2007 9:53:28 PM

super aids?

2/24/2007 10:00:45 PM

You probably already have cancer/

2/24/2007 10:29:43 PM

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"I slept in my sheets last night not even realizing that there was that fine white powder everywhere. "

the first step is admitting that you have a coke problem

2/24/2007 10:31:49 PM

We cleaned the vent several times ourselves... the building ducts are clogged!

2/24/2007 10:32:23 PM

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"CLEAN YA GOD DAMN LINT TRAP"

i want to punch my fucking roommates in the mouth because they never do this

2/24/2007 10:33:02 PM

our building duct are clogged, so i eventually just unhooked the pipe out the back and let the gryer blow into the closet. It makes our apt hot and humid as fuck, but the time to dry one load went from 3 hours to 1.

2/24/2007 11:21:02 PM

they have these little bucket things you can get at lowe's. you put a small amount of water in them and then hook the dryer hose to them. drying time decreases dramatically.

2/24/2007 11:30:30 PM

^those are worth there weight in gold

2/24/2007 11:33:17 PM

yeah, especially after your shit CATCHES THE FUCK ON FIRE

2/24/2007 11:48:04 PM

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"CLEAN YA GOD DAMN LINT TRAP"

I my wife wants to punch my fucking roommates me in the mouth because they I never do this

2/25/2007 2:13:01 AM

My wife does all of the laundry

2/25/2007 9:07:18 AM

keepin' it old school

2/25/2007 6:10:18 PM

Oh my...

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[Edited on February 25, 2007 at 6:27 PM. Reason : .]

2/25/2007 6:15:48 PM

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"e've separately had symptoms of nausea, headache, fatigue, and mild repertory distress."

its just baking soda. symptoms are in your head.

2/25/2007 7:30:15 PM

Like I said, there were other possible causes.

2/25/2007 8:02:51 PM

Depends, some have BC powder (baking soda) and others have ABC powder (look it up on wikipedia if you want.)

The second kind CAN have respiratory side effects, but mostly it would just aggravate existing conditions. If you're suffering from a chest cold or effected by black mold in the air system, it'd make you feel extra shitty.

2/25/2007 8:24:18 PM

Personally, I've just had a mild headache.

Whatever it is one of the firemen told my roommate to have a professional clean his recording equipment, that whatever it was is corrosive.

[Edited on February 25, 2007 at 8:29 PM. Reason : .]

2/25/2007 8:28:26 PM

Yeah, any base is corrosive- even baking soda.

2/25/2007 8:32:21 PM