Grand California Fire - Page 4

€uroMeinke · 12-29-2005, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Ha. This is Disney! The couches will be reupholstered with the skins of the now gone Country Bears and the carpets will be made from the curtains and backdrops of the Snow White show.

Suddenly, I'm transported to Gone with the Wind in post war Tara - and Paul Presler is playing the role of Rhett Butler...

Prudence · 12-29-2005, 01:41 PM

In some places, cut trees are banned in multi-family dwellings. Not sure how that applies to hotels.

innerSpaceman · 12-29-2005, 01:51 PM

^ Wtf?

Prudence · 12-29-2005, 02:54 PM

I kid you not. It appears in some International Building Code. It was big news here last year because WA was going to adopt the IBC and people were quite annoyed with the Christmas tree and BBQ prohibitions. They ended up not adopting those provisions.

Apparently in less forested portions of the country, cut trees dry out and ignite. (This is particularly true if your wacky German friends and relations insist on putting LIT CANDLES on their trees. But that's another story.) Hence the ban in multifamily dwellings, where one person's flaming Christmas torch can displace multiple familes.

Here, the argument in favor of cut trees was that we grow our trees in state so they're "less dead" than in other states where trees are shipped in.

Regardless, I have a faux tree because one of my cats has a personal mission to destroy all plants and I got tired of coming home and finding the tree had been knocked over. Again. She leaves the faux tree alone.

CoasterMatt · 12-29-2005, 07:14 PM

We used to have a kitty that would chew on the christmas light cords, but that problem solved itself

Kevy Baby · 01-02-2006, 02:20 PM

There is one cabinet that I have always loved. It was on the west end of the lobby, the one on the left if you were looking from the center of the lobby. It was made of quilted maple and walnut. I have always been meaning to go in to carefully photograph and measure so I could make one myself. I hope it is still around, or at least is returned restored some day.

That cabinet was actually the first thing I thought about when I heard about the fire.

12-29-2005, 01:41 PM	#2
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	In some places, cut trees are banned in multi-family dwellings. Not sure how that applies to hotels. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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12-29-2005, 01:51 PM	#3
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	^ Wtf?
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12-29-2005, 02:54 PM	#4
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	I kid you not. It appears in some International Building Code. It was big news here last year because WA was going to adopt the IBC and people were quite annoyed with the Christmas tree and BBQ prohibitions. They ended up not adopting those provisions. Apparently in less forested portions of the country, cut trees dry out and ignite. (This is particularly true if your wacky German friends and relations insist on putting LIT CANDLES on their trees. But that's another story.) Hence the ban in multifamily dwellings, where one person's flaming Christmas torch can displace multiple familes. Here, the argument in favor of cut trees was that we grow our trees in state so they're "less dead" than in other states where trees are shipped in. Regardless, I have a faux tree because one of my cats has a personal mission to destroy all plants and I got tired of coming home and finding the tree had been knocked over. Again. She leaves the faux tree alone. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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12-29-2005, 07:14 PM	#5
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01-02-2006, 02:20 PM	#6
Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	There is one cabinet that I have always loved. It was on the west end of the lobby, the one on the left if you were looking from the center of the lobby. It was made of quilted maple and walnut. I have always been meaning to go in to carefully photograph and measure so I could make one myself. I hope it is still around, or at least is returned restored some day. That cabinet was actually the first thing I thought about when I heard about the fire. __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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