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WCDT Strips 3261-3265 (11-15 July 2016)
Zebediah:
--- Quote from: Thrillho on 11 Jul 2016, 08:28 ---In the UK, if you have no salary or a salary too low to qualify for the lease you want, someone you know can act as a guarantor - someone who does fit the profile and takes responsibility for the rent if you default on it.
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Oh, a cosigner. The rules on that vary from state to state. In North Carolina (the last place I actually rented an apartment) it was actually illegal for a landlord to demand a cosigner - which didn't prevent many of them from requiring one anyway.
freeman:
Damn Brun is not a bad applicant if she's getting callbacks on the same day. Getting re-employed should be a breeze.
--- Quote from: oddtail on 11 Jul 2016, 08:28 ---
--- Quote from: blue5 on 11 Jul 2016, 07:00 ---Depending on the employer, some are not allowed to have their cells on them. Leads to the question, how did that fire spread so quickly?
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Building fires can actually spread much, much quicker than people realise. If some furniture, or something else that is highly flammable, in a room is on fire, in some cases you might have less than a minute to leave before you pass out from the rising air temperature. If there's a fire in a building that cannot be put out instantly and people don't leave in a short few minutes, their lives are in immediate danger, either from heat, toxic gases, or oxygen deprivation.
A random video from a Google search that illustrates how rapidly fire can spread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsaLCdC3iWw
There are similar videos to be found online, and in general the time between something large catching fire and a huge flame appearing (hot enough to be harmful from radiated heat alone) is no more than a minute or so. The whole room can be ablaze within 2-3 minutes.
And in a bar, I'd wager there are a lot of flammable objects to catch fire quickly.
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Yes, but I'd say the general jist in these types of videos is that even if the fire spreads about as fast as a random person would expect, that person usually underestimates the amount of thick, hot, toxic smoke that the fire generates much before getting burned becomes an issue. As the firemen visiting your school must have told: most people who die in fires never get burned, they either get lost or trapped in the smoke and suffocate. Oh, and many, many suffocate in their sleep, never waking up, so good night sleep tight.
Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: Thrillho on 11 Jul 2016, 01:19 ---1. 'Brunee' is an amazing portmanteau
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Thanks! (I put that in the poll when I had to fix the wording in another option)
--- Quote from: JimC on 10 Jul 2016, 15:26 ---> Brun goes to CoD to find Clinton with Renee in tow - Renee freaks
Why on earth would Clinton have Renee in tow?
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This one to be specific.
Neko_Ali:
--- Quote from: oddtail on 11 Jul 2016, 08:28 ---And in a bar, I'd wager there are a lot of flammable objects to catch fire quickly.
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In this case yes. The fire started underneath the bar. Sounding like because of an electrical short or something similar. It probably wouldn't have taken long at all until the whole place was an inferno. Even if the fire company was a short distance away, you're looking several minutes minimum after the fire is reported to them for them to get there and get the hoses going. By that time the place was probably already totaled, and they were more concerned about stopping the spread. And of course, dumping a ton of water on some's possessions generally doesn't help it's condition. With Brun living above the bar.. Yeah. Pretty much unless a fire is contained and put out immediately you can write off nearly everything. Once the walls start igniting it's too late.
blt:
Renee changed Brun's alarm, Brun used Renee's phone for applications, so now both get obnoxious noises when they don't expect them. Seems fair to me. :-P
Also, what does "The Talk" with Dora actually mean in the poll there? I hope Dora already knows how babies are made.
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