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Cat pees on fax, burns down house
Is there a moral here? The contest is now open.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cats caused house fire by urinating on fax The Yomiuri Shimbun A house fire that occurred on Jan. 16 in Nagata Ward, Kobe, was caused by cats urinating on a fax machine, the city's fire department said Thursday. According to the department, the thermal printer head of the machine was extensively burned, and members of the household told the department their nine cats often urinated on the machine. In an experiment using the same model machine, the department dripped a sample of 0.5 milliliters of urine on the printer head's nine elements, which were spaced 0.5 millimeters apart. The first droplet conducted the electrical current, and by the 15th, the machine produced a spark. An official of the National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster said, "Cat urine contains salt, and salt water conducts electricity well. This probably caused the fire." |
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dgk wrote:
Is there a moral here? The contest is now open. Maybe the cat did not have a place to urinate. Or maybe the fax machine was filthy dirty. The moral of the story... cleaning your house is easier than rebuilding your house? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cats caused house fire by urinating on fax The Yomiuri Shimbun A house fire that occurred on Jan. 16 in Nagata Ward, Kobe, was caused by cats urinating on a fax machine, the city's fire department said Thursday. According to the department, the thermal printer head of the machine was extensively burned, and members of the household told the department their nine cats often urinated on the machine. In an experiment using the same model machine, the department dripped a sample of 0.5 milliliters of urine on the printer head's nine elements, which were spaced 0.5 millimeters apart. The first droplet conducted the electrical current, and by the 15th, the machine produced a spark. An official of the National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster said, "Cat urine contains salt, and salt water conducts electricity well. This probably caused the fire." Path: newssvr33.news.prodigy.com!newsdbm06.news.prodigy. com!newsdst02.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01b.news.pro digy.com!prodigy.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!pr odigy.net!newshosting.com!nx02.iad01.newshosting.c om!216.196.98.140.MISMATCH!border1.nntp.dca.gigane ws.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews .com!nntp.speakeasy.net!news.speakeasy.net.POSTED! not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 07:04:54 -0500 From: dgk sonicechoes-spamless hot-nospamp-mail.com Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats.health+behav Subject: Cat pees on fax, burns down house Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 07:58:15 -0400 Message-ID: n6tnb1pm7auniluf6d5v9neto2aak8vi06 4ax.com X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.92/32.572 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 28 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.205.185.210 X-Trace: sv3-yuj6hdX9M0AEw996nqvsA+XjcN3yWaMQfLvBt8oOXh5lssF6Na DWDDkksVvbhVSH5MKTbIEWhTgE8AJ!2wMrZDHxT1/cqWssMNnlqsFZ9rONDx3iOreyvj/CFewrGOtNoYWeIZVKB3Cs7FELYgUM8J13keyM!2ySaedImjMty NrsEOn0KLpZM0VDl X-Complaints-To: X-DMCA-Complaints-To: X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Xref: newsmst01b.news.prodigy.com rec.pets.cats.health+behav:375607 |
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"dgk" wrote in message ... Is there a moral here? The contest is now open. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Keep your fax machine covered in its plastic cover? |
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John Doe wrote: dgk wrote: Is there a moral here? The contest is now open. Maybe the cat did not have a place to urinate. Or maybe the fax machine was filthy dirty. The moral of the story... cleaning your house is easier than rebuilding your house? The moral of the story is You can collect on an insurance policy if the insurance company can't prove you burned the house down. I rarely believe odd stories. Believe half of what you see, and None of what you hear. |
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Very fishy tale!
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On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 07:58:15 -0400, dgk
wrote: Is there a moral here? The contest is now open. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cats caused house fire by urinating on fax The Yomiuri Shimbun A house fire that occurred on Jan. 16 in Nagata Ward, Kobe, was caused by cats urinating on a fax machine, the city's fire department said Thursday. According to the department, the thermal printer head of the machine was extensively burned, and members of the household told the department their nine cats often urinated on the machine. In an experiment using the same model machine, the department dripped a sample of 0.5 milliliters of urine on the printer head's nine elements, which were spaced 0.5 millimeters apart. The first droplet conducted the electrical current, and by the 15th, the machine produced a spark. An official of the National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster said, "Cat urine contains salt, and salt water conducts electricity well. This probably caused the fire." How many litter boxs for 9 cats - 10 right? So would the Fax count as one box? Wouldn't urine causing a short allow electricty to travel UP the urine to the source? You would think that such a shocking development would be very effective in preventing future soiling of the fax. |
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On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 11:15:49 -0400, "Mary"
wrote: "dgk" wrote in message .. . Is there a moral here? The contest is now open. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Keep your fax machine covered in its plastic cover? Now sweety........lets think a little......the people knew the cats were peeing on the fax machine.....are these the kind of people who cover it when not being used.....??......lol......oops......you gonna get nasty with me again......I hope so you know how that turns me on....... Brad LIFE'S JOURNEY IS NOT TO ARRIVE AT THE GRAVE SAFELY IN A WELL-PRESERVED BODY, BUT RATHER TO SKID IN SIDEWAYS, TOTALLY WORN OUT, SHOUTING... " HOLY @#$%... WHAT A RIDE!" |
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