fire Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/fire/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sun, 04 Jul 2021 22:01:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Once You’ve Unwrapped Those Gifts…. https://smthingscount.com/2019/12/21/once-youve-unwrapped-those-gifts/ Sat, 21 Dec 2019 17:01:24 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8695 DON’T BURN THAT GIFT WRAP IN YOUR FIREPLACE!  The metals and ink in much of the paper cause many fires each year and send harmful

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]]> Use Your Brain and Your Heart https://smthingscount.com/2019/08/07/use-your-brain-and-your-heart/ Wed, 07 Aug 2019 14:37:07 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8342 You may want to give in to charitable appeals for recent tragedies, like mass shootings, earthquakes, and fires.  But don’t just follow your heart–engage your

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]]> SAFETY FIRST! https://smthingscount.com/2017/05/23/safety-first/ Tue, 23 May 2017 16:40:35 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5905 We’re in the middle of feel-good Spring.  It’s the time when we have Spring-Cleaning Fever.  In the process, we notice repairs that need to be

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]]> Woman, Light a Fire! https://smthingscount.com/2017/01/23/woman-light-a-fire/ Mon, 23 Jan 2017 16:40:47 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5546 Violence! Fighting! Rock-throwing! Vandalism! Fires!  These are common events at marches and protests.  There were 470,000 or so people in the Women’s March in DC

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]]> Planned Parenthood/Targeted Death https://smthingscount.com/2015/11/30/planned-parenthoodtargeted-death/ https://smthingscount.com/2015/11/30/planned-parenthoodtargeted-death/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2015 18:26:40 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4338 This whole attack on Planned Parenthood has me in a quandary.  Personally, I don’t like abortions.  I would very much like, in this imperfect world,

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]]> https://smthingscount.com/2015/11/30/planned-parenthoodtargeted-death/feed/ 2 Hope for Pregnant Workers https://smthingscount.com/2015/05/13/hope-for-pregnant-workers/ Wed, 13 May 2015 17:44:48 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3768 There’s hope for pregnant women.  They’re often fired from their jobs because of “unreasonable demands,” like taking bathroom breaks, needing to keep a bottle of

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]]> Anti-Anti? https://smthingscount.com/2014/09/22/anti-anti/ https://smthingscount.com/2014/09/22/anti-anti/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:59:51 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3116 It’s a little confusing, but it had to happen–pendulums being pendulums.  It seems that people are discovering that all those tax cuts and breaks for

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]]> https://smthingscount.com/2014/09/22/anti-anti/feed/ 2 The High Cost of Lint https://smthingscount.com/2013/09/14/the-high-cost-of-lint/ Sat, 14 Sep 2013 21:37:48 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=2068 The clothes dryer is out to get you.  It pulls fuzzies off of socks, collects pet hair and threads, and gathers whatever else it wants

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]]> “Just” a Gunshot https://smthingscount.com/2013/03/27/just-a-gunshot/ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:43:09 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=1447 “We thought it was just a gunshot or something.”  That’s a quote from Gilberth Cab, a man who was displaced by the Bayview District (San Francisco) apartment

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]]> Earth-Friendly Tip: Clothes Dryer https://smthingscount.com/2013/02/23/earth-friendly-tip-clothes-dryer/ Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:20:00 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=1289 Love your clothes dryer.  Clean the lint filter often and the vent (from drum to outdoor outlet) at least twice a year.  This results in

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