Evelyn, you may be right, but I imagine it is another bad thing coming out of someone smoking cigarettes. If they were renovating it...a lot of paper is torn off sheetrock, acoustic rile etc...thrown to the floor in lots of jobs...and could be sawdust from sawing materials..and since the weather has been so bad...those smoking breaks may have taken place inside. My husband was in construction...he paid the boys to keep all this cleaned up, off the floors. I am really sorry. I love those old buildings. I guess we should start a movement to preserve them, long before we do. Stella

I think that without the old architecture most towns look very commercial and boring and ugly. Evelyn MAXINE says the sign of a clean house is a broken computer. and My Prayer for all is COLOSSIANS 1: 9-12 ----- Original Message ----- From: Willis1930@webtv.net To: Albibb@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 12:09 PM Subject: [ALBIBB] Old School Building Evelyn, you may be right, but I imagine it is another bad thing coming out of someone smoking cigarettes. If they were renovating it...a lot of paper is torn off sheetrock, acoustic rile etc...thrown to the floor in lots of jobs...and could be sawdust from sawing materials..and since the weather has been so bad...those smoking breaks may have taken place inside. My husband was in construction...he paid the boys to keep all this cleaned up, off the floors. I am really sorry. I love those old buildings. I guess we should start a movement to preserve them, long before we do. Stella ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALBIBB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

You "imagine it is ... coming out of someone smoking cigarettes." Well, you certainly have a good imagination, Stella. It is very difficult to start a fire from a cigarette. The unburned portion of a cigarette is dried leaves and paper -- have you ever seen one burst into flames? Have you ever tried to start a campfire using a cigarette? Forget it! The smoking-related fires you used to hear about were mostly in the days when people carried matches. Practically no one does anymore. In this case, we simply don't know what caused the fire, but cigarette smoking would be the most unlikely cause of all. The majority of construction and renovation-related accidental fires are linked to welding and plumbing jobs. The problem is so widespread, that OSHA and the Uniform Fire Code requires a trained employee to act as a "fire watcher" for 30 minutes after a welding or cutting job is completed within 35 feet of combustibles to ensure against smoldering materials blazing up. Unfortunately, many companies (especially small "mom & pop" renovation companies) ignore the requirement or aren't aware of it. Willis1930@webtv.net wrote: > Evelyn, you may be right, but I imagine it is another bad thing coming > out of someone smoking cigarettes. If they were renovating it...a lot of > paper is torn off sheetrock, acoustic rile etc...thrown to the floor in > lots of jobs...and could be sawdust from sawing materials..and since the > weather has been so bad...those smoking breaks may have taken place > inside. My husband was in construction...he paid the boys to keep all > this cleaned up, off the floors. I am really sorry. I love those old > buildings. I guess we should start a movement to preserve them, long > before we do. Stella > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALBIBB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >