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Some years ago, I read that when his house caught fire, Gene Kelly ran back into the burning building to retrieve his toupée.
In a similar situation, which single item would forum members try to save from the flames, assuming that they had already removed their pets and credit cards from danger ?
I have thought about this often. Don't know why. I would have a real problem cause I get very attached to objects. My kitchen table is hard to get these days and I wouldn't want to lose it.
When people ask this question I usually say that I would probably burn inside trying to get my books out.
At the moment I think it would be my computer, not only because it has all my pictures but it also has my thesis and I don't want to lose that.
If my house was on fire and I could only take one thing out, I'd remove the fire...
My signed first of A Game of Thrones.
Well, I suppose I should grab the wife, but assuming the old lady fits in with the "pets" category, then I'll grab my Grandfather's copy of Toilers of the Sea
Close seconds-
coin/stamp collection
Chest containing old family photos, memorabilia, etc.
Ahh! My water colors, sketches
What if a burglar steals it? Or if the computer breaks down? Or if there is actually a fire! I recommend 'cloud computing'. I tend to do everything using Google Docs, and similar cloud software, these days. Let the fire burn on!Quote:
Originally Posted by Helga
windows 8 actually has some cloud thingy, I can save documents on a cloud and access them from any computer, I just don't know how. Maybe I'll try and figure it out and drag my kitchen table out of the fire instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by mal4mac
My diary. May sound silly but I would like to keep it for the future. Apart from that there is nothing I really value that much in our house that isn't replaceable.
My computer would probably be a prime contender, but I suppose there isn't anything I couldn't replace on it. I think I'd take one of my guitars, probably my MAB2 Aviator, signed by Michael Angelo Batio himself.
I think my watercolors, and pictures of my kids when they were young and cute, and pictures of my family. Otherwise, my stuff is just stuff.
The computer and my poetry books...and...
I'm sentimental so I'd probably go for one of the various mementos and souvenirs I have. Either a statuette of a clown my grandmother bought as a gift right before she died, or a small ball I keep because I remember using it to play catch with my grandfather.
The computer can go. It will be an excuse to get a new one. The data can be saved in the cloud as mal4mac recommends. That being said, it would save some time later to rescue the computer and phone.
I use cloud computing, so I wouldn't need to save anything. I'd just turn the cloud on and it would rain and the fire would go out.
My guitar, although I'm not sure why. I can't much play it.
I really would be in a dilemma making the choice:
1 A change in underwear.
2 The vintage malts.
It shouldn't be too difficult, and it's worth it. If Microsoft have got this working as well as Google, then Word should back up your document to the cloud every few minutes, so not only are you safe from fire, you don't even have to bother thinking about regular back ups.Quote:
Originally Posted by Helga
I'm now doing almost everything in the cloud, using Google chrome devices. So no time wasted, just get another chrome device, log in, everything is there. Some phones also allow you to save everything to the cloud. The only thing I can't do is print, still need to turn on my PC for that. But let the printer burn, it'll give me an excuse to buy a cloud printer. Plus I don't want to suffer heavy irony from the firemen if they see I chose to save my laser printer...Quote:
Originally Posted by YesNo
myself?! :D
My journals means a lot, past aside though it was my pure childhood.
Great! I thank you for thinking of the important first. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by cacian
Manichaean is right about the clean underwear.
As for writing documents, I have my "stuff" on really antiquated discs, so maybe I'd grab them., even though I'd probably never again find a PC that will accept them. Plus the box of photos of my kids, though the box is under a pile of crap and the flames would undoubtedly consume me before I could get to it.
Maybe a fire would be a sign from God that I should clean the {expletive deleted} dump.
vintage malts I am with you all the way :DQuote:
Originally Posted by MANICHAEAN
hey that goes without saying ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by PeterL
My Lego R2-D2.
or my Grandma's Rosary.
A couple of books which are gift from my uncle and my camera.
This is super lame... but in my current room I'd save the custom Magic: The Gathering deck that someone I like constructed for me. That is, somehow, the thing to which I have attributed the most sentimental value. In my room back home it would be my uncle's sketchbook that I came into possession of when he died.
I would go for photo albums and for my filing box which contains all my poems and essays and short stories.
So far there have been computers, books and various sentimental artifacts but will anyone be able to beat 'the kitchen table'?
People tend to grab the things for which they got attached more.
In the fridge, a glass bottle of Coca Cola, and of course, opening it with a bottle opener on the run out (bottle opener and cap to be dispensed on the ever-lovin' floor, which will be non-existent in short order...).
And then outside, and a view of the spectacle... because at this point, what couldn't burn?
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Well DuuuUUUUuuuh !!! The cellphone so I could call the fire department of course. *LOL*
"I have thought about this often. Don't know why. I would have a real problem cause I get very attached to objects. My kitchen table is hard to get these days and I wouldn't want to lose it."
I mean, call me nuts, but I think I'd look pretty silly sitting at the kitchen table that I saved on my front lawn while the house was burning down [8- (
You will get to know Helga after a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by DATo
It would be a hard choice between my insulin and a signed copy of The Name of The Wind
Your house is burning down and you're worried about appearances? Yes, that might be my definition of nuts. Saving what matters to you seems a whole lot less nutty.Quote:
Originally Posted by DATo
As a music geek, a "little" essential of mine would definitely be my Bach 42 Stradivarius Trombone. I played in several bands and orchestras in high school, and besides the great quality of the instrument, it serves as a memento of my high school days. If my house was on fire, I would save my parents, my German Shepherd and then my trombone.
my favorite book in the world,honest illusions.