Danger, Danger, Parents refuse Red Alert!

I was over at my parents house tonight and they were about to kick me out for
the night and they discovered they had no heat. So my Mom checked the furnace
and discovered the pilot light is out. She wouldn't bother with relighting it
even though the wind is 50 mph outside and the temps are dipping into the 30's.
This is a VERY OLD FURNACE. I don't know if there is a thermocouple on the pilot
light assembly to shut off the natural gas when the pilot light goes out; but my
mom said the furnace was warm so it must have gone out recently and she didn't
smell any hint of gas. I'm worried, it is possible this furnace predates
thermocouple technology and if so the house might explode when my mom turns on
the kitchen light when she wakes up in the morning or if the phone rings or the
phone is used to call anybody. If the thermocouple technology is working as
advertised on the internet, there probably isn't a problem.

She'll have to call the furnace repairman tomorrow. The gas stove still worked,
so the gas is still available to the household.

But my parents would rather go to bed straight away than give a rat's ass about
whether their house will blow up overnight. They have a habit with ignoring
DANGER SIGNS, especially around me. Heck, they'd have done hit and runs with
their car if it weren't for me demanding they leave a note to their victims,
after 5 minutes of intense arguing with my parents. They are notorious for
blowing off any semblance of safety when I'm around. So, now it comes down to
this...the furnace that threatens to blow up the house, and they couldn't care
less about proper procedure.

I hope they're alright. If you couldn't smell gas in the basement, I'm
sure they'll be ok.

Piolet light goes out on the gas stove the gas keeps coming.
But its insignificant.

If we're talking gas heater then when the thermostst turns on so do the
gas lines.

Cybalman, his folks, and his house may all be strewn over their
neighbors lawns.

I bet they all lived.
But..maybe not.

I'm up for a poll on this topic.
Here's the poll.

Do you believe Cymbalman, his folks, and the house are rubble strewn
across neighboring lawns?
or
Do you believe nobody died and the house still stands?

"Rubble strewn across neighboring lawns" or "Still standing"?

We gotta act fast or he could return and spoil the poll results.

(Is this like "Schenlours(sp.) Cat"?)

Damo

Some fool called from his cell phone around 9:50 AM and kept asking who I was, I
kept asking who he was; his connection was terrible and the noise-gate in his
cell-phone kept cutting off his words. So I made a guess about who it was since
my Caller ID battery was sooo out of juice and couldn't show me the digits; and
the guy hung up! At the top of the hour, 10 AM, my cable TV and internet went
out for about 5 minutes. I then replaced the battery in my Caller ID and lost
all of the numbers stored. Somebody has to ring my phone to set the date & time
on the unit.

I went back to bed around noon and I'm just getting back up.
I have to go take a shower soon. Then I'll check in on my parents. But I have 2
DVD movies to watch before 11:30 PM that need to be returned before midnight.

>
>Do you believe Cymbalman, his folks, and the house are rubble strewn
>across neighboring lawns?
>or
>Do you believe nobody died and the house still stands?

I would like to think that all is well with them.


--Chris

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Your parents should call the gas company and ask them to light the pilot
light on the heater.

penguin

Relief! Nothing blew up. The furnace was repaired for $450. The guy who showed
up said the furnace was older than he was, so he had to grab his father out of
retirement on a Saturday morning and replace some parts. It took them about 3
hours to fix.

My parents were cold though when they woke up. It was 55 degrees in there inside
of 8 hours. Everything is functioning now. Thanks