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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 11:46 am
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I have a magnifying glass for soldering that is attached to a base which is also a stand for the soldering iron.

Anyway I left this on a ledge behind my computer. There is a skylight behind the ledge. Earlier today I smelled something burning. The sun had come through the skylight and the magnifying glass focused it on my monitor. Thank God I was home because this could have been bad. Check out the pic of my monitor with the big burn mark on the back. :oops:

It looks like the screen is okay, but still annoying and embarrassing.

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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 11:53 am
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Oh No!!! Sounds like something I'd do!! At least it still works but I know it's aggravating man!! :(


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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 11:53 am
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That really was a freak occurance and as you say it's lucky you were home,the outcome could have been disasterous.

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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 11:56 am
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Hey Kong...definitely a close call; very cartoonish; some thing Betty Boop's Grandpa would have done.

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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 11:58 am
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Made me think of this!!!



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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 12:47 pm
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man, thats somthing else :shock: What are the chances??? Good luck was with on this one, it could have been worse.

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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 3:39 pm
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Wow, I have a similar glass, for that, i will keep a close watch on that. glad you only have some superficial damage. it could have been much, much worse.

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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 3:59 pm
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Kong, glad "it looks like the screen is okay". "but still annoying and embarrassing", aren't we all? :oops:

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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:11 pm
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I think it's very cool that the curved burn shows how the sun tracked across the sky. Cheer up, Kong. It's a great conversation piece! 8)

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Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 12:37 pm
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Kong forget about feeling anything but lucky. Something freaky like this could have happened to anyone of us. Just thank God you were home or you might not have a place to live right now.


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Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 4:22 pm
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Kong forget about feeling anything but lucky. Something freaky like this could have happened to anyone of us. Just thank God you were home or you might not have a place to live right now.


Yeah I really do agree that I was very lucky, I was just about to go out and I got a whiff of the burning plastic. Who knows what could have happened. I don't even need a new monitor.

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Wow. The chances of all of those things coming together for that to happen is amazing. Just goes to show you that when the heavens decide to make something happen it happens.


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Looks like a cigarette burn on a headstock.


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