{"id":216,"date":"2011-05-05T20:56:12","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T20:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/?p=216"},"modified":"2011-05-05T20:56:12","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T20:56:12","slug":"the-curmudgeon-is-not-a-fire-hazard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/2011\/05\/05\/the-curmudgeon-is-not-a-fire-hazard\/","title":{"rendered":"The Curmudgeon is Not a Fire Hazard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Fire Hazard by grabe, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/grabe\/5691482220\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5229\/5691482220_d515695777.jpg?resize=299%2C500\" alt=\"Fire Hazard\" width=\"299\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The curmudgeon has been quiet lately &#8211; nothing to complain about. Then, the fire marshal visited my office. He claims I am a hazard and need to mend my ways. It is my aquarium. Evidently, plugging a 50 watt thermostatically controlled heater and a power head (to pull water through the under gravel filter) into a power strip attached to an extension cord is a violation that endangers my colleagues and the building in which I work. Thirty plus years I have worked here keeping company with various fish along the way and all at once WE are a fire hazard.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the dilemma &#8211; unplug or fight the power. I am arguing that logic should play a role &#8211; this is not situational ethics. My computer, monitor, two backup external hard drives, powered speakers, printer, etc. are plugged into a couple of power strips. I think the max is 5 cords leading to one power strip. Evidently, work related power consumption is not a hazard, but simple pleasures like keeping fish must be denied. This is all I have left from my undergraduate biology major. The fish keep me company on weekends and evenings when no one else will. Curmudgeons need love too.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t help it if Psychologists get the leftovers when it comes to campus buildings and the power grid from 40 years ago is assumed good enough. I think I will run two extension cords &#8211; one to each device my fish need and in good conscience sign the form indicating I have fixed the problem by removing the power strip. The curmudgeon always finds a way as long as he can carefully chose his words.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The curmudgeon has been quiet lately &#8211; nothing to complain about. Then, the fire marshal visited my office. He claims I am a hazard and need to mend my ways. It is my aquarium. Evidently, plugging a 50 watt thermostatically &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/2011\/05\/05\/the-curmudgeon-is-not-a-fire-hazard\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions\/217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}