There's NO Fire !!!!!

It's probably a holdover from when lights actually were burning - first candles, and then gas or kerosene.

Chris

What is happening with that tungsten element? It is heated to the point it glows and then burns through doesn't it? You do not need huge flames to be burning. In the enclosure, it burns very slow compared to a bulb with no glass where it burns out in seconds.

Exactly , what is a glow, is it not a flame, cant see the problem with the term burnin... sorry

What happens when the filament reaches the end of its lighting life? It doesn't turn off. It burns out. So common terms go.. Also things can burn and not have to flame. Your chain of thought is a bit of track. Jack

Oh, don't worry; there will be flames, alright...

Extinguish it.

Is your refrigerator running?

Well, you better go chase it.

Steve

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Come here and I'll whip your ass and make it burn. bwa-hahahahahahahaaaaa

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Watch a charcoal grill in action;the coals -burn-,yet there is no flame. Rust is slow-burning iron.VERY slow.

I used to have a relative who always said lights were burning (I especially remember this with old holiday lights). It sounded strange.

And the sun isn't burning either (for one thing it couldn't be, without any oxygen).

Something else that isn't burning: spicy food.

"Mark Lloyd" wrote

Well, maybe on the second day on its way out .............. I guess you could call that a sensation, but it sure seems like "burning" to me. Although, come to think of it, I have never seen flames or smoke. Just felt like it ..........

Steve ;-)

And

Engines are "running" (what are they doing?).

People are "flying"

etc, etc.

And now that it has been found that a light bulb is a "dark Sucker" so I suppose we should say the bulb is "sucking".

Another odd one regarding lights, at least here in western PA, is turn out the light. Out??!!? Maybe a throw-back to gas lights?

Wait while I get my beer out of the Ice box and Dial a friend on the telephone, Gee when is the last time your phone had a dial, but you Dial a number don`t you, hers your sign.

hey I am from pittsburgh really n hills near ross park mall////////

According to what I've heard, spicy food stimulates your sensory nerves the same way fire would. This produces a burning sensation without actually burning.

BTW, got any idea what temperature your tongue would have to reach before it would actually burn? You may not want to try that experiment ;-)

Before candles, olive oil with a wick.

They're worrying about security measures (I wish that one deserved a smiley).

The same way, bells are silence suckers.

There's a scale that is used for rating hot things. Like spicy foods, and pepper spray. It is SHU, meaning S(can't remember the name) Heat Units. Maybe Scoville, but don't hold my feet to the fire, just guessing.

Jalepenos are like 40,000 to 60,000 and habanero and Scotch Bonnets are like

And every can of pepper spray you buy has a SHU rating.

How do they figure that out?

Steve