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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:29 PM
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Confess!!! How many candles do you have lit right now?
I have six going here. And a few incense sticks. So? Confess!!!!
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:31 PM
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1. None
I'm pretty absent-minded. The last time I lit a candle I nearly burned my table down.
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:32 PM
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2. That's half the fun of lighting candles
Will I burn the place down or won't I?
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:34 PM
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3. seven
and incense
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Worst Username Ever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:35 PM
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4. 0
I'm at work still!! x(
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:40 PM
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10. That sucks
I was at work a few hours ago...so i feel your pain. Tell them that you need to get home and light some candles.
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Stop_the_War Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:35 PM
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5. 15,678
Edited on Fri Feb-25-05 07:36 PM by Stop_the_War
:P
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:39 PM
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9. I was wondering what I see from up here
I thought I was looking at a Dead concert (dude) from up here in my "craft", but it must be your house.
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Stop_the_War Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:42 PM
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12. Yep my house is so bright at midnight my neighbors think it's noon....
Edited on Fri Feb-25-05 07:42 PM by Stop_the_War
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:37 PM
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6. None yet
It's still light here. But I have candles burning every night - there are six in my living room. I also burn incense regularly - I love the soft light that candles emit and the incense is very calming. Hubby and I buy both by the gross!
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:43 PM
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13. I go thru a lot too
I am running out though, I only have a few dozen left. My incense comes from the Dharma shop www.dharmashop.com/
They have a great selection and good prices.
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:51 PM
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20. I'll have to check that out
Hubby used to get it from a local Buddhist temple but they either moved or stopped selling it - I forget which.
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:54 PM
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22. Check out that place then
They have a lot of cool stuff. Plus some proceeds go toward "Free Tibet"
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Trajan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:38 PM
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7. I confess ....
After a fire destroyed my family's home in 1999, I refuse to light any candles ... If I cant sit and watch it the whole time it is lit, then it wont be lit ....

Im never going through that again ...
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:43 PM
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14. Yikes!
Did it burn from candles?
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Trajan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:48 PM
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18. No ....
Probable electrical short in the walls ....

Nevertheless: Candles are extremely problematic: they can be unstable and topple .. they can be pushed over by pets or kids ... Open flame in the house of any kind is just too much for me to tolerate, unless the flame is fully contained or under constant and direct supervision ... All it takes is one mistake ...

Having that smell of smoke around you for weeks changes you forever .... I still have personal items in boxes that I tried to preserve; and I still get sick to my stomach to catch that scent again ...
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:51 PM
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21. I'm sorry
I lost a few friends in a fire years ago. Some of the family didn't get out. So sad.
I understand.
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kitkatrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:38 PM
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8. None.
They'll kick me out of housing and we have room inspections today. x(
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:46 PM
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16. SOBs
No candles? What's up with that?
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kitkatrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 09:21 PM
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23. Fire hazard.
:eyes:
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:40 PM
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11. 0
I burned them all up trying love spells that didn't work. Which reminds me, I need to get some more. :P
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:45 PM
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15. Love spells?
Open a candle shop. Then you can make money and meet someone to love AND have candles. See..I'm always thinking.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:50 PM
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19. Well
I'd have candles any how. It's not meeting someone to love, it's the loving back part they refuse to do...Unfortunately.

Great idea though. It's something I hadn't thought of until you mentioned it. Hmm...
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Bouncy Ball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:46 PM
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17. Six! No incense sticks, though.
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 09:22 PM
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24. Five
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CornField Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 09:25 PM
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25. 7
A couple of those for DUers. :)
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BensMom Donating Member (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 09:25 PM
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26. Purple one
I have an old rickety purple three wick lit in the middle of the kitchen table.

Insence in a flower pot...

I like it all.
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Ariana Celeste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 09:27 PM
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27. 1!
A little mulberry scented tea candle, to heat up my little bowl of mulberry oil!

:o
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 09:27 PM
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28. four and a fireplace n/t
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