Guest bean_si (Not Active) Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 I was preparing to scramble eggs & turned the burner on high (older stove). I put the teflon coated pan on burner and left room. I know how stupid this sounds but it takes forever to heat up and I was going to be gone just a moment. Well, I swear it was only 60 seconds when my dog starts barking wildly. I go into room and the burner was red hot and the teflon pain very hot. I smelled nothing but I think my dog did. She was sitting by the stove, looking up and barking uncontrollably. She's WAY too small to have seen anything. Maybe teflon burns easier than I thought, releasing vapors in the air before you realize it. It seems lung cancer patients might want to think about tossing their teflon or at least never use it on high heat. Just a thought. Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 What would we do without our dogs?!? Hollywood was very impressed! Margaret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhutch1366 Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Good dog, I am impressed. I envy you your four footed friend. Just kidding, kind of. Give the wee hero a hug and a thump from me. XOXOX MaryAnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Well, Cat, I can tell you that cats are pretty useless in this regard. Couple of weeks ago while I was on chat, I burnt water, and the bottom of the pan. My cats slept through it. It did cause me a bit of a breathing problem, which seems to have had no effect on them. They snored away. elaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bean_si (Not Active) Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 This morning I tried to meditate (lying down) while waiting to leave for my tests. I put on my sleep mask and Pleiades CD on stereo. Suddenly I heard someone change the CD. What?! No one was there! I peeked out of my mask and saw her standing on the low table the steroe was on. She had pushed a button and changed the CD. She turned her wee head & looked at me, jumped down and came over and lay on my pillow. The CD she changed to: Sacred Healing Chants You would almost think she knew that I was going to get such lousy news on the test. Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimblanchard Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I recently read that Teflon can be way more dangerous than people realize, it does put out fumes at not all that high temp - they recommend not having birds in the kitchen because Teflon fumes can do them in. Good dog!! I think your dog is telling you something. You have many adventures still ahead of you. Margaret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bean_si (Not Active) Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I know that it had to be quite a coincidence (stereo) but what a strange and quirky coincidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connie B Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Cat, Aren't you glad you've got a dog? Just think if you had a ohhhhh gerbil????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowflake Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Just a HMMMmmmmm to go along with the Teflon... A few years ago, I was buying new furniture and requested the usual "Scotchgard" that used to be oh-so-wonderful for keeping kiddie stains away... Well, the salesman informed me that they no longer offer Scotchgarding, seems the substances gets into the bloodstream and just hangs around. Of course, he said it wasn't toxic, etc., BUT.... Seems to me anything that just "hangs around" in my bloodstream doing nothing is taking up the space of something that COULD be doing something, like moving oxygen/nutrients/wastes... ...and then again, the salesman coulda just been blowing smoke... Becky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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