Jim Warman Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Sometimes, the good news never stops... Been a coons age since I had to do something like head gaskets - but tomorrow, the schedule somehow decided my number was up... A 550 and yes, you silly boy - of course it has a V-Mac compressor AND a positive air shut off. But, there may be a reprieve in the offing... Surrounded by burning forests, we are under threat of evacuation... What started out as a wonderful spring day soon had 40KPH winds. In spite of all the snow we got over winter (and in spite of the late spring dump we just got over), the bush is tinder dry. The local radio station is off the air so we are currently working off second hand info from network TV. I hestitate to drop by the firehall and visit with the crew that I'm sure is hanging around waiting (no need to put myself into a situation where I know I'll be conscripted as a pump operator). While the winds have moderated over the last hour or so and a quick scan of the horizon shows one fire as being "knocked down", we are still on alert... You know it's a bad sign when the fire bombers stop using your airport. I haven't heard a fire bomber since first thing this AM.. And how's your week going /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARRY BRUDZYNSKI Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Jim sorry to here about your corner of the world. Nobody should have to deal with that. I'll bet yours wasn't started by somebody that likes to start shit like the guys in Florida. Just heard not long ago that we have a arson in the Florida area, caused big time shit. I'll bet the rest of the guys here feel the same way.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DwayneGorniak Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I saw that on the news Larry. I call for the death penalty. An eye for and eye. Just my /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/2cents.gif .But like they will ever find the arsholes. Or have they found these tards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARRY BRUDZYNSKI Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I hear that they have one in custody and are looking for more related to the fires. Jim hang tight just save the rods!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted May 16, 2008 Author Share Posted May 16, 2008 Well, the temp has dropped by 20F and the wind has died to 44KPH... Local radio is still off the air. Their tower is a few miles out of town and probably hasn't had power restored yet (I would have thought that this would be one priority - information can be gold in tense situations). Smoke from the west (the source of or wind) has diminished to something a little more comfortable... This had the feeling that it could turn out like 1998 or, even worse, 2001 (in the 01 fire, the tarmac on the highway to Edmonton was actually burning). I'll feel better when the bombers start landing here again. In other news... I've always ben a big fan of capital punishment. But age has mellowed me to accept that deciding who dies by OUR "legal" exacts a heavy burden - that of proof... It is all too easy to sin in haste and repent at leisure. And let us not forget (and I'm failing miserably at not souinding like a Liberal here) that it the society we live in that had a hand in creating these miscreants and monsters... And just to show you how much of a Liberal I am, I firmly believe that there are drivers that shouldn't be allowed to, gun owners that should be ex-gun owners, people that shouldn't be allowed to breed (especailly with each other) and people that shouldn't be allowed to own tools.... In an ideal world, people would automatically do what is right and us Tories could just motor through life knowing that things would be as they should be... But society is f@cked and we kinda need the Whigs to help (even if they always seem to want to use our money). Society is full of those that can't cope/function/differentiate between right and wrong. A Tory response to someone with a drug/work ethic/gambling/alcohol problem would be "straighten up and fly right ya goofy bastard". The Liberals... well, there just ain't no problem ya can't fix with money.. And man!! How was that for an old mans convoluted meanderings?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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