My father and brother are both retained firemen.
So they're part-time firemen with bleepers. But they are neither sexy nor gaymos, for even part of the time.
(sabre-tooth monkey, Fri 17 May 2013, 14:00, 1 reply)

So, they're pyromaniacs then?
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/5925163/Volunteer-fireman-started-fires.html

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/4636450/Australian-bush-fire-arsonist-suspect-was-volunteer-firefighter.html

wildfiretoday.com/2013/02/09/colorado-volunteer-firefighter-charged-with-starting-600-acre-fire/

www.thestar.com/news/canada/2012/12/28/footprints_key_to_case_of_firefighter_charged_in_string_of_quebec_arson_fires.html

wnep.com/2012/12/20/firefighter-arrested-for-torching-home/

www.ktvb.com/news/crime/Suspect-accused-of-starting-Wilderness-Ranch-wildfire-170186686.html

And just because they won't bum you doesn't mean they're not gay. It just means you're ugly.
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Fri 17 May 2013, 15:28, closed)

Dad does like a good fire, though he's never mentioned burning down forests, and he's not a volunteer. He gets paid by the hour.
The gay thing - you're right, what he does in his private time is up to him, as long as he plays safe and doesn't give my mother anything nasty.
(sabre-tooth monkey, Mon 20 May 2013, 9:19, closed)