Fire!We were all in my aunt's kitchen at the back of her huge rambling Victorian house. I was only small and had wandered off to go to the loo, but given up after finding the hall full of smoke. "That was quick," my mum said after a few minutes. "Yes - it's all smoky," I replied.
I've never seen adults move so fast.
So, like my cousin who'd managed to set fire to the roof, tell us your fire stories.
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chthonic, Thu 3 Nov 2005, 9:11)
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bushfiresAnother Australian bushfire story, this time just outside Canberra in about 2000...
The capital territory was having one of the worst seasons for bushfires in living memory, and as a result people were being evacuated from their homes in the middle of the night, grabbing whatever they could before the fires hit..
So my sister (hi Jills), with her then cnut of a boyfriend, get the call to evacuate, and are told to be out in half an hour, as a 30ft wall of flame is heading towards their property.
So my sister grabs some photos, a few personal items and nothing too bulky or heavy as she only has a little car, and she isnt the most material girl in the world. She then grabs a spare pair of clothes and runs out the front to pack the car.
When she gets there she finds her man has decided to fill the car with his collection of brass instruments (he used to run an instrument repair shop )/..... saxophones, trumpets etc. with little room for anything else and the back of the Daihatsu scaping the asphalt,,
All of these things were insured, btw, and not even of any real sentimental value..
Jills. You did the right thing leaving his ass, and your new hubby is a top bloke.
classic stories this week, by the way.. I havent laughed so much in ages.
rgrds
(, Fri 4 Nov 2005, 12:19, Reply)
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