Or something like that.
Who knew when I posted on facebook today that I was going to set shit on fire just how interesting my morning was going to be.
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The setup: Next door, for all intents and purposes is empty. I’ve seen the guy who owns it twice in the past year and maybe the longest he’s been here is 45 minutes.
The nice retired couple on the other side of him are selling their house. So, they hired the methhead one yard guy to clean up their back yard.
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Here is him working yesterday:
In their yard. Clearing it. That’s the neighbor’s “natural” yard between me and him.
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Here is my yard, the empty house and their yard today:
Yeah. See the burn line? I defended that. Two old people (like in their 70’s and one with Alzheimers )and methhead yard guy were trying to keep it from spreading to another neighbor’s dock and their retaining walls and the houses. I even called upon the Skinny Porkchop to help make sure our house wasn’t going to go up in flames.
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I’m going to shower and nap now.
Happy Sunday y’all!
#1 by Cheryl S. on February 28, 2010 - 3:10 pm
Yikes!
#2 by Angie on February 28, 2010 - 3:36 pm
So that’s what you meant. I thought you were the one with the match.
Very scary to battle that kind of fire.
Have a good nap!
#3 by Anne on February 28, 2010 - 10:32 pm
Yikes indeed!
#4 by kelly on March 1, 2010 - 12:06 am
Holy crap! Fire is not the first line of yard maintenance!
#5 by Carrie on March 1, 2010 - 10:49 am
They let the meth head burn their yard? Oy. I’ve considering setting fire to it all and starting over, but the idea wasn’t to stop the fire at the house…
#6 by Diane on March 1, 2010 - 5:06 pm
Is that common there, to do a control burn of your back yard? I mean, I’ve heard of doing it to prairies and fields, but next to your patio — not so much.
#7 by Cookie on March 1, 2010 - 9:24 pm
What the… ?!
I second Diane. Is that common over there? I know about burning farmland and burn barrels/pits but have never seen or heard of that before.
xo
#8 by Kym on March 2, 2010 - 4:52 pm
Oh. My.
#9 by gayle on March 4, 2010 - 7:22 am
“Only you can prevent patio fires,” says Squishy the Bear.