Took the Long Way Home Today

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When it starts to thicken up, pour over the bananas and wafers.

 

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Now, let that chill while the whip topping thaws.

 

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Spread the whip topping , and there you have an instant dessert. Yall didn't think that I could cook. Folks don't try the large recipe at home, or you'll be eating banana pudding for a month.

 

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Well, wer're gonna need a large pot to cook enough low country boil to feed these hungry firemen. Hope this one is large enough. Custom made of rolled stainless steel.

 

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This recipe calls for rutabagas. Ever had rutabagas in a low country boil.

 

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Well. after the sausage, onions, potatoes, corn and shrimps are added , this thing is ready to eat. Catch you folks later, i hear them hungry firemen pulling up.

 

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I will step into my jump suit, grab my gear and be right there. Man I aint had no low boil in years but I think I will remedy that this weekend and I have never met a nanner puddin I couldn't make friedsa with.

Some great lookin sprinklers you got there. E-Ones huh. You guys are livin large with that kind of power. I inheireted a 53 Reo duce that was full military, wouldn't stop and the La France 150 pump wpuldn't pump but about 35 because it was full of mud and rust and had WW2 type packings in it. There was also a 68 Chevy stubby type pumper and a 53 Dodge carryall. Working with the community board, the Alabama Fire Chiefs Assn. and the state we got some roads paved and some tax money for volunteer fire stations in the state. We went from savin septic tanks and chimenys to a well trained and equiped team of fire fighters. They now have new pumpers and tankers and all the newest gear. They scare the hell outa me like kids with a loaded gun.

Me and my bro have a 275' deep well with an 24" casing that we are putting four 6" pumps in so at least we will be ok.

 

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Thought you would like the Fire Dept stuff Cap. 911 was areal eye-opener for a lot of people. We struggled for years with outdated equipment, pumpers that may or may not pump, not enough bunker gear to go around, very few SCBAs , etc.
I remember the days of "well at least you saved the chimneys and steps". I pulled down a chimney with a pike pole one night. I told the crew "you didn't save anything else and I'm not going to leave the chimney standing". The grants and money from local and state agencies has been a blessing for the fire departments across America. Fire departments had been on the back burner of budgets for many years. I just hope that the funding continues and just doesn't dry up.
Do you see anything unusual in this photo of the old Baptist parsonage? Looks like you typical toc two story wood frame house , right?

 

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Well, take a look around back. The Volunteer firefighter's nightmare. Two story building, fat lighter wood, and the back fully involved with flames coming out the windows when you arrive. No ladder trucks in this town.

 

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Possible gas leak explosion in the kitchen area. Lady who owned the house was in the front part of the house when the explosion occured. Sometimes you just get lucky. The kitchen and small bed room above it were an add-on to the original structure, so the original outside wall helped serve as a firewall. Still, 4 hours in 100 degree weather is tough. Training, training, and more training. there is never enough training. Interior attack through the front to push the fire back through the kitchen and keep it out of the main structure. However, I always stress safety and I never send firemen into a building that I wouldn't go in. Yes, I suited up and helped on this one. We could not have saved this one with the outdated equipment we had before 911.