Always Think Ahead
I wanted to tear out a bunch of evergreen bushes that ran alongside my house. We tore them out and we were debating on whether to burn them on-site or put them in a burn pile at a spot I knew about 10 miles or so away.
I opted to just burn them right there. I have an open area next to my house that is about a one-lot size. And so started my nightmare.
We put the bushes in the open, running a garden hose out to the area in case it spread. Then I decided that I should get a burn permit.
So I printed one-off and took it to my fire station to be signed. I came back and put the burn permit on my steps and set the fire.
The bushes were fairly green so they didn’t want to turn aside from the initial flame up. I needed some accelerant, so I ran to the dollar store and grabbed some cheap lighter fluid.
I came back and my buddy told me that some HOA nutjob came by and said we couldn’t burn things. He said that he didn’t care about our permit and he would be calling the Fire Department.
At that point, I heard the fire trucks getting closer. The HOA nutjob pulled up to see what transpired between the Fire Department and me.
The fire truck pulled up, saw that we were doing everything right, turned off the lights and sirens, and waved at us. The HOA nutjob peeled out and left. We all laughed.