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Offline JB73

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So a kid playing with matches did it
« on: October 31, 2007, 10:41:58 AM »
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,306557,00.html


They are saying a kid (age not given) was playing with matches and started the CA fires :O :O

There is talk about prosecuting the kid, but they are unsure at this time...



I remember as a 12 year old or so making "camp fires" in a local woods with a buddy who had to sneak the matches from his mother. We thought it was cool, but looking back we could have burned down a huge forest with all those dry leaves and twigs we burned.

I wonder if this kid was doing something similar.
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« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2007, 10:46:51 AM »
Actually I believe they said it was a kid that started one of the fires, not all the fires.  There were several different fires.  The one the kid started was responsible for about 31,000 acres and 21 homes lost.  at least thats what I read this morning...
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« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2007, 10:49:24 AM »
sniff sniff

I smell a lawsuit.
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« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2007, 10:56:25 AM »
Who here wasnt a firebug as a kid?

Jeeze my friends and I burned and blew up all kinds  of stuff.

We were never dumb enough to do it in a place it could get out of control. Well there was that one time.....
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Re: So a kid playing with matches did it
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2007, 10:58:59 AM »
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Originally posted by JB73
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,306557,00.html


They are saying a kid (age not given) was playing with matches and started the CA fires :O :O

There is talk about prosecuting the kid, but they are unsure at this time...



I remember as a 12 year old or so making "camp fires" in a local woods with a buddy who had to sneak the matches from his mother. We thought it was cool, but looking back we could have burned down a huge forest with all those dry leaves and twigs we burned.


hehe... I remember doing the same.  Then, one day, my best buddie had a box of .22 shells and threw it into a fire that we lit near the house his dad was building.

We were lucky we had a stack of pallets to hide behind.
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So a kid playing with matches did it
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2007, 11:04:34 AM »
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Who here wasnt a firebug as a kid?

Jeeze my friends and I burned and blew up all kinds  of stuff.

We were never dumb enough to do it in a place it could get out of control. Well there was that one time.....
Exactly. Nothing should happen to this kid IMO.
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« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2007, 11:09:26 AM »
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Exactly. Nothing should happen to this kid IMO.


I agree
Thats what the insurance industry is there for.
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« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2007, 11:17:14 AM »
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Who here wasnt a firebug as a kid?

Jeeze my friends and I burned and blew up all kinds  of stuff.

We were never dumb enough to do it in a place it could get out of control. Well there was that one time.....


"Hello operator I'd like to make a long distance phone call please.  Yes Ma'am the Fremont, CA Police Department..Arson Division... Yes Ma'am I'll hold....."


:p


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Re: Re: So a kid playing with matches did it
« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2007, 11:18:48 AM »
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hehe... I remember doing the same.  Then, one day, my best buddie had a box of .22 shells and threw it into a fire that we lit near the house his dad was building.

We were lucky we had a stack of pallets to hide behind.
Mythbusters did a piece on bullets in a fire. I don't know if you saw it, but it was surprising.

The end result was basically they wouldn't kill you even 5 feet away. the shells were the most dangerous as they were lighter and flew further... but nothing had "penetration" strength at 5 feet.

They had an assortment from .22 all the way up to .50 cal bullets in there too.

You would get hurt, but not nearly as much as getting actually shot.
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« Reply #9 on: October 31, 2007, 11:25:15 AM »
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"Hello operator I'd like to make a long distance phone call please.  Yes Ma'am the Fremont, CA Police Department..Arson Division... Yes Ma'am I'll hold....."


:p


Mac



They would be hard pressed to find evidense from, hmm lets see, I was 12,  I am now not 12....  **** that was like 21 years ago.

I feel old now...... not Mac old though.... :D
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« Reply #10 on: October 31, 2007, 11:32:49 AM »
21 years ago?

and at that time your address was....?

Did you act alone or were there accomplices...errr friends with you?

If you had to discribe yourself... like maybe 21 years ago...what would you look like?


*  "Yes Sir Officer I have him online now......"  *

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« Reply #11 on: October 31, 2007, 01:30:54 PM »
Why aren't  we sending  this little  AlQueda lover to Gitmo?

You know Faux News was playing this up as a terrorist  plot.
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« Reply #12 on: October 31, 2007, 01:41:01 PM »
Faux News exclusive:  little boy who started fire confesses.  "Al Quada made me do it."
« Last Edit: October 31, 2007, 01:51:40 PM by ChickenHawk »
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So a kid playing with matches did it
« Reply #13 on: October 31, 2007, 02:01:24 PM »
Nothing should happen to this kid? Strange method of discipline you have there Ripsnort, when arson isn't a punishable offence. Even accidental arson would have got me a good hiding when I was a kid.

Liberal parenting... :aok
« Last Edit: October 31, 2007, 02:08:14 PM by Dowding »
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So a kid playing with matches did it
« Reply #14 on: October 31, 2007, 02:32:13 PM »
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You know Faux News was playing this up as a terrorist  plot.


That's what I thought they said.  Guess the next story will be about the kid and his training camp in Afghanistan.
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