Brush pile burning secrets

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Cliff_Johns

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So I was burning my brush pile today and thought it wasn't going fast enough so I got out my leaf blower/vacuum and thought I'd give it some extra air, but my wife had used it last fall for sucking up leaves and mulching them into the bag, so when I turned it on, the fire got sucked into the bag.

Now I'm a pretty calm man, but standing there with a bulging bag full of fire worried me, so while I tried to find the switch to blow the fire back where it belonged, I accidently pointed the business end of the leaf blower at ground. When I flicked the switch, the whooosh shot me 15 feet into the air and I landed in the pin oak tree.

My wife came out of the house about then to see what all the yelling was about. I told her I was blowing the last of last years leaves out of the pin oak tree. I don't think she bought it though, she wanted to know why my sneakers were smoking and all I could come up with to say was that I thought they were old enough.

So I siphoned some gas out of the LT and put some of that on the brush, put away the leaf blower/vacuum and lit the fire. My wife came out and asked what all the yelling was about this time , so I said I got tired of climbing around in the pin oak trying to suck up the left over leaves and decided to burn them off, but I don't think she bought it. She asked me why my shirt was smoking and all I could think to say was that if my shoes were allowed, then I had to let my shirt smoke too.

Next month I'm going to pick up the chipper/shreadder I bought on Ebay. The brush pile will have to wait until then.

Cliff

No, really. I actually did buy a chipper/shreadder on Ebay.
 
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Another 23 minutes, Cliff and your post wouldn't have made sense. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
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That was a good laugh. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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Great story! Murphy's law in action.

And speaking of fire...I was grinding metal,when my wife walked by. She started pointing at me, so I shut off the grinder. At the same time she said "you're on fire, you know"... I knew, because I then felt the heat.

The sparks had burnt holes through both my sweatshirt and tee shirt!
 
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Another 23 minutes, Cliff and your post wouldn't have made sense. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif )</font>

I've never let my post being nonsensical stop me before.

Cliff
 
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Funny stuff, thanks for the laughs.
I guess its a little late for be careful. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
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Guess I've led a sheltered life.
Junk tires and diesel...so long as they're old enough to smoke. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( "you're on fire, you know" )</font>

kinda understating the obvious, eh?

can't recall the last time I heard that from my wife... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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Cliff thanks for the great story! That's the hardest I've laughed in a while . John
 
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cliff, i'm suprised you didnt fall out of the tree /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
 

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