Bob has new neighbors!!!
 

OK!! This may be a little long but this story I do not think can wait till spring.It should be good Sunday morning reading..

Soooo....Bob gos to work Saturday like any other Saturday it is nice and slow just the way we like it..Deb calls me all out of breath about 1 oclock..."Bob the kids tried to set the garage on fire!!!!" So franticly she starts to tell me the story..It was a nice day Sat. so she was debating if she should cut the grass..She decides that it is getting dark so early at night now she better try to take care of it today..She walks out to the garage and opens the man door to the smell of wood burning.Turns the light on and the garage is full of smoke.She does know that this is the smell of wood not boat.then she hears voices and runs to the back of the garage. The voices are outside so she runs back out side to the back corner where she heard the kids to see two boys standing there watching my garage start to burn.:angry-smiley-038:It may have been a good idea that I did not find them.I think I may have snapped:angry-smiley-038:

So Deb askes the one boy did you start this he sayes no he did,She askes the other boy,did you start this?He says no he did..So she in a very sweet voice tells them both to go home and Bob will deal with you when he gets home from work.As Deb was running to the house for a bucket of water and calling me at the same time I told her to call 911.Do not know if this was a good idea or not knowing how the fire men can get carried away.

Soooo..The fire men and the cops show up.Now imagin this..Deb standing at the garage with two fire men running down my driveway with axes and oxigen tanks on and her calling Bob back 20 miles away.She did have the fire out and that was a good thing.."Bob...The fire department is here" Then I hear her in the back ground.."What do you think you are going to do with that...Guys!!Guys!!!Stay away from that boat!!! Now she is trying to convince the fire men that the boat is not on fire and they want to walk around the back side of the boat to make sure that it is not.All I can think about is how tight I keep the boat backed in to the side wall and the guys with axes and oxegin tanks wanting to try and fit in between the wall and the boat....Luckely for me the same time the fire department showed up so did a Oswego county sheriff that was my neighbor and just got done selling the house to the family that one of the boys now lives in..(I thanked him later for selling it to them....NOT!!!)He was nice enuff to inform the firemen how much time and money goes in to a boat like this that if you are going to check things out you need to do it with your tanks off and with the utmost care!!!
WOW!!! What a day..I left work early came home to find Deb filling out police reports and the boat was just fine..

Do you think that the parents of these two boys could come over and ask us if everything is ok,or any damage,As of 11am Sunday...nope!!!

Now guys imagine this, and this is what kills us. What if Deb did not decide to mow the lawn????? We might have been looking for a cruiser today!!:drink:

Wow, close call.. twice, the boys then the fire department! :eek: Did the sheriff talk to the boys or their parents? Do the parents even know what happened? You need some resolution to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Upstate, close call, you looking for a cruiser because I have a cruiser and am looking for a 31 Sonic. Yes those firemen do like to tear things up but we love our boats.

Oh yes the parents know.From what I was told the boys have been charged with arson so now they will have a juvenile record.Hate to see what these kids will be into in ten years..

No not looking for a cruiser.Just trying to look at the lighter side of things.Love my Sonic..If she went up in smoke you would have seen a grown man cry..:traurig001:

Bob, Glad everythings OK you the wife and boat! Did you ever get the lawn mowed or is it waiting till spring now?

When I got home I made us two strong mixed drinks and told my wife to get back out there and get to it!!! The police told me that it is a good thing that I am a slave driver:drink:

You dog you:drink:

Glad to hear nothing got hurt. Also glad you talked Deb into mowing the lawn! You need to teach me that trick! You also need a fence! Those little bastards would have gotten a big surprise when 140 gallons of boat gas blew up in their faces. Didn't see you all summer, did you get out much?

wow that is the nicest boat in phoenix. I see the kids your talking about all the time playing in the road. Glad to hear nothing happened to the boat. It is a shame when people can't appreciate nice things like that.