Warbird Information Exchange

DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on this site are the responsibility of the poster and do not reflect the views of the management.
It is currently Wed Jun 18, 2025 5:49 pm

All times are UTC - 5 hours


Classic Wings Magazine WWII Naval Aviation Research Pacific Luftwaffe Resource Center
When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 3 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: Norsk Oldtimers VFD
PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:54 am 
Offline
WIX Motor Pool Officer
User avatar

Joined: Fri May 21, 2004 7:56 pm
Posts: 680
Location: Vermont
One dark night outside a small town in Wisconsin, a fire started inside the local chemical plant and in a blink of an eye, it exploded into massive flames. The alarm went out to all the fire departments for miles around.

When the volunteer fire fighters appeared on the scene, the chemical company president rushed to the fire chief and said, "All of our secret formulas are in the vault in the center of the plant. They must be saved. I will give $50,000 to the fire department that brings them out intact."

But the roaring flames held the firefighters off. Soon more fire departments had to be called in as the situation became desperate. As the firemen arrived, the president shouted out that the offer was now $100,000 to the fire department who could bring out the company's secret files.

From the distance, a lone siren was heard as an old Chevy fire truck came into sight. It was the nearby Norwegian rural township volunteer fire company composed mainly of Norwegians over the age of 65. To everyone's amazement, that little run-down WWII surplus fire engine roared right past all the newer sleek engines that were parked outside the plant.

Without even slowing down, it drove straight into the middle of the inferno. Outside, the other firemen watched as the Norwegian old timers jumped off right in the middle of the fire and fought it back on all sides. It was a performance and effort never seen before.

Within a short time, the Norsk old timers had extinguished the fire and saved the secret formulas. The grateful chemical company president announced that for such a superhuman feat he was upping the reward to $200,000, and walked over to personally thank each of the brave fire fighters.

The local TV news reporter rushed in to capture the event on film, asking their chief, "What are you going to do with all that money?" "Vell," said Ole Larsen, the 70-year-old fire chief, "Da first thing ve gonna do is fix da brakes on dat focking truck!"

_________________
It's you and me against the world.

We attack at dawn.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:12 pm 
Offline
No Longer Active - per request

Joined: Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:40 pm
Posts: 1493
:lol: Good One!!!! :lol:


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 10:05 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Sat Sep 02, 2006 1:54 pm
Posts: 326
Location: Little Rock, AR
Awesome! :D

_________________
ATC: "Oscar 2, cleared to engage wildlife at your discretion..."


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 3 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 5 hours


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group