Posted on 01/31/2013 10:24:47 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
Funny (for some) story. In HS before classes stared on a cold snowy winter day, a 6” sprinkler line decided it didn’t want to remain in one piece. The fire alarm went off, since classes hadn’t started yet, and several classes had big projects due that day we assumed that was the reason.
We found it fun and had a nice snowball fight, the people who were standing under the now broken sprinkler line and covered in nasty brown sprinkler water were not as amused.
You lucked out, big time. I remember city of Milwaukee had so many false alarms from the "inner city" they dusted the pull levers on all the street call boxes with a powdered dye which didn't show up under normal lighting but fluoresced purple under UV light. When water contacted the stuff it turned into indelible ink so washing your hands just spread it around more.
It worked so well outside the school system used it inside on the hallway drop boxes. False alarms dropped to near zero and stayed there.
Regards,
GtG
Being young~n~dumb I had heard about the dye and didn’t know if it were true or not. I’m sure I would have thought up a convenient excuse had it been so. ;-)
When I went to high school in Detroit, one day a week the ROTC brought their guns to school for practice...no one was ever shot.....proof that guns don't kill, crocked politicians, dumb laws and changing culture kills people..True! I was raised by democrats (very strong in their beliefs), yet my dad had a gun and it never killed anyone either. (He also showed no p.c.-ness towards our gay neighbor. I yi yi. Words I can't reprint for sure.)
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