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Conference rdvax::grateful

Title:	Take my advice, you'd be better off DEAD
Notice:	It's just a Box of Rain
Moderator:	RDVAX::LEVY::DEBESS

Created:	Thu Jan 03 1991
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	580
Total number of notes:	60238

116.0. "Fire!! Fire!!" by LEDS::MRNGDU::YETTO (child of countless dreams) Thu Feb 07 1991 11:18

This is inspired from a commercial type thing I saw on TNT last night whilst
watching Bugs Bunny (the news just doesn't cut it these days). It is something
like the 10 albums on a desert island type thing; 

   If you woke up to find your house burning what would you take with you?

When I was younger (so much younger than today) :-) I was afraid of
thunderstorms at night because I thought my house might catch fire.  Once I got
over it to the point that I would actually sleep in my own bed I still took a
bunch of things to bed with me to make me feel better.  These included;

	- my dog's leach (because I woudn't want her to get frightened and
	  run away!!)

	- my gerbil cage, complete with gerbils (because they couldn't
	  leave on thier own)

	- any other pets I had at the time except the fish tank which I wouldn't
	  be able to carry.  :-)

	- my flute, once I started playing of course

  and of course, I was fully clothed, minus the shoes which were next to the
  dog leach.

Nowadays I am a little more reasonable.  I don't sleep fully clothed and I
wouldn't sleep with a dog leach or gerbils, mostly because I don't have a dog
or gerbils.  :-)  Actually, things haven't changed too much.  I thought about
this last night and here is probably what I would grab; 

	- the cat's travel boxes (in case they got frightened and tried to
	  run I'd be able to contain them).  I have leach's for them but they
	  don't really like them (although I'd bring them anyway).....

	- my pocketbook, car keys and coat (this is the adult in me I s'pose)

	- my camera, so I could take pictures of the fire :-) ("Look, and that	
	  is when everything I owned burned to the ground")  

Of course if I could I'd take my stereo, all my tapes, records and CDs but I
was thinking realistically here.  :-)

What would you grab??

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
116.1	material possesions. who needs 'em?	BOSOX::BRIDGES	Let the words be yours...	`Thu Feb 07 1991 11:38`	7
	I would grab my son and my wife (if she couldn't move under her own power.) Because those are the only things in this world that REALLY matter to me. Everything else can be replaced one way or another. Shawn
116.2		OCTOBR::GRABAZS	ain't no time to hate	`Thu Feb 07 1991 11:50`	6
	after making sure all the living creatures were out, I would grab my box of negatives (I have too many picture albums to carry!) - they are irreplacable and priceless to me... Debess
116.3		HKFINN::STANLEY	What a long strange trip it's been...	`Thu Feb 07 1991 12:11`	7
	My kids, my dog, my cats, ... my HUSBAND. :-) Insurance covers the rest... and if it doesn't.. so what? "there are things you can replace, and other you can not" Mary
116.4	Pray it never happens	HYSTER::MORAROS		`Thu Feb 07 1991 12:22`	6
	The most precious thing in this whole world for me to grab would be "My Mother" Tracy
116.5	The important things	AIMHI::KELLER		`Thu Feb 07 1991 13:02`	6
	My Wife, My son and my cats... Maybe one or two dead tapes to listen to while we sit in the car watching the rest of it burn... Geoff
116.6		HKFINN::STANLEY	What a long strange trip it's been...	`Thu Feb 07 1991 13:39`	5
	Oh yea!! MAN.. I forgot the tapes! thanks for reminding me, Geoff ;-) Mary
116.8		TERAPN::PHYLLIS	Wake, now discover..	`Thu Feb 07 1991 14:47`	5
	What's a leach? :-)
116.9	Ahhh,	LEDS::MRNGDU::YETTO	child of countless dreams	`Thu Feb 07 1991 14:52`	13
	I cannot say that I am the least bit suprised but it still warms my heart to see that everyone, without thought, would assure the safety of all living creatures under thier roof. Heck, if I could I'd let my fish free!! :-) RE a few back, I think it was Tracy ... That's beautiful! That would be a simple choice to me as well if I were living with my Mom .... there is no living being in this world more important to me than that woman! Lisa
116.10		BOSOX::HENDERSON	I see the soldiers come and go	`Thu Feb 07 1991 15:08`	26
	RE: <<< Note 116.8 by TERAPN::PHYLLIS "Wake, now discover.." >>> > What's a leach? See Lisa...I'm not the only one! Since my kids don't live with me and I don't have a wife or cats and my mother lives in California, I'd grab as many Dead and other tapes that I could. Maybe a few books and old photos. And Bart if he were around ;^) Jim
116.11	OK, so will someone please tell me how to spell it?	LEDS::MRNGDU::YETTO	child of countless dreams	`Thu Feb 07 1991 15:10`	5
	You'd leave your coffee table (with life I might add) behind? :-)
116.12		BOSOX::HENDERSON	I see the soldiers come and go	`Thu Feb 07 1991 15:13`	20
	RE: <<< Note 116.11 by LEDS::MRNGDU::YETTO "child of countless dreams" >>> > -< OK, so will someone please tell me how to spell it? >- this is a real tough one....l e a s h :^) >You'd leave your coffee table (with life I might add) behind? Well, right now with my kids staying with me there's so much stuff piled on it I can't even find the crazy thing! Jim
116.13	father apple pie and football	OURGNG::RYAN	Going where the wind blows	`Thu Feb 07 1991 15:27`	8
	SAVE YOUR FATHER TOO!!!!! ;-) I'd get everything alive out the door and then grab the photogiraffes and probably some armfuls of clothes for the next day. If there was time maybe a few memorablia items.
116.15	too bad the fire didn't take out the closet, interesting smoke	OURGNG::RYAN	Going where the wind blows	`Thu Feb 07 1991 16:26`	18
	Reminds me of a true story: several years ago, about 1975, a house fire broke out in the neighborhood in K.C. where I grew up. The fire department and police and all were there. The husband had gotten mildly injured and left in an ambulance adn the wife and I believe two children got in their car and went to the hosbital to see if he was alright. When the fire was out and the firemen were going through the house checking stuff they find a large walkin closet stacked to the ceiling wall to wall with tightly packed bundles of pot that the people had put into the trash compactor and made into neat little bricks. When the police went to the hospital the man had checked out with his family and last I'd heard, about a year afterwards nobody ever did find out where they went to. john
116.16	you always want clean ones at the hospital	WFOV11::BUTZE	Do the trouser press baby	`Thu Feb 07 1991 17:29`	8
	.....all living creatures .....fotos .....stereo .....tapes .....bran .....undies rich
116.17	Sure I'd get all the living things out first, but then...	RGB::GOLDBERG		`Thu Feb 07 1991 18:30`	7
	I would drive very quickly to work, grab all my VMS manuals, drive back home quickly toss them into the flames before the fire dept. arrived! Might even get some marshmellows (sp?) for that! Jonathan ps. apologies to all the avid VMS'ers out there
116.18		HKFINN::STANLEY	What a long strange trip it's been...	`Thu Feb 07 1991 18:38`	1
	Just wait till you get to ultrix..
116.19		SKYLRK::TING	Give Peace a Chance!!!	`Thu Feb 07 1991 20:01`	7
	I'd grab my husband. my housemate, my teddy bear, my wedding albums, my Dead scrapbooks, my pocketbook, and as many tapes as I can carry. Everything else can be replaced. peace, t!ng_who_hopes_it'll_never_happen
116.20		ISLNDS::CLARK		`Fri Feb 08 1991 12:10`	11
	We'd have to get our cats, first. All seven of them. Some of them weighing over fifteen pounds. Lydia believes putting a cat outdoors in Nashua is equivalent to a death sentence, so they'd all need to be put in pillowcases or something, and brought out to our vehicles. We've got all our non-dead valuables locked up in small fireboxes, so I'd grab those ... My question is: What would Arthur Brown do? - Dave
116.22	you're gonna burn	LANDO::HAPGOOD	Leroy says, 'keep on rockin'	`Fri Feb 08 1991 13:54`	7
	re: arthur brown Why he'd follow his own decree and BURN! bob ps. one of the first 8 tracks I ever bought was the Crazy World of AB
116.23	huh?	SCAM::GRADY	tim grady	`Fri Feb 08 1991 14:07`	4
	'scuze my ignerunce, but whose Arthur Brown? tim
116.24		LANDO::HAPGOOD	Leroy says, 'keep on rockin'	`Fri Feb 08 1991 14:12`	17
	<<< Note 116.23 by SCAM::GRADY "tim grady" >>> > 'scuze my ignerunce, but whose Arthur Brown? why he had a hit with his band "the crazy world of arthur brown" back sometime around late 60's or very early 70's. Fire I bid you to burn (with mega horns and guitar) your gonna burn your gonna burn burn burn a ha haha maniacle laughter as song fades out... ring a bell? I also believe he was an Englishman but not positive... good tune! bob
116.25		KALI::SIEGEL	In the end, there's just a song	`Fri Feb 08 1991 14:17`	14
	re: <<< Note 116.24 by LANDO::HAPGOOD "Leroy says, 'keep on rockin'" >>> > Fire I bid you to burn (with mega horns and guitar) > your gonna burn > your gonna burn burn > burn > a ha haha maniacle laughter as song fades out... This is spoken in a Satan-like voice, too. There is also organ accompaniment in the beginning, then it turns to horns (mega-horns is right!) Now I understand why this Arthur Brown dude became part of this conversation! adam
116.26	oh, yea. How could I forget? :-)	SCAM::GRADY	tim grady	`Fri Feb 08 1991 14:19`	11
	Thanx. I remember that tune. It's one of those teenage memories I could really do without, but it got so over-played that it's been permanently tatooed to specific cerebral neurons and there's nothing I can do about it. You know, right in there with the original versions of 'Gloria', 'Free Bird', 'Stairway to Heaven', and 'Monster Mash'. Didja ever notice certain tunes evoke very specific reactions, either good or bad? That's one of them. Nausea. :-) :-) :-) tim
116.27	good tune for phil?	WFOV11::BUTZE	Do the trouser press baby	`Fri Feb 08 1991 15:20`	3
	the Who also have done a cover of the tune... rich
116.28		LANDO::HAPGOOD	Leroy says, 'keep on rockin'	`Fri Feb 08 1991 17:10`	11
	<<< Note 116.26 by SCAM::GRADY "tim grady" >>> > -< oh, yea. How could I forget? :-) >- > Didja ever notice certain tunes evoke very specific reactions, either > good or bad? That's one of them. Nausea. :-) :-) :-) Yes, I've noticed that.... lately I've been humming along to Pacific Gas and Electric's "Are you Ready?" bob
116.29		MR4MI2::REHILL	Call me Mystery Hill	`Fri Feb 08 1991 18:04`	5
	Wow, there's a blast from the past - PG&E!
116.30		DASXPS::HENDERSON	I see the soldiers come and go	`Mon Feb 11 1991 15:07`	14
	Re: Arthur Brown...at the time he started his "Fire" thing he was also a highschool teacher. A friend of mine was under the influence of a certain substance one night when Arthur Brown was playing at the Fillmore..AB came running on stage with fire around his head and my friend jumped up, started screaming and ran out of the place...they found him later sitting on the sidewalk shaking his head and mumbling to himself ;^) Jim
116.31		CLOSUS::BARNES		`Mon Feb 11 1991 15:52`	6
	RE head on fire.... I've heard that story from several people........same thing happened to a friend of mine at a Black Sabbath show in Atlanta in the VERY early 70's. rfb
116.32	no leaches for my dog eh.	TRAM::TDRAKE		`Mon Feb 11 1991 23:27`	27
	L E A S H I S S P E L L E D EL-EE-EH-ES-EHTCH Felix_not_to_be_confused_with_morris.
116.33	Fire victims	MR4DEC::WENTZELL	IfMusicBeTheFoodOfLove,PlayOn!!!	`Tue Jul 21 1992 18:15`	27
	Looks like this family didn't have time to grab much. Thought I'd post this for those in the area... Subj: If you care to help... Subj: I: Fire Victims Subj: Please distribute through out groups Subj: Fire Victims A woman, Terri Williams, and her four small children recently lost everything they owned in an apartment fire. They have contacted several charitable organizations, but they can only offer shelter for one or two nights after the fire. They are in need of household items (pots,pans,dishes,baby items, toys,etc.) and clothes. Terri wears a size 10. She has a 1 yr. old boy (size 2T), a 2 1/2 yr. old girl (size 3T), a 4 year old boy (size 5) and a 7 yr. old girl (size reg. 8). I am trying to help this family, and any donations would be greatly appreciated. Please bring them into work. If that is not convenient, I may be able to arrange to have things picked up. I can be contacted at DTN - 226-7205 and I am located at LKG1-3/L12. Thank You, Teresa Honkala