Somewhere in Middle America

Thursday, July 15

Fire

So before we get into the trip to the USS Arizona Memorial on Friday, let's jump to Saturday morning. We're sitting up at Quizno's (it was on the second floor of a building, very close to the hotels) and what do we see across the street but some honest-to-goodness Dumpster fireage. The kid on the left was rather curious and would often walk to the smoldering flame to look in, essentially fanning it and giving it a good dose of life. And, of course, it eventually got to be about 10 feet tall, so he decided to step back a bit. We, as per psychology class, joined the many others who witnessed the fire but didn't do anything. By the time we thought 'well, maybe now it's a bit out of hand,' the Quiznoartist had already called the fire brigade.

They showed up after a few minutes and drowned the Dumpster something fierce. We took video of this entire event, thank-you-very-much. And photos later that night of the roast.
 
 

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It's me, Rehan. Male. 29. Brown, overweight. Mechanical Engineering degree. Pittsburgh sports fan. Married to Maria, father of Asim. Project manager for an engineering consulting firm. Finally to the point where I really enjoy my job. Regular bike rider.

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