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One dark night
One dark night outside a small town, a fire started inside the local
chemical plant and in a blink it exploded into flames. The alarm went
out to the fire departments from miles around. When the volunteer
firefighters 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 another fire truck came
into sight. It was the nearby rural township volunteer fire company
composed entirely of men over the age of 65. To everyone's amazement,
the little rundown fire engine passed all the newer sleek engines parked
outside the plant.....and drove straight into the building all the way
the way to the middle of the burning inferno.
Outside, the other firemen watched as the old timers jumped off and
began to fight the fire with a performance and effort never seen before.
Within a short time the old timers had extinguished the fire and saved
the secret formulas.
The grateful chemical company president joyfully announced that for such
superhuman feat he was upping the reward to $200,000 and walked over to
personally thank each of the brave, though elderly, firefighters.
The local TV news reporters rushed in after capturing the event on film
asking, "What are you going to do with all that money?" "Well," said the
70 year old chief, "the first thing we are going to do is fix the brakes
on that damn truck!"
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