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On 25-8-2009 4:52, Neeum Zawan wrote:
> On 08/24/09 17:20, andrel wrote:
>>> It's pretty common in small towns in the US that the volunteer fire
>>> department isn't paid at all - they have to raise funds to buy
>>> equipment.
>>
>> Bloody stupid and bloody irresponsible of the town they are serving.
>
> What Jim said. Towns over here (particularly in the part of the
> country where he lives) are far flung, with some having only, you know,
> 300 people in them. And they're not rare. I'd bet a *much* higher
> percentage of the US lives in such places compared to where you're at.
>
True but irrelevant, I think.
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