A good deed is just that...another 'tick' mark in St. Pete's book next to your name.

A good deed, invoiced, becomes a service. If he chooses to pay you, fine. Don't ask.

G. Matthew Bulley
Director
Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
888.468.4880 tollfree

-----Original Message-----
From:   Pat Dooley [SMTP:pdooley@GTE.NET]
Sent:   Saturday, September 04, 1999 11:13 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Re: got to use my fire extinguisher

Am I being petty, or would it be appropriate to ask the owner for 10-15
bucks to replace your extinguisher?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of Alistair Bell
> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 1999 10:49 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: got to use my fire extinguisher
>
>
> Driving into work tonight I saw a hot rod (one of those little jobs, open
> chromed engine, teeny little "tub" to sit in) pulled over on the
> shoulder of
> the hwy, smoking and flames coming out of the firewall area. I stopped and
> grabbed the fire extinguisher that i keep in the van. Its an old
> "Stemple",
> 2.5 lb  CO2 unit that I bought at a Sea Cadet garage sale years ago.
>
> Well it worked, put out the fire that was consuming the
> fibreglass body. The
> owner of the car was a bit in shock over the whole thing (as is natural),
> and i was frankly amazed at how well the extinguisher worked.
>
> Alistair
>