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| ▲ | ralegh 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Depending on who is paying and how much, someone might light a small fire to avoid the fine. |
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| ▲ | mindslight 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | Arson when the fire department is already on the way. Great idea! Firefighters hate this one simple trick. |
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| ▲ | bell-cot 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| I'd interpret the "minus first N per year" to mean that you get a few "free" fires per year - but after that your habits filling your closets with oily rags, overloading electrical extension cords, and smoking in bed will start to cost you. |
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| ▲ | munk-a 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Fire is one of those things that really sucks for you - but also really sucks for your neighbors. You never want to supply any reason for someone to demur about reporting a fire. | |
| ▲ | eastbound 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I'm sure someone somewhere will interpret it a 3 free demos of firefighters at home for their kid, with sirens and light, pretty entertaining (It's a reference to the Freakonomics study that, if you make parents pay by the minutes for being late getting their kid, they basically take the fine as a slightly expensive childcare facility). |
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