On 8/30/2017 10:09 AM, Taxed and Spent wrote:
On 8/30/2017 8:00 AM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Wed, 30 Aug 2017 15:46:51 +0100, Unquestionably Confused
wrote:

On 8/30/2017 8:34 AM, Mark Lloyd wrote:
On 08/29/2017 05:27 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Tue, 29 Aug 2017 18:58:25 +0100, Mark Lloyd
wrote:


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Indeed.

And half the time the firemen are just rescuing someone's stupid cat
that got "stuck" up a tree.* Rescue your own cat ffs!* Even a 6 year
old boy can climb a tree, you don't need a tax-paid fireman!


but they are sitting around doing nothing anyway.* If they happen to be
on a real call, the cat sits in the tree.

Yabbut, the best way of handling a treed cat was exemplified in a movie.
I believe it was either "Police Academy" or "Police Academy 2"

A single, well placed shot was much more cost effective than rolling out
an engine and a rescue truck.