OT: Fire, decisions.

[Disquieter]

ok, was faced with the decision last night.

you wake up, apartment building is on fire, what do you grab?


i grabbed my wal bass, my guinea pig, and my wife (not in that order).

luckily my stuff is ok, little smokey, stinky, wet, but in all ok.

anyone else faced with that "you've got 30 seconds" deal.



im holed up in the hampton inn right now, the middle of my apartment building was gutted by fire...

i'll post a pic if anyones interested.


joel

 

[phatduckk]

damn! that sucks. im sorry. glad to hear the wife n pet are ok tho.

wow!

 

[Father Gino]

Nope, never been there (yet). Glad to hear everything is OK, or at least it could have been a lot worse.

Here's a question or two for you though. What was the order?

I'm assuming the wife was grabbed in the order we all would have.

If you took the wal before the Hampster, you're an unfeeling, materialistic cad.

But if you took the Hamster before the Wal, you're a girly man.

And of course you took all before any EBMM products!

 

[Aussie Mark]

All the basses I have with me in Indonesia are replaceable (they're either still being made or are readily available used), which was the main criteria for which ones I brought with me, since there is always a risk of having to evacuate the country at short notice. If I was back in Australia with the rest of my herd, the first bass to grab would be my '76 fretless Stingray. And the missus.

 

[JB1]

My take on it (with 30 seconds to get out of Dodge) is, screw the basses, lives are far more important.

But if there's time, I'd grab my black SR4 in a heartbeat! It's my main bass and the one I'm most attached to.

 

[Disquieter]

it went like this:

firealarm goes off, get the wife up, grab clothes, run out, wife has the pig, i grab the wallet and purse (Always have ID), then I ran in to save the bass which i deemed irreplacable. I wasn't in immediate danger otherwise i would have said forget it.

it was a scary situation, really.

my bongo is in shipping right now, and Im hoping i'll be able to get back in the apartment before fedex tries to deliver it and ends up leaving it on the doorstep.

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

Basses last in that immediate of a situation for me...glad everyone's ok.

 

[sandaas]

Glad you're all OK!

 

[Aussie Mark]

Basses last in that immediate of a situation for me.

It's certainly hard to carry a bass when you've got a case of Beck's under each arm

 

[Psycho Ward]

The fire drill here at Camp Psycho:

Lives, first!

Photo albums, second!

Music instruments, third. (Balls first, Saxes second.)

 

[SteveB]

I'd grab my wife and kids.

If there was time for anything else.. hmm.. I don't think there's anything left that I couldn't live without.

 

[JB1]

PIG? Please explain!

Hey bud, if you have time, do what you gotta do.

Glad all are OK and getting home doesn't take too long

 

[Figjam]

Id grab my car keys, sterling, wallet, and of course the family.

 

[SteveB]

PIG? Please explain!

He's referring to his pet guinea pig.

 

[TSanders]

Glad youre okay Joel. Thats a tough spot to be in. Whats really important is that you and the wife are doing well.

 

[LeftyLB]

I'd grab my wife and kids.

If there was time for anything else.. hmm.. I don't think there's anything left that I couldn't live without.

+1

God forbid that it would ever happen - glad you are all OK.

Fotunately my wife's cooking constantly checks that the smoke alarm continues to function!!!

 

[bovinehost]

Whoa, Joel, glad to hear things are okay.

My list?

1. Throw wife and child out of window.
2. Flame Bongo. Okay, all the other basses are right there, too, and they're easy to toss if they're cased.
3. German Porn stash.
4. Voodoo dolls.
5. Heinz Mustard stuffed doll.