The Furnace Caught Fire.

My phone rang tonight, and it was Terry. This was odd, because he typically does not like calling me past a certain point. Not wanting to disturb anyone who may be sleeping. He told me he was calling so that I could do his taxes. Again, I thought it was a bit strange he wanted me to start on them so late at night. But I didn't question it, just started going through the motions. Then he tells me, that he has a "Funny" story to tell me, but wants to wait until we finish the taxes so that it doesn't distract me.

Now, I hate being told a little piece of something, then told that I have to wait to hear the rest.

So I finish his taxes up, and the conversation we had next was as follows:

Terry: So there were two fire trucks at my house tonight.

Dawn: Oh my God... What happened?

Terry: The Furnace caught on fire.

Dawn: Didn't they just fix that?

Terry: Yes, but the repairman forgot to put the belt back onto it. So when Granny turned it on something happened to where it caught fire and started belching up smoke.

Dawn: So what happened?

Terry: She opened all the doors and windows, said smoke was oozing out of every single vent in the house. Finally she decides to call the fire department and wake me up.

Dawn: ... Wait... What? How long did she wait to call the fire department and wake you up?!

Terry: I was upstairs sleeping in a cloud of smoke for an hour.

Dawn: What?!

Terry: She said she forgot I was up there.

Dawn: ....

Terry: The fire never came out of the furnace, they were there fixing it when I decided to just get the heck out of there and come up to work.

Dawn: ....

Terry: Guy says he's going to fix it for free, so that we don't sue.

Dawn: .... Your Grandmother, left you upstairs sleeping in a house that could have caught fire at any second... For an HOUR? You could have died from breathing in all that smoke in your sleep!

Terry: I know, you should have heard her explaining to the Fire Department about why the house has no smoke detectors.

Dawn: Why doesn't it?

Terry: She said they never worked, and so she took them all down.

Dawn: Did she remember they take batteries?

Terry: *Laugh* So now I have to buy some when I get paid, and two Carbon Monoxide detectors one for each level of the house.

Dawn: Well, at least if anything like this happens again while you're still living there. The beeping will wake you up, if she "forgets" you're upstairs again.

Terry: I'd imagine so.

Dawn: Your Granny worries me...

Terry: Me too.