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SithRose t1_ixtu2ng wrote

Look, which do you think your neighbor would prefer? You checking, albeit in a rather frantic sort of way, or you ignoring a potential coop fire? Chickens are highly flammable.

Not a fuck-up. You did the right thing. And I speak as someone who has, in fact, had to put out a fire in my neighbor's front yard. (His kid's wheeled hovercraft thing sparked up and started exploding.)

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Sipyloidea t1_ixv9yia wrote

The "chickens are highly flammable" bit had me laughing out loud.

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Witty_Comfortable404 t1_ixwcgov wrote

I was eating smarties when I read that and just about choked on them. I’m assuming in 48-72 hours, I’m going to have some pretty colourful poop 💩

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SithRose t1_ixwma0z wrote

Sorry not sorry, LOL. :) One of my hobbies is feather-based decorations. Sometimes I have to sear fabric. I've learned to use the wood-burner not the lighter. :) Feathers and open flames mix...poorly.

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_jeremybearimy_ t1_ixva9gs wrote

Yup! As someone from a Drought prone state, OP just proved themselves a good neighbor. Smokers, ironically, are in good positions to spot stuff like this.

My mom used to sit on her back porch and smoke. One night around midnight she saw a fire, the neighbors backyard kitty corner from our backyard was in flames! She called 911 and then ran down to our yard, grabbed the hose, and started spraying down the corner where the four fences met so the whole block didn’t go up in flames. Fire dept was 5 blocks away so they showed up quick and the fire was already out - my mom had put it out with her hose! Neighbors weren’t home so without my mom it could have been bad. I forget what caused the fire but some sort of malfunction or accident. She’s a hero!

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SithRose t1_ixwldaz wrote

Indeed, I live in a desert myself and that hovercraft would have set their big mesquite on fire with the sparks it was throwing. The mesquite that touched their house. This is what neighbors should do. I'd rather wake up to fire trucks and a fire that's out than wake up to smoke and flames!

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