Invite the cops for coffee. I think it's pretty cool!

http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2008/07/16/2556/how_and_why_to_invite_a_swat_team_into_your_home

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My cousin and her husband donated their old house to the fire department. The set it on firefour times, rescued her three times (she was not in the house the last time they set it on fire) then bulldozed and removed the remains. It was a great time!

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Current
Monika '74 450 SL
BrownHilda '79 280SL
FoxyCleopatra '99 Chevy Suburban
Scarlett 2014 Jeep Cherokee
Krystal 2004 Volvo S60
Gone
'74 Jeep CJ5
'97 Jeep ZJ Laredo
Rudolf ‘86 300SDL
Bruno '81 300SD
Fritzi '84 BMW
'92 Subaru
'96 Impala SS
'71 Buick GS conv
'67 GTO conv
'63 Corvair conv
'57 Nomad

Hmm do they remove the remains for free? Sounds like it might be a good idea to get rid of old homes. We tear down a few each year....

If they carted it away, let them go wild for a few months.

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1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Wow ... the owners of the home in the article look like Lily Tomlin and Robert Redford.

EDIT: Alright maybe a cross between Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin.

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"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

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1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

Around here there are a bunch of old houses on expensive property ( lake front). Instead of paying to destruct / haul away ... folks can donate to the local fire fighters for burn practice. I'm not sure of all the details but there is a major tax deduction, and the haul away expenses and significantly lower.

- external observation -

A couple of years ago we came home to see a house across the cove (1/2 mile away) fully consumed in fire as part of a controlled burn. Seeing treetop level flames consuming a house is a terrifying scene. I hope no-one ever has to experience trying to escape a house fire.