we make no apologies for ageism

My brother, the firefighter, gives this charming description of training little baby firefighters:

Saturday morning I got up nice and early then drove to the firehouse. I collected my fire school students and we all piled into the big old utility and drove down to Stafford. I spent the day lighting cars on fire, waiting until they were burning like all hell, and then sending the little bastards in to attempt to put it out. Sometime around noon they actually started to look like real firefighters too. Unfortunately, during the first half of the day it looked like I had picked people up from the local retirement home on the way there, put gear on them, and just sent them in to die. It would be really nice if they would freakin apply themselves and understand the severity of the situations in which they are training to operate.

Note to self: avoid catching on fire. If necessary to catch on fire, attempt to do so while professionals are on duty. Addtional note to self: any job in which you get to set cars on fire is superior to a job in which you don't.