More About Brook and the Forest Service

 


Commenting on the item about his work at the Forest Service, Brook says:
     I don't recall the anecdote about putting out a fire by peeing on it when I was in the forest service; but it probably happened during a controlled burn. One of the three summers that I worked for the forest service we did a lot of control burns. I do remember the piece 'o crap car that died on me along the way to work. I also remember one summer nearly rolling a Forest Service truck off the side of the road after a control burn, while people were riding in the bed. Forest service roads are one lane gravel tops with lots of blind turns. I came around one bend to see a tanker truck coming in my direction and I overreacted by steering too far wide and heaving half of the truck off the embankment. I stomped on the gas and compensated to get the truck back on the road before it flipped, or before anyone in the back bailed out. However, after the incident, one of the senior forest service rangers who was riding in the back said "well that pretty much wins the goofy, cock-sucking, fuck-up of the year award." Even though I totally shocked by both my bad driving and his reaction, I was quick enough to ask him whether the award would come with a trophy.