
IS MY HANDWRITING TOO SLOPPY FOR YOUR EYEBALLS? HERE'S THE TEXT OF THE ABOVE CARD ... [BLANK] / DEPUTY CHIEF #2 / CARVER FIRE DEPARTMENT / P.O. BOX [BLANK] / [BLANK] STREET / CARVER, MASSACHUSETTS / [BLANK], MY LIFE-LONG FRIEND! HOW ARE THINGS IN THE CARVER SPRAWL THESE DAYS? OH WHAT TIMES WE USED TO HAVE THERE IN THE OLD F.D. REMEMBER THAT TIME THERE WAS A FIRE ALARM RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF SHAVING HOUR, AND YOU HAD TO HUSTLE OFF WITH HALF A MUSTACHE? WE GOT TO THE BURNING BUILDING, BUT NOBODY WOULD TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY. "EVACUATE! THERE'S A FIRE!" YOU WERE SCREAMING, BUT THE RESIDENTS WERE JUST DOUBLED OVER LAUGHING AT YOU. AND THE HOSE GUYS WERE SPRAYING ALL OVER THE PLACE AND ACCIDENTALLY GAVE GEORGE A POWER WASH HE'LL NEVER FORGET! YOU PASSED OUT FROM THE FUMES, AND THE GUYS DECIDED TO SHAVE OFF ONE OF YOUR EYEBROWS TOO, "JUST TO BALANCE THINGS OUT." IT WAS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE PAPER AND EVERYTHING.