Inheritance FAIL
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[/caption] The news broadcast last Thursday night detailed an Altona, IL man was now homeless due to a trailer fire. Oh, the devastation! Oh, the carnage! Oh, the humanity! Homelessness in these trying economic times will often tug at the heartstrings and that’s the stuff that sells. Who cares about such trivialities like fact-checking? Fact-checking can only lead to weeding out falsehoods – falsehoods like that trailer wasn’t located in Altona or falsehoods like that trailer being owned by a couple and not an individual man or falsehoods that the couple is now without a home.
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[/caption]That trailer was located many miles away, near Oak Run, and it sits on old strip mining property that’s been converted to a more natural habitat for all manner of wildlife. That trailer was owned by my grandparents who placed it there so they wouldn’t have to drive back and forth to their house when they wanted to get away from the big city hustle & bustle of Galesburg, IL. – a redneck summer-home if you will.
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[/caption]The insurance adjuster verified that there was no evidence of foul play involved in the fire. No one broke in to use it as a meth lab as has been occurring with increasing frequency in that area lately. Honestly, with as much rain as they had in the area at the time, I’m surprised that anything could burn. I guess that’s just a trailer for you – easily flammable and often kite-like during tornado season. My grandparents will more than likely be building a house in that location now and moving to be closer to my parents. Feel free to mark that one down in the “believe it when I see it” column if you like.