What I did yesterday that I wished I hadn't was get a sunburn. It was so nice out and not hot and I didn't even think of a hat or sun screen. Worked in yard and garden all day!! Funny story. We were at my mom's and wanted to try and burn some grass and brush. I went on link and got a burn permit at least I thought I did. we seen a plane fly over and my girlfriend teased me. They are going to get us. I knew there was a burn ban on but didn't know why because it is so wet and we were not even sure we could get a fire going. My husband made a fire break all around what we wanted to burn. About 30 minutes after the plane flew over here comes the DNR truck. I walked over and it was a couple of young kids. You male and one Female. I said are you here about the fire. They said yes and I said I have a permit. They asked if they could see it and I said sure. I don't have a printer but it is on my lap top and I kept it on incase. So we went to the house and I got the lap top and showed them where it said "permit active" Only they pointed out it didn't say permit active it said "Permit activate" They told me to "click on it and when I did a window came on that said "the permit cannot be activated due to the fire ban. Ooops................Most folks were getting up to a $500.00 fine. They could see we were safe in it and they said the ban should have been lifted in their opinion so............. They wrote me a variance!!!
I didn't want to get the permit. I wanted to just blow it off but my husband insisted. i am so glad he did because I was being honest I did think I had a permit and if I didn't i would have said ooops busted and paid the fine. Funny this is 10 days before we had burned like crazy and didn't have a permit and didn't get caught. I think I learned my lesson!!!
Same thing happened to me a few years ago. That was an older DNR guy and since it was my mom's house and he needed ID with a different address it took him 45 minutes to write a warning. He said he had written 6 tickets that day and had never written a warning. He could see we were save. My husband is Mr. Boy Scout!!!