Brakes!!!

One dark night outside a small town, a fire started inside the
local chemical plant. Before long it exploded into flames and
an alarm went out to fire departments from miles around.After
fighting the fire for over an hour, the chemical company
president approached the fire chief and said, "All of our
secret formulas are in the vault in the center of the
plant.They must be saved! I will give $50,000 to the engine
company that brings them out safely!"

As soon as the chief heard this, he ordered the firemen to
strengthen their attack on the blaze. After two more hours
of attacking the fire, president of the company offered
$100,000 to the engine company that could bring out the company's
secret files.

From the distance a long siren was heard and another fire
truck came into sight. It was a local volunteer fire company
composed entirely of men over 65. To everyone's amazement the little fire engine raced through the chemical plant gates and drove straight into
the middle of the inferno. In the distance the other firemen
watched as the old timers hopped off of their rig and began
to fight the fire with an effort that they had never seen
before.

After an hour of intense fighting the volunteer company had
extinguished the fire and saved the secret formulas. Joyous
the chemical company president announced that he would double
the reward to $200,000 and walked over to personally thank each
of the volunteers.

After thanking each of the old men individually the
president asked the group what they intended to do with the reward
money.The fire truck driver looked him right in the eye and said,
"The first thing we're going to do is fix the damn brakes
on that truck!"