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If you are going to continue to play the role of the moral inquisitor and suffer from an intellectual superiority complex... the least you could do is spell correctly. It's "puerile" not "purile." (unless you were talking about the British rapper Purile) Do you not have spell check in England? Nothing worse than a know-it-all, who doesn't know it all. I may be mistaken, but I seem to remember an article posted on the City a month or so ago about an English paramedic, while patient loaded, driving back to the base to get out of work on time. That does not seem to jive with your assertion that everything is on the up and up over it Britannia.

Sorry about that. Over here we are not in the military and thus not treated as such. We do that too. Usually at the beginning of the shift. If I know Richard, hardly.

Lone Star, thank you for coming to my defense. kevbutnobacon, I ran the calls. No time to set up the VCR, no TiVO available, I was needed, and I responded. Never accuse me, or anyone, of shirking their duty, unless you have documentation proving otherwise. Also, make sure you never do it on the EMT City. I may have only met one other member of the City in person (and he was assigned my partner for a while at FDNY EMS Station 47), but through my words, I have a bunch of friends here, and I am their friend too. The only time I hang my head in shame, is when I get judged by those who don't have a clue as to what I do, who judge me for the actions of someone who DID screw the pup in mine or another's department, or by association of that EMT patch I wear on my uniform's right shoulder. I won't state I never made a mistake. I have, and been reprimanded, or retrained as was needed, for the transgression, over the years from when I started in any EMS capacity in 1973, at age 19. kevbutnobacon, how many years have you been in the EMS system? There are maybe 20 people in EMT City with as many years service as I do, and I don't think any of us 20 have completely clear records, but we admitted our mistakes, took our lumps, and moved on.