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I've never been into video games very much, even as a kid. I just stuck to good old fashion pinball and I was happy. But it sounds cool.

They are an embarrassment and disgrace to the profession, and to the general public. I won't get into a rant & rave session...at least for now. IMHO he should have got a longer and more harsh sentence just because he was a Paramedic. :violent3:

My family is Scott-Irish, so I can relate. 8)

An email from Ireland to all of their brethren in the States...a point to ponder despite your political affiliation: 'We, in Ireland, can't figure out why you people are even bothering to hold an election in the United States. On one side, you had a pants wearing female lawyer, married to another lawyer who can't seem to keep his pants on, who just lost a long and heated primary against a lawyer, who goes to the wrong church, who is married to yet another lawyer, who doesn't even like the country her husband wants to run ! Now...On the other side, you have a nice old war hero whose name starts with the appropriate 'Mc', married to a good looking younger woman who owns a beer distributorship!! What in God's name are ye lads thinkin' over there

Study, listen, learn, ask and answer questions. Use good old fashion common sense. Relax and have fun with it.

Why Parents Drink The boss wondered why one of his most valued employee had not phoned in sick one day. Having an urgent problem with one of the main computers, he dialed the employee's home phone number and was greeted with a child's whisper. ' Hello ? ' 'Is your daddy home?' he asked. ' Yes ,' whispered the small voice. May I talk with him?' The child whispered, ' No .' Surprised and wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked, 'Is your Mommy there?' 'Yes..' 'May I talk with her?' Again the small voice whispered, ' No .' Hoping there was somebody with whom he could leave a message, the boss asked, 'Is anybody else there?' ' Yes ,' whispered the child, ' a Policeman '. Wondering what a cop would be doing at his employee's home, the boss asked, 'May I speak with the policeman?' ' No, he's busy ', whispered the child. 'Busy doing what?' ' Talking to Daddy and Mommy and the Fireman ,' came the whispered answer. Growing more worried as he heard a loud noise in the background through The Earpiece on the phone, the boss asked, 'What is that noise?' ' A helicopter ' answered the whispering voice. 'What is going on there?' demanded the boss, now truly apprehensive. Again, whispering, the child answered, ' The search team just landed a helicopter .' Alarmed, concerned and a little frustrated the boss asked, 'What are they searching for?' Still whispering, the young voice replied with a muffled giggle... 'ME'.

I was on another call when another crew returned to the station late one night. They caught some drunk idiot trying to maneuver an ambulance from around others. It was an older one so it didn't have a battery switch. Evidently he tried the others but not knowing about the battery switch he couldn't get them started. He took out a water spigot and almost one of the center posts. Had water flying everywhere. I guess the police knew him very well.

I knew that. That's what I was going to post, word for word. :?

"Don't Fear the Reaper" - Blue Oyster Cult

I'm the same way. But without all the computer learnin'.

Earlier the defib, the better.

Sorry, point well taken.

My former high school social studies teacher sent me these: BELIEVE it or not , These are REAL 911 Calls! Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What is your emergency? Caller: I heard what sounded like gunshots coming from the brown house on the corner. Dispatcher: Do you have an address Caller: No, I have on a blouse and slacks, why? Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What is your emergency? Caller: Someone broke into my house and took a bite out of my ham and cheese sandwich . Dispatcher: Excuse me? Caller: I made a ham and cheese sandwich and left it on the kitchen table and when I came back from the bathroom, someone had taken a bite out of it. Dispatcher: Was anything else taken? Caller: No, but this has happened to me before and I'm sick and tired of it! Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What is the nature of your emergency? Caller: I'm trying to reach nine eleven but my phone doesn't have an eleven on it. Dispatcher: This is nine eleven. Caller: I thought you just said it was nine-one-one Dispatcher: Yes, ma'am nine-one-one and nine-eleven are the same thing. Caller: Honey, I may be old, but I'm not stupid. My Personal Favorite!!! Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What's the nature of your emergency? Caller: My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart Dispatch: Is this her first child? Caller: No, you idiot! This is her husband! And the winner is.......... Dispatcher: 9-1-1 Caller: Yeah, I'm having trouble breathing. I'm all out of breath.. Darn....I think I'm going to pass out. Dispatcher: Sir, where are you calling from? Caller: I'm at a pay phone. North and Foster. Dispatcher: Sir, an ambulance is on the way. Are you an asthmatic? Caller: No Dispatcher: What were you doing before you started having trouble breathing? Caller: Running from the Police.

"The Letter" - Box Tops

Cute, sick but cute.

AAARGGHH, I'm trying to get it to post here. After all these years, I'm ashamed of what I don't know. :homework:

"Yellow Submarine" - The Beatles

I've sent it to all my friends. :wav:

Thank you everybody. You don't know how much I appreciate it. :wav:

Probably

Of course. It's a part of life no matter your occupation. When you work with people, especially in public, the odds are that you are eventually going to have someone a bit "different". The main one that sticks out in my mind is a guy who was just like Frank Burns on M*A*S*H. Not only did I work with him, but I had to share an apartment with him for about a year and a half. Either I was going to push him out of a window, or I was going to jump from it. He finally went back north for a different job. Supid yankee.

So there are Paramedics and Paramedic Specialists? Why differentiate the two. A Paramedic is a Paramedic, they should already be Specialists...in EMS. IMHO. But I guess that's government for you.

OUTSTANDING 8)

Sorry to hear about all the complications. I've seen that type of pneumonia several times. I've had several instances where the chemicals from airbags have caused burns on skin also. So if you can imagine having a chemical that may cause skin burns, and having it inhaled, that's not good. I probably had a mild form of it after I flipped my car and rolled it twice years ago. Sounds like your doc is doing a good job. I'll be thinking and praying for the whole family. Keep us posted, Millwright.

I've been out of the loop for a few days. My wife had been having some numbness around her mouth and her left hand. She went to a neurologist Fri. and he sent her for an MRI just knowing it was going to show MS. But after the MRI they said it was inconclusive and ordered a CT. To make the story a little shorter, it showed she had a bleed at or near the brain stem. They admitted her then transferred her St. Louis. While over there they ran a few more tests. They said there was no active bleeding and what blood there was it appeared to be old. She's been having problems for about two months. They did an angiogram. I wanted to wait until I had more info and a definite diagnosis before I started posting. What they came up with was a "cavernous malformation". It was something she was born with. The vessels there was bundled up. They said it was rare and even more rare for it to bleed. But for someone who did have it bleed they said she was doing remarkably well. They just couldn't figure out what made it bleed. There is less than a 2% chance that it could bleed again in the next year. She doesn't have anything to worry about. They said she could live a completely normal worry free life. No restrictions. But if she does start to have more numbness or severe headaches to come back over immediately. It can be operable but not necessary right now. She's home now and doing fine and feeling fine. Now we're just both exhausted. You know that the worse place to be to get some rest is a hospital.