Lone Star

Do we HAVE to? There's such wonderful company here in the gutters! EMT City has found a way to gather all the freaks, nuts, flakes and general psycho's from all over the 'net, and damn it, I'm proud to be one!!!

*Lone Star pulls Spenac's knife out of his chest and gives it back to Spenac* *sings*: And do the 'Haldol Shuffle'!

Billy Mays only had like 3 or 4 different hand gestures.... Could you imagine being his kid? Billy Mays here! Having trouble keeping your room clean? Have I got the answer for you! Clean up that 'closet clutter' with Hang-eze! Tripple your closet space! And as a 'special bonus' I'll even throw in 2 Touch Lites, so you can see with ease! Then you can hang all your pictures with my 'Hurcules Hooks'! Then you can wash all the flat surfaces in your room with Zorbeez and Oxyclean! But wait! There's more! Call right now and I'll double your order, just pay separate processing and handling fees. AND if you order right now, I'll even throw in a suspension of your month long grounding that you're sure to get for not cleaning your room sooner! Call now, operators are standing by!

I didnt realize that PROZAC was considered 'the good stuff'!

Must be all that time I've been spending, hanging around the local college campus! LS

When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her. David Bissonette After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face each other, but still they stay together... Sacha Guitry By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. Socrates Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them. Anonymous The great question, which I have not been able to answer is: "What does a woman want?" Dumas I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me. Sigmund Freud 'Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.' Henny Youngman 'There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called marriage.' Sam Kinison 'I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me, and the second one didn't.' James Holt McGavra Two secrets to keep your marriage brimming: 1. Whenever you're wrong, admit it, 2. Whenever you're right, shut up. Patrick Murra The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once. Nash You know what I did before I married? Anything I wanted to. Anonymous My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met. Henny Youngman A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong.. Rodney Dangerfield A man inserted an ad in the classifieds: 'Wife wanted'. Next day he received a hundred letters. They all said the same thing: 'You can have mine.' Anonymous First Guy (proudly): 'My wife's an angel!' Second Guy: 'You're lucky, mine's still alive.' Anonymous

Keep us posted! Here's to a quick recovery and a successful outcome! LS

Does anyone know the effacacy of properly performed UPS, as opposed to the mortality/mobidity rates?

What I find to be so 'amazing' is this: The very same people that are snapping up anything even remotely associated with Michael Jackson were the SAME PEOPLE that couldn't be bothered to spend one thin dime to buy his music, memorabilia, paraphernalia, etc! Kind of like when the twin towers were brought down….those that screamed the loudest with ‘patriotic indignity’ were the very same people that couldn’t be bothered to serve a day in the U.S. military! It’s actually very disheartening to see just how hypocritical people in general really are!

:cry: :cry: ô¿ô Congratulations on your marriage! May it be a long and happy one! How soon before we can expect to hear the pitter patter of little eydawns and eydawn-ettes? As far as biting your tongue, I realize that you must pick your battles wisely; but sometimes the ignorant MUST be 'educated'! Hope you have a ball on the honeymoon....(pun intended)

I recently came across some very interesting quotes from Thomas Jefferson, and felt compelled to share them: When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe. Thomas Jefferson The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. Thomas Jefferson It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world. Thomas Jefferson I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. Thomas Jefferson My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. Thomas Jefferson No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. Thomas Jefferson The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. Thomas Jefferson The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Thomas Jefferson To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. Thomas Jefferson Very Interesting Quote In light of the present financial crisis, it’s interesting to read what Thomas Jefferson said in 1802: 'I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.'

That was taken indirectly from a 1928 Republican Party campaign advertisement: "A chicken in every pot, and a car in every back yard to boot." It seemed rather fitting as how often you're talking about food/eating (especially in the chat room). I really think you need to stop at your local Walmart, I think they have 'sense of humor' on sale!

I don't think "Twinkies™ in every cupboard" is a 'significant political platform'.......

This was the same source that referred to 'hyperoxygenation' as 'overbreathing', and 'causing a pneumothorax' as 'giving them a popped lung'.....

Is it possible to intubate a baby? Granted, I'm not well versed in ETT's, but what I was told is that you can't insert an ETT into a patient less than 4 feet tall. Since the patient is referred to as 'a baby', I can only surmise that this patient was less than the requisite 4 feet in height.

Yeah, if it weren't for that pesky law about transferring prescriptions and controlled narcotics, it wouldn't be a problem. Unless you count that whole practicing medicine without a license, and prescribing/administering without a license thing.....

Leave it to a Canuck to pick the more costly methods!

Where was any description of the child (other than 'not breathing')? I've read every word of each post and the attached story and found no mention of 'dependant lividity'.....

Gee, could that be because we are still allowed to hunt and 'thin the herds' every year?

What gets me is this: It's been proven time and time again that if we didn't 'cull the herds' of certain animals (like bambi, for example), they would quickly overpopulate and end up starving to death because of overpopulation. But I guess PETA would rather an animal starve to death than to be killed quickly by hunting..... When I go hunting, I don't go out and shoot for 'trophies' (you cant eat horns), and I only take what I plan to eat. I've never understood these people that call themselves 'hunters' that go out and shoot an animal, just to shoot their rifles/shotguns. That's what shooting ranges are for!

While working in Detroit, I was on a 24 hour shift. This was the last shift that it was a 24 hour station, due to problems staffing this 'remote station'. We pulled 38 calls that tour. While most were interfacility transfers. Regardless of the nature of the call, that record stood through the company for many years. I'm sure you can imagine how busy we were, and obviously we didn't get any time to stop and get a meal break. In places like Detroit, it's not uncommon to request a meal break and get handed another call instead. When we clocked in, we had calls waiting, and the last call actually put us in 'overtime', as we didn't get out on time. (The 'relieving crew' actually loved this, because it cut down on the number of calls that they had to take that shift!).

You know, I guess that would have to be based on your definition of 'meaningless crimes'... Jaywalking is a 'meaningless crime'...murder is not. A reporter going to jail for not revealing his/her sources is a 'meaningless crime', whereas drug dealing and sexual based crimes are not..... Last time I checked, incarceration was supposed to be a PUNISHMENT, but yet inmates seem to be living 'higher on the hog' than alot of people that have never committed a crime in their life! Free room and board (you haven't heard of an inmate getting evicted because of not paying rent, have you?), medical care (how many law abiding citizens can't even afford the minimum health care that inmates recieve?), no utility bills, (again, when's the last time you heard of an inmate getting his heat/water/electricity turned off due to nonpayment?), laundry service, the list goes on... On top of all this, we have to provide for an inmates 'entertainment' as well? When I took the bike to FL to visit a buddy of mine, the day I left I got hit by the same storm cell at least 5 different times between Tampa and Lake City. I seriously thought about turning around and heading back to Tampa. The only thing that kept Me riding through all the weather mess was the thought that I may end up getting stuck in FL! Then it dawned on me.....people don't move to FL, they try to leave and mother nature strands them there!

While perusing some online news sites, I came across a couple stories that piqued my curiosity: City to workers: Wear underwear, deodorant New dress code instructs employees to observe 'strict personal hygiene' BROOKSVILLE, Fla. - A Florida city is cleaning up with a new dress code that requires city workers to wear underwear and use deodorant. The city council in Brooksville north of Tampa recently approved a dress code that instructs employees to observe "strict personal hygiene." It also prohibits exposed underwear, clothing with foul language, "sexually provocative" clothes and piercings anywhere except the ears. Repeat offenders can be fired. The city council approved the dress code 4-1 as part of a wider effort to update existing policies and ordinances. The one vote in opposition came from Mayor Joe Bernadini. He said the underwear edict "takes away freedom of choice." Kind of makes one wonder what 'dress code issues' they've had in the past that brought this one to a head...... The second story was a video story about how inmates are crying because they want their D TV. Prisons scramble to make digital TV switch By JIM DAVENPORT Associated Press Writer Published: September 5, 2008 COLUMBIA, S.C. — The big switch to digital TV has prison officials scrambling to keep one of the most important peacekeeping tools in prisons across the nation — broadcast television. When the nation’s broadcasters make the switch from analog to digital signals next Feb. 17, televisions that aren’t hooked up to cable, satellite or a converter box will be reduced to static. While TV might seem like an undeserved luxury for inmates, prison officials and inmates say the tube does more than fill year after year of idle hours — it provides a sense of normalcy and is a bargaining chip that encourages good behavior. The TV industry has spent months preparing consumers for the switch, running ads and offering government-funded coupons that can be redeemed for the converter boxes needed to display the digital signal on older TVs. But officials worry that prisoners may be left to stare at blank screens because they don’t qualify for the $40 coupons. “They won’t give us the switches, we called them,” said South Carolina Corrections Department Director Jon Ozmint. “We asked them for the coupons and they said they’re only available for households. I said, ’We’re the big house.’ But they didn’t buy it.“ Ozmint said state money won’t be used to buy the undetermined number of converters South Carolina needs to keep its TVs running in common areas. Officials in many states haven’t figured out exactly how many converter boxes will be needed — and what the exact cost will be. In North Carolina, 699 televisions in 26 of the state’s 78 prison facilities get over-the-air broadcast TV. For instance, one prison in Taylorsville has 40 over-the-air TVs, Department of Corrections spokesman Keith Acree said. The agency is trying to determine whether multiple televisions can be hooked up to a single converter box, or if each TV will need a converter box, he said. In Florida, corrections department spokeswoman Gretl Plessinger said officials are asking for donations for the digital boxes and could buy the converters themselves. But that’s something that may need legislators’ approval because Florida law bars spending money on perks like cable TV for inmates. “It’s important because it’s an inmate idleness issue,” Plessinger said. “(We’re) concerned about inmates acting up if they’re bored.“ Plessinger, Ozmint and others — including those who have served time — see television more as necessity than perk. Norris Henderson, who spent 27 years in Louisiana’s Angola prison, said it’s a myth that inmates idle away the day watching soap operas and game shows. “If anything has a priority, it’s the news,” Henderson said. Where inmates watch TV, and for how long, depends on the state and prison. Some inmates watch television in communal day rooms, while other prisons let inmates have small TVs in their cells. Checo Yancy, who spent 20 years in Angola, said TVs rarely are turned on when inmates are working — but there are exceptions. On Sept. 11, 2001, inmates watched in horror as the aftermath of the terror attacks on New York and Washington unfolded. “Inmates were just as heartbroken as people on the outside,” said Yancy, who now helps run the Louisiana chapter of Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants. “I saw guys cry that particular day because it was a tragedy.“ Dr. Terry Kupers, a psychiatrist and prison expert at The Wright Institute, a psychology school in Berkeley, Calif., said there is clear evidence that TV privileges can positively affect prisoners. At Indiana’s Wabash Valley super-maximum security prison, he said, far fewer behavior problems were reported among inmates in isolation after they were given small televisions and prison officials spent more time talking with them. “You don’t want to be managing prisoners who have nothing to lose,” Kupers said. In Alabama, prisons don’t have access to cable or satellite and wardens began studying the issue in August, said prison agency spokesman Brian Corbett. Officials are counting how many converter boxes are needed and plan to round up the federal coupons for the gear, Corbett said. While prisons can’t seek the coupons directly, nothing prevents people from passing them along to others, said Bart Forbes, a spokesman for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. The Federal Bureau of Prisons receives cable TV service, so officials don’t anticipate any interruptions, spokeswoman Felicia Ponce said. Federal inmates are allowed limited viewing in common rooms with some restrictions — for instance, they can’t watch R-rated movies. In Pennsylvania, inmates received notices telling them they’d have to pay for converter boxes for the TVs they are allowed to keep in their cells or hook up to prison cable systems, state corrections spokeswoman Susan McNaughton said.

If God hadn't intended for man to eat His little woodland creatures, He would have never made them out of MEAT!

PETA wishes Obama hadn't swatted that fly Rights group seeks compassion for curious and ‘least sympathetic animals’ WASHINGTON - The group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants the flyswatter in chief to try taking a more humane attitude the next time he's bedeviled by a fly in the White House. PETA is sending President Barack Obama a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, a device that allows users to trap a house fly and then release it outside. "We support compassion even for the most curious, smallest and least sympathetic animals," PETA spokesman Bruce Friedrich said Wednesday. "We believe that people, where they can be compassionate, should be, for all animals." During an interview for CNBC at the White House on Tuesday, a fly intruded on Obama's conversation with correspondent John Harwood. "Get out of here," the president told the pesky insect. When it didn't, he waited for the fly to settle, put his hand up and then smacked it dead. "Now, where were we?" Obama asked Harwood. Then he added: "That was pretty impressive, wasn't it? I got the sucker." Friedrich said that PETA was pleased with Obama's voting record in the Senate on behalf of animal rights and noted that he has been outspoken against animal abuses. Still, "swatting a fly on TV indicates he's not perfect," Friedrich said, "and we're happy to say that we wish he hadn't." Deputy press secretary Josh Earnest said the White House has no comment on the matter.