Lone Star

[align=center:e59fe65fa1]The Man Rules­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ [/align:e59fe65fa1] At last a guy has taken the time to write this all down Finally , the guys' side of the story. We always hear " The Rules " From the female side. Now here are the rules from the male side. These are our rules! Please note.. These are all numbered "1 " ON PURPOSE! 1. Men are NOT mind readers. 1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down. 1. Sunday sports It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be. 1. Crying is blackmail. 1. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one: Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say it! 1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question. 1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for. 1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become Null and void after 7 Days. 1. If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't ask us. 1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one 1. You can either ask us to do something Or tell us how you want it done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself. 1. Whenever possible, Please say whatever you have to say during commercials. 1. Christopher Columbus did NOT need directions and neither do we. 1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not A color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is. 1. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that. 1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," We will act like nothing's wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle. 1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, Expect an answer you don't want to hear. 1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine... Really . 1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as baseball, football or golf. 1. You have enough clothes. 1. You have too many shoes. 1. I am in shape. Round IS a shape! 1. Thank you for reading this. Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight; But did you know men really don't mind that? It's like camping.

Would you rather I posted the blog in its entirety here?

http://www.emtcity.com/phpBB2/weblog.php?w=549 I think this says alot.......

It's no secret that I've worked in Detroit. For those of you that know anything about Detroit, there are 'suburb cities' that Detroit has engulfed; like Highland Park. East Detroit, and the subsequent 'suburb cities' are predominantly low rent, drug infested, etc. I've been stationed in those areas as 'punishment', and when they (the company) found out that I actually worked well in those areas, wanted to pull me out. Their rationale was, "Nobody LIKES that area!" I've worked areas known as 'Cass Corridor', or 'Blood Alley' with no problems at all, while other crews and other services have had major problems in those areas. (Another company, Taylor Ambulance [now defunct]), even had 5 rounds from a shotgun pumped through their truck as they were sitting on post in Highland Park, less than a half mile from my station. They were known to go down Woodward Ave at night and turn on the lights and sirens 'just to mess with people'. Respect goes a long way toward eliminating any problems before they start!

When I worked in Detroit, our service used the numbers 6xx for non emergency units, 7xx for ambulances. To signify ALS or BLS units, they were preceeded by Alpha or Bravo (for Basic units) for example, the station I worked out of ran B711 until it was wrecked. ( I was in the hospital with my aneurysm when that happened, so I had nothing to do with it!) the xx was usually a sequencial number to signify the number in rotation when the unit was purchased. If a unit was taken out of service and replaced with a new model, the number was reassigned to the new unit. The 'sub company' in another county started its units at 350, again with the prefix of Alpha or Bravo.

Bikers call that 'foreplay'!

Damn Dust, they found your website!

Dust, I saw this and thought I would submit it for your enjoyment: [align=center:cfd7f9c1b6]THE TOP TEN CHUCK NORRIS FACTS: [/align:cfd7f9c1b6] 01 Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried. 02 Chuck Norris counted to infinity - twice. 03 Chuck Norris does not hunt because the word hunting infers the probability of failure. Chuck Norris goes killing. 04 If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can't see Chuck Norris you may be only seconds away from death. 05 Chuck Norris sold his soul to the devil for his rugged good looks and unparalleled martial arts ability. Shortly after the transaction was finalized, Chuck roundhouse kicked the devil in the face and took his soul back. The devil, who appreciates irony, couldn't stay mad and admitted he should have seen it coming. They now play poker every second Wednesday of the month. 06 When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night he checks his closet for Chuck Norris. 07 Chuck Norris built a time machine and went back in time to stop the JFK assassination. As Oswald shot, Chuck Norris met all three bullets with his beard, deflecting them. JFK's head exploded out of sheer amazement. 08 Chuck Norris has already been to Mars; that's why there are no signs of life there. 09 They once made a Chuck Norris toilet paper, but it wouldn't take shit from anybody. 10 A blind man once stepped on Chuck Norris' shoe. Chuck replied, "Don't you know who I am? I'm Chuck Norris!" The mere mention of his name cured this man blindness. Sadly the first, last, and only thing this man ever saw, was a fatal roundhouse delivered by Chuck Norris.

Here you go White Cloud, yahoo search turned up 12+ pages of images. They're all public domain, so they're up for grabs. http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/imag...mp;fr=slv8-msgr

Did you learn that while gasping one word at a time, saying "I'm (gasp) fine(gasp)!", no one really takes you seriously? Works the same way as when you're bleeding all over the place. Three years after I dealt with that aneurysm, I was involved in a chain reaction accident caused by a drunk driver. (He blew 0.115 at the scene and .012 and 0.13 at the jail) I'm sitting there pressed against the steering column, trying not to move (didn't want to compromise the spine), this well meaning lady runs up to the drivers side of my truck, and after realizing that I'm alive and she's not getting the door open, hollers at me, "I know CPR!" I told her in a calm voice, "Lady, I'm an EMT, and I can assure you I do NOT need CPR!" She then asked, "Do you want me to call 9-1-1?" "Um, yeah, I think that would be a really WONDERFUL idea!" She then proceeds to question me on whether or not I've been drinking...*rolls eyes* Upon getting to the hospital, I found that I had not only shattered my nose, but had 5 rib fxs as well.

"Our day begins where yours ends."

"We have our fingers on the pulse of the community."

After being diagnosed with a giant cerebral aneurysm, I was transported from the recieving hospital in Flint, MI to Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit by an ALS unit (sub company of the company I worked for). Here I am, stoned on morphine, and being transported by friends..... I don't remember too much about the trip, butI do remember the warning I was given: "If you make any mention of needing a urinal, I'll find every bump between here and Henry Ford, and hit them twice!" I also remember being asked by the attending medic if I wanted to fill out the billing information, because I kept giving 'pointers'....*shrugs shoulders* A couple months after the surgery, I was visiting the fire station, to thank the guys for their concern, when the dilantin levels dropped suddenly. (I was on dilantin as a precaution against seizures). Another trip to the ER, by a crew from another service....unfortunately, I knew them as well..... When I initially showed up at the ER for the aneurysm, I was worked on by an ER tech that I knew, and was in full uniform (having just gotten off shift a couple hours before heading home.)

From what I've found on copyright infringement rules, if the images are found on the internet, and there is no ™ ® © disclaimers (Trade Mark, Registered, or Copyright symbols, it's considered 'public domain' and therefore up for grabs. Signed works are also 'taboo' from swiping from the internet. White Cloud, while Photoshop is a good program, it's limited compared to Paint Shop Pro. I currently use Paint Shop Pro 7, and have more options than Photoshop, and it's so much easier to use! For example, Photoshop only has like 14 options for the type of format you can use to make your images, where Paint Shop Pro has 38. As you can see, I've 'protected' this image by watermarking my 'signature' in it so it can be proven that it's mine.

Happy birthday North! Pop a viagra and have a great day!

When I had my craniotomy to remove a giant cerebral aneurysm, they intentionally induced hypothermia in order to expand the time frame that they could have the skull open from 15-30 minutes. Only 'drawback' to this was during the 'rewarming process', I suffered asystole twice. I can tell you from personal experience, getting 'zapped' twice makes your chest hurt for a few days after!

PM me the details? thanks!

I can't wait to try this one!

First off, AMR IS 'that bad'. They're a 'for profit' company that has no business in health care. Their ONLY concern is profit, as opposed to employee retention, patient care, maintaing safe equipment, .... the list goes on and on. Their ONLY goal is to be the biggest EMS provider in the United States, and quality be damned, they're going to go full speed ahead! Before AMR got booted out of damn near every county in Michigan, they had no less than 12 different bargaining units, from the Teamsters on down to the AFL-CIO. From complaints of poor paitent care, 'call jumping'. slow response times, and a host of other infractions, led to the demise of AMR in Michigan. Having looked at AMR's home page, I noted that they have 'Operations Locations" in 37 states, but they may only have one or two counties in that state. I'd be willing to bet that those counties that DO have AMR there would rather someone else came along and formed a company so that they could leave AMR without forsaking EMS care to their citizenry!

My apologies to the original poster. My intent was not to hijack the thread. I agree with Spenac about the tattoo. If you're going to get one, consider keeping it 'coverable'. This way it won't detract from your professional appearance, and won't scare the snot out of granny and grand dad when you show up!

Having lived and worked in the Metro Detroit area, I can call shenanigans on vs' post. Including all the suburbs of Detroit, I think I can claim to have lived in a more 'culturally diverse area' than him. I'm not trying to make this a pissing contest here, but I for one am getting tired of this self inflated air of superiority that he has. I think he does things like this to get attention, which for an adult is rather pathetic. I would expect this type of behavior from a 10 year old child. Since I worked in the suburbs of Detroit as well as Detroit 'proper'...let's look at a couple of the suburb areas (sattelite cities if you will): Hamtramck: As of the census of 2000, there were 22,976 people, 8,033 households, and 4,851 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,204.3/km² (10,900.5/mi²). There were 8,894 housing units at an average density of 1,627.5/km² (4,219.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 60.96% white (which includes people of Middle Eastern ancestry), 15.12% African American, 0.43% Native American, 10.37% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 1.14% from other races, and 11.89% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.31% of the population. Dearborn: Dearborn's population includes 30,000 Arab-Americans, the second largest, and the densest Arab population of any community outside the Middle East. (New York City has nearly 70,000, out of a total population of over 8 million.) Arabs first settled here to work in the automotive industry. In January 2005, a new Arab American National Museum opened as a result of this large concentrated population. The city is also home to the Islamic Center of America, the largest mosque in North America and the Dearborn Mosque, as well as a mosque in the South End that is one of the few places in the US where one can hear the call to prayer over a loudspeaker. Because of the Arab cultural influence on the east side of Dearborn, store signs and billboards written in Arabic are common sights. -50 to vs for his condescending attitude, and attempts to cause more strife on the forum.

No, but I have visited Canadatucky a few times!

It's not a matter of how the person with the tattoo chooses to express themselves. The subject matter of the tattoo is what is important to the individual with it. The topic is company policy about tattoos, and possibly the 'justification' behind it. Whether people agree with my tattoo(s) is irrelevant, as is the way I decide to express myself (what's in my tattoo). Further, examples have been shown here that prove that the geriatric patients would rather deal with an EMT (again, license level doesn't matter) that looks professional, as opposed to one that scares the living hell out of them! Body art is fine for the clubs, home, and whatever scene or group you want to belong to. It has no place on the job, or in uniform. We want to be taken seriously as professionals, and have the patient feel comfortable in our skills. By showing up on a scene with more ink than the Sunday funny papers, or enough metal in our faces to set of metal detectors in 3 contiguous counties at once is NOT the way to inspire confidence in our skills or our professionalism!

I have one tattoo, and thinking about a second one. Mine are/will be in places that will be hidden by even short sleeved uniform shirts or t-shirts. Although the younger members of our society think that tattoos are completely acceptable forms of expression, the geriatric portion of our patients still view tattoos as symbols of rebellion usually associated with the biker crowd (like the Hells Angels). Knowing this mindset of the geriatric crowd, I avoided this 'discomfort zone' for them by making sure that my tattoos were 'coverable'. As Doczilla said, alot of services tend to follow some form of 'military standards' for their dress code. Also, it won't make you any less of an EMT (regardless of license level), but the general public WILL view you as 'questionable' in your skills and your professionalism.