Richard B the EMT

What I just noticed, and find amusing is, when I pulled this string up today, underneath the string was an ad for some weight loss diet, "Lose 35 pounds", "As seen on CNN" Talk about product placement!

With all the laws already allegedly overregulating us Americans, they can never enact ones for being stupid, as the jails are already overcrowded.

Perhaps it is financial. I live with my mom because the rent's cheap!

$35 BDU/Cargo pants? Damn, I spend more for my Jeans! I also gotta start looking at E-Bay more often.

Just remember, when asked for your sex, it is (usually) "Male" or "Female", and never "Yes!"

FDNY, NYPD, and various New York City agencies, basically use various models of mobile, handheld and base station Motorolas, using "simplex", "simple duplex", and "trunked" operations, in VHF and UHF modes. When we were in existence, my VAS used Motorola as well. I purchased for personal use with my VAS, a Bendix King 14 channel synthesized VHF hand held. The VAS closed in 1996, but my portable is still working great to request assistance, when I come up on something, calling nearby VFDs and VAS groups that operate on the frequency my VAS used to be on. I also own a bunch of Family Radio Service/General Mobile Radio Service portables, 3 of them Radio Shack, 2 are now antiquated but functional TEKKs, and the other 7 are Motorola (look for me, when I am on, to be on channel #6, private line #3) . New York State DoH does not consider CB radios to be type acceptable for ambulances, but my "portable base" CB is Radio Shack, my mobile is Cobra, and my "brick" of a hand held CB is a General Electric. I'll go on about my "scanners" in a different string!

I am of mixed opinion on this one. I also have a problem: a 3 year old and 1 year old next door. The 3 year old has been asked by both my mom and myself, to let us know when and if he will be playing on my lawn, just so we know. The lawn is next to our driveway, and mom's Corolla and my Venture minivan are constantly in motion. A few weeks ago, the 3 year old was driving one of those small "ride-em" battery powered Jeeps, when I arrived back home. First off, he had driven across the 35 feet of my lawn, and had started across the garage "apron", and second, I back in to my garage (I am party to that old adage that volunteer ambulance and fire personnel always park with the grill towards the street), and was not expecting anyone to be in the yard or driveway. I happened to see something low and in motion behind me in the rear views, and, even though I was traveling in reverse at a low speed, I hit the brakes so hard, the van skidded noisily to a halt. Hearing that, the boy's mom came out of her yard, grabbed the boy, and steered the "Jeep" back to her side of the property line. Right now, until we can get the surveyors in to mark the property line for a fence, I have a clothesline strung up on some tomato stakes, so the boy will know just how far he can travel. The line is not exactly on the property line, and is probably more on my side. By the way, the boy's parents had asked my mom about purchasing a section of the lawn to extend their property. The question, when put to me, my sister, and brother (I'm the "baby" of the family), we all had the same basic reaction of "Lemme think about it for a NO WAY!". As for the old lady in the news report, perhaps she should have asked to speak to the parents of the ball owner, to see if some kind of ground rules could be established. The ball owner should have apologized for whatever damage was either done, or perceived as done, and made some effort to correct it. Let's see how this plays out.

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Follow the link and look at the bright red color. Even us BLS folks who don't use needles (trained in auto-injectors, not allowed to use) recognize them. Sharps containers are our friends! Older Paramedics who need retraining as they "temporarily" stab the needles into the seat cushions, even today, are NOT our friends!

Where is Joey Chestnut when you need him? For the uninformed, he is the current (2008) Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Champion (crowned in a televised contest from outside Nathan's, at Coney Island, Brooklyn NY, on July 4th), and just won a pizza eating contest. http://www.ifoce.com/eaters.php?action=detail&sn=106

Re Question #1: what about bagels, bialys, or pizzas (I have a tray type, not a pop up). Re Question #2: Baby cows, usually called calves, drink milk, don't they? Re Question #4: I thought it was a chartered flight crew and group of passengers from Hollywood, Florida, going from JFK International Airport (New York City) to Hollywood, California, via LAX, that crashed outside Chicago's O'Hare International Airport? Re Question #6: The question sometimes is, "How many stops did the bus make?" (7)

Don't go, we need ya here! (By the way, how did the "Rock-a-thon go?)

A what?

Recognizing the sarcasm, it was the Paramedic's fault. After all, were he not there, the assailant would not have had anything or anybody to rage against. Actually, I don't know if it is New York State, or just New York City, but you assault an EMT or Paramedic, it is considered a "Class 'D' Felony", with potential jail time of up to 7 years. Emphasis on "Felony" not "Misdemeanor".

My observations are northern, but New York City based. The LEOs providing traffic cut-offs to allow the cortege to go through usually only get out and salute when it is a funeral for another LEO, a Fire Fighter, or an EMS member.

There is no such thing as "too much chocolate"!

Perhaps I had a moment of an unclear wording. I wanted to imply that, while possibly under-reported, it exists. I have never run such a call, but we all know, due to our collective experiences, they're out there!

The vehicles pictured might be able to pop wheelies, as they are trikes. Segways are 2 wheeled, so presumably, if one pops a wheelie, the operator might be laying on their back with the Segway on top of them.

The studio reporter said the assailant also left a child unattended in his vehicle. In addition to assaulting the LEO, and the Paramedic Captain, I hope he also gets "Endangering the welfare of a child" for leaving the child alone in the car.

I have been in a few processions, and have seen ambulances cut through at exits. I have also been in "departmental funerals", and civilians have fallen into the cortege line, amongst the Emergency vehicles, to get through traffic quicker. It is only in the last decade of so, I have seen orange stickers with black lettering on them, on the upper right side of windshields of cortege line vehicles, or black triangular flags with the word "FUNERAL" on them in white lettering, clipped to the driver's windows. It is my observation, and I hope not viewed as racist, that this seems to be, primarily in the New York City area, an oriental thing.

1) Veracity doubtful due to the source, but, in a supermarket "scandal sheet" years ago, some women in an "African Tribe" were using some home made similar sounding device for just that purpose. 2) There is always Lorraine Bobbitt. 3) And Garp's wife ("The World According To Garp") when the VW crashed into her car, while providing oral sex on her boyfriend. 4) The potential for one of those movie depicted "men are all pigs" crazy women deliberately allowing penetration for this device to function, evoking "feminist retribution", as mentioned, is not nonexistent.

Ralph Nader, and another candidate, whose name escapes me, are also running.

If that were true, a lot of Plastic Surgeons specializing in "nose jobs"would be out of work.

OK, first groupings of answers from JustHelicopters.com Author: waldo Date: 10/15/2008 7:29:19 PM Author: gnat Date: 10/15/2008 7:33:46 PM Author: AZ guy Date: 10/15/2008 9:17:31 PM Author: Elzee Three-Six Date: 10/15/2008 10:24:27 PM .