Richard B the EMT

In school (7th to 9th grade), my "Lady J" and I knew each other as faces with names attached, across the lunchroom, and that was as far as it went.It wasn't until almost 20 years later, we'd meet again, not remember each other from Junior High School, but started talking to and with each other. Dispite whatever bravado i may seem to show via my City postings, I was (and am) really quite shy with her, and all of the ladies.

I had to go back and reread the entire string, seeing a Taylor Ambulance Service mentioned. I used to work for a Taylor Ambulance, out of Roosevelt Hospital division Roosevelt/Saint Lukes Hospital, Manhattan, NY 1977-1980. Going behind someone, and "lighting up" with siren added? Who does that crew think they are, the "F&B Ambulance Service" unit being driven by Bill "'Mother' Tucker" Cosby, Racquel "Juggs" Welsh, and Harvey "Speed" Keitel?

My grandmother on Momma B's side almost didn't get married, as that would have possibly been reason to fire her, back then. She did rise to become an assistant principal, at a time when women didn't usually rise to that level. Also, she was a Sufferagette!

Gay accent? Back in the 1970s, the stereotype was a lisp, and specific style mustache. As for the accent, or lack of same, the character of "Satchel", from the "Bowery Boys" movie series of the late 1940s and early 1950s, in retrospect, might have been Gay. In all the fight sequences, he was alwaqys hiding under a table, or locking himself in the car. The others always seemed to protect him, even though he also presented as some kind of man-child, even in one where he somehow developed an iron fist in the boxing ring, which in the end sequence, moved to his butt, knocking out an opponant who hit his head on it. (did I say end and butt in the same sentence?) Also, Satchel never chased the girls like the others, although he didn't try to stop any of the ladies advances on him.

"We are the Borg. Existence, as you know it, is over. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Resistance is futile."

Actually, I think I was referring to an FDNY firehouse, back in the late 1970s, but if you had one also...

I hope that these 2 suggestions are merely sarcasm, based on 1930s-1940s Nazi actions: 1) Jews shall wear armbands showing a yellow Star Of David. 2) Concentration Camp ID tatoos.

Only if, as has happened, the fire house is actually burning. I heard of a 5 alarmer fire house fire some 30 years ago.

Challenge accepted. ThatThatThat! What did I win?

I thought HEMS (Helicopter EMS) folks avoided using the term "downfall", for obvious reasons.

OK, educate me, as to what BDSM stands for. SM=Sado Masochism? Hey! I'm the one usually quotes Mr Macawber, from Dickens' writings! Aaaah, what the heck, I'll let you slide...THIS TIME! lol.

I do hope you noted I made no claim of names to mention as to whom that parade might be for. You, yourself, put the shoe on, and announced to the EMT City assemblege that it fit! LOL

One can no longer take an afternoon nap, or park a mini-van, as that would endanger the residents and occupants. At least you get a visit from TV show hosts. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-57339079-52/mythbusters-make-apologetic-house-call-after-cannon-accident/

How could a committee get a parade permit for 365 days in a row for that?

In most times I have been in this situation, it's hospital ER staffers who advise the parents the child, or other loved one, died. What I have been instructed to do, if I am asked, is varients of "The ER team is doing everything they can". If I already know they've stopped rescusitive efforts, I am instructed NOT to say anything to the effect of "brace yourself for possible bad news", as that Definitely falls under ER team purvue.

We acknowledge that many of us, including myself, got involved in the medical field, EMS area, due to "Johnny and Roy" on "Emergency!", How many of us got into it due to "Hawkeye, 'Trapper' John, BJ Hunnicut, Winchester, 'Hot Lips', Potter, 'Radar', Maxwell Q Klinger, Henry Blake, or even Frank? Due to much of what we do in the field comes as a trickle-down from Army Medics and Navy Corpsmen, if asked, I'd allow on special courtesy and Honorable Mention, to add Col. Sherman T. Potter/Harry Morgan, posthumosly, to the city's ranks.

Tangent Alert! Would someone be kind enough to explain to me how my department instructors neglected advising me of the dangers of mixing Viagra and Nitro? I had to find out in the Jack Nicholson movie, "Something's Gotta Give", when he knocked over the IV stand after lying about using the little blue pill, and recieving an IV Nitro.

Mayor Mike Bloomberg wanted to try that, in an effort to reduce taxes in NYC. The protestations of the public, and even the FDNY, caused the mayor to recind the idea, even before he attempted to have it presented to the City Council. My councilman told me, privately, he would have rejected it, anyway.

So, were you at the original Woodstock concert?

While I know this won't fly, enact some local "Certificate of Occupancy" law stating one cannot occupy a dwelling unless there is a paid fire insurance "rider", much like one cannot legally drive an uninsured car. Having said that, I have something on my car insurance that covers me if I am in an accident with an uninsured or under insured vehicle. FDNY history, now: In the days of full volunteer fire service in the City of New York (read that as Manhattan), the companies would respond, but would stand and let it burn if the building didn't have a "fire marker" from an insurance company. On the other hand, the VFDs would actually fight each other, sabatage each other's rigs to enable themselves to be the department fighting the fire, as the insurance companies paid the departments for fire fighting, as well as the property owners for their losses. Around the time of the War Between the States, covered somewhat in the movie "Gangs Of New York", Mr. William "Boss" Tweed was prominant in using thugs to fight the thugs from other fire companies. Indeed, in the movie, "Boss" Tweed actually drove the fanciest steam pumper company responding to a fire.

No can do.I already occupy that position, and I just don't use the title publicly. LOL Besides, I thought the T-Shirt said

Never recalled bleeding from that food product, Dwayne. Oh, DFib? Perhaps your behavior is simply shocking! That might explain the blood. It went stale in the dispenser! (the cereal, not the blood)

Qwisp, Quake, and Captain Crunch were all the same manufacturer, and TV Ad agency in the mid 1960s . They all appeared to be made by the same folks who created the original Bullwinkle and Rocky cartoons, at least back then.

There is also having an ambulance crew play an ambulance crew in movies and TV. "Dog Day Afternoon" with Al Pachino? Midwood Ambulance Service. "Firepower" with James Coburn? Taylor Ambulance Service. "Tootsie" with Dustin Hoffman? Well, that ambulance used to belong to Taylor Ambulance, and got repainted for the role. Used to be MY truck, too.

Always afraid of burning the tick bite patient with the hot match head. Thank the EMS Gods, never needed to do it.