Lifeguards For Life
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I have not seen Rid's input on anything in along time.
Is Ridryder still alive?
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i've seen a couple of posts with his input. someone i haven't seen anything from is AJ......wonder what happened to him.
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A lot of whackers, wannabes and whiners objected to the "tone" of Rid's posts. Let's face it, he is not the most tactful person on the planet, and posters were not responding to the content of his messages. Rid, understandably, got tired of the bashing and has not posted in a long while. I for one, miss him on this board tremendously and hope he will return. I don't blame him one bit if he doesn't.
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I liked Rid, seemed to be a real intelligent man, and some one needed to tell the whackers and whiners to knock it off.
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Oh, now, let's be straight here. It wasn't just the whackers, the administration on this forum basically told him and a lot of the other experienced and knowledgeable people to get lost becase telling the whackers and whiners to "knock it off" isn't conducive to a touch feely forum.
Onceamedic
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Yeah, that's about what I had gathered, but the only stuff I had direct knowledge of was what was happening in the forums. You just tell it straight.
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Hehe... I'm not touchy feely. Neither is EMS.
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I also liked his posts, I feel that they were very informative even if they were harsh. At least he was truthful, I know that I have learned quite a few things from them.
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Nothing could be farther from the truth.
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There's how you see, and how the rest of us see it.
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he wasn't here to blow sunshine up our skirts, he knew what he was talking about
Hal9000
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Very true. I also miss his input, and I don't visit nearly as much now that he and some others aren't posting.
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Like him or not, you can't disagree his aviator sure fits his tone B)h34r:
haha yeah it does
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I miss his insight on many things. I never thought his "tone" was harsh or anything. lack of tact people are often the best to learn from.
I have often wished that I had found this forum sooner.
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...and then there's how you WANT to see it.
Rid's constant encouragement to further your education does more for this community than people realize.
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It realy does. when i first started here i thought his constant push for further education requirements was good, but may be a bit overboard.
But now I could not agree more with the views he was constantly pushing. I have now seen an astonishing number of paramedics who probably could not pass a high school a and p course. actually, they probably didn't when they were in high school. I've even seen paramedics push morphine and phenergan, and not do any sort of assssment or history because "they are going to the hospital so it doesn't really matter"
Rid had the right idea demanding further education requirements.
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In case you are confused, I am firmly in Rid's camp. I've learned lot from him and the other now absent educated and experienced types. I frequent here less because of it and post more at the other place.
Rid helped inspire me to further my education, even back when I had no greater expectations in EMS.
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Well the tone must be important as well as the content if you want to be listened to.
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+1 to coins.
Rid came off as an arse, plain and simple. There are plenty of ways to get your point across without demeaning and alienating a whole group of people.
Vent has the same exact views as rid, but I had never gotten a sour taste from her post. She doesn't come off as a "do it my way" type of person, even though she IS female
Tact goes a long way in getting heard. Doesn't mean I disagree with rid, just hate how he said it.
Rid came off as an arse, plain and simple. There are plenty of ways to get your point across without demeaning and alienating a whole group of people.
Vent has the same exact views as rid, but I had never gotten a sour taste from her post. She doesn't come off as a "do it my way" type of person, even though she IS female
Tact goes a long way in getting heard. Doesn't mean I disagree with rid, just hate how he said it.