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My buddy ran a call a couple nights ago that seemed pretty bad. We were talking about it when he dropped this paragraph that I thought was absolutely beautiful.

You have up to $15k to spend on a car that gets decent gas mileage that will haul up to four people, each with one suitcase, comfortably for a 100 mile drive once a week. What do you buy?

The county I work in is pretty much rural with some suburbs and small cities, we'll run anywhere from 7-10 ambulances to cover the majority of the county, with the exception of one FD that has two or three boxes. We try to run Medic/EMT on most of the rigs with one or two EMT/EMT rigs to...

Medic 48 doing it right

If you want to be an awkward '90s kid about it. :P Better yet, use AIM :rofl:

Would you just send an email when following up on a job interview?

Aye, they never shut down. I still have some friends that work there, they report that their call volume has decreased quite a bit. Other than that it's business as usual

Ah, makes sense, thanks!

I have 4x4s, neosporin and kerlix on now. The issue I see with this is that coban is porous and the 4x4s are absorptive. I've got a couple days before I go back to let it all scab over, do you think that and the dressing will be enough of a barrier? I like the saran wrap idea...

I decided it would be a great idea to grind some rocks into my forearm earlier when I took a tumble from my bike. Usually when I have a small cut or something I'll throw a tegaderm over it while I'm working to keep nasties out, but the majority of the medial aspect of my forearm is abraded...

So I got $15 worth of free chips for signing up for a local casino's player's club. I turned it into over $400 last night. Not bad for a few hours of blackjack

72 off, 24 on, then 96 off. I think I set my schedule up rather well for the first half of this month.

I was scheduled to roll over onto another rig this morning. When I got to my new station the boss told me to go home, spend the day with my family, and come back for what should be the three busiest days of the desert season. I'll report back as to whether or not this was a good thing on...

Not if your family destroys food the way mine does. If you're not there for the first go around you're SOL. Friggin' animals :lol:

I dunno, it might be a little tight in the chest region... I think I've got about a super model on you in terms of weight :rofl:

72/24/72/24/72/24/72/24 I need to stop picking up so much OT. With drive time factored in I'm at about 140 hours off duty per month if I keep this crap up.

Quite a few guys have those Globe jackets and they seem pretty nice. I'm pretty much torn between that and the 5.11 one that looks pretty similar. Decisions decisions...

I spent a nice chunk of my uniform allowance today. New uniform shirts, new quarter-zip, new boots. I'm going to be reppin' in style on my next tour. Now all I need is a decent jacket that's around $200 and has reflective... properties and I'm set. Any suggestions?

Everyone has that call that gets to them. If you throw your "big girl panties" on and push yourself to work through something that is causing you mental anguish, you may feel better for a little bit. You'll squash that call down to a little corner in the back of your head and forget about it...

Started at a new place, tons of overtime opportunities. I just finished a 144 hour stretch, I'm in the middle of 72 off then I'm back on Saturday for another 120 hours. My next paycheck is going to be fantastic.