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Comment by Eric B on September 20, 2010 at 5:16pm

Ralph : My district covers about 10miles of RT 78 , 5 miles Rt 33 and 5 miles of Rt 22 in the middle eastern part of Pennsylvania , i am no more than 15 minutes from the New Jersey Border in an area called the Lehigh Valley , its surrounded by rural farmland but the highways cut through it , between both districts its roughly a 45-50 square mile area but with the lack of day crews and limited resources we have from time to time we rely on alot of mutual aid responses and sister stations

Comment by Fabulous Heather Days of Summer on September 20, 2010 at 5:13pm

WOW Eric - why are these people crashing? texting? drinking? speeding? being dumb? WTF? What was it this time? That is a lot of fatal calls - take care of yourself - highways can be scary places to work. [glad you got some sleep]

Thank God - I had no freeway in my district! And now that I live in Southern California - there is a dramatic difference between the smooth flow of commuter traffic who knows where they are going as compared to holiday / weekend drivers who have no idea which of the 8 lanes to be in and make crazy erratic movements - very scary mixed in with the commuters.

And yes, Strawberry Frosted Raised "DUNKIN" Donuts - I don't know why - but they are like crack for me ;-) [good thing they no longer exist near my home or I might be 300 lbs of donut mass by now]

FW - GPS so smart! I can see the shower ball/chain rust issue may become a bit much. Cooking and dishes - does he have brother - I need one of them !

Ralph - "Healing Hands" ... you are such a tease...

Chad worked a million hours over the weekend, so no word from him today yet!

Comment by Eric B on September 20, 2010 at 5:04pm

Ralph: Unfortunately the District i am in between the 2 companies i run with we have 3 major arteries that run through them and the traffic isnt getting any better , up untill 2 months ago the last fatal i worked was back in may or june , most of the major arteries here are divided highways with no barriers between the divisons other than a 50-60ft grass patch , unfortunately with 3 major metro areas surrounding us it makes for a lot of truck traffic and commuters

Comment by Eric B on September 20, 2010 at 4:50pm

FW: Gladly , i usually bring in atleast 2-3 dozen donuts to work for the retireing shift and my shift also

Comment by Firewriter on September 20, 2010 at 4:48pm

Eric, please add a couple of powdered sugar doughnuts for me - my favorites! I will treat to super-sized coffees!!

Comment by Firewriter on September 20, 2010 at 4:47pm

Oh, and Heather? Don't ever tell Ralph you are easy ... he has a pacemaker which needs replacing!! LOL!!

Comment by Eric B on September 20, 2010 at 4:47pm

Unfortunately with the mix of drivers we have from 2 diffrent states converging together it makes it a little hairy just even trying to drive to work or even goto the store for that matter

Comment by Firewriter on September 20, 2010 at 4:46pm

Heather, she forgot to replace the battery in his micro-chip GPS! She had it installed the second year they were dating - felt the ball and chain would develop too many muscles on her arms when she had to take it off for him to shower! But, the great part is ... he is a Chef! So she gets great meals prepared for her that look as good as they taste ... and he does the dishes!!

Comment by Eric B on September 20, 2010 at 4:42pm

In the past 2 months its been the 5th or 6th fatal on one of the 3 main highways/interstates we have surrounding us , its only getting worse

Heather: just woke up from sleep , my next shift starts in 3hrs so im good , already got my order in at dunkin donuts for the night :)

Comment by Fabulous Heather Days of Summer on September 20, 2010 at 4:38pm

What can I say, Ralph, I'm just easy!

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