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F@#$ You Fireman; No, 14ga you Mean Gene
OK we're finally leaving after one of our guys just turned in his papers to get out and I mean this guy has been a fixture at the station for well, hell I think that they built the station AROUND him originally. Anyway we're outside and the local motorcycle Hecks Angels are revving up the Harley's and we can't even think it's so loud and we yell over across the street to tone it down and they issue a profanity laced tirade as they drive off across the street onto the sidewalk nearly crash into the stop sign and head to who knows where.
I'm sure that the owners of Your Momma's Mug (yes, that's the name of the bar) were sorry to see them leave. That's when my partner let's out the stupidest line I have ever heard. "We'll be picking them up in ten minutes, idiots." If a curse like that does not go directly to God's ears I'll eat my folding spanner.
Sure enough nine minutes later we get toned out to a motor cycle accident with multiple injuries, people lying in the road, blood everywhere. The dispatcher himself was funny; I actually thought that he was going to get an Oscar for his performance. We had engines, rescues, ambulances, helicopters, chiefs, police units, I was listening for Special Forces and a Navy Seal Team to respond, but I digress.
We were first in and saw the Harley busted up with the driver that we just saw at the bar lying on a barbed wire fence and his significant other in deep about ten yards away. We split and started to take care of them. Why do I always get the big ornery old guys and my partner always gets the young girls??
Let see the ALS unit got into a let’s say strong discussion with THE CHIEF after we had cancelled a helicopter for Mr. Mean and things went the way these stories usually do. Good care for the patient, but bad feelings for everyone else. Ah well.
To make a long story longer Mean Gene now thinks more highly of firemen, his main squeeze is in the trauma center and the Police are using his given name Eugene.
Secretly I will begin treating my partner with a little more respect now knowing that he has a direct connection to the Almighty.
Accounts here are based on real events; names have been changed to further underscore the stupid and foolish.
Next let me tell you about elevator surfing...
I'm sure that the owners of Your Momma's Mug (yes, that's the name of the bar) were sorry to see them leave. That's when my partner let's out the stupidest line I have ever heard. "We'll be picking them up in ten minutes, idiots." If a curse like that does not go directly to God's ears I'll eat my folding spanner.
Sure enough nine minutes later we get toned out to a motor cycle accident with multiple injuries, people lying in the road, blood everywhere. The dispatcher himself was funny; I actually thought that he was going to get an Oscar for his performance. We had engines, rescues, ambulances, helicopters, chiefs, police units, I was listening for Special Forces and a Navy Seal Team to respond, but I digress.
We were first in and saw the Harley busted up with the driver that we just saw at the bar lying on a barbed wire fence and his significant other in deep about ten yards away. We split and started to take care of them. Why do I always get the big ornery old guys and my partner always gets the young girls??
Let see the ALS unit got into a let’s say strong discussion with THE CHIEF after we had cancelled a helicopter for Mr. Mean and things went the way these stories usually do. Good care for the patient, but bad feelings for everyone else. Ah well.
To make a long story longer Mean Gene now thinks more highly of firemen, his main squeeze is in the trauma center and the Police are using his given name Eugene.
Secretly I will begin treating my partner with a little more respect now knowing that he has a direct connection to the Almighty.
Accounts here are based on real events; names have been changed to further underscore the stupid and foolish.
Next let me tell you about elevator surfing...
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Comment by Kimberly Robinson on May 19, 2008 at 3:15pm
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Heh. I don't think the HA would have him. I did enjoy backing into his road rash while getting 2 X 2s out of the compartment though. Darn that big ol' rear end of mine...... ;o)
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Comment by Art "ChiefReason" Goodrich on April 11, 2008 at 2:53pm
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I can't tell you the number of times I've been hit with the broad brush.
I have led a life of deception. I am a brother, a husband, father, grandfather, former fire chief, current president of FD trustees, avid golfer, belong to a country club, am the director of risk management at my workplace, a registered Republican and oh yeah; I have tattoos and ride a Harley. And it some circles, that trumps everything else.
Know what? I don't care because I dare to be different.
Jake has his dad's old Electra Glide and Vinnie has an Interceptor. Go figure.
TCSS.
Art
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Comment by Peter Lupkowski on April 11, 2008 at 12:52pm
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I must confess Art I was holding my breath a little waiting for a pithy reply from you about generalizing all motorcycle riders. You were gentle, I will avail myself of the biker's group. Thanks.
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Comment by Chad on April 11, 2008 at 12:39pm
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Ahh the tank top, shorts and sandals group, who my wife (an ER nurse) refers to as "organ donors." Personally I usually wear my work boots, jeans, jacket and helmet. (Sorry MEL, no seat belt)
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Peter:
I will extend an invitation to join my "Firefighter Bikers" group.
To be honest: it's not the Angels who ride that worry me.
It's the ones in tank tops, shorts and flip-flops that worry me the most.
You can usually find them on the other side of the corner, skinned head to toe and spouting something like "I've never been on one before".
Yeah; the Black Widows were hilarious.
What did you think of the bikers in "Blazing Saddles"?
I think I will jump over to the Biker group and tell them the story about the biker I treated who thought that he had lost his penis to the pavement. Ouch!
Ride to live; live to ride.
TCSS.
Art
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Comment by Mick Mayers on April 10, 2008 at 8:31pm
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That would be "some of the PEOPLE I work with".
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You sure those were the Heck's Angels? They sound more like "The Black Widows" .
(That may be over some of your heads- remember the "biker gang" from "Every Which Way But Loose"? The movie's a little older than some of the I work with).
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