"CB" (jrcb) 09/12/2019 at 23:07 • Filed to: None

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To all the first responders working tomorrow, Friday the 13th, on a full moon, godspeed. We’re all in this together.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > CB 09/12/2019 at 23:14

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I’m going to smoke some meth, burn down a school, rough up s ome old people and drive a stolen car into a smoke shop.

And I’d still be among the best behaved in Surrey

CB > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 09/12/2019 at 23:17

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You’d be a model citizen in Surrey.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > CB 09/12/2019 at 23:24

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Oh God, I'm gonna have to hear about this all day tomorrow at the office... We got some folks that are REALLY into man-made non-phenomenons. 

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > CB 09/12/2019 at 23:24

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Dear sweet baby Jesus. I do not envy them 

Longtime Lurker > CB 09/12/2019 at 23:25

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Stay Safe.

CB > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/12/2019 at 23:26

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Beat them to the punch: set something on fire in the parking lot, shouting “I can’t help myself! Do you know what day it is? ”

CB > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/12/2019 at 23:26

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Kinja’d. It begins.

CB > Longtime Lurker 09/12/2019 at 23:27

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I’m not working tomorrow, but we’ll see if I get called in!

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > CB 09/12/2019 at 23:28

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friday the 13th........eh....cant be any worse than yesterday

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > CB 09/12/2019 at 23:45

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It will be interesting in the classrooms in the schools as well...

CB > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/12/2019 at 23:45

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Good luck.

gettingoldercarguy > CB 09/13/2019 at 00:03

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The worst days for first responders are family centric holidays. Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc. Worst call schedule ever for a surgical resident.  My wife fucking hated it.

gettingoldercarguy > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 09/13/2019 at 00:04

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Let me know when you're done with the cx-3.

CB > gettingoldercarguy 09/13/2019 at 00:11

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Family holidays are also extra depressing when things go sideways . We’ve had dead bodies at Christmas.

wafflesnfalafel > CB 09/13/2019 at 00:19

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It’s a harvest moon AND at full apogee too - sh!t’ s gonna get real, (or not.)

In other news - we have lighting, (rare for Puget Sound area,) and I just saw one hit a plane.  Not kidding - like a 737 or A320 or something - zap, to the nose and off the tail.  Maybe there is something to the whole full moon thing.  

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > CB 09/13/2019 at 00:20

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I’m going to have my iPhone accidentally call the Flathead county sheriffs office enough to make the police blotter.

Deal Killer - Powered by Focus > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/13/2019 at 00:21

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gettingoldercarguy > CB 09/13/2019 at 00:35

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Yeah, holidays will make or break your faith. One of my mates was doing pediatrics on call and we went out afterwards to just drink. He had to take care of an infant from a very well known Texas family who went from “ normal” to “ will need help feeding, clothing, going to the bathroom, will never earn a living.”. You can’t shake babies that much for that long.

I regret not going into med school until I see the shit physicians deal with.

Take care and stay safe externally and internally.

CB > gettingoldercarguy 09/13/2019 at 00:39

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That’s fucked. All calls involving babies and 911 are never good.

I’ve done CPR on a guy for 25 minutes who I knew was dead, but I had to wait for EMS to call it. The family was doing it when I got there, and I couldn’t not do anything.

I couldn’t work as a paramedic or doctor, I deal with way less death and tragedy they do. Those guys deserve more than we can possibly give them.

And thanks. A good crew and a good head go a long way in this line of work.

gettingoldercarguy > CB 09/13/2019 at 00:41

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My wife comes home with the toll daily.  We save aggressively so she can get out.  Physician fatigue is real.

CB > gettingoldercarguy 09/13/2019 at 00:45

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I hope she’s well covered by her employer for any emotional stuff. We get six one hour sessions per year with a psychologist, and can put in for more if we go through traumatic experiences.

Hopefully she can get to a point where she can do less emotionally tolling work.

gettingoldercarguy > CB 09/13/2019 at 00:52

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I’m sure they’ve already explored this and shot it down, but I’ll talk to my wife about it. We go out to dine with the ceo every once in a while. He’s probably heard that before but it is always nice to hear their response even if they still shoot it down. Judge t heir character you see.

To your second point, it’s why we save so aggressively. No fancy cars, no third car that’s a convertible.

CB > gettingoldercarguy 09/13/2019 at 00:56

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It’s a thing where what’s more important: money, or having employees well enough to work. A lot of employers still have issues with that.

gettingoldercarguy > CB 09/13/2019 at 01:06

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Absolutely this

NKato > CB 09/13/2019 at 04:17

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Try to imagine the pressures of working as a 911 dispatcher. To be the calm voice on the other end, despite the overwhelming inability to directly do anything other than talk to the caller and relay everything to the responders...

Now imagine 9/11 for the NY dispatchers.

camarov6rs > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/13/2019 at 09:15

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My wife works in  childcare. Please pray for her.

The Compromiser > CB 09/13/2019 at 21:17

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Be en hearing sirens all day. And Ornge too...