A Random MMP (My first MMP!)

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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LapinBlanc, I’ve been to my share of forest fires already, and they are not fun. The FF in me says to be ready to bail at a moment’s notice; the practical side says that if you have a big pair, a pond or swimming pool, and enough hose, you have about a 2 in 3 chance of saving your house in a fire.

CanineServant, your store needs SuperMan on staff, not an EMT.

Caffeinating. Is it Quit O’clock on Friday yet?

Did ambulance duty Saturday night, and had one call at 11 PM. My fire pager is loud enough, but when a page at the rescue station will wake the dead… Anyways, the call was for a woman having a seizure.

I got to the scene, and there’s about 100 people in the front yard of a house, attending a party. The patient was in the back end of an SUV, in the midst of a grand mal seizure, and luckily enough was being tended to by 2 other party goers who were RNs. It was a bad one. She’d grand mall for about a minute, stop, then have one or 2 petit mal seizures, relax, and repeat on about a 5 minute cycle. In general epilepsy, you have one seizure and it’s over. This lady kept going for the half hour it took to get her to the hospital, and she came off the stretcher twice. :eek:

The rest of the night was quiet, I slept through the end of the shift at 0500, and got up around 0700 (halfway planned on this). Changed clothes and got myself churchified for the first time in a long one.

Coming home, I was still in the other county, and my pager was crackling. Something was going on, but I was too far away to hear anything. I called in to the dispatcher, and found out there was a 2 vehicle wreck and an unrelated medical call within a mile of each other. I said thank you, and volunteered myself if manpower was needed. About 5 minutes later, she called me bad and sent me to the medical call.

Anyone familiar with the military euphemism Charlie Foxtrot? This was a classic example. The wreck had the road blocked, so she routed me around it via the back roads, and at one point, I saw the ambulance I was assigned to about a half mile ahead of me. We had to go up into Virginia and come back down to get around the wreck, and I almost hit 3 deer in the process.

I got back across the state line, found the landmarks, and NO AMBULANCE. :eek: :mad: I kept going south, and there was the wreck. I POed the guys directing traffic by going through the scene, but I was properly dispatched and legally entitled to do so. Turns out, my scene was a mile south, not a mile north, so we ran 10 miles out of the way for nothing. Shit happens, but still :mad: :rolleyes: …

To make a long story longer, the patient in this call was a woman with a long history of cancer, severe arthritis that was disfiguring her, and other stuff. The only clue to the contrary was that she had jet black hair; to look at her, you’d think she was a poorly preserved 70-something, IRL she was 45 :(.

She had a chemo treatment earlier last week, and had gotten sick Saturday. Yesterday she got up to do stuff, still sick, and fell, hitting her head. We gave her the full head and neck injury treatment, and took to the hospital. I felt a whole lot of sorry for her.

That was my weekend adventure…

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It ain’t often that FCM hands us a straight line like that 'un…

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Thanks, Vunderbob, but I’m in a condo in a building with twelve of them. There is a pool, I think, but if it came down to it I don’t see us doing anything but getting the hell out of the way of the fire people and letting them do their job. I could be out in twenty minutes if I had to. I’ve evacuated before, if not from a fire! Anyway, there’s no huge change yet this morning, aside from the wind calming down overnight, which is probably the biggest news, that and the big-time emergency management teams, whatever they are, are here. I have to go in to work early and call people to cancel their appointments because The Boss isn’t feeling well and might be in this afternoon. Fine by me, I didn’t sleep very well anyway! It sounds like we’ll mostly just play with the daycare pups, which is fun. On the downside, I have to go to work an hour early. Bleah.

Otherwise, not much happening here. Which is also fine!

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Gumornin!

For some odd reason I’m in surprisingly high spirits. I mean, it’s Monday. It’s early. I don’t suffer mornings well. Nor Mondays. I just don’t have it in me. Which means these high spirits must be on loan, or I tracked them in on my shoes or something. It’s not like I got an abundance of sleep last night – or this weekend, for that matter. Just average, really. Just the same, I’m actually feeling pretty good. Pain is gone, I has a coffee, got me a good lunch (Schneider’s 1890s smoked ham on kaiser buns with just butter, because that ham is good enough that doesn’t need anything more than that) and … I dunno. I’m just feeling the slightest bit giddy and I honestly don’t know why. (No, there are no pharmaceuticals involved.)

Of course, I just know some arsehole customer is going to come along and ruin it at some point. But maybe the giddiness will be defense enough – I can’t imagine the reaction of an unreasonable customer when his ridiculous complaints that have nothing to do with us are met with giggling, but the idea itself makes me giggle. :slight_smile: Literally, I’m giggling right now. It’s Monday, and I’m giggling. Something is very wrong with that.

LiLi - I don’t even know why they bother giving you a range of times like that. It’s pretty clear that someone will be there sometime during business hours, so why they don’t just say “He’ll be there tomorrow, like, whenever” is beyond me.

Special1 - Thanks. :slight_smile: If there’s one good thing about being in pain or generally feeling like crap, it’s that when you’re back to normal you appreciate the feeling a little more.

BBBobbio - Wow, sounds like an eventful couple of days. Well, if nothing else, you get to go on little adventures on a frequent basis!

Julie - Jeez, either there’s a dearth of public lodging in northern MN or there are a lot of people who consider that region a good vacationin’ spot, which I find a little hard to swallow. Maybe there were just a lot of hardcore Fargo fans congregating there that weekend. :smiley:

Sunspace - Congrats on gettin’ all professional and lining up the lients!

Zellie - Mmmm. Chicken tikka. Chicken tikka masala. Butter chicken. Curried spinach, chana masala – damn. Maybe I should have picked up some Indian for lunch instead.

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Duluth is fun, because its different. Its where crazy Thunder Bay-ites go to unwind from the pressures of being… well a small isolated city in Northwestern Ontario
Duluth used to equal cheap shopping. Not so much any more. Its just different shopping. And Keebler cookies. Different booze. Canal park is nice, and had we stayed we would have gone to the IMAX on Sunday.

Oh and book stores. I love Barnes and Nobles, and books are significantly cheaper than in Canada, even taking into acount the SIX CENTS ON THE DOLLAR! (Nice low exchange, havent paid that in years!)

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Good Monday morning to the lot of ya!

What a busy weekend I had. It was tax-free weekend on most everything wearable here in Texas. So Mr Rebo and I shopped for clothes for the trip. All the summer stuff was on sale, too. The malls were mobbed! It was stressful, but we got some great deals! I bought 4 pair of shoes, he bought 2. He got new swimming trunks and a cool Hawaiian shirt. I bought some capris and shorts and a couple of shirts. I got a Mickey t-shirt! People will think I got it in Florida! We also went to Target and Wally World. Sheesh! I’m not shopping for a while, I tell ya.

Also grocery shopped and laundry, same ol’, same ol’. I made some yummy fried shrimp last night.

Oh yeah, my Dad came back from the casino $300 richer! Woo-hoo! Good for him. Even though his bus broke down on the way there, he had a good time. A 2-1/2 hour trip took them 5 hours! :rolleyes:

We checked out the place we were going to board the dogs. I can’t do it. I can’t lock them in jail for 11 days. Dad said he can handle it, so we’ll let him. I didn’t want to burden him, but he takes care of them all day during the week anyway. I always feed them, but he can do that. They’re my widdle babies. I’m such a wuss. :slight_smile:

So I better get to work - later gators!

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Morning, all. I’m all confused. I got up looking for the scheduled MMP from Swampy and instead Socks has done one? Like I said, I’m confused. Of course, I’m very easily confused. Plus my brain isn’t functioning enough yet to figure out what this OP is all about. It feels kinda stream of random consciousness to me. Did I guess right?

I was asleep for about an hour last night when Rusty started freaking out – a storm was passing nearby. All we got was rain and one crack of thunder. But I dragged my pillows into the front bedroom to keep him company and was just drifting off again when he decided to go scratch at the master bedroom door again. :frowning: He’s an idiot. So I had to get up and drag him back in with me, and then shut the door so we could both go to sleep.

But then there was a crack of thunder, and he leaped up on the bed. Which is fine – he only does it temporarily. But this time he managed to wedge himself down into the 3-inch gap between the bed and the wall, so his entire body was below the level of the mattress. :rolleyes: And then he decided he wanted to get back on the floor, but of course he was hopelessly wedged in. So I had to get up on my knees on the bed and physically haul 75 lbs of dog out of a 3" gap. Stoopid dog. :rolleyes:

So if I yawn a lot today, don’t mind me.

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Socks? Puppet? You decide… :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

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Li-li, don’t companies over there do the “30 minute notification to your cell-phone” thing? An Israeli company that forced people to stay home all day like that would most likely be promptly run out of business. Even if it was the phone company!
Of course, everybody here has cell-phones, and incoming calls are always free (somehow I think the two facts are related!), so it just makes sense – tech leaves previous customer, gets in car, calls next one “I’m on my way…” – win/win for everybody involved.

**WhiteRabbit **-- hope you don’t have to evacuate! Wind dying down should be a good thing, hopefully the FF can contain the fire if it stays like that.

**FCM **-- HOW YOU DOING THIS FINE MORNING? :stuck_out_tongue:

**Julie **-- just wondering: when you saw you just couldn’t find a place, why didn’t you just head back? I mean, 300 km – call it 4 hours – you’d have been at home earlier than you ended up bedding down in the car!

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::Strolls into MMP. Peruses OP. Grins:: Okay, I see where this week is going.

I think there’s some bad ju-ju going on. My company represents PR clients in almost every Caribbean nation that Hurricane Dean has smacked so far. And where is it going next? Cancun. Yep, one of our biggest clients. :rolleyes:

Mr. Anachi and I bought some Grandad rocks on Saturday. They are jake. Kinda gray with some green and some pink in em. They are gonna line the bed right outside of the bay window in the breakfast nook.

My yard is starting to look like a plant nursery. Every time Mr. Anachi goes to the Depot, he brings back some new plants.

I gotta go to a team meeting so I’m cutting this short. Back later.

Tupug

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Darn it, I wanted swampy’s MMP! This hardly counts as a MMP - he posted it way early on Sunday.

Damn I must be gettin’ old. Get off my lawn! Sit down in front! (For those who don’t know, that is the yell for stupid people who keep standing up while the puck is in play, blocking the view of people behind them. It’s not one I have to use, because the only people in front of my seat are the players.)

Got an interesting e-mail the other day, from a guy I dated for a couple of years right before I got married. Nice guy, lots of fun, and I wouldn’t mind saying “hi” as long as there is no drama involved. Don’t want no drama!

I need to go get dressed, I am going out to a friend’s to see Havanese puppies! Later, ya’ll!

And be quiet or you’ll wake up Moooooooooooom! Then we’ll all get in trouble.

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I’m pinned here today until work. I expect the phone guy will be here at four.

The cats are extra super loving and reproachful. They don’t like aloneness, and WE ABANDONED THEM! Oh, terrible, terrible people!

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Just checking in, busy day today. I should have time to slack tomorrow.

SO:

Hi all.

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Speaking of cats, my grandmother has two cats. An orange tabby and I’m not sure what the other one is. I may have pics if you want them, Mickey (the tabby) is very social, but Lucy, not so much. I mean, I’ve known both of them for years, Mickey’s nice to me, but Lucy still treats me as a stranger.

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Morning all.

Interesting OP. I’m sorry we missed out on swampy’s contribution, but I’ll look for it next week.

We went to a Harry-Potter-themed party and took these wizard cupcakes. They were a big hit. Unfortunately, there weren’t as many people as expected at the party so there were lots of leftover cupcakes. Which are now next to me at work and just reek of sugar. I think I’m getting a sugar high just from the smell which is quickly heading towards overpowering. But they are cute.

For some reason, we thought it’d be a good idea to go to a Chinese buffet on Sat for lunch before the party. So we did and pigged out there and then ate WAY too much Sat night at the party. So without even drinking any alcohol, we both felt pretty blurg yesterday. But it was a good time so I guess it was worth it.

No idea what was going on Up North, foolie. I’m a Minnesotan, but I tend to stick to the Twin Cities so Up North is outside of my range of knowledge.

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Noone Special— we werent ready to give up. We figure somewhere, theres got to be something… I mean…yes great fishing and boating and camping and stuff…but gimme a break. Nothing in Two Harbours? Nothing in Beaver Bay, home of smelters and not much else (No offense to nortern MN’ers… ) so doing the stop and check, oooh, lets take this side road… yada yada… took a lot more time than if we had just drove home. But we wanted to STAY another day, maybe do more shopping, or hiking or something. So grimly determined… we went down county roads… by the way the cheapest gas we found was in Finland MN about 4 cents a gallon cheaper than in Grand Marais and only a cent higher than in Duluth.

Actually it was fun. It got hysterical as each NO VACANCY sign popped up.

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Morning, all.

My back hurts today. I don’t know why - maybe I’m just getting older.

And the universe seesm just a little askew. I had another attack of insomnia last night, and ended up watching a movie called Forbidden Zone, released in 1980. It was B&W, was scored by Danny Elfmann (Oingo Boingo), and had Herve Villechaiz and the King of the Sixth Dimension.

Or, I might have imagined the whole thing. It was just that weird.

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Ok, so there was this big storm last night and it rained like India in monsoon season. We got 2 1/4 inches of rain.

I had weird, fragmented dreams, but one of them involved Bill and Hillary and their daughter…Renee Zellwegger. It seems that Renee was engaged to someone and then something happened, anyway-there was something about drunk driving and Renee getting really mad. Why I was chosen to impart this news (that Renee was drunk and gone) to Bill’s ear is anyone’s guess. And then there were the Klonipike people. Don’t ask me–I only dreamed it. There was a group of people and I asked someone who they were and the person said, “oh, those are the Klonipikes.” Somehow I knew this wasn’t a last name, but a title for an ethnicity.

Very, very weird dreams.
Off to do nothing. Good thing too–I’m good at that.

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Julie–Looks like there were a few things going on in Duluth this weekend. Here’s a link: Duluth Happenings I’m a fellow Minnesotean. I LOVE going “Up north” as we call it. As a kid we used to go camping way up north and in fact my hubby and I spent our honeymoon in the Duluth/Two Harbors area.

Interesing day yesterday. I got up early to go to church and there was a message on the answering machine from 5:21 a.m. saying that thetwo nearby creeks are expected to go over the banks and to be prepared to evacuate. One of them being directly across the street!!!

We looked out the window and could see the water from the house! Hubby and I immediately starting moving what we could upstairs, packing a weeks worth of clothes in the car, pictures in the car, etc, in case we had to leave. In about half an hour the water levels had risen again, so we decided to head out to his parents house.

We came back into town yesterday afternoon, and the water level was down a little bit, so we decided to stay home, and just watch the levels, but were prepared in case we had to leave. Thankfully all of the levels continued to go down. The back yards of some of the neighbors across the street were flooded, and it did get up onto the bike path, right near the bridge. This morning we can see the storm grates again, and everything is fine. We are so thankful!!! We ended up getting almost 13 inches of rain since Saturday. Yikes!

Now I will do my best to send all of the rain we are supposed to get this week to WhiteRabbit as we certainly don’t need it.

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I’m glad things are okay thus far <knock wood> McUne – I hope the waters continue to recede! Have you called your insurance company to make sure you’re properly covered? I used to do that every time it looked like a storm was headed for New Orleans when we lived there, even though I knew we were covered for damage from anything except nukes (and paid the appropriate premiums). It’s comforting, if nothing else!

Alas, the forecast for snowbunny’s area doesn’t include any rain – but apparently either the good Mumper thoughts or else her grandma’s weather working has helped; right now the winds are CALM. Best thing you can have in a fire, obviously; that gives them a chance to knock it back. Hopefully. Yesterday evening it was shown as 5% contained; this morning it’s up to a whopping 6%. :rolleyes: Anyway, here’s hoping a couple of calm days will help!

I’m bored out of my MIND with my current job. Which is a whole bunch of interviews in an investigation of a guy who got stupid drunk and said something stupid, and even though the person he said the stupid thing to accepted his apology, someone else fired off a complaint letter to a serious higher-up and now it may end up destroying the guy’s career. :frowning: I hate things like this. It’s just so…vulgar. And needless and stupid. If the people involved got over it, why did someone else decide to make a federal case out of it? Gah. Hopefully I’ll be done with it this afternoon and then I never have to think about it again.