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tpb1919199 karma

Ah the Ponzi scheme brothers!

I have a question. How many people total did you steal from?

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no

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Over the summer there was a couple on a double date (teenagers) and one of them got to borrow daddys bmw. It was never determined if the kid was dunk but he tought it would be a good idea to go 110 in a 35 and completely level a coffee shop. Luckily nobody was inside the shop but every passenger in the car was DOA (dead on arrival). The driver lived but is still in the hospital.

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Thanks for the support.

I would descibe it as blue collar work. An aspect of the job that is often overlooked how labor intensive it is. Having to unbed the heavy ass hose then rebed 500+ feet of hose absolutely sucks. Especially after being in a 700 degree room for the last hour. And after the fire is out we do what is called "overhaul" where we rip out the drywall, cabinets, insulation, floorboards etc to see if there are any embers. And you do all that in knee deep ash water. Gets tough.

And for the second part it is the grey area of the fire service. It can be very political. Most officers and chiefs wont let us bring our own tools on the job or try new procedures because of liability. Even though it may make more sense to do it a different way, they say no. But if there is a way to keep us safer we dont care about the red tape. We'll take the scolding from the brass.

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Thanks abec always nice to hear some people appreciate