I didn't bring in anything for the mid morning shigt munchies, and I'm out of popcorn here at work. Good thing FTE is working tonight or I'd really go nuts.

 

I have a bunch of popcorn, all the making of a giant Frito pie, some nasty frozen burritos, one cherry cordial left, a pack of Ritz, several Ramen noodle packages, a can of Tuna. A stack of tortillas left over from the day crews lunch.
I'm all set here for a clogged artery or two.

 

Good thng you work at a medical dispatch center place. You probably know several EMT's and they know where your office is and can get there quickly. Clog them up, they can always roto-root your arteries and clear em out.

 

I wouldnt let these fools touch me.
I had one just a little bit ago ask if she could practice her IV skills on me......
I yelled she had no skills, and locked my door.
Well, not really, but the answer was still NO.

 

so what scared you more... the needle or her?

 

Was she an ugly dcukling or something Pep?
I hate needles so much. In fact I took a first aid and CPR class because i needed a 3 credit hour course last spring just to fill a time spot so I could remain a full time student and a buddy of mine was taking this and I figured it'd be easy so I took it. Anyway long story short it wasn't difficult, I was one of the best at CPR, my lab partner was a girl I somewhat knew who was drop dead gorgous, finding a pulse live in all the spots where you would check for a pulse, yeah that was absolutley great. having to do all the stuff in class where you would have to find such and such on a live person, well I for one didn't mind this at all. She was comfortable with it too and all in all we had fun in the class, until..... When we started going over broken bones and bleeding wounds. The first day we watched a video on types of fractures, I passed out. Not from anything dramatic, I was just at my desk and then WHAM out like a light. Last thign I remember was thinking how much that injury would hurt then next thing I'm in the floor and my teacher (ex-fireman and EMT) is standing over me checking me out to make sure I'm ok. Never ws right in that class after that when we wre talking about broken bones and blood. I can watchwar movies all day, 5 minutes of the show ER or the scene from Blackhawk Down where they are trying to clamp the vein and I'm dern near on the floor.
The funny thing is I hunt all the time and can tear right in to gutting and animal and never feel a thing.

 

I wasnt gonna be her 2nd ever IV attempt.
I guess her.....I didnt even let her go find a needle.
Crazy people. Every once in a while they all get weird and start jabbing each other.
Yea, its actually training......but even when I was on the streets...We never went around exchanging IV attempts with each other.

 

Nah, shes not too bad....but that had nothin to do with it.....inexperiance is everything.
I've seen and put my hands in stuff that makes good nightmares......
(I hate it when people say that, movie star hero wanna be 'posers' brag like that)
As of yet....nothin has made me passout or vomit.
The one thing that gets me close to being sick myself is that nasty bottom of the gut green bile vomit. uhg.

 

Not hungry anymore, thanks Pep. I think I'll start a diet soon, you send me a story and I'll loose my appetite for a few days. After a few weeks I'll be in good shape.

 

Its funny like that......every once in a while we would meet up with a few other trucks and do lunch or dinner and get it talking shop. After a little bit of good gruesome story tellin......you realize people around you are trying to enjoy a meal. They're all lookin at ya like you just lit up a nasty cigar in the non-smokin section.
Ya try not to laugh...but apologize anyway.

 

So Ryan..now that you've been elected to the FTE House of Representatives........
Whats your first act while in office?

 

How do you become a supporter anyway?

 

Go to Club FTE and join. Like $15.99 or something for a year. Goes thru PayPal. Gets you a bumper sticker, membership card, e-mail address, & a web page. You loose all those ads covering your screen. Damn well worth it for sure.
My buddies wife is a software writer, used to design web pages. Waitin to do my page till I get to Ohio and beg her to set mine up real nice.

 

Taz checking in

 

Good Morning. Pretty slow around here.