Can't be on a Diet

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and be in the Fire department at Christmas.
12-25-03 came to work this morning and was greated with an extra table full of food, and the refridgerator is full. Today hasn't even started yet. These people all have huge hearts but, I don't want to be a "big fat bastard" Any one want some food?


Ron

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so far today we have one dead and one we saved. different calls, One has a good Christmas and the other isn't having anymore.
Were having a spiro cut honey glazed ham for lunch. MMMMM.

Ron

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1 house fire and one major accident, all saved.

were hear to save the day, were hear to save the day, da dah dun, dun dah dunt ah.

Ron

[82Rigger]

...occassion when you can't be in the FD and on a diet...that's during hurricanes.

The grocery stores empty their freezers (they know they're gonna lose electricity for a long while) and the emergency services get a lot of good meat.

Whenever I dispatched during hurricanes, I ate filet mignon and steaks!

Airborne! Steve / 82Rigger

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It's been so long sence our last Hurrican, I can hardly remember. (Knock on James head)
The last time I was in Galviston I noticed there were a lot of houses built where there was 15 foot of water during Alecia, 20 years ago. I think there in for a rudd awakening. Im really supprised that the insurence companies let then build there.
One more hour to go till Im off duty.

Ron

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Ron,

Sounds like ya had a busy and FULL day.

Did you happen to invite any of the homeless into the station for a bite or two??

enough.........

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couldn't do that. The place is locked down when we leave. If we were gone, who would watch our TV from walking off. Besides, Sugar Land don't have homeless people. There are 80,000 people hear and something like 50,000 are millionairs. I started working hear when there were 3,600 people hear and bought a house, If I had to buy one now, I couldn't.
Metro bus put a sign in Sugar Land ounce about 5 years ago, Our mayor made yhe public works department take it down and cut it in half, The he called metro and told them to come get there sign, He called it a cancer vain.
I only mentioned a few of the calls we had, 18 in all for the day.


Ron

[82Rigger]

I remember Alicia in 83...I was living in north Houston.

But...ya know what? I've been to Galveston a couple times in the last ten years, and...you know what the fools are doing?
They're building ON the beach OUTSIDE the seawall!

Same thing going on there where I live...condos right down on the beach, within 100 yards of the high tide line.

Ya can't tell 'em anything. Money talks too loud.

Airborne! Steve / 82Rigger

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North Houston--- I hope that was The Woodlands or Conroe.

People that build on the ocean or in the mountains, or next to a river shouldn't get homeowners insurence. If they want to be stupid why should we pay for it. Or at the very least, make them seperate from sain people. My insurence would be $1,000. a year and theres would be $5,000. Don't lump us all togeather.


Ron

[82Rigger]

...unfortunately I wasn't quite that far north. I lived in an apartment near the airport beltway and I-45....real close to Greenspoint mall.
Back then it wasn't built up...a few apartment buildings, a small strip mall, and a library branch on north Aldine.
Those huge billboards next to I-45...the ones way up in the air in steel girders....were bent double. The copper roof of the library branch was rolled up like a jelly roll and lying on the ground next to the library. We didnt get it as bad as Galveston and downtown Houston, but it was bad enough.

Airborne! Steve / 82Rigger

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You don't want to be near greenspoint unless you got some drugs you want to get rid of. Pretty nasty place now-days.

Ron