FFbob

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[–] FFbob 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

At my previous job I did hospital triage. Once a guy walked up to me and said "My wife isn't doing well, I think she's dead". He told me she had been sick for several days and when she started doing really badly he had to get his neighbor to help carry her to the car. He said he didn't want to bother the fire department.

He had driven from his home on the eastern fucking shore of Maryland to DC. 100+ miles. Told me he was going to be staying at his house in Maryland because he didn't like his house in DC. She came out of the passenger seat and stayed in a seated position and we put her in an unstaffed room.

[–] FFbob 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing this.

[–] FFbob 3 points 1 year ago

Show the cow a fire and bring it to the table.

[–] FFbob 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you have asthma don't fuck around with inhalants. I'm a paramedic and I've seen too many people lately with asthma not responding to their daily inhaler (advair,breo,etc...) plus their nebulizer at home with Albuterol and ipratropium. Last shift I had two people who were dying from asthma exacerbations at home, one I managed to reverse with what I have and she left the ER 8 hours later and the other I prevented an intubation and he still went to the ICU. There's too many irritants in the air for you to add more to yourself. Stick to edibles.

[–] FFbob 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Used to see these people with multiple prescriptions for Percocets. They would use one for themselves and sell all the rest as individual pills to pay for treatment.

American healthcare system turned little old ladies with cancer into hardcore drug dealers.

[–] FFbob 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I need that sapphire stuff for my watches to survive my work environment.

[–] FFbob 20 points 1 year ago

My union has gotten me more money in multiple single years since I've been hired that I'll pay in dues for my whole career.

[–] FFbob 7 points 1 year ago

I have been looking into this lately, it seems there may be some commercial options that are normally for industrial use. I found some on Amazon that seem too cheap for this.

As a firefighter I've been running a bunch of these battery calls. The best case scenario is they just smoke up your house., and worse case I've seen videos online of the room going from nothing to IDLH (Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health) in under 20 seconds.

We've had a ton of ebikes and scooters burn up in homes. Never charge those inside. I've see power tool batteries burn up huge sections of residential houses, and I've seen laptop batteries explode right under the feet of other firefighters. That last bit was super cool, rarely get to see explosions that aren't car tires popping. Those laptop batteries would have caused a huge amount of damage if the building wasn't made of concrete - they allow modern midrises to be stuck built!

[–] FFbob 2 points 1 year ago

I have a union. It's really nice. I'm working on studying Spanish so I can get it. It's on our base pay so 1.50 on overtime; the extra 3k a year would be pretty nice.

We also can call a translation line and have phones for Google translate.

[–] FFbob 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We get an extra dollar an hour for a second language if we pass the test for it.

[–] FFbob 1 points 1 year ago

FFXIV is only good if you follow a guide to all the content. The way the DLC and movie and anime was done can be frustrating, but the whole package is pretty good when completed.

[–] FFbob 2 points 1 year ago

I forgot to do my laundry until 2300 last night. I'll be going in to work on less than 4 hours of sleep. I'll try to get a nap in.

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