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DO YOU REMEMBER
THOSE OLD PORTABLE LIGHT ELECTRICAL CORDS ON THE TRUCKS. YOU HAD TO RE-WIND THEM ONE LOOP OVER AND THE NEXT UNDER.....................IF YOU JUST RE-WOUND THEM BY JUST WRAPPING THEM IN REGULAR LOOPS WHEN YOU STRETCHED THEM OUT AT A FIRE THEY WOULD FORM TANGLES EVERY 3 TO 4 FEET AND CATCH ON THE FURNITURE IN THE DWELLING YOU HAD THE PORTABL LIGHT IN.
YOU USED THE BACKS OF THE ENGINE HOUSE RED CHAIRS TO WRAP THE CORDS AROUND.

DO YOU REMEMBER
THOSE DARK GREEN SHADES WERE ALWAYS RIPPED AT THE BOTTOMS OR PARTIALLY UNSTAPLED FROM THE TOP.

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DO YOU REMEMBER
IF YOU WERE A DETAIL IT WAS BEST TO WAIT TILL THE REGULARS MADE A BED FIRST
SO YOU DIDN'T TAKE THEIRS.
IF YOU WERE A "YOUNG WHIPPERSNAPPER" AND MADE A REGULARS BED YOU MIGHT FIND YOUR SHEETS ON THE FLOOR

DO YOU REMEMBER
UPON GETTING A NEW ENGINEHOUSE TV , BEFORE WATCHING IT,WE HAD TO BUILD A CHANNEL IRON CAGE TO FIT IT SO IT WOULDN'T GET STOLEN

DO YOU REMEMBER
HOW AFTER COUGHING AND CHOKING AT A FIRE ,WHEN THEY TOOK A BREAK, SOME GUYS WOULD LIGHT UP A CIGARETTE.

HOW IN A SMOKE FILLED DWELLING , WHILE OVERHAULING, SOME GUYS WOULD HAVE A CIGARETTE IN THEIR MOUTH

HOW SOME GUYS CLAIM TO FAME WAS "HOW MUCH SMOKE THEY COULD TAKE"
YOU WOULD BE CHOKING COUGHING AND GASPING AND THEY STOOD THERE SMILING AT YOU SAYING" IT'S NOT BAD ENOUGH TO PUT YOUR MASK ON KID" I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN IT GETS BAD............
HOOO RAA.............HOOO RAAA.....ARGHHHHH

DO YOU REMEMBER
BEFORE COLORED T-SHIRTS THEY JUST HAD WHITE ONES. THEY WERE RUINED AT YOUR FIRST FIRE AS THE NECK TURNED BLACK. AT HOME YOU HAD TWO STACKS OF T-SHIRTS..............WHITE ONES THAT YOU WORE ON YOUR LEAVE DAY AND WHITE ONES WITH BLACK NECKS THAT YOU WORE AT THE FIREHOUSE

DO YOU REMEMBER
THE OLD 5' X 10' POOL TABLE THAT WAS WAS IN ENGINE 10 , LADDER 4 QUARTERS.

A POPULAR GAME ON ENGINE HOUSE POOL TABLES WAS A GAME CALLED "GOLF.
ANY NUMBER COULD PLAY. EACH PERSON HAD ONE BALL AND HE HAD TO MAKE IT IN ALL 6 POCKETS

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FROM WAYNE
GO TO WWW.AFOX.COM THIS IS THE SITE OF
THE AHRENS FOX VIDEO LIBRARY
CLICK ON "FIREFIGHTING IN DETROIT"
I BOUGHT THIS VIDEO YEARS AGO AND WHILE IT'S ONLY 1/2 HOUR LONG IT IS WORTH
HAVING........THE SITE HAS AN 800 NUMBER OR YOU COULD ORDER ON LINE

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DO YOU REMEMBER
WHEN SOME GUYS SPENT THEIR WHOLE CAREERS AT THE SAME HOUSE, JUMPING "ACROSS THE FLOOR" FROM ONE COMPANY TO ANOTHER WITH EACH PROMOTION.

DO YOU REMEMBER
BEING ON A RIG AND ALL FOUR OF YOU WERE DETAILS AND NOBODY KNEW THE DISTRICT.......................AND THE ALARM JUST RANG BEFORE ANYONE GOT A CHANCE TO STUDY THE MAP.

DO YOU REMEMBER
HOW SOME GUYS COULD LOOK UP THE LOCATION OF A FIRE IN ANOTHER DISTRICT FOR SECONDS AND IT WOULD BE LOCKED IN HIS MIND FOR THE ENTIRE RUN.

I REMEMBER
ONE GUY THAT YOU COULD NOT STUMP ON ANY LOCATION IN THE ENTIRE CITY.
WE WOULD TRY AND GIVE HIM LOCATIONS ON THE EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE, DOWN RIVER
ALL OVER AND HE GOT THEM ALL.
HINT.......1....... HE RAN AT SQUAD 4 IN THE EARLY 60S
HINT.......2.......HE WAS A GREAT MC AT RETIREMENT PARTIES
HINT.......3........HE HAD A BRUSHCUT
HINT.......4........HE WAS A NICE GUY

DO YOU REMEMBER
JUST GETTING YOUR DRESS UNIFORM OUT OF THE CLEANERS AND BEFORE YOU GOT A CHANCE TO CHANGE INTO YOUR WORK UNIFORM YOU CAUGHT A WORKING FIRE

DO YOU REMEMBER
IN SOME OLD NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT ANY GARAGES CARS WOULD BE PARKED RIGHT UP TO THE VERY END OF EACH CORNER. DRIVING A SERVICE TRUCK (NO TILLER) YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO BLOCKS OUT OF THE WAY TO MAKE A TURN TO GET TO THE FIRE. SOMETIMES IT WAS YOUR DISTRICT AND YOU KEPT CIRCLING AND CIRCLING WHILE EVERYONE ELSE BEAT YOU THERE.

DO YOU REMEMBER
TILLERING
HAND ON TOP TO GO FORWARD
HAND ON BOTTOM TO BACK UP

DO YOU REMEMBER
TILLERING AND IT WAS RAINING SO HARD YOU COULD HARDLY SEE

TILLERING AND IT WAS SO COLD YOU THOUGHT YOUR EYEBALLS WOULD FREEZE

TILLERING FOR SOME FFD THAT THEIR ATTITUDE WAS "IF I CAN GET MY END THROUGH THE TILLERMAN CAN GET HIS END THROUGH. HE MADE TILLERING A VERY
SCARY EXPERIENCE

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DO YOU REMEMBER
DEVILS NIGHT BEFORE THE COMMAND POST. YOU WOULD START GETTING FIRES IN THE EARLY EVENING AND NEVER MAKE IT BACK TO QUARTERS TILL IT WAS TIME TO GO HOME.

DO YOU REMEMBER
WHEN COT WATCH FIRST CAME IN TO EFFECT, THE COTS WERE ROLLAWAY BEDS WITH
VERY LUMPY MATTRESSES DUE TO BEING FOLDED AND UNFOLDED EVERY DAY.
AFTER A NUMBER OF YEARS THE DEPARTMENT ALLOWED ONE OF THE UPSTAIRS BEDS TO BE USED FOR COT WATCH. THE ORDER WAS NO SITTING OR LAYING DOWN ON THE BED TILL COT WATCH

DO YOU REMEMBER
MAILBOX FIRES AND SOME GUYS ON THE "OFU" WOULD STRETCH THE REDLINE AND
RUIN ALL THE MAIL WHILE OUR UNIT WOULD PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH THE ANSUL OR CO2 AND SAVE ALL THE MAIL THAT WASN'T BURNED

DO YOU REMEMBER
ASKING THE TRIALMAN TO CHECK THE AIR CYLINDER IN THE ANSUL EXTINGUISHER AND WATCH HIM TRYING TO UNSCREW IT, AND CAN'T..............................AFTER A WHILE YOU TOLD HIM THE AIR CYLINDER ON ALL ANSUL EXTINGUISHERS HAVE A "LEFT HAND THREAD"

DO YOU REMEMBER
THE MANY BACK INJURIES FROM LIFTING A PATIENT ON A STRETCHER INTO THE HIGH
BACK END OF THE SQUAD

DO YOU REMEMBER
HAVING YOUR RIG READY FOR INSPECTION AND................................
1..............HAVING AN EXTRA ALARM THE NIGHT BEFORE THE INSPECTION
2...............HAVING YOUR RIG GOING TO THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS AND GETTING AN X-RIG
3................HAVING A WORKING FIRE THAT MORNING AND YOUR INSPECTION IS IN THE
AFTERNOON

DO YOU REMEMBER
CALLING THE SHOP AND SAYING YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME DOWN AS YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXTRA EQUIPMENT TO TURN IN. YOU HAVE EXTRA AXES, PIKE POLES AND NOZZLES AND YOU KNOW OTHER COMPANIES COULD USE THIS EXTRA EQUIPMENT. BESIDE, YOU TELL THEM IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.................................................................................
NO ,I DO NOT REMEMBER THIS EITHER.........................I WAS JUST TESTING YOU

DO YOU REMEMBER
JUST PRIOR TO INSPECTION HIDING ALL YOUR EXTRA EQUIPMENT IN YOUR CARS
OR OTHER SECRET HIDING PLACES IN THE ENGINE HOUSE
NOW THIS I DO REMEMBER

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DO YOU REMEMBER
CHOPPING YOUR FROZEN LINE OUT OF THE STREET AND FOLDING IT ON TOP OF
YOUR RIG.
CHOPPING YOUR FROZEN LINE OUT OF THE STREET AND THE SHOP SENDING A CITY FLATBED TRUCK TO TRANSPORT IT TO YOUR QUARTERS AS THE LINE WAS TOO FROZEN TO FOLD

DO YOU REMEMBER
WHAT YOU CHECKED WHEN YOU CAME OFF FURLOUGH:
BULLETINS
DEATH NOTICES
SENIORITY BOOK...... TO SEE HOW MANY NAMES YOU MOVED UP

DO YOU REMEMBER
CARRYING OUT A MATTRESS THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU PUT OUT WITH A CAN ONLY TO HAVE IT FLARE UP AND YOU WERE IN THE HALLWAY OF THE SECOND FLOOR OF AN
APARTMENT............................AND YOU SAID.....................OH.....SHIT

DO YOU REMEMBER
HOW HEAVY A WATER SOAKED MATTRESS IS AND HOW HARD IT WAS TO LIFT UP TO THROW OUT OF A WINDOW

DO YOU REMEMBER
THE THREE TYPES OF HANDLES ON A PIKE POLE
1..................THE DARK WOODEN HANDLE PAINTED BLACK ON THE END
2..................THE HOLLOW YELLOW HANDLE WITH THE GRAY ALUMINUM TIP ON THE END
3...................THE WHITE CHANNELED FIBERGLASS HANDLE WITH THE BLACK RUBBER
TIP ON THE END

DO YOU REMEMBER
HOW AS A "YOUNG WHIPPER SNAPPER" YOU WOULDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT CHANGING
CHANNELS ON THE TV.

DO YOU REMEMBER
HOW EVERYONE WOULD BE TALKING AND IF A BOX CAME IN AND THE FIRST DIGIT WAS YOUR NUMBER THEY WOULD STOP AND START COUNTING

IF THE FIRST ROUND WAS YOUR NUMBER GUYS WOULD GO TO THE WATCHDESK AND/OR THE WALL LOCATION BOARDS AND CALL OUT" WHO GOES"..................
ENGINE GOES.........................SQUAD GOES.............................EVERYBODY
BY THE SECOND ROUND THE COMPANIES WERE OUT OF THE DOORS, WITH OR WITHOUT YOU.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN GUYS STARTED TO CONNECT THE TWO OFFICE DESKS WITH A FLUSH DOOR FOR MORE WORKING SPACE

DO YOU REMEMBER
WHEN RIGS WENT FROM RED TO YELLOW AND NOW BACK TO RED

DO YOU REMEMBER
WHEN THE "CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT" BECAME THE
"EXECUTIVE CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT"

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WAYNE

FROM WAYNE
I TOLD YOU ABOUT A VIDEO I ORDERED FROM WWW.AFOX.COM
THE AHRENS FOX VIDEO LIBRARY
WELL I ORDERED ANOTHER ONE FROM THAT SAME COMPANY ENTITLED...............
"FIRE DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE WORLD".......YOU'LL SEE IT ON THEIR WEB SITE
I JUST WATCHED IT AND IT WAS WORTH THE MONEY......IT'S 1/2 HOUR AND INCLUDES BERLIN.....PARIS.....AND LONDON
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DO YOU REMEMBER
HOW SOME COOKS , AS EVERYONE KNEW, DIDN'T SPEND ALL THE MONEY BUT NOBODY COMPLAINED AS THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE THE REGULAR COOK.

DO YOU REMEMBER
THE NAME OF THE EXTRA PIPE AND FITTINGS THAT YOU CARRIED WITH THE STANDPIPE ROLL.......................THE JEWELS

DO YOU KNOW
WHY THE DOWNTOWN COMPANIES CARRIED A 1 & 1/2 FOOT LENGTH OF 2 & 1/2 INCH
LINE WITH A MALE BUTT ON ONE END AND A FEMALE BUTT ON THE OTHER?????????????

THE COMPANIES FOUND THAT SOME STANDPIPE CASES WERE BUILT TOO SMALL. IF YOU TOOK OFF THE HOUSE 1& 1/2 " LINE YOU COULD ONLY PUT ONE OF YOUR 1 & 1/2 " LINES BACK ON. THEY HAD A REDUCER, 2& 1/2 TO 1 & 1/2 BUT THERE WAS THE PROBLEM THERE WASN'T ENOUGH ROOM IN THE CASE TO TAKE OFF THE REDUCER AND PUT YOUR WYE GATE ON TO USE TWO 1& 1/2 " LINES. YOU HAD TO CHOP A HOLE IN THE WALL OF THE STANDPIPE CASE TO BE ABLE TO FIT YOUR WYE GATE ON THEIR STANDPIPE. SOMEONE THOUGHT UP THE IDEA OF A SHORT PIECE OF LINE . THEY TOOK OFF THE HOUSE LINE AND REDUCER, AND THEN INSTALLED THE SHORT LENGTH OF 2 & 1/2 " LINE, THE WYE GATE AND THEN TWO 1 & 1/2 " LINES

DO YOU REMEMBER
HAVING HOT MELTED TAR FROM BURNING ROOF SHINGLES OR A BURNING EMBER DROP ON AN UNPROTECTED PART OF YOUR BODY. SOMETIMES IT WENT DOWN YOUR BOOT OR THE BACK OF YOUR COLLAR..................REMEMBER THE SWEAR WORDS YOU USED

DO YOU REMEMBER
THE TRANSITION OF STANDING YOUR WATCH BY THE WATCH DESK TO STANDING YOUR WATCH IN THE OFFICE AREA

DO YOU REMEMBER
THE 5 BOTTLE CASCADE AIR BOTTLE SYSTEM AND HOW YOU WENT FROM THE LOWEST
BOTTLE TO THE HIGHEST.

DO YOU REMEMBER
AS A DETAILED DRIVER, TO DRIVE AN ENGINE OR TRUCK ,AND YOU JUST WALKED IN THE ENGINE HOUSE AND BEFORE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO CHECK OUT THE RIG THE ALERT RANG. THE "OFU" DRIVER JUST HAD TIME TO SHOW YOU HOW TO START IT, AND NOW YOU WERE RESPONDING
THEN CENTRAL TOLD YOU IT WAS A WORKING FIRE AND YOU WERE FIRST AND PEOPLE WERE HANGING OUT THE WINDOWS ...........OH SHIT

JUST REMEMBER TODAY
WAYNE

DO YOU REMEMBER
GOING TO OLD RECEIVING HOSPITAL WITH THE SQUAD AND WALKING THROUGH THE EMERGENCY WARD HALLWAYS AND SEEING ALL THE "BAD GUYS" HANDCUFFED TO THE GURNEYS. YOU HAD TO WATCH IT AS SOME WOULD TAKE A SWING AT YOU WITH THEIR UNCUFFED HAND.

DO YOU REMEMBER
WISHING YOU WOULD HAVE BOUGHT ONE OF THOSE METAL HELMETS AS THEY WERE REALLY NEAT. BUT BACK THEN NOT MANY OF US HAD THE EXTRA MONEY TO BUY ONE

DO YOU REMEMBER
HOW WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GIVE OUR HELMET SHIELD TO OUR REPLACEMENT UPON BEING TRANSFERRED BUT MANY OF US LIED AND SAID WE LEFT IT IN THE OFFICE DRAWER WHILE IN REALITY WE KEPT IT.

DO YOU REMEMBER
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE TYING A BOWLINE KNOT AND SMILE AS IT BRINGS BACK THE MEMORY OF LEARNING IT AT THE TRAINING ACADEMY

DO YOU REMEMBER
AS THE RIGS KEPT GETTING WIDER HOW HARD IT WAS TO NOT HIT THE DOORS GOING OUT OR BACKING IN
AT ENGINE 8s QUARTERS ,6TH AND BAGLEY, I MEASURED ONCE. I ADJUSTED THE MIRRORS IN AS FAR AS POSSIBLE AND I HAD 1 & 12 INCH CLEARANCE ON EACH SIDE

DO YOU REMEMBER
BEING ALLOWED TO BUY USED UNIFORMS AT THE SHOP . THEREFORE IF YOU SWUNG BETWEEN TWO HOUSES YOU HAD A DRESS UNIFORM AT EACH HOUSE AND MORE THEN ENOUGH WORK UNIFORMS.

DO YOU REMEMBER
THAT THE OLD DRESS UNIFORMS HAD "DETROIT FIRE DEPARTMENT" ON THOSE SILVER BUTTONS
THAT THE NEW DRESS UNIFORMS JUST HAD "FD" ON THEM

DO YOU REMEMBER
THE EXPRESSION PATCHES AND BADGES FOR A RAISE

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DO YOU REMEMBER
WHEN YOU WOULD GET A STILL ALARM AND CENTRAL WOULD GIVE YOU THE LOCATION....................AND YOUR MIND WOULD COMPLETELY BLANK OUT.
YOU RAN IN THAT HOUSE FOR YEARS AND KNEW EVERY STREET IN IT BUT RIGHT THEN THE LOCATION WOULD NOT REGISTER IN YOUR BRAIN..........YOU DID NOT HAVE ANY IDEA OF HOW TO GET THERE AND YOU REALLY FELT STUPID ASKING ANYONE.
I THINK WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE.

DO YOU REMEMBER
WHEN "BACK IN THE OLD DAYS" SOMEONE WAS BURNING "SULPHUR CANDLES" TO
RID THEIR HOUSE OF BUGS / RODENTS. WHEN YOU WENT INSIDE THE HOUSE TO CHECK IT OUT YOU COULD ACTUALLY SEE THE AIR MOVE IT WAS KIND OF LIKE SEEING HEAT WAVES EMITTING FROM A HOT STREET

DO YOU REMEMBER
WASHING DOWN A ROOM AND FINDING OUT IT WAS ONLY A LIGHT BULB SHINING THROUGH THE SMOKE

DO YOU REMEMBER
CUTTING YOURSELF WITH OUR SUPER SHARP KITCHEN KNIFES WHICH WERE REALLY LIKE STRAIGHT RAZORS . MANY WERE TOO EMBARRASSED TO GET STITCHES , WE JUST KEPT CHANGING BANDAGES AS THE BLOOD SOAKED THROUGH. EVENTUALLY THE BLEEDING STOPPED. .....................I'VE BEEN THERE.........HAVE YOU???????????

DO YOU REMEMBER
THAT LEVER ON THE INSIDE OF THE CAB TO OPERATE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BY HAND IN CASE THE SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED. THERE WAS ONE LEVER FOR EACH WIPER.

DO YOU REMEMBER
THE
HOW HARD THE CLUTCH WAS TO PUSH DOWN ON SOME OF THOSE OLD RIGS. YOU DREADED GOING ON HYDRANTS AS WITH SO MUCH CLUTCH WORK YOUR LEFT LEG THROBBED WHEN YOU WERE DONE

DO YOU REMEMBER
HOW THE EMERGENCY BRAKES ON SOME RIGS DIDN'T WORK . THOSE COMPANIES CARRIED A CEMENT BLOCK TO PLACE UNDER THE TIRE TO PREVENT IT FROM ROLLING IF THEY WERE PARKED ON A SLANT

DO YOU REMEMBER
REMEMBER YELLING "FFOOUURR......OO'CCLLOOCCKK
AND GRABBING THE POLE AND SHAKING IT AGAINST THE INSIDE OF THE HOLE IN THE POLE HOLE DOORS. REMEMBER THE SOUND IT MADE..................COME ON,OLD TIMER, CLOSE YOUR EYES AND REMEMBER THAT SOUND.................SEE, YOU REMEMBERED, YOU'RE NOT THAT OLD...............YET.

DO YOU REMEMBER
THAT SOME COMPANIES HAD A BUSINESS IN THEIR DISTRICT THAT GAVE THEM FREE STUFF....BREAD, DOUGHNUTS...ICE CUBES, ICE CREAM ....ANYTHING ELSE?????? LET ME KNOW AND I'LL SEND IT OUT.

DO YOU REMEMBER
THE NAME OF THAT ENGINE HOUSE DESERT MADE FROM JELLO AND ICE CREAM
"BULLFUCK"...........................I'VE GOT NO IDEA WHO CAME UP WITH THAT NAME

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DO YOU REMEMBER
BURNING THE GRATES ON THE STOVE FOR INSPECTION.
CLEANING THOSE TRAYS UNDER THE BURNERS AFTER THE EVENING MEAL . IF THERE WAS A TRIALMAN ON DUTY IT WAS HIS JOB.

DO YOU REMEMBER
HOW SOME DEBATES / ARGUMENTS ENDED UP WITH ....... "WE CAN SETTLE THIS IN THE BASEMENT"
NOTE......SOME WERE ACTUALLY SETTLED IN THE BASEMENT

DO YOU REMEMBER
THE CHANGE TO MILITARY TIME (THE 24 HOURS CLOCK ) FROM STANDARD TIME
DO YOU REMEMBER THE YEAR?? ................. I DON'T.

DO YOU REMEMBER
THE VOLLEYBALL GAMES AT ENGINE 1 AND ENGINE 5 AND THE GUYS THAT ENDED UP WITH SPRAINED ANKLES

DO YOU REMEMBER
"THE POTATO GUN , HOW THEY WERE MADE AND HOW FAR THEY COULD SHOOT A POTATO.
THE WATER BALLOON SLING SHOT AND HOW FAR THEY COULD SHOOT A WATER BALLOON.
DO YOU REMEMBER LAUGHING A LOT AT SOME OF OUR ANTICS

DO YOU REMEMBER
PICKING UP THE NIGHT FREE PRESS AT THEIR FACTORY AND DELIVERING COPIES TO HEADQUARTERS AND CENTRAL OFFICE....................THIS WAS DONE BY CHIEF 1 AND HIS DRIVER

DO YOU REMEMBER
THE UNWRITTEN RULE.........YOU COULD FART ANYPLACE IN THE ENGINE HOUSE BUT IT WAS FORBIDDEN TO FART AT THE TABLE WHILE EATING.
NOTE TO ALL WIVES READING THIS STUFF.........AND YOU THOUGHT US GUYS DIDN'T HAVE MANNERS.

DO YOU REMEMBER
WHAT WE ALL DREADED WHEN THERE WAS A STORM..............................WIRES DOWN
ON SOME STORMS WITH WIRES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE CITY YOU COULD SIT ON WIRES FOR THE ENTIRE NIGHT.

DO YOU REMEMBER
PUTTING THE RED LINE IN THE WATER TANK AND PUMPING SO YOUR LINE WOULDN'T FREEZE IN THE WINTER
FORGETTING TO PUT YOUR RED LINE IN THE WATER TANK AND TRYING TO UNFREEZE THE PIPE BY PUTTING IT BY THE EXHAUST PIPE

DO YOU REMEMBER
THAT SMALL ELBOW PIPE, KEPT IN THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT, THAT YOU USED WITH THE HARDEE GUN . YOU UNSCREWED THE GUN TIP, PUT THE ELBOW ON AND THE TIP BACK ON. YOU USED THIS ON CHIMNEY CLEAN OUTS AND APARTMENT INCINERATORS

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DO YOU REMEMBER
HOW WET YOU GOT GREASING THE RIG AS THEY ALL LEAKED

DO YOU REMEMBER
WHAT NUMBER YOU SET THE EDUCTOR AT WHEN YOU PUT THE FOAM IN OPERATION
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DO YOU REMEMBER
PUTTING EGG SHELLS IN THE TOP OF THOSE OLD DRIPALATOR COFFEE POTS WITH THE COFFEE GROUNDS.

DO YOU REMEMBER
FLUSHING THE REFRIGERATOR AND FREEZER COMPARTMENT WITH A GARDEN HOSE.
NOTE....I STILL CAN'T SEE WHY WE CAN'T DO THIS AT HOME......IT DID WORK .

DO YOU REMEMBER
GUYS FISHING FOR "RATS" BEHIND ENGINE 3

DO YOU REMEMBER
MANY FIREMEN LIVED IN "COPPER CANYON" ON THE WEST SIDE

DO YOU REMEMBER
SINCE MOST OF US LIVED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ONE ANOTHER A LOT OF OUR LEAVE DAY FUNCTIONS WERE WITH ONE ANOTHER

RELATED STORY
SINCE THE WHOLE ENGINE HOUSE LIVED NEAR ONE ANOTHER SGT.' JOHN DOE ASKED THE GUYS TO COME OVER TO HIS HOUSE TO HELP PUT UP AN ABOVE GROUND SWIMMING POOL SINCE MOST OF THE GUYS ARE VERY HANDY IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SIMPLE JOB. SGT. JOHN DOE EVEN BOUGHT CASES OF BEER FOR THE GUYS.
HE SHOULD HAVE PASSED OUT THE BEER "AFTER " THE POOL WAS UP. THE GUYS DRANK BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE POOL GOT ASSEMBLED. THE GUYS LEFT,
THE SGT. FILLED THE POOL, THE POOL COLLAPSED, WATER FILLED THE SERGEANT'S BASEMENT THROUGH THE WINDOWS AND WALLS.
END OF STORY

DO YOU REMEMBER
ONE ENGINE HOUSE BUYING A CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT ON PAY TV AND INVITING THE REST OF THE BATTALION OVER TO WATCH IT. YOU CHIPPED IN FOR THE FIGHT AND MAYBE PIZZA THAT THEY MADE. YOU WATCHED THE FIGHT, ATE PIZZA AND GOT IN THE FIGHT POOL FOR A BUCK.......................A REAL GUY THING...........................
RETIREES ...............SOMETIMES YOU DO MISS THOSE DAYS, DON'T YOU
I KNOW I DO

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