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HEY GUYS, REMEMBER PRE-EMS DAYS WHEN PEOPLE CAME IN TO HAVE THE SQUADS
USE THEIR RING CUTTER TO CUT OFF A RING THAT
THEY COULDN'T GET OFF. WELL THERE WERE TIMES THAT THE RING CUTTER WAS IN FOR
REPAIRS TO THE CUTTING WHEEL. WE LEARNED HOW TO REMOVE THEIR RING WITH A
PIECE OF STRING THAT WE GOT FROM A LOAF OF BAKERY BREAD ANSWER BELOW BELOW SOME MORE JUST A LITTLE MORE
Where did the time go?????????????????. . WHERE'S THE TRIALMAN DEVILS NIGHT
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DEVILS NIGHT ,DEVILS NIGHT,
DEVILS NIGHT,
DEVILS NIGHT,
DEVILS NIGHT to be continued when I can remember more MAKE SOMEONE SMILE TODAY DO YOU REMEMBER??? BUYING ON OUR OWN, FROM J.C. PENNYS, THE FIRST PERMANENT
PRESS WORK UNIFORMS ? STRETCHING ON EVERYTHING AS NO
ENGINE CARRIED WATER? STRETCHING THE 2 1/2 LINE ON ALL
GARAGE FIRES AS THAT WAS "THE RULE" MOVING A 2 1/2 " LINE THAT WASN'T REAL HARD BY GRABBING
IT AND PULLING IT TOWARD YOU. DUMPING THE SEWER BY FILLING TWO LARGE GARBAGE CANS FULL
OF WATER AND "AT THE COUNT WHEN THERE WAS A RULE ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO WORK ON
OUR LEAVE DAY, SO WE KEPT WHEN FRIDAY WAS FISH DAY AND SATURDAY WAS STEAK DAY
THOSE OLD TWO PIECE DRIPALATOR COFFEE POTS THAT THE
WATER BOILED UP TO THE TOP MAKE SOMEONE SMILE TODAY HYDRANTS...PUMP OUT YOUR HYDRANTS
DO YOU REMEMBER......................................... NOW THIS ALL DEPENDS ON WHEN YOU CAME ON THE JOB. NOTE.. PRIOR TO 1967 SOME HYDRANTS WERE
COLOR
CODED WITH DIFFERENT COLORED RINGS AROUND THE BONNET TO INDICATE THE SIZE MAIN
IT WAS ON OR IF IT WAS ON A DEAD END . THAT ALSO CHANGED AFTER
1967 AS THEN
THE CITY IN TRYING TO GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE JOBS EMPLOYED THEM TO PAINT HYDRANTS
THROUGHOUT OUT DETROIT. THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS THEY GIVE THEM JUST
YELLOW AND RED
PAINT. THE COLOR CODED HYDRANT WAS LOST FOREVER. DO YOU
REMEMBER......................................... NOW WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE THAT THE RIGS PUT OUT, THERE WERE SOME INCIDENTS OF THAT SILVER CAP BLOWING OFF AND DENTING SOMEONE'S CAR OR THE KNEES OF THE BOZO THAT STOOD IN FRONT OF IT. WITH THE PASSING OF TIME ,THAT PIPE INSIDE THE HYDRANT LEADING TO THE BLOWOUT CAP RUSTED OUT AND YOU HAD TO USE THE SUCTION HAND PUMP UNTIL THE WATER DEPT. REPAIRED THAT PIPE. THEN SOME SMART GUY THOUGHT UP THE IDEA OF NOT REPAIRING THAT PIPE BUT TO GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT HYDRANT CAP WITH A 3 FOOT SECTION OF RUBBER HOSE TO REPLACE THE PIPE. REMEMBER HOW YOU WOULD TRY TO GET THAT @#$%&%$# HOSE TO FIT DOWN THE OPENING. YOU WOULD TWIST TO THE RIGHT, TWIST TO THE LEFT#$%&%$#@ TWIST TO THE RIGHT, TWIST TO THE LEFT #$%&%$#@. THEN IF IT STILL WOULDN'T GO DOWN YOU HAD TO TAKE OFF YOUR GLOVES AND WITH ONE HAND IN EACH OPENING FEED THE HOSE DOWN THE HYDRANT. DO YOU REMEMBER......................................... GOING ON HYDRANTS AND FINDING WHOLE DISTRICTS THAT WERE MISSING THOSE BRASS
BLOWOUT CAPS. SOME DISTRICTS YOU HAD TO REPLACE THEM EVERY TIME AS THEY WERE
STOLEN AS FAST AS YOU REPLACED THEM.. AFTER A WHILE THEY WEREN'T REPLACED. YOU
JUST HAD A BLOWOUT CAP IN THE CAB AND PUT IT ON WHEN YOU HOOKED UP. DO YOU REMEMBER THOSE HEAVY ODD LOOKING HYDRANT CAPS THAT WERE A @#$%&%$# TO OPEN . THE FIRST YEAR YEAR WE GOT THEM THE ORDER CAME DOWN TO BRING A BUCKET OF GREASE WITH US ON HYDRANTS AND GREASE THE THREADS BEFORE PUTTING THE CAPS ON THE GREASE DIDN'T HELP AS THEY WERE STILL VERY TIME CONSUMING TO GET OFF. SOME YOU COULDN'T GET OFF AND YOU HAD TO NOTIFY THE WATER DEPARTMENT
AH YES, DO YOU REMEMBER MAKE SOMEONE SMILE TODAY DO YOU REMEMBER CHANGING HOSE BEDS ONCE A MONTH, WITH A LETTER BEING SENT IN STATING DATE IT WAS CHANGED ISSUED LEATHER BUNDLE STRAPS FOR 1 1/2" LINE. THEN
THEY JUST GAVE US CHEAP WEARING SPANNER BELTS AND WRENCHES AT ALL MULTIPLE ALARMS HOW MANY GUYS WERE ENGINE HOUSE MECHANICS WHEN CARS WERE NOT COMPUTERIZED HOW ALL PAPERWORK COULDN'T HAVE ANY ERASURES
WHEN CENTRAL SENT YOU ON A
BOX ALARM THAT YOU KNEW TO BE
A REGULAR WHEN FALSE ALARMS FROM" BOX PULLED" BECAME SO OVERWHELMING THAT CENTRAL STARTED TO JUST SEND OUT AN ENGINE AND A TRUCK DUSTING ALL THOSE ASBESTOS COVERED BASEMENT PIPES
BEFORE WE KNEW ABOUT CRAWLING IN AIRWAYS TO CLEAN THOSE DAM WET LEAVES OUT READING "R & R" ( RULES & REGULATIONS ) ON SUNDAY MORNINGS MAKE SOMEONE SMILE TODAY DO YOU REMEMBER GOING OUT IN YOUR DISTRICT WITH GRAPH PAPER AND DRAWING ALL THE INTERIORS OF EACH BUSINESS SO YOU KNEW EXACTLY WHERE WALLS AND DOORS WERE RIDING 5 ON ENGINES AND TRUCKS AND 6 ON SQUADS HOW ON "PRE- EMS" DAYS WHEN SQUADS RESPONDED WITH
POLICE STATION WAGONS HOW IF YOU WERE THE YOUNGEST MAN ON THE SQUAD AND
YOU WERE CARRYING OUT SOME HOUSES TREATED DETAILS LIKE CRAP. DETAILS GOT A WATCH, DISHES AND ALSO COOKS HELPER. ALWAYS ROLLING UP WET LINE AFTER A FIRE, NEVER, EVER
PUTTING IT BACK ON THE RIG. THEN UPON RETURNING TO QUARTERS WASHING THE LINE IF
REAL DIRTY AND PUTTING DRY LINE BACK ON. THEN
WASHING THE RIG AND USING A CHAMOIS TO GET ALL THE WATER MARKS OFF
. THEN WASHING ALL TOOLS USED AT THE FIRE, DRYING THEM AND FINALLY OILING THEM
TO PREVENT RUST WHEN THE "DETROIT HOUSE OF CORRECTION" CAME WITH ONE GUARD AND TWO PRISONERS TO PICK UP OUR SHEETS, PILLOW CASES AND TOWELS AND LEFT CLEAN ONES. I THINK IT WAS ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS MAKE SOMEONE SMILE TODAY DO YOU REMEMBER: HOW THE FASTER YOU BREATHED THE MORE DIFFICULT IT WAS WITH THE" MSA SMOKE MASKS" HOW, WITH THE MSA SMOKE MASK BEING SO SMALL, IT WAS EASY TO PUT OUT AN ATTIC FIRE. YOU JUST PULLED THE CEILING BETWEEN TWO 2 X 4s CLIMBED ON A DRESSER AND SQUEEZED UP TO THE ATTIC WITH THE LINE HOW HEAVY THOSE FIRST STEEL TANKS WERE THAT REPLACED
THE SMALL SMOKE DO YOU REMEMBER: HOW SOME GUYS (NOT YOU OR I BUT THE "OFU GUYS")CALLED HOME BY LETTING IT RING TWICE SO THEIR WIFE COULD CALL BACK. THEY SAVED $ .10 THAT WAY. TRYING TO STEAL ANOTHER COMPANIES LINE AND HAVING
OTHER COMPANIES TRY TO STEAL YOURS. AS A YOUNG GUY YOU HAD THE LINE WITH YOUR MASK ON.
SOME OLDER GUY BEHIND YOU WOULD , TAKE A DEEP BREATH,
TAKE OFF HIS MASK AND SAY" HEY KID " IT'S NOT THAT
BAD IN HERE. IF I HAVE MY MASK OFF YOU CAN TAKE YOURS OFF TOO. YOU TOOK YOURS
OFF, HE PUT HIS BACK ON AND THEN YOU COUGHED YOUR GUTS OUT.. MAKE SOMEONE SMILE TODAY DO YOU REMEMBER USING THE STICK AS A BATTERING RAM AND TAKING OUT THE WHOLE WINDOW FRAMING BETWEEN TWO WINDOWS THE SMELL OF A CARELESS COOK OR A BURNED BODY FINDING WHISKEY STILLS IN SOME HOUSES DO YOU REMEMBER 1 BEEP..........................................STOP
PULLING THE STEERING COLUMN AND THEN UNLATCHING AND
FLIPPING THE BUCKET THE KNOTTED ROPES HANGING FROM THE CEILING TO ALERT
THE TILLERMAN TO BUYING YOUR BADGE SO NOBODY COULD
"GOING ROUND THE TABLE" PRIOR TO THE MANY TVS ALONG WITH CABLE THE GUYS
THOUGHT UP ODD CHALLENGES TO EACH OTHER. ONES HEIGHT DIDN'T SEEM TO MATTER AS ALL HEIGHTS WERE ABLE TO BOTH DO IT AND NOT BE ABLE TO DO IT. I TRIED TWICE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO DO IT. THE REASON ONLY TWICE IS UPON
MAKING THE FLIP FROM TOP TO GOING OVER THE SIDE AND TRYING TO GRAB THE OTHER
SIDE FROM UNDERNEATH YOU WOULD SCRAPE YOUR INNER THIGH AND END UP WITH A HUGH
PURPLE BRUISE FROM YOUR GROIN TO YOUR KNEE MAKE SOMEONE SMILE TODAY DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN A BOX CAME IN IF THE FEO AND BOSS WERE ON THE RIG IT STARTED AND YOU
RAN AS FAST AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE YOU GOT ON . IT TAUGHT YOU TO
BE ON THE ALERT 24 HOURS A DAY DO YOU REMEMBER RIDING THE BACK END OF THE ENGINE WHILE GETTING DRESSED. YOU WERE LUCKY TO
GET YOUR BOOTS ON BEFORE GETTING ON. THEN AS YOU SPED DOWN THE ROAD YOU WOULD
HANG ON THAT CROSS BAR WITH ONE ARM AND PUT ON YOUR FIRECOAT AND SMOKE MASK
HARNESS. WHEN THOSE STEEL TANKS REPLACED THE SMOKE MASKS IT MADE IT MUCH MORE
DIFFICULT TO DRESS ON THE RUN. MAKE SOMEONE SMILE TODAY WE ALL REMEMBER SOME OF THE "COLORFUL"
PEOPLE WE HAD WORKED WITH ANYWAY HE HAD THE ABILITY TO PASS SILENT ROTTEN SMELLING GAS EMISSIONS FROM HIS LOWER REAR ORIFICE. SOME OF HIS SCHEMES HE WOULD PULL OUT A HANDKERCHIEF AND STAND THERE
DABBING AT ONE OF HIS EYES. HE WOULD PASS ONE OF HIS SILENT POISONOUS GAS
EMISSION. THEN HE WOULD CALL OUT TO ONE OF THE GUYS THAT DIDN'T KNOW HIS TRICKS.
JOHN DOE WOULD GO INTO THE WASHROOM JUST OFF THE
WATCH DESK AREA. IT WAS SMALL AND REALLY HELD THE SMELL VERY WELL.
JOHN DOE WOULD BE AT HEADQUARTERS AND WAIT FOR THE
ELEVATOR TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE GOING ABOVE THE SECOND FLOOR, DIVISION PEOPLE
OR GUYS GOING TO THE MEDICAL DIVISION THIS ONE HE TOLD US HE DID ON HIS OFF DAY
MAKE SOMEONE SMILE TODAY DO YOU REMEMBER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DUTCHTOWN & THE DUTCHMAN???? ANSWER BELOW AS YOU THINK ABOUT IT. REMEMBER JUMPING OUT OF BED, PUTTING ON YOUR PANTS
AND BOOTS, SLIDING THE POLE AND GETTING ON THE RIG IN A MATTERS OF SECONDS.
HAVING A MESS OF KEYS IN THE RIGS GLOVE COMPARTMENT THAT NO ONE KNEW WHAT
THEY WERE FOR , BUT YOU KEPT ANYWAY "JUST IN CASE" DO YOU REMEMBER DAVE ALEXANDER , THE JEWELER. HE HAD MORE SENIORITY THEN MANY OF US. THE FIRE ALARM BOX WINDUP GUY. I NEVER KNEW HIS NAME . WE JUST CALLED
HIM DO YOU REMEMBER HOW HARD IT WAS TO ROLL UP THE ROPE INTO A BALL. YOU
WOULD TRY HOLDING IT DO YOU REMEMBER NIGHT BOOTS...THE SHOP WOULD CUT YOUR OLD BOOTS INTO SHOES WHEN YOU TURNED THEM IN FOR A NEW PAIR. THESE YOU WORN AFTER 8:00 PM ( NOW 2000 HRS) DO YOU REMEMBER A DECAL OF
MICKEY MOUSE ON ALL OF OUR CLOCKS IN THE WATCH
ROOMS??????????????? ANSWERS FROM ABOVE THE DUTCHTOWN WAS THAT SMALL EXTENSION LADDER THAT THE TRUCKS CARRIED THE YOUNGEST MAN ALWAYS HAD TO GET IT THE DUTCHMAN WAS WHEN , UPON LOADING LINE, YOU PUT A FOLD IN THE LINE WHEN EITHER THE BUTT WAS ON THE END OR WHEN TWO BUTTS LINED UP ON THE BED MAKE SOMEONE SMILE TODAY |
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