the 100% directionless thread

[Seaglass]

Lent, haven't completely decided what I'm giving up. I need to give up stress and quit worrying so much but not sure how that'll work. Or cut back on eating so unhealthy.

Damn, it's Lent already again... I have no idea what I'm giving up. Regular meals? Sleep? Showers lasting longer than 5 minutes? Breaks? Don't have most of the above just now. And no way I'm giving up hot water, my sleeping bag, internet crap during downtime with nothing better to do, or any other essentials .

I know that feeling all too well.. that's my entire internship, while the classmate whos at the same station, just different shift, gets 3-4x as many calls.

Yeah, every classmate I've kept in touch with who took a 911 position of any sort has had at least one real code. Not me. When they're dead, they're really dead.

 

[sunbee]

what do you guys like most about being an emt?

 

[MrBrown]

what do you guys like most about being an emt?

The best thing about being an Ambulance Officer is the crap you can get for your belt and driving fast with red lights!

/end sarcasam

 

[CollegeBoy]

Lent, haven't completely decided what I'm giving up. I need to give up stress and quit worrying so much but not sure how that'll work. Or cut back on eating so unhealthy.

Or best one yet give up dealing with useless BS that makes my life a living hell


on that note I'll give up chocolate

I'm not catholic, but I always give something up just as a way of showing God that I can. Not entirely sure what to give up. I was in such a rush to get out of the house this morning that I didn't have time to shower, but my friends would kill me if I gave that up. I could give up alcohol, but I'm not 21 yet so its kinda a moot point. I might give up the pop that i have every morning to get my caffeine. Sure I'll be cranky a little longer, but hey its your problem not mine.

 

[Seaglass]

I'm not catholic, but I always give something up just as a way of showing God that I can.

Lots of non-Catholics give up stuff for Lent. Same for non-Muslims and Ramadan, too. I did that once and couldn't handle the headaches I'd get from dehydration. Made it through the month, but never again...

 

[TransportJockey]

I gave up being religious for Lent years ago. Still going strong

 

[CollegeBoy]

Lots of non-Catholics give up stuff for Lent. Same for non-Muslims and Ramadan, too. I did that once and couldn't handle the headaches I'd get from dehydration. Made it through the month, but never again...

I'll admit, I'm christian but other than that I'm up for grabs. I'm a little catholic, little methodist, ect, ect.

 

[Seaglass]

I'll admit, I'm christian but other than that I'm up for grabs. I'm a little catholic, little methodist, ect, ect.

Religious beliefs are one thing, but I'll try just about any practice that seems like a good idea and that members of that faith won't mind me trying.

 

[EmmaSlim09]

I'm not Catholic either but I still practice Lent. I'll admit I don't go to church nearly as often as I should.. When I was younger and with my mom we went to a Baptist church and when I was with my dad we went to a Methodist church.

 

[firetender]

Religious beliefs are one thing, but I'll try just about any practice that seems like a good idea and that members of that faith won't mind me trying.

Fire walking
Rattlesnake handling
Trance dancing...

So many choices!

 

[Shishkabob]

Finally.


Not only did I get 1 good ALS call last night, I got TWO, one after the other. Feels good to know I actually made a difference in 2 lives.

 

[CollegeBoy]

Working on a week without any calls

 

[Sasha]

Lent, haven't completely decided what I'm giving up. I need to give up stress and quit worrying so much but not sure how that'll work. Or cut back on eating so unhealthy.

Or best one yet give up dealing with useless BS that makes my life a living hell


on that note I'll give up chocolate

I'm giving up, giving up Lent for Lent

 

[katgrl2003]

I'm giving up, giving up Lent for Lent

I think I'm gonna give up coffee. Drank some for the first time in over a year a few nights ago, and been having migraines ever since. Easiest thing I've ever had to give up.

 

[Shishkabob]

I think you fail at realizing the purpose of giving up something for Lent. :wacko:

 

[lightsandsirens5]

Nobody loves me. I have not got any emails for like three days.

I'm sure you were all dying to know that.
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And the o on my keyboard barely works. And my crew has not gotten any calls today. Or last night. And I have my final Management in the Fire Service test due tomorrow and I have hardly studied at all yet. And I have a sick cow at home who needs a shot of Penicillin G every 12 hours. And I should just shut up and stop complaining since it does no good whatsoever.

So, I hope everyone else has a great day.

 

[JPINFV]

So I ended up watching Olympic curling today while studying and I have to admit that it's pretty interesting once you get past the entire sweeping ice issue. It's more of a thinking game than the other sports. To illustrate, let's look at most of the other sports.

Racing sports: (luge, speed skating, mogals, cross country sking, bobsled, skeleton, etc). Each race looks exactly the same, unless someone crashes. Of course most people who watch these sports are looking for crashes. Outside of crashes, there's very little personality in most of these. Of course, when seconds or less separate a gold metal from no metal, everyone is doing the exact same damn thing anyways.

Figure skating/ice dancing: First off, how many people who don't figure skate can tell the difference between a toeloop, lutz, Salchow, and axel? Additionally, I really don't want to watch stick figure teenagers or emo guys skate. Riverdance style ice skating, on the other hand, would be much more interesting.

So curling. Ok, it's not a strength sport or an endurance sport. It's about as immediately exciting as watching a game of chess. However it's kinda of like chess... but on ice. Do I want to put this rock out in front to block or knock my opponiantes out of the circle? How many rocks can I knock out of the circle? Additional benifit: Womens curling has women who aren't dressed from head to toe in winter gear (like snow boarding, of course I don't really blame snow boarders for what they wear, when they crash they're going to need all the protection they can get) without me wanting to prescribe a cheese burger as a nutritional supplement (cough, figure skating cough).

 

[EmtTravis]

I must say I'm having an awesome day.. Got my first EMT job go me

 

[Shishkabob]

Half the crap they have on the Olympics I wouldn't even consider sports.


Speed walking? Seriously?

Paintball is a much bigger sport, international with international tournaments, many pro teams, and already US vs Russa/UK/France/German games. Why isn't paintball an olympic sport?

 

[JPINFV]

I can see the FaceBook group now. 1,000,000 strong to replace sychronized swimming with paint ball in the Summer Olympics.