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  1. cryptometaphor

    the 100% directionless thread

    I had this problem...the doctor (without even asking) said "stop hitching the backpack and bags over one shoulder...*both* shoulders, or carry it by the straps below your waist. No other options." Damn...and six weeks later, all the lifting pain (and while getting up in the morning)...gone.
  2. cryptometaphor

    "Best" things heard in dispatch

    We're private ambulance primary 911 response.Tones for chest pain in a residential area. We arrive, start assessing the patient...ladder truck arrives. Rescue truck arrives. Battallion chief arrives. Continue assessment, begin treatment...more sirens in the distance. Over the radio, second...
  3. cryptometaphor

    the 100% directionless thread

    I also just heard last week that Austin Travis County has lost 20 people in one month...whoa.
  4. cryptometaphor

    the 100% directionless thread

    I heard Acadian in central Texas is killing off its 24 hour shifts in favor of 12 hour shifts. Is that true? If so, does that mean they're going to do layoffs and close stations? Did they lose a contract? What's the scoop?
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