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Detroit International. This is the connecting passage between arrivals and departures, and it changes colours every 30 sec or so, with eerie music. A trip and a half.
 
Qulevrius said:
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Detroit International. This is the connecting passage between arrivals and departures, and it changes colours every 30 sec or so, with eerie music. A trip and a half.
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Did you remember your LSD or magic mushrooms?
 
StCEMT said:
You get some cool *** sunset screensaver photo ops.
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Lol, my flight nurse took it, and that’s about what I told her—it’s a good pic for your home screen.
 
Got ****ed on this shift bid. Same days, but opposite hours. Not the night shift I wanted. :(
 
When you're actually proficient at taking blood pressures so the whole time the rest of the class is practicing them for the very first time, you get to be the practice dummy (one of my buddies was struggling just to reliably find my radial pulse, much less brachial)....kinda start to realize just how much skills development you take for granted when 4-5 years ago that was me struggling with that strange bp cuff thingy lol
 
I had to take a manual today....BP was so low and faint I couldn't even get an exact read on it.
 
One of the "little" things I don't like about my ED is that while we have many NIBP monitors, we do not have enough manual cuffs for those times when the autocuff fails or just can't get a decent signal to provide a reliable result. In those cases, I can use my own ears to get a good result faster than the autocuff. This only comes with doing manual vital signs measurements (including BP) over the years.
 
16 hours 30 minutes 1,085 miles. That folks is my limit to how much I drive within a day.
 
CALEMT said:
Well I mostly listen to county and rock. Granted most of todays stuff sucks, but reverting to my original statement there are always a few diamonds in the rough.[/QU

So is "yesterday's stuff" like two weeks ago for you, you young whippersnapper?
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Jim37F said:
So....i decided to check out that "side hustle" and spent yesterday driving for Uber. Well Uber Eats since my pickups lack of 4 full size doors disqualifies me from regular Uber fares. Basically when "online" you get an alert to accept a delivery....it tells you to drive to such and such restaurant (turn by turn GPS directions available) and pick up the order (in all cases the order was ready to go or no more than a minute of waiting) then the app gives you directions to the drop off...you drop off and go on your merry way.

Raw numbers: I spent 9 hrs and 19 min "online", I completed 13 "trips" and made $81 not counting tips (though I made maybe 30 bucks in tips?). Comes out to something like $8.70 an hour based on those numbers. The single lowest paid trip was $3.94, single highest paid was $11.39. Average worked out to $6.23 per trip.

So....not exactly the highest paying part time job....AND it's YOUR gas money (plus any additional maintenance) which with about $2.90/gallon here (if I use the cheaper pumps on the military bases, closer to $3.00/in town (some pumps were closer $3.20/gallon I saw!)

But it is easier than other part time jobs...go on or offline at will, so totally flexible with other work schedules, but first impressions are a relatively quick way to earn a few extra bucks. That's the rub, a FEW extra bucks....it sure won't double your regular paycheck (my rough off the cuff math says that if you spend all day on the weekends AND work a few hours a day thru the week (like if you work a 40 he mon-fri schedule that is so super common in EMS :rolleyes: and do a few trips after work...or do 2 or 3 full days in between work shifts.....you might net 150- 200 extra bucks a week....not a lot of but maybe enough to pay off that extra credit card debt from the holidays? Lol[/QUOTE

I like the "eats" option. I don't feel comfortable with people in my car. Food is good. I might look into that.
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I am officially a smart home addict. I have two Echo dots, three TP Link outlets, a Hue hub with two white dimmable bulbs and three color/dimmable bulbs and a Harmony remote that also controls everything. I can do without jewelry. Just give me electronics!!!!
 
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