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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Mark, I do hold that pride. If, for some reason, I cannot do the job correctly, I do not do it, and ask questions later. That is the way I work. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Full custom fire truck? Everything from the paint on the frame to the tyres. You can call out every nut and bolt, and specify how it is tightened. I am serious about this......deal with it everyday. You want what mounted where? It won't fit there, Sir. OK, here? We can do that. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
I never envisioned myself doing this 20 years ago. Never. I am happy God redirected me. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
We build these things so others might live another day. I go to work wondering every day if this truck I touch might save a life some day. That's what I do. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65747 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Los Angeles California just received two super scooper aircraft to use against brush fires and there's an DC10 on standby, of course I don't know if the 747 will be used for firefighting again... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
We call them Canadair in Italy and they are widely used. Tullio |
SEARCHER Send message Joined: 24 Aug 04 Posts: 1323 Credit: 4,373,238 RAC: 1 |
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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65747 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
We call them Canadair in Italy and they are widely used. And the pilots are heroes... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
All firemen are heroes. Every single one. Their best days are when they are not pressed into service. But, they stand by, every single hour of every single day 24/7/365. And a very high number of them are volunteers. They do what they do because they believe in the greater good that comes in the rare moments that they have to take action. And me? I just take great satisfaction in that I can help build the trucks that allow them to fulfill their goal and save a life or two along the way. Works for me, kids. Works for me just fine. Not everyone can say that their day's work might have saved a life. I know that somewhere along my last 7 years of building fire trucks, somewhere, I have made that deciding moment in somebody's life. That, my friends, is true gratification. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
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John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
There is a new Fire house going up 2 blocks from my house. I was just wondering if Mark is going to do an inspection on the new Engine headed there. The engine is Americal La France. BOINC WIKI |
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John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
Finally got a chance to talk to some of the Paramedics/Firemen at the station. It appears that station 4 split and 5 got the engine while 4 kept the ladder. [edit} I also saw them make one of the shortest runs in history. The firehouse is about 300 yards from a busy intersection. I saw the entire run while waiting for the light. They pulled onto the road in front of me (yes, I had stopped short of their driveway) and stopped just short of the intersection... BOINC WIKI |
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