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R.I.P. Firefighter / Dispatcher Mitch Fiandt, a friend

ozma914 Nov 28, 2024 11:00

A week ago I wrote here that Mitch Fiandt was fighting cancer, and now he's gone.
Just like that.

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Old Firefighters Never Die: They Just Smolder

ozma914 Mar 16, 2024 14:00

So, I'm retiring. Not from my full time job of dispatching to become a Gentleman Author, as I wanted. (It's like a Gentleman Farmer, a rich person who just farms as a hobby. No real farmer is a Gentleman Farmer, especially considering their ungentlemanly language while going through bills ( Read more... )

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Say happy National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week three times fast

ozma914 Apr 11, 2023 17:00

April has sucked royally thus far, and I haven't felt very funny (as opposed to not being funny and thinking I am). So I'm celebrating National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week the way they used to do summer television: With a re-run.)

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