Fire-bugs!

Nov 03, 2005 09:47


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cheekyassmonkey November 3 2005, 02:39:53 UTC
damn ... that is ... impressive? scary? cool?

my vocabulary is limited by oban this evening.

i hope you recover quickly.

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tikimonkey November 3 2005, 03:38:53 UTC
my grandfather and father both fought fires for a living out west (they were with the u.s. department of the interior), and my brother carries on the tradition as a volunteer firefighter in the mountain forests of northern california. these photos are amazing -- as are you!

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aussie_annie November 3 2005, 04:23:56 UTC
> these photos are amazing -- as are you!
*awwww* ~ that's really is a nice thing to say, but really it's just something an ordinary person (that's me) decided she wanted to do.  I don't remember my mother ever actually enstilling a sense of 'community' in either my sister or myself, well - at least not conciously, but she must have done something, because both her daughters are volunteers.   My sister is a volunteer surf life-saver on the beaches of Perth.  In the summer she's out there each weekend for a few hours in the sun and surf making sure people swim safe.  Now I take my hat off to her, because I think what she does is far more dangerous than anything I have to do.  Maybe it's just because I'm not a competent swimmer as her?.... I just think that she goes out and pulls people in distress back onto the beach (and it usually only happens in really rough conditions) just scares/amazes me... I am very proud of her.   I hope our 'mum' is proud of us both :o)

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aussie_annie November 4 2005, 03:17:25 UTC
Hey tiki... does this means you were originally from the West Coast?  When/Why did you move to NYC? :o)

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inkslaive November 3 2005, 04:20:21 UTC
you really need to stop posting these damn bush fire photos...you are making me drool and sad at the same time...I soooo miss it!!

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aussie_annie November 3 2005, 04:25:27 UTC
That 'drool' is from the Francisconi drawings Greer!!!   You don't fool me!

PS: What did you do for dry/cracked lips... Mine feel positively starched today!

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inkslaive November 3 2005, 04:41:02 UTC
Burt's Bees lip balm. The best stuff I have every used. Kept it close when fighting fires especially since I was in an air mask a lot. It was easy to keep a tube in my mask bag since that stayed on the truck and it wouldn't melt. Any good lip balm would probably help you out.

oh...and I guess I can't fool you :D

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tikimonkey November 4 2005, 01:55:49 UTC
burt's bees rocks -- it's so minty!

and i didn't know you were ALSO a fire fighter? you are my heroine too!

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