January is here.

Jan 08, 2011 11:15

Well, it actually started to feel like January today. There is a thin layer of snow on the ground, and we put the Christmas decorations away yesterday ( Read more... )

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sarcasticval January 12 2011, 05:55:22 UTC
I'm sorry, hon. It seems like a lot of awful stuff has been going down as of late.

If it isn't to difficult to explain, what exactly is a last call? I've never heard the term in that context before.

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feliciakw January 12 2011, 11:15:21 UTC
I don't know how I know this or where I heard about it, but a last call is something a dispatcher does at a LEO's funeral. The dispatcher calls the officer once. (No response.) Twice. (No response.) Three times, and then give a final sign-off.

There are lots of examples of last calls on YouTube if you do a search on "last call funeral." Each one seems to be a little bit different, varying in the number of times the officer is called, and in what the exact sign-off is.

Here's the article that mentions it at Suzanne's funeral.

It just really hit me when I read about it.

ETA: In fact, Suzanne's last call is on YouTube.

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