Comments on: In The Blink of an Eye http://firedaily.com/2010/01/in-the-blink-of-an-eye/ For Firefighters...By Firefighters Tue, 01 May 2012 08:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Fire Daily http://firedaily.com/2010/01/in-the-blink-of-an-eye/comment-page-2/#comment-502 Fire Daily Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:08:36 +0000 http://firedaily.com/?p=1210#comment-502 Thanks again, Art, for your generous words and encouragement. How boring and unfulfilling it would be to type away all day without any response. Seems like I have some fun to look forward to as my responses begin to come from wider edges of the spectrum. <br><br>Stay warm, healthy, and loved. Thanks again, Art, for your generous words and encouragement. How boring and unfulfilling it would be to type away all day without any response. Seems like I have some fun to look forward to as my responses begin to come from wider edges of the spectrum.

Stay warm, healthy, and loved.

]]> By: Fire Daily http://firedaily.com/2010/01/in-the-blink-of-an-eye/comment-page-2/#comment-261 Fire Daily Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:08:36 +0000 http://firedaily.com/?p=1210#comment-261 Thanks again, Art, for your generous words and encouragement. How boring and unfulfilling it would be to type away all day without any response. Seems like I have some fun to look forward to as my responses begin to come from wider edges of the spectrum. <br><br>Stay warm, healthy, and loved. Thanks again, Art, for your generous words and encouragement. How boring and unfulfilling it would be to type away all day without any response. Seems like I have some fun to look forward to as my responses begin to come from wider edges of the spectrum.

Stay warm, healthy, and loved.

]]> By: chiefreason http://firedaily.com/2010/01/in-the-blink-of-an-eye/comment-page-2/#comment-260 chiefreason Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:19:06 +0000 http://firedaily.com/?p=1210#comment-260 John:<br>I have always said that blogging is therapy. I have some experience with injuries, though I had mine before I joined my volunteer department. My knees got worse and they hurt much worse in the cold months. I got involved in discussion boards and writing articles for another website. I have since had both knees replaced, dropped a hundred pounds and write whatever I feel about whenever I feel like it. No rules; no schedules, you know?<br>I have met some great people through the internet and met some of them in person. It's like getting together with old friends when it happens. I'm sure it will be that way when we meet and we will. Our health and our families are the two most important things that we have. Everything else is a gift. The passion that you had for the job you can now pour into what you write and share something that is much bigger than the brothers and sisters you served with.<br>I am satisfied when just one person tells me that they liked what I wrote and am equally amused when the same article pisses off someone else. I get both ends of the spectrum of emotions with one article. Hopefully, you will share in that.<br>You got good stuff.<br>And thank you for reading mine. John:
I have always said that blogging is therapy. I have some experience with injuries, though I had mine before I joined my volunteer department. My knees got worse and they hurt much worse in the cold months. I got involved in discussion boards and writing articles for another website. I have since had both knees replaced, dropped a hundred pounds and write whatever I feel about whenever I feel like it. No rules; no schedules, you know?
I have met some great people through the internet and met some of them in person. It's like getting together with old friends when it happens. I'm sure it will be that way when we meet and we will. Our health and our families are the two most important things that we have. Everything else is a gift. The passion that you had for the job you can now pour into what you write and share something that is much bigger than the brothers and sisters you served with.
I am satisfied when just one person tells me that they liked what I wrote and am equally amused when the same article pisses off someone else. I get both ends of the spectrum of emotions with one article. Hopefully, you will share in that.
You got good stuff.
And thank you for reading mine.

]]> By: Tom Allen http://firedaily.com/2010/01/in-the-blink-of-an-eye/comment-page-2/#comment-257 Tom Allen Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:04:48 +0000 http://firedaily.com/?p=1210#comment-257 I know, 19 years to the same department as your first and 23 years to the second and they are both still going strong. It would be nice if they acted as though it was difficult to get along without you even if for just a short time. But alas the world keeps on turning and life goes on. I know, 19 years to the same department as your first and 23 years to the second and they are both still going strong. It would be nice if they acted as though it was difficult to get along without you even if for just a short time. But alas the world keeps on turning and life goes on.

]]> By: Fire Daily http://firedaily.com/2010/01/in-the-blink-of-an-eye/comment-page-2/#comment-256 Fire Daily Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:11:02 +0000 http://firedaily.com/?p=1210#comment-256 Hey, TA, thanks for your comments. You touched on something I'm just beginning to notice now- how the department continues to move on without you (whoda thunk?).<br><br>Phone calls are coming less and less, new people at the station who don't know me, well, they just don't know me. It's not their fault. But, like you my friend, I now have two departments to which I gave a huge amount of my life and energy and love. As they move on without me, I really long for the good ol' days when I was a part of them. Damn, that sounds just like our parents!<br><br>Thanks, buddy. Hey, TA, thanks for your comments. You touched on something I'm just beginning to notice now- how the department continues to move on without you (whoda thunk?).

Phone calls are coming less and less, new people at the station who don't know me, well, they just don't know me. It's not their fault. But, like you my friend, I now have two departments to which I gave a huge amount of my life and energy and love. As they move on without me, I really long for the good ol' days when I was a part of them. Damn, that sounds just like our parents!

Thanks, buddy.

]]> By: Fire Daily http://firedaily.com/2010/01/in-the-blink-of-an-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Fire Daily Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:04:53 +0000 http://firedaily.com/?p=1210#comment-255 No sympathy needed for this guy... just thought you all might want a glimpse into my head. Let me know if you found anything. Thanks for the love- stay stoked! No sympathy needed for this guy… just thought you all might want a glimpse into my head. Let me know if you found anything. Thanks for the love- stay stoked!

]]> By: Fire Daily http://firedaily.com/2010/01/in-the-blink-of-an-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Fire Daily Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:11:02 +0000 http://firedaily.com/?p=1210#comment-254 Hey, TA, thanks for your comments. You touched on something I'm just beginning to notice now- how the department continues to move on without you (whoda thunk?).<br><br>Phone calls are coming less and less, new people at the station who don't know me, well, they just don't know me. It's not their fault. But, like you my friend, I now have two departments to which I gave a huge amount of my life and energy and love. As they move on without me, I really long for the good ol' days when I was a part of them. Damn, that sounds just like our parents!<br><br>Thanks, buddy. Hey, TA, thanks for your comments. You touched on something I'm just beginning to notice now- how the department continues to move on without you (whoda thunk?).

Phone calls are coming less and less, new people at the station who don't know me, well, they just don't know me. It's not their fault. But, like you my friend, I now have two departments to which I gave a huge amount of my life and energy and love. As they move on without me, I really long for the good ol' days when I was a part of them. Damn, that sounds just like our parents!

Thanks, buddy.

]]> By: Fire Daily http://firedaily.com/2010/01/in-the-blink-of-an-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Fire Daily Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:04:53 +0000 http://firedaily.com/?p=1210#comment-253 No sympathy needed for this guy... just thought you all might want a glimpse into my head. Let me know if you found anything. Thanks for the love- stay stoked! No sympathy needed for this guy… just thought you all might want a glimpse into my head. Let me know if you found anything. Thanks for the love- stay stoked!

]]> By: Tom Allen http://firedaily.com/2010/01/in-the-blink-of-an-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Tom Allen Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:00:30 +0000 http://firedaily.com/?p=1210#comment-252 Sorry to hear that your career has ended. The same situation happened to me in 2002 and I still find it difficult to talk about it. Glad to hear I'm not the only one that has this problem. I don't go back to the station because it brings me back to what I could have been doing had I not gotten injured. The guys slowly stop calling or stopping by and new guys get hired as life goes on. I hope this story will remind the readers that are not injured to get in touch with your brothers that are. Thank you for bringing this situation up. TA Sorry to hear that your career has ended. The same situation happened to me in 2002 and I still find it difficult to talk about it. Glad to hear I'm not the only one that has this problem. I don't go back to the station because it brings me back to what I could have been doing had I not gotten injured. The guys slowly stop calling or stopping by and new guys get hired as life goes on. I hope this story will remind the readers that are not injured to get in touch with your brothers that are. Thank you for bringing this situation up. TA

]]> By: firehat http://firedaily.com/2010/01/in-the-blink-of-an-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-247 firehat Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:34:55 +0000 http://firedaily.com/?p=1210#comment-247 Powerful stuff. I'm glad you can find some solace. Powerful stuff. I'm glad you can find some solace.

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