#7 - On the Line

Welcome to Four Day Breaks! In this episode, we dive into the multifaceted world of firefighters, exploring the intricacies of shift schedules, the new hires and civil service exam, and the vital role of dispatch. Whether you're a first responder or simply curious, this episode offers a unique glimpse into the lives and passions of those who serve.

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A hundred percent. Um, as far as how the podcast is going, things have been good. Things have
been really good as far as the, uh, the listens we're getting the support, you know, we're
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up and hopefully some major changes. Um, speaking of changes, one of the things we're looking
to do, we will probably hopefully try to start going video. Um, I don't know how we're going
to make it work. Obviously it's easy for me and Basant to, we kind of live close to each
other. We're not that far. Um, but the video side of things is just the whole other realm

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of, you know, you can have a ton of different issues, ton of different, whether it'd be
audio and video or just video or just audio issues. There's just so much, uh, what they
call technical difficulties that we could be getting. Um, maybe we'll see how things
work out, but we definitely want to try and start doing that hopefully sometime in the

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next few months and get things rolling in that way, which I think would be cool. It'd
be cool for us to have a setup. You know what I mean? Oh yeah. To be able to conversate
and kind of see, uh, our, our, our stupid faces when we're talking and we're trying
to think of something that we're trying to say. Uh, I think that would be, you know,
it'd be good engaging, engaging for, you know, the listeners and stuff like that. No, yeah.

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Um, but yeah, aside from that, I know there's a few things we wanted to talk about. Um,
but one of the things we want to kind of go over is what does everybody's thoughts on
scheduling? Right? Like as far as the way your work cycle goes, I know every department
has their own own way of doing things. We here do the, uh, yeah, we do the Kelly schedule

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over here and we're on 24 off. Um, there's different schedules. I know there's like the
48 96, there's the 24 on 48 off, which I think that schedule sucks to be honest. Honestly.
Yeah, bro. I don't know how Medicare does it with the 24 48 bro. That's so Medicare does
that. Huh? I didn't even know that. Yeah. They do 24 48. So I think that is it's garbage

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in my opinion, not, not the agency, just that schedule is trash. No. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
I guess to an extent I get it cause they're busy, but yeah. I mean, fuck, I don't know.
It's cause bro, like I don't know. Cause like I've only came from Kelly schedules, bro,
like in my past departments and stuff. So, and I know there's a department here where

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we live. They do 48 96. I feel like maybe like two or three departments here. I think
Alton does 48 96, don't they? Yeah. That's the one I was talking about that they do 48
96. I haven't heard anything from it. Um, I know it came to a point where we went to
a station opening in another city and I saw one of the guys from Alton there and I mean,

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him were good friends. You know, he was my, at the time when I was there, he was my lieutenant
and now he's like a captain or he's doing good shit over there, bro. So shout out to
him. But, um, I've always been wanting to ask him like, Hey man, like, how do you feel
about your schedule? Like, how was the 48 96 to me? I feel like I would like it. It
sucks. Yeah. Being awake, you know, I have fucking two dogs, bro. I have a weenie dog

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that fucking makes a fucking mess and a Yorkie that eats like fucking everything, bro. Like
every fucking thing. So it's kind of like, you know, if I could just spare an hour just
to go fucking drop off some food, like, you know what I mean? They come back. Like I think
that'd be perfect, but I feel like that's kind of like my only thing in a way. And,

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but like the 96 off shit. I mean, we do it right now too. I mean, we're liquid. Look
at us right now. Look at us, you know, look at us. We're just vibing bro. Yeah, bro. That's
what I'm saying. Let me see. I'm trying to, it says, I know, I know Larry had sent me
some stuff regarding 48 96 and I'm trying to find it. Well, yeah. Cause they, they lose

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out on, yeah. So in reality you would need to get a little bit of a pay raise just to
kind of make up for what you're doing. If I'm not mistaken, right? Something like that.
From what I've heard, yes. So what I've heard is that there needs to be a pay increase,
but I can't remember exactly what's adjusted. As far as the scheduling. I think you get

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more time off. Yeah. So we do. So we get, dude, I, we were literally talking about it
recently too, bro. I think it's like what 20, 30 some days, something like that. It's
a, let me see. I can't, I can't remember exactly what it is, but if I remember correctly, it's,

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it's a, it like, you get more time off essentially, but I can't remember this guy sent it to me,
bro. And I can't remember what it was, but, but, uh, aside from that, like what, what
are everybody's thoughts on the schedules itself? Right? So like we do the Kelly schedule

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and while don't get me wrong, I love the Kelly schedule. It's great. I love the four day
breaks. Um, I just don't see like a major issue aside from obviously the city having
to adjust pay and stuff like that. Right. But I don't see a major issue. You go in for two

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days, you're there 48 hours, knock out whatever you got to do. If it's busy, eh, it is what
it is. Right. We all got to live with it. You go through it, embrace the suck, go home
for four days and then do it again. Come back for two days and then you're going home. I
got this in between day, bro. Like for me, me personally, I hate shaving every day. Yeah.

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I hate it with a passion, bro. Uh, I might, my beard grows so quick. Um, I shave in the,
in the morning, right? I don't shave against the grain when I go to work. I shave, I only
shave down. Okay. Okay. If I shave against the grain, it just fucks up my whole fucking
face and shit. So I shaved down and by the next day, bro, I'm already fucking back to

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square one. No. Yeah. I already got like three centimeters of fucking hair on my face, bro.
Um, but I think that like the 4896, you know, you shave one day and the next day you could
do a quick touch up too. Right. And you're good. Then you go on four day, you're off.
You take less time off. If you need to be off, for example, instead of taking a 72,

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if you need to take a whole cycle, you just take a 48. You know what I mean? Yeah. And
like, like also like another thing too, what people kind of complain about in a way. I
mean, you know, like we, our department, we have like our own policies and our own stuff,
but what people would do from what I heard is that during like their 48, the first day
they'll check their trucks and like the second day, not sleep in, right? Of course, but like

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they won't check it. Like, you know, they'll still be up by six or whatever the fuck the
time that the lieutenant says or whatever our policy says and they won't check the truck.
Like, so it's just kind of like, like, you know what I mean? Like, it's just like a,
like another thing where, yeah, okay. Now you got to kill time. It's you're already
on the truck. It eliminates you having to check it a second time. You know what I mean?

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Yeah. Nothing's changed. If you, if you use something or did whatever, you should already
know, you know what I mean? Yeah. Um, yeah, I think, I think the 48 96 schedule would
be cool. I just, I don't see our department ever changing to it. Yeah. I see the same
thing too. I, I, I really don't bro. I mean, I've talked to like what, you know, doing

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the firefighter challenge this last year, I talked to like, for example, I think it
was sparks actually sparks, uh, F D they just switched like two, three years ago or something
like that to the 48 96 from the Kelly schedule and everybody I talked to loved it. So to
me it's like, you know, seeing other departments switch to it and then, you know, lighting

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it or enjoying it a lot more is like, why wouldn't we want to do something like that?
You know? Oh yeah. Yeah, for sure. Um, it's not like we're, we're, uh, what is it? LA
like a station nine, um, in LA that's going, you know, to a hundred calls a shift or whatever.
You know what I mean? Like, yeah, yeah. We're not like that. You know, yeah, don't be wrong.

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We did the calls like the other day, right? With station two, they got kind of hammered
at night, but it's kind of like, we're not at that level where it's like, you know, it
really wouldn't be beneficial. I think it's more beneficial for everybody to kind of go
in, knock out their two days, go on four day break and then just restart it. You know what
I mean? No, yeah. Yeah. So what I end up seeing is like, if we have our in between day, we

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have a busy night. I go to sleep the next morning. You know what I mean? Yeah. And then
most of my morning's gone and then I would got my day and then I do whatever I need to
do throughout the day. And then now I'm like, all right, I gotta go back to sleep. Try to
wake up tomorrow for work. You know what I mean? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So that's just my
thought. I think it would, it would be a little more beneficial, I guess you would say. Oh

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yeah. Well, I mean, speaking of like schedules and stuff like that, I mean, like, how do
you feel about going EMS? Ooh, um, I don't know, man. It's, it says like, I remember
when the rumors circulated like a few years ago when, when Eladro County EMS, you know,
shut down or whatever. Yeah. And the city was looking to buy it. Right. But then obviously

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the city of far ended up buying it. But like, when they were going through that process,
I was just like, man, like, fortunately I'm not an EMT. Yeah. Fortunately. But I don't
know, I'm not against going EMS, but I think it would have to be a completely separate
division kind of like fire prevention and fire suppression. Yeah. Well, like it would
need to be a completely separate division, but it would need to hire separately, not

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like prevention where they come normally from suppression. Yeah. It would need to be completely
separate in hiring their own people. Right. Like, so you'd have like an EMS deputy chief
or whatever. And then you'd have like an EMS captain and then you'd have your paramedic,
your PIC, a paramedic in charge. And then you'd go to, you know, your basic, if they
want to do that or they want to run two paramedics for truck, whatever. Right. Um, I think that's

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how it should be. If they ever decide to go that route. Um, I don't know though, cause
like if we were to do it kind of like the other cities, right. Like West Likoh and mission,
like what ends up happening is they take off the engines. You know what I mean? Oh yeah.
If they need to, if they need to push these, uh, these other, uh, what's it called? Ambulance
calls or whatever sender reserve ambulance. Hey, you know what? Take the engine out of

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service or do this. And it's like, man, I don't know about all that. Um, I'm not against
it. I just think it would have to be a completely separate division that hires separately. You
know what I mean? Yeah. No, I agree with the same thing. I would kind of prefer more of
like, like the way far does it. They have their own stuff. They have their own, uh,
chief, they do their own stuff. Like, you know what I mean? They hire their own people

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on their side, which is cool. I mean, we zero problem working alongside. I mean, we do it
with Medicare all day, you know? Yeah. But, um, like other than that, I mean, I think
it'd be cool, you know, but I don't want to be bouncing around saying like, okay, well,
like if we're working the Kelly schedule, you know, we work Monday, I'm on the engine

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on Wednesday. Like, oh, well we need someone in the box. I'm the fucking, the new hire.
So might as well move me, you know? And it's just like, well, fuck that. Like, that's not
what I'm here for. Like, you know what I mean? Like I'm here to fucking do my job just because
I have a fucking stupid cert. I mean, like, you know, like it doesn't, that's the only
thing I feel like it would be like a lot more troublesome, especially from like what I heard

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coming from like mission and Wessico. I mean, let's just like the way you said, like the
engines they roll out to them shits too, which is like, Hey, that's cool. You know, manpower.
I mean, that's fucking bad ass, you know? But I mean, if you really think about it,
that's an engine out of service for whatever could happen, you know? And yeah, that's what
I'm saying though. I think if it's a completely separate division, bro, I think it would be

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great. I mean, like you said, we work with them all the time. You know what I mean? Like
with Medcare there, especially where I'm at, right? Cause your crew leaves at 7pm, but
at station two, they're there the whole 24. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So like we see them all
the time and they're, they are busy, bro. Like fucking bed bro. They are fucking busy,

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bro. While we're there eating lunch or whatever, like these guys are already on call number
like 20 and shit, bro. Like they're busy. Um, on, on that note, right? This is completely
off topic, but it just brought it up to me. What I've realized is this is something obviously
that is way off topic from EMS, but dispatching bro. I never understand how, like, let's just

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go with like a structure fire, a major MVA, a whatever, right? Something where fire is
normally going to be in charge of whatever's going on. Yeah. We're the last ones to know.
Oh yeah. Bro. I'm like flabbergasted at that shit. Like how are, how is a apartment fire?

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How is it more priority to send? Obviously I know law enforcement's a lot quicker, right?
They're quicker to get there. They got a smaller unit. They're already on the road, whatever.
Um, but they'll go through the process of letting everything know on PD side and then
dispatch us. It's crazy, bro. No. Yeah. And then they'll even call EMS before us, bro.
It's like what? Yeah. Like recently, bro, they had a, like a medical call, bro. And

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EMS was already on scene. The dispatch lady or whatever the fuck she was like saying like,
okay, well like EMS is already on scene. They just need assistance. You know, like CPR already
initiated bunch of bullshit, right? Fucking PD was in route and then they toned us out
saying like, okay, let's go assist them. PD showed up first, of course, but it's just

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like, what the fuck are they going to do? Do they have Lucas's in their truck? Like,
do they have AEDs? Like, bro, they don't got shit. I mean, what are they there for? You
know? So that's what I'm saying though. Like even like with like the other stuff, like
structure fires, like, okay, like normally nine times out of 10, any officer that's there
is there to, to help us evacuate, right? Yeah. Um, that way we can get started and don't

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even run. There's some officers that go above and beyond and they know what the fuck's going
down. They try to set things up. Um, accordingly, they try to find out if people are in there,
whatever, not saying that that's bad. I'm just saying like the thought process with
dispatch and I did dispatching. I know, I know the way it goes. I did it for a year.
You know what I mean? Where'd you do it at? I did an admission and when I was dispatching,

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it was like over at least admission. I'll say this admission, bro, dispatching over
there. They, they got it locked down, right? Yeah. They, as soon as they find out what
it's for, they transfer to that department. You stay listening in, send an officer while
they're dispatching fire already. You know what I mean? Yeah. So over there, mission
has their own dispatcher, right? For fire. Yeah. Um, and then at the time it was Medicare

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still. So you would just transfer it. You have easy access to transfer to Medicare or
to mission fire. You transfer it over and you could stay listening in on the nine one,
one. And once you get the address, whatever, put it through and you send an officer, right?
Yeah. Easy. I don't know how it's done in Edinburgh, right? So I can't knock it. I don't
know how it's done, but it ain't like that to my knowledge. It ain't like that. Um, well,

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I heard that they were that you guys had, uh, like a fire dispatch. Well, we, well,
yes, but it was only like eight to five, right? So it was good, right? Cause we always had
someone available eight to five, but like after hours and she'll like, I don't know,
man, I just think that at our size, bro, we need to have our own dispatch, right? Oh yeah,

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for sure. Um, cause a lot of times, man, I like I'll be on the radio trying to call dispatch
to get a, you know, give an update or to request something or whatever it may be. And it takes
me forever to get ahold of anybody. We're not their priority. And I get it, bro. Like
Leo, you know, Leo's are out there. They're doing, you know, traffic stops. You never,
they never know what the fuck's going to pop off on there. You know what I mean? On my

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end, the worst is going to happen is I fall off the truck. I stubbed my toe or some shit,
right? Yeah. No, unless I'm at a structure or something, but like that's the worst. You
know what I mean? But yeah. Um, on their end, yeah, like I get it. They prioritize what
they got to prioritize. And on top of that, bro, that's the department they work for,
bro. You know, they literally at the end of the day, police department, they don't work

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for us, you know? So I just think we need to have our own dispatch that way. It kind
of eliminates a lot of these, uh, discrepancies that we kind of have, because there's, there's
tons of stuff like even like with our reports, there'll be like no times, there'll be nothing
in the cab. They're like, it's just say like, Hey, you know what? Dispatched and they arrived

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on scene and control time is like, bro, I know I said at least like five different things,
bro. Like, you know what I mean? Yeah. It's just stuff like that. And it's, it's, uh,
obviously we want to provide the best services to the citizens, right? Ultimately that's
what we're there for. Yeah. Um, it's like Steve said last podcast, man, like at the
end of the day, we're just civil servants. We're just trying to serve the public. Um,

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and I think that, you know, that, that entail obviously applies to them too, you know? Um,
but I definitely think we should have our own dispatch. I think that's something that,
you know, we should be working on to try to get, it's not like we don't have the stuff.
We got the equipment at central, you know what I mean? Oh yeah, bro. Everything's there,
bro. It's not like we don't have it there have the capabilities we have to just, obviously

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it just goes, you know, down to, you know, management and stuff like that. Um, the city
side of it too, right? We got a budget for it and you know, allocate funds, et cetera,
et cetera, especially for however many they want to do. I don't even, I don't even know
how mission does it. Like they're, I don't know if they have one person, a shift or they
have two people that do 12 hour shifts or they have nine people and they're doing three

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hour or what is it? Uh, eight hour shifts or whatever. I have no idea how the fuck they're
doing it over there. Um, but yeah, so it's stuff like that. You know what I mean? I think
that it's a little more, um, we needed that, that ball rolling and stuff like that. That
went completely off topic for me, but it just clicked. Cause I remember one time we were
getting an MBA, a major MBA with entrapment and they were dispatching med care and we're

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like, what the fuck? We haven't done nothing. And it was in our area. So we're like, all
right, let's start heading to the truck. And then we were like waiting, right? Cause we
didn't want to self dispatch either. So we're just waiting in like four minutes past and
then we got this batch. I was like, what the fuck? Holy shit. Yeah, bro. Like it's just,
you know, it'll make sense to me, bro. Yeah. But that was like completely off topic back

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to the 48 96 is I'm for it. I'm gonna start a petition. Let's do it. Let's just swap.
Yeah. I think a lot of the older heads don't want want to. Nah, it's okay. I'll forge their
signatures, bro. I'll just do whatever I need to do, bro. And we're going to fucking, we're
going to get it tomorrow. Imagine starts the next pay period. We're going to 48 96 and

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I have vacation the first two. Um, I think, I think that, I think it's good, man. We'll
see. And well, speaking of that, bro. So like, actually obviously requesting vacation has
another story, but like, if I were to call in, cause I'm sick, do I need to call in both
days or can I just call in like that first day and then show? I've thought about that

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too. I don't know, bro. I don't know how that would work. Damn. Yeah. I've, I've, I've thought
about this. Someone actually asked that. I think Ray asked that there's someone asked.
I don't remember who. Um, yeah, I don't know, dude. I mean, that'd be a question for people
that have 48 96. If you have it, let us know. Um, how does that work? Can you call in one

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day? Can you, or can you call in 12 hours or something? You know what I mean? Like,
if you just have a doctor's appointment or something like that, or do you need to like
call it the whole 48? How does that work? I assume it would be at the discretion of like
the cat, like for us, it's the captain, right? I assume it would be at that discretion. Like,
Hey, I got a, I'm not feeling well, but I took medicine. I'm gonna see how I feel in
the afternoon, whatever, yada, yada, yada. And then you know what? I'm good. I'll be

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there in the morning. You know? Yeah. I don't know if that's how it works or,
or what I have no idea. Cause like you could over someone too, bro. Like if you call in,
they mandate someone, bro, they have to fucking work a 96. Like, you know, like if they worked
a 48 and then the next fucking 48, they come on shift, they're on a night. See, that's another
thing though, too. I don't, I don't know how that would work. Would they only call in one?

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Like, would you only stay one shift? Like one, sorry, not one shift one day. Yeah. Yeah. Cause
like in, in, in ours, I don't know how it is for other departments, but in ours, you can like,
normally, I don't know if it's a rule or like an unwritten rule or unspoken rule, but we don't work
more than 72. Shit bro. My other department, bro, I remember working 120 straight, bro. Yeah. So it's

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like on that note, would it be like, like, um, what'd like they, like, for example, right? Like,
let's just say it's, it's a shift, right? You worked the 48, but you called in or someone called in on
B shift, let's just say, and they're like, Hey, you're going to stay the first 24. And then someone
from C shift is in a relieve you. Yeah, true. That, that, that will work. You know what I mean?

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Work the following. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. They would work the following day. Yeah. So then they would,
you would get a 72. They would get a 72. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah. I mean that, that's
what I would think, but I don't know. I don't, I have no idea how that, all that shit works. That
would be for like a department that's actually running it. Cause then my thing is too, is that

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what if you get an exchange, right? Oh yeah. And it's like, you're, you're working your two days
and then the guy wants you to cover the next two days. So you're doing a basically a 96.
Yeah, bro. And then like, is that allowed? Is it not? I mean, that's all questions for someone
that's running like in that shift. I don't know, bro. That's that's, that's a good question.

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I'm down. I'm down to ask. I'll ask Larry, Larry, if you're listening, text me if I forget,
but we could ask Larry, we could ask Manny too, cause they both came over there.
Or anybody that listens in that's from another state or another city, whatever, if you work 4896,
let us know how that works. Yeah. I'm curious genuinely. Cause I mean, if we, if we ever do
some, by some miracle 10 years from now, switch over, I mean, I'd like to know beforehand, right?

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No. Yeah, for sure. And now let's get onto the topic here that I have written down. Shout out to
Lieutenant Mike. I told him I was going to bring this up in the podcast. Oh my God.
Let's talk about my son's biggest pet peeve. I don't know why, but it's his biggest pet peeve.

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I guess you would say left-handed people or left-footed people. What's your, what's your,
what's your beef with them, bro? So like, I mean, there's no beef. I mean, it's just straight up me
telling you straight up, like, you know what I mean? That you're broken, bro. Like that's just
fucking weird that you do shit left-handed. Like, you know, like writing left-handed bro, like I

(28:16):
just like, it drops the respect. Like, you know what I mean? Like, I don't want to see you. I
don't want you to be near me, bro. Like, like left bro. Oh my God. And that's because, bro,
bro. Let me tell you something, bro. My mom, bro, my mom, she's fucking left-handed, bro.
This guy. Yeah, bro. I thought you were going to say your woman is left-handed. No, bro. No,

(28:41):
she's fucking, she's normal, bro. My, my chick, she's normal. She's right here. But your mom is
left-handed. Yeah, but my mom, my mom is left-handed. You're not saying that your mom is broken is wild.
Yeah, bro. I tell her all the time and it's like, bro, what are you doing? Like, what do shit like
normally with your right hand? Like, you know. And you know, what's funny was I was, when I was in like,
how would read with it, bro? It was like first grade. I think. Yeah. They were, they were doing

(29:03):
that. I don't know if they did that in school with you, but they were doing it with like, they would
try to teach you to write with both hands. Yeah. Yeah. They tried doing it with us. Yeah. And like,
I tried it and I don't mean wrong. I was all right. Obviously it wasn't like normal because I wasn't
used to writing with my right. Yeah. But it wasn't like complicated. I just didn't like it. Like,
it just felt uncomfortable. Like it felt unnatural. That makes sense. Yeah. But like, I mean, I don't

(29:29):
see anything wrong with left-handed people or left-footed people. No, I do, bro. And it's weird too,
bro. Like, I feel like I'm a lot more, like I do shit more on my left. That makes sense. Like I wear
my watch on my left. I have tattoos on my fucking left arm. Like, like, you know what I mean? So,
what if you're just like subconsciously jealous? It could be that too, bro. And that's because

(29:52):
like some of them, bro, like they don't really like exaggerate it. Like, you know what I mean?
Like I understand like the writing, the kicking, maybe, maybe, bro. Like maybe. But like if you're
fucking grabbing a fork and like eating with your left, it's like, dude, what the fuck? Like,
show some respect. Okay. Okay. Okay. I do that occasionally. Oh, I've done it too. I've done it
too. It's hard, bro. I tried doing it with chopsticks like a couple of weeks ago. I can't

(30:15):
even grab shit with chopsticks, bro. That thing's a skill. That fucking thing. I think I'm not gonna
lie to you, Basan. I think you might be broken, bro. Dude, sometimes I actually like really think
about it. I have to think about it as like, maybe I'm the fucking problem, you know? Like maybe
I'm supposed to be doing shit left-handed, you know? Yeah. I mean, I mean, chopsticks are

(30:39):
complicated, but like I saw this fucking reel about it, right? Yeah. And it shows you how to
like do it. And ever since then, it just kind of clicked. I was like, ah, I was always the fucker.
And then now I know how to use it. I still can't grab rice to save my life. Grabbing rice with
chopsticks is a fucking skill. That's crazy. Yeah, that's crazy. But like food, like normal,

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like general chow or like sweet and sour chicken, whatever the fuck, like that's not complicated.
It's grabbing rice, bro. Like a good spoonful of fucking rice with chopsticks. That's hard,
bro. Because I always end up getting like fucking four or five little pieces of rice.
And I feel like every like sushi place, like ramen place, they should automatically give you

(31:26):
forks. Like, you know, like you don't got to ask. I don't, I feel like a dickhead, bro, because my
chick, like she uses like fucking like chopsticks. And she's like, you got to like, you got to be in
the moment. Like she says me all that shit. And it's just like, bro, fuck the moment. I'm hungry.
Like, you know, and I just feel like, wait, what do you mean? You got to be in the moment.

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Yeah. She's just like, you got to like really like feel it. Like, you know, like we're like,
we're in the environment of like Japanese, like some bullshit, right? She just tells me that.
And it's just like, nah, bro, like I want to eat. So like, they always like give like chopsticks.
And it's like, bro, like they should make it a thing to like start handing out some forks too.
You know, you just never know. You just never know. I mean,

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yeah. But so I think you're broken, bro. Yeah. I feel like I am too, bro,
because I can't grab shit with chopsticks to save my life. And that's good. Right. Because now,
now four day breaks could pop off. Yeah. Right.
Mm hmm. Yeah. I think, I think you're broken and I'm glad we're having this discussion

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and you're able to finally see it. The first step is acknowledging that you're broken.
Yeah. The second step is figuring out how to fix it. Yeah. And I don't think I would ever,
bro. Yeah. I tell you what's crazy. I tried swinging left-handed, bro, a couple of days ago.
I can't do that. I think that's weird. I think that's weird. Like maybe I feel like my buddy,

(33:00):
like Evan, he's probably right-handed, bro. Like the way he swings, there's just no way.
There's just no way that guy's left-handed. It's also Evan, bro. That's bro. I took everything
into account. Trust me, bro. I'm fucking analyzing this guy's swing. I'm doing everything. You know,
like, okay, this guy doesn't have any sports history, you know, and for him to be playing golf,

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the hardest, I feel like it's probably one of the hardest sports, bro. Like, you know, like whatever,
but, and then him being left-handed, I don't even think he writes left-handed, bro. I think he just
does, like he swings left-handed. Like, you know what I mean? I have no idea. It's just weird.
I've actually never paid attention to how he writes. No, I don't know. I don't know if he's

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left-handed. I just think it's crazy to think that people that are left-handed are broken. That's
crazy. Yeah, dude. That's just like weird. Like be normal for once. Like just grow up. Like,
you know what I mean? What about like Tim Tebow, bro? Bro, it's like saying like Tim Tebow,
Ken Griffin Jr. Like, you know what I mean? Ken Griffin Jr., bro, if you look at his swing, bro,

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it's probably like one of like the most, like best swings, like in baseball. Like, you know what I
mean? Him swinging left-handed, like, and it's people like admire his swing. He's left-handed,
you know, which is, it's just weird. But I, it's, it's crazy to think about because in left-handed
people and playing baseball, they have like a smooth swing compared to like a right-handed

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person. It doesn't make any sense. I never understood it, but that's what like a lot of
people say. And like all the people that they bring up saying like, oh, like this guy has the
best swing. They're all left-handed people, you know? What if that's the natural way and we're
just, we're the ones that are broken. We're the ones that are broken. Yeah, dude. It makes, it,
shit. You just opened my fucking mind right now, bro. Think about it, bro. Think about it. What if,

(34:52):
what if we're all supposed to be left-handed? Yeah. But everybody that's right-handed
was just dropped as a baby. Yeah. Cause it's, well, bro, kicking left, like kicking on your left foot,
bro. That's crazy, bro. All right. Like, yeah, I can't, I can't think about kicking, bro.

(35:14):
Like a little soccer ball on the floor kicking me on my left foot, bro. I'd be done with fucking
each shit, bro. Oh yeah, bro. Like me and- I've tried throwing like a football left-handed and
I can't throw a spiral to save my life. Oh yeah. Me either, bro. I can't even throw it that far,
bro. I, I, my, my, my like stance or my posture just isn't there for it, bro. And I feel like

(35:36):
that's what's more of it. You know, it's not of you just throwing it with that hand. It's just kind of
the little technique, you know? Yeah. It's just not there for it, bro. I don't, I don't think it's,
it's good. Yeah. But what if, what if that's the case, bro? What is your thoughts on that? What if
we're the ones that are broken, the right-hand, the righties? What if, what if being right-handed
ain't right? Fuck, bro. Like nah, bro. I would, I would fucking fight it to the death, bro. I'll be

(36:03):
like, no, you're wrong. You're wrong. I'd be that guy. Yeah. Yeah. Think about it, bro. What if,
what if we're the ones that are, you know, disabled?
You know, we are, if we are disabled, it explains a lot to be honest. I mean, yeah.
Cause I wrote like shit on my right hand, you know? But if I really try on my left,

(36:25):
I could probably write like a little bit better, you know? So it's not a lie, bro. I've seen your
writing, bro. You write like a toddler, bro. Yeah, dude. It's fucking, it's crazy, bro. Like,
I don't know. I don't care. You're how old? You can't find your right. I'm 35. 35, bro.
I'm not even 35. I know you're like 24. I think 26. Yeah. But like that's crazy as hell. But how,

(36:51):
how are you going to say 35, bro? Like you're older than Ray. Come on. Ray don't have no hair, bro.
Bro. Bro. No, but he, but he can rock. His airline was left in 1999, bro. Yeah. That shit.
Where his music taste is. It was that fucking wind yesterday, bro. That fucking shit blew,
shit blew away, bro. God damn. Love you Ray, but you know, I throw my shots when I can,

(37:17):
even if you're not here, bro. So you're talking about wind yesterday.
You told me you went to go golf, GPI. Yeah. My bad, bro. It was super last minute. One of my
homies texted me saying, hey bro, what are you doing? Hey bro, last minute or not, bro, a cell
phone works the same, bro. It does, but to a certain extent, you know, like if I'm traveling.
Like, oh, you know what? Hold on. Hold on. Before I go into this side of it. Yeah. Let me tell

(37:40):
everybody that we, we planned a thing to go play at Killer Golf in McCallum, right? Okay. Who's
we? Who's we that we planned? Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Let me finish. Me, Robert and John.
We went to Killer Golf and y'all want to tell me why Bassan was already there? Okay. No invite,

(38:09):
no, no nothing, but he was already there. Crazy. All right. So let me say something, right? So
you, you, y'all fucking heard it. It was him, Robert and John. Where the fuck was my invite, bro?
Like, you know, I called you and invited you like four hours in advance. No, you called me when you
were already on the road and it's like, bro, I'm already here. I called you at two, bruh. We didn't

(38:35):
get there until five. Like I feel bad for Robert, bro, because Robert texted me for the following
day saying like, Hey, you're going to show up. I feel like you're going to show up. I feel like
you're going to show up. I feel bad, bro. Like I didn't fucking respond to him, but I like
legitimately told him like, bro, like I, I fell asleep. He was like, bro, you left at six or seven
motherfucker. I was tired. You know, like the fuck, what do you want me to do? Hey, no lie though.

(38:59):
You should have shown up bros. For one, it was cheap. And for two, I mean, we could have just
been chilling, bro. What time does that place even close? Uh, that's a good fucking question. I would
say maybe 12, one. Cause I was gonna say that shit closes at like 4 AM bros of game changer.

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And you see, but we can make that bro. The little four day breaks there. You know what I mean?
To go. No, it closes at midnight, bro. It does. You see, it wasn't that bad. I enjoyed it. I just,
uh, what I've come to realize is, uh, I suck, right? I suck at golf, but it was fun. Now I'm,

(39:44):
I'll be honest with you, bro. I almost broke my clubs like three times. Netha. Yeah. I was getting
pissed. Yeah. You see, I'm hitting the hole. I'm hitting the ball, right? I'm hitting it and I'm
seeing the ball hit right in the middle of the screen, brother. Oh man. Right in the middle.
I'm seeing it hit and it ends up like, and I'm hitting like middle of the screen a little up

(40:11):
and it's, it's there, bro. Like I see it. IRL bro in person at Ebony or wherever is going up,
is going at least 40, 50 yards. Oh yeah. And in game I'm going like a foot.
Make it made sense though. No. Yeah, bro. That thing, I don't know, bro. Like, I mean, it's cool

(40:37):
and all, like, you don't gotta go fucking look for your ball. Like do like little shit. I'm in the AC
like, you know, like women AC wouldn't really work in over being. Oh, the AC was not fucking shit,
bro. I remember I, when you had called me, I was like, Hey bro, it's hard as fuck in here, bro.
That's why I went and like fucking gym shorts and fucking regular t-shirt, bro. Once you told me

(40:58):
that, I was like, hell no, I'm not sweating. So yeah, no, dude, that bitch was fucking going, bro.
I sure was fucking rolling. But the beer was expensive, but aside from that, if it was,
if it was like kicking axes, right? Where it was fucking BYOB that place would be popping. Oh yeah.
Daily. It should be like that though. It should. That'd be a game changer. Charge them for like,

(41:22):
Hey, you know what, if you're bringing in a ice chest, a we charge 20 bucks, right? 20 bucks fee
per ice chest. That'll work. You know what I mean? Yeah, for real. You act like you sold two beers
because their beers are like fucking 10 bucks. Yeah. You act like you sold two beers. They bring
in whatever the fuck they want. They drink it. They're chilling. It's everybody's having a good

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time. Yeah, man. That's all it takes. That's all we need. That's all we ask for, you know?
It's cool though. I like it for anybody here that listens, that likes the golf and you live in the
RGV, Killer Golf in McAllen. It's recommended, recommended. Yeah, it's a good place. You might
get pissed and it's okay. I think we've all been there, but it's cool. I enjoyed it. No, yeah,

(42:09):
bro. And then like yesterday, bro, when I went golfing and we were there at Ebony, right? Fucking
C Lieutenant, bro. Lieutenant Kevin, just there chilling. He's there every day though, bro. Yeah,
he is, bro. He's going for PGA this year, bro. Yeah. I wouldn't be surprised, bro. I wouldn't
be fucking. Every day, bro. Matter of fact, he just texted a while ago, we wanted to go. I know. And

(42:31):
I was going to respond, bro, but I was like, no, we got to get this stuff done. We got a schedule,
you know? Yeah. The schedule that you're always late to, bro. Bro, don't, bro, don't. They don't
got to know that. Every day, bro. Today it's 11 46. We started at 11. What time was it? 11 and 04,

(42:54):
I think, or 02, something like that. Today's episode was supposed to be started at 8 15 in the
morning. Bro. And this man showed up three hours late. I had to fucking shower. All right. Make it
make sense at the shower, bro. That's what it was. Three hour shower, bro. Bro. If y'all don't take

(43:17):
long showers, bro, I don't know what to tell you, bro. I'm not saying right now I did it, but take
it like a little six pack in there. What? Shit dog. You're going to have the fucking time of your
life, bro. Let me tell you. Bro, are you even, you're not even in there showering at that point,
bro. You just drinking, drinking, take a little speaker, take some fucking the some, some VLOs

(43:43):
in there, some Zen, some Zen of chinos. No, you could be there all fucking day. You got a toilet.
That's all you need. That's crazy as fuck, bro. I'm telling you, bro. You got to try it. One of
these days. So all I heard, right. And all, all a shift is going to hear is that you shower to drink,
but you don't actually clean yourself. You just get wet. That's okay. So you already said it, bro.

(44:08):
You can't take a bet. I'll run. I'll run you my, my, my itinerary in the shower. You want that?
What's your itinerary? Go. All right, bro. You walk in, right? You walk in the fucking door.
You don't even lock it. Don't lock it. Don't lock it. That's bold as fuck. You don't got to lock the

(44:29):
door. You open the fucking thing. I don't know what people have the showers that have, but you
open my shit. You open. All right. You open the little fucking thing. Flip the thing. A fucking
door. Yeah. You open the door, like you pull the door, like it's a pool. All right. Fucking turn on
the water. Put the jams on, right? You put the fucking jams on, get the speaker going, do whatever

(44:50):
you need to do. Boom. Brush your teeth. Going hard, right? Let the shower do its job. Let it fucking
cook in there. Like, you know what I mean? I actually, I forgot a step. I usually close the
door just to create that steam. You know what I mean? Whatever. Now you're fucking ready.
Now you're ready. And after you. Okay. How long is this, this part taking? Oh bro. I'm running you

(45:12):
everything right now, bro. This is like classified shit right now. Okay. But how long is it taking
you? The shower or like everything. Like this step that you just said that you're opening the door,
you go in there, you turn it on. How long, how long are you waiting? What's that even?
Not even one. Is this our two? Not even 10 minutes, brother. Okay. 10 minutes in. Okay.

(45:36):
If you need to take a shit, I recommend you do, you know, cause we're not trying to get out of
that fucking shower. Okay. Pop a little, a velo in, you know what I mean? Pop a little fucking velo.
All right. Which dude at that moment, bro, when the shit starts hitting, you're already in the
fucking water, bro. Like you just see that shit, you fucking feel it. You're like, Oh my God,

(45:56):
this is it. Like, this is it. I'm not even bringing up the beers, bro. Cause the beers shit dog.
Take me a fucking, Oh man. I'll be there for a fucking minute. I can't with you, bro. I'm telling
you dog. Oh man, dude. Oh, that's right. I need to be recommended everywhere worldwide. Everyone

(46:20):
needs to do that shit. They're gonna call, you know how they do like the, what is it? The workout
shit. They do like the Murph and shit like that. They're going to do the massage shower.
That's crazy, bro. Fucking ice bath. Fuck all that, bro. I don't need none of that. And that's
crazy, bro. Cause now, and now I'm thinking about it. I opened the fucking door with my left hand.

(46:42):
So now you're living with yourself. Yeah. Now I'm fucking really thinking about it. You know,
what's funny is that every time I see you on your phone, bro, what hand is it in?
It's my fucking left. That's exactly what I'm saying. I don't know. Every time you're popping
this in, bro, you're always putting it in your mouth with the left hand. Yes, bro. Yes. So I

(47:07):
don't know. Shit. I don't know about it, bro. You use your left hand for a lot of shit. Yeah,
that's crazy. Yup. Bro, speaking of that too, bro, like going with like the left hand, I gave shit
to my lieutenant, right? And then our next shift, I get a text message from our captain
and she was saying like, oh, you're going to be at station five. What the fuck? I texted my lieutenant.

(47:33):
I was like, ALT, you know, I didn't mean that shit. You know, like, right? Whatever. Like,
you don't got to send me to Narnia. Like what the fuck? And then he puts like a gif of like
some bullshit. I'm like, bro, what the fuck? So when are you going to five? No, no, no. Like
that was just, that was a couple of weeks ago or something like that. That was just for the day.

(47:53):
Cause someone was out. Oh, okay. Okay. Yeah. I was just at three yesterday, bro. Or the day before.
I know, bro. Now I'm, now I'm pending, bro. I wonder where they're going to send me. Cause yeah,
bro, I'm already been at central for eight months.
I think they're going to wait till the new hires. I think, I don't know, bro.

(48:13):
That's funny that you say that, bro. I was talking with JP a couple of days ago and he was saying
the same thing. He was like, bro, they're going to send, they're going to move you when they
pick up someone. Yeah. That's probably what it is. So like, can we just test it, right? Yeah. So
with that, I think it might be on around that timeframe, whenever they do that switch, like

(48:36):
whenever they, they bring on those people and shit, I think that's when it'll be done. I mean,
we have two in the academy. I don't know how many we're supposed to hire from this group.
Probably two for sure. Cause we have to backfill Josh and Marcus. Yeah. But I have no idea.

(48:58):
No fucking idea. I had two people that I know test. Did you know anybody that tested?
Yeah. I have a, probably like a handful. I mean, they came from my left hand or right hand. They're
all right-handed. All right. Yeah. No, no, no. You said handful. I meant your left or their. Oh,
and I tell you what's crazy, bro. I literally looked up and I was like, I counted with my left,

(49:20):
which is, you know what I mean? Yeah. I don't know, dude. That's just fucking crazy, bro.
Fucking with your mind now, right? It really is, bro. It really fucking is. I'm disappointed in
myself. I'm not gonna cat. So, so you have a few people. Yeah. I have a few, bro. Other agencies
are just new to the service. No, no, no. They're from other agencies from my previous department.

(49:40):
Okay. Okay. So yeah. I had, I have, I have like two, two friends. One of them actually used to
work for Medcare. Oh, okay. He worked there with us at two and then he left, he got hired in another
city and he was there and then now he's, he's wanting to come this way. So obviously just more

(50:01):
paid. So I think that's, oh yeah. Difference. Oh yeah. I'm pretty sure. And then another buddy
of mine from the car scene, he wanted to get into it too. So he tested, we'll see, man, I don't know
how many we're supposed to hire fully like exact numbers, right? Cause I think only the, the brass
knows that. Yeah. But, but yeah, I mean, we have two in the academy right now. So, oh yeah. Oh yeah.

(50:26):
I forgot about those two, bro. Holy shit. Yeah. But yeah, I don't even know what we're doing.
Not me either. Oh, you know what, bro? I think they just did.
I know they did ladders and they were doing like the, the fucking,
the bell outs and shit. We're doing whatever. Oh, were they? Yeah. I just saw a post. Wait,

(50:46):
don't you have a buddy in there? And the academy? Yeah. No. Or is it John? They don't might have
been John. Yeah. It was probably John. I think John. Yeah. John do nothing. Dutton. John. No.
Yeah, bro. And then like now they changed the, now you don't need the, well, you need the physical

(51:12):
paper, bro. Because like the past few times that I've tested for like the city, they, they would
make you go get like a doctor's signature, you know, before you do the exam. I thought to me,
I thought that was the most stupid as fucking shit ever. Like, why am I going to take a fucking exam
and I fucking fail? And I just fucking dropped like maybe 50, 60 bucks just for a doctor,

(51:36):
just to like touch my nuts. Like, you know, like what the fuck? Like I got fucking full of ways.
Like, you know, well now they're doing it the other way. So now you take the test first,
they give you like the doctor's thing or whatever you take it and then you go drop it off.
So I think that's pretty cool. That's a good little change in my opinion. And then I think after that,

(51:57):
bro, I think it's just solid background. And then the agility, I wonder when the agility is going to
be probably like, well, I think it's, it's the civil, the written, then that the approval or
the doctor to do the agility, you do the agility. Then after that, it's the interview background,
all that shit, which I don't even know. I don't know when the agility is. I wonder if we're on

(52:22):
shift. They normally do it Saturday and Sunday. Yeah, bro, they do. And that's because they do
it to groups. Yeah, I was 160, bro. That's crazy. That is fucking crazy. That is fucking wild.
That's a lot of people. I heard that it was a little over a hundred. I didn't know it was

(52:46):
160. That's crazy. Yeah. I won't even have that many people hired bro, right? Like 80 something
or 90. Like on shift? In the department. Oh yeah. No, on shift, I think we're at like, I think we're
at 60 something. Fuck. Yeah. You know what I'm thinking about? We have a little over 20 on every shift,

(53:08):
except they shift now after we lost two. Yeah. Not including the captains either. Yeah. His
friends are momos. Holy shit. You know what? Momos? What the hell is that? You don't know what momos are? No.
Like friends are like, just there. You mean monos? Momos. M-O-M-O. You never heard of that?

(53:31):
No, bro. It's probably like a fucking, in my old department thing. I was going to say it sounds like a San Juan thing.
Momos. I would have understood monos like fucking, like monos like fucking, what are they called?
Like a... Yeah. Like a mono, like a fucking doll or some shit, right? Yeah. I would have understood that.
Momos? Yeah. Momos. If you say it like that, like it doesn't sound disrespectful, but like if I call

(53:56):
you like, bro, you're a fucking momo. Like, you know what I mean? That sounds like bad, you know?
I mean, it sounds stupid. I don't know if it sounds bad. It probably is stupid, but I don't know, dog.
I don't know. Momos. But we do have chingos or fucking momos there.
Yeah. I mean, we do. Tons actually, to be honest with you. Hell yeah. But hopefully, hopefully they

(54:22):
do hire enough people, like backfills, and then they include new positions so we can man another
truck, brother. Yes, bro. Yes. That would be lit, right? Because I get my position, I get to chill,
stay on A shift, and we're good. Life is good. Yep. Oh yeah, bro. I think that would be good,

(54:45):
though. And on top of that, with the way the department's going, right? We want to increase
our ISO rating. Manning a ladder truck would definitely assist with that. Oh yeah, bro. And
it's just our fleet right now. Our fleet is fucking crazy, bro. On some real shit, though, bro.
I don't know, man. Our fleet is having a midlife crisis, bro. Yep. All like a fucking majority of

(55:12):
our engines were out at one point. We were on the reserves. I was on engine three at last shift.
Engine three don't got no AC, bro. Oh, hell no, dog. Hell no. I've been so comfortable at station
two with all the new trucks and damn, bro. I mean, shit, we're already fucking Manning truck one,

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bro. We're already just there chilling. That's all we got. That's all we fucking got there.
Yeah, well, rest of the ones at two. Engine four is still good. Engine five is still good. Engine
three just got back. I don't know when engine one is coming back. Engine two should be coming back,
hopefully, within a month or two, I think. I think that's what he really said. Maybe three months,
I think. You see, bro? They all went for that bumper, bro. Yeah, bro. If you guys get fucking

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engine two, bro, they're going to fucking put us on rescue one, bro. I fucking hate rescue.
It's a cool truck, bro. I like it. It's fucking badass, you know? Whatever. But I mean,
bro, it's just, Chingle's a bullshit. Just Chingle's a fucking bullshit and I'd rather just be in
the truck where we can actually fight fire, do our fucking... I mean, because you could do it

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and rescue one, but there's no supply line, bro. It's either we're fucking first in or we're not
doing shit at all. That's one of the biggest things. At least with truck, we can assist with
water supply. We have hand lines. We have a fucking front bumper. We have a bunch of...
I mean, you have hand lines on rescue as well. Yeah. It just... And to be honest with you,

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I mean, starting a structure fire attack or something like that, you're not going to be
too focused on a hydrant. You've got enough water to last for a bit. Oh yeah, for when the rescue
water... By the time another engine gets on scene, drops five inches, you're good. Yeah. Hell yeah.
But yeah, I agree. I think it's weird that there's no supply line on rescue. At least maybe like 100,

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200, 300 feet. You know what I mean? Dude, yeah. The minimum of how far we normally are from a
hydrant. Yeah. Oh yeah. But I guess there's just not enough room for it, bro. I don't know.
Dude, that's a big fucking truck, bro. Like big, bro. Yeah. I drove it for the first time this

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cycle, bro. I'd never driven it before. Really? Well, yeah. That truck came in service and it
was at Central. I've been at two ever since. Holy shit. So how long have you guys had the
truck or the rescue? Like two years. Damn, bro. Yeah. Because I came to Central when I promoted
to a driver, right? In June of 23. No. Yeah. I don't remember. In June of something.

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Maybe it was 22. It was 22. Yeah. You know what? Yeah. It was 22. So in June of 22, I got promoted
to driver. I moved to Central and we were on truck. Well, it was truck three at the time,
but it's truck one now. That's what we were rolling with. So that was the first time it was in
service too. So we had the luxury of using it before everybody. Good truck. Then a little bit

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shortly after that, like six months later, I got moved to two. Been at two ever since. And then
at some point within that time, that's when it went in service. Yeah. Holy shit. Yeah. But I never
driven it before. So it was cool. And we had some calls too. But you stayed on A-Shift.

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What do you mean? Before you promoted, you were already on A-Shift? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's
right. I haven't left shifts. I've been on A-Shift since I got hired. Damn. You say, bro, that's what I like.
That's what I like. Yeah. Yeah. So the last ones, out of all the officers, the only original

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lieutenant from A-Shift is Danny. And that's because he's not even technically an original
A-Shifter. He was on B-Shift before. But he like original, original. I guess I got hired on A-Shift
and stayed on A-Shift. I think the only one is JP. Holy shit. I think. I'm trying to think. But yeah,

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I think it's just JP. Because Kevin was from B-Shift. Ray was from B-Shift. Mike was from C-Shift.
And David was from C-Shift. Yeah. Holy shit. Even our captain, our captain was from C-Shift too.
Oh, for real? Mm-hmm.

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Damn, bro.
Yeah. So it's crazy. Yeah. Don't expect, if you're looking to promote, don't expect to stay on your
shift. I've had to come to terms with that. Promote. Like taking the lieutenant test, I've had to come
to terms with the fact that I might not stay on A-Shift. A-Bus, fuck it. And I just hope that it's

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now looking at the way things are going to lieutenant. I wouldn't mind going to B-Shift.
I just don't want to go to prevention. I'm not ready for it.
Nah. I'm not.
Nah. I'm not. Shit. Shit. I don't think you're going to the bed, bro. Nah. Not right off the bat.

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I mean, the only plus side, and this is fucked up, the only plus side of prevention is the take-home
unit. That's it. Oh, yeah. Yeah. That's it. Other than that, everything else sucks.
No more getting to play with fire. No more nothing. Now you just do events and make floats.

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That's it.
Holy shit.
And I'm not with it. I still want to be on the trucks. I think prevention needs to be one of
those things that the person either needs to really want to do it or they've already accepted,
like, hey, you know what? I've done what I needed to do in suppression. I'm ready to go.

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That way they can excel in it. Because that's an important part of the fucking department.
It just is not for everybody, man. That's the thing.
It's like every other thing, like training-wise, not every subject in firefighting is for
everybody. Some people just say, hey, you know what? I got a 70 in it. I passed it. I'm good.
But that doesn't mean that I enjoyed it or whatever the fuck. That's ropes for me.

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I'm not a big fan of ropes.
Oh yeah. I'm the same way, bro.
So to me, it's not as important, but Ray and some other guys, they like ropes. So
more power to you to learn whatever you want to learn. To me, it's not like my cup of tea.
I know the basic shit what I need. But if you were to sit here and tell me, hey, give me a

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whatever kind of knot, like a different knot than the fucking overhand safety or fucking
clove hitch, I'm probably going to be there and be like, the best I could do, bro, is give you a
figure eight on a bike. That's it. That's all we need.
But anything else? Yeah, I can't fucking do it. I don't know why. It's weird.

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Aside from that, Basan, what else do you got? What do you got going on in the life of Basan?
So far, nothing right now, bro. I mean, I'm going to keep it honest. I mean, I'm doing like
little shit here and there, kind of going back to school, trying to get the degree. You know what
I mean? How's that going? How's that going? That's just going good, bro. It's going pretty good.

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Um, there's a lot of fucking reading. Let me tell you, bro, right now. And that's because I wanted
to take all six classes for like the associate program or whatever right off the brim. No, bro.
I'm fucking glad I did. How did you get it done so quick, bro? When I tried it, they told me I had
to go do like all these tests and all this other shit. So like right now, I still need to go do

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that shit, bro. But like right now, I'm just doing like the fire part of it. And all they ask for is
just like your employment. So I'm fucking there texting like Mari, emailing her and like, hey,
like I need this, I need that. And then she's like, she was like, okay, like whatever, bro. It took
her like a couple of days, bro, for her to get that. And I was like, fuck, like I need to like

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turn this shit in like, like now, like, you know, finally gives me the letter. I sent it to the,
to the admins there at the college or whatever. And yeah, bro, they fucking, they set me up and
do all that shit. And like I said, bro, I was going to sign up for like all six classes, like
right off the bat. Fuck no, bro. Thank God I didn't do it because these three are fucking just

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kicking my ass. So, oh, I was going to say how many are you doing? You're doing, so you're doing
half. Yeah, I'm just doing half, bro. Damn. Yeah. I've been wanting to go back to do mine too, but
fuck, I don't know. Yeah. Right now it's not too bad, bro. No, it's nothing. You don't pay anything
for it because it's a. Oh no, no. Like you have to, I know you don't pay for the classes itself,

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but how much was, I know you have to pay for like books and shit like that. Well, if you, if you
want to, you know, but I mean, you can look online and then you can kind of find some, you know what
I mean? Like, you know what I mean, bro? Like, you know, I do ebook for everything. Yeah, me too.
Me too. But I just haven't, I mean, that's the only thing I knew that you have to spend on is

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like all the fucking books and all that, whatever else the fucking need. Yeah. I think the only,
uh, I think I probably only spent is like 25 cents, bro. Yeah. I swear to God.
And that was for everything, bro, for everything. Hey, did you end up taking the vehicle

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electrication class or any trainings? No, sir. No, sir. They denied me, bro. They already had a lot
of people, bro. They had like two, I think they had like three or four from our shifts, bro. Yeah.
Sam, man, uh, I don't know who else was it. I don't know who the third one was, but I know
Sam and men over there. Well, I think, uh, what's his name? John was there too. No, you're talking

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about the vehicle stabilization, like the heavy vehicle rescue. Yeah. I think John's there.
Cassie's there. Matt's there. No, that's too many room. I swear, bro. I swear.
Fuck. I don't know. Yeah. I have no idea about that.

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Yeah. Can I just, I just applied for my, my instructor three. Oh shit.
Damn bro. Hey bro, instructor two, bro. I don't understand how I failed the first time. And then
I retested and I passed the second time with like flying colors, bro. It don't make sense.
I need an raid, bro. Bro, it's just a matter of time, bro, to start hosting our own academy, bro.

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We're going to do the four day breaks academy. You're going to get certified as a firefighter
in four days, bro. In four days. That's all you need, bro. That's all you need. Holy shit.
Let me tell you. Four days. Okay. Four days plus about another like 200, but four days. Yep.

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From this episode to the next, you're going to be a firefighter. I guarantee it.
Yes, sir. Yes. At least on Facebook. Maybe not with the state, but on Facebook you will.
At least to us, you'll be a fire. Yeah. Yeah. You'll get a little four day break certification.
Yeah. The four day breaks commission on fire protection.

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That'd be crazy, bro. That ultimately that's what I'd like to do, bro. I'd like to start doing some
trainings. Yeah. Kind of like what, what diamond back does, you know, um, do some stuff like that
and set it all up. Yeah, bro. I'd be, yeah, I'd be fucking sick. I'd like to do that. We'll see.
I'd like to do kind of like what the fools do too, man. That's something that I've always liked and

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admired about all the guys and the fools is the training that they bring down, bro. Like it's,
it's not like our normal training that we do here. It's shit. That's like not from here. You know
what I mean? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's the type of shit that I like. Okay. You get to learn from
other perspectives from other cities, like even, even bigger, like even if they're not a bigger
city, but like somewhere else on how they do shit, you know? Oh yeah, bro. It brings a different

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dynamic to it. So I fuck with it, but I'd like to do stuff like that. So we'll see, man. We'll see.
Yeah, bro. There's a lot of shit cooking here, bro. There's a lot of shit. Tons, bro. Um, other
than that, I don't have anything special from this cycle. We didn't really do much. Uh, I was kind of
up and around, went to station three twice and that was it. Been at two, been at three, just vibing,

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nothing major, nothing major. Yeah. Nothing. There was really nothing here, bro.
It has been, been a slow few weeks. Um, other than that guys, don't forget to answer the giveaway.
Uh, it's free, you know, it don't cost you nothing, but two, three minutes to enter,
uh, show some support, show some love and stuff like that. And hopefully you win. Hopefully you

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get some, uh, you get some of the prizes. Uh, other than that, I think we're going to end it off here,
uh, next week, uh, in nine days. I'm trying to remember. Do we have a guess? I think we do.
I could be tripping. I think we do, bro. I'm not mistaken. I think we do. I'm trying to remember

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off the top of my head. Yes, we do. We're going to be talking to Juan. He's the, uh, announcer slash
commentator for the firefighter challenge. Great dude. Great dude. Uh, it's gonna be cool to see
his perspective on things and kind of chop it up. See what he got going on. Yeah. That'll be up for

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next episode for everybody tuning in Juan from the firefighter challenge. He's the, uh, voice actor.
He's cruel as hell. He's also my dad's age. So I call him pops. So when I call him pops, he's gonna
get mad. Uh, he's a great dude, man. He's awesome. Uh, other than that, that's all I got. But sonny,

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you got anything? Nope. That's it. All right. Y'all be safe and we'll see you in nine days.
Yes, sir. Take care.