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Title: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: GOBUCKS on April 12, 2014, 12:59:25 AM
Some DUmmy mentioned that firemen get paid to sleep.
This alleged fireman, DUmmy IronGate got pissed off.

Unfortunately, he is treading on territory already claimed by the crazy bald dwarf:
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Fri Apr 11, 2014, 11:54 AM
IronGate (83 posts)

Ok DU, I've been given permission by my station Captain to post on this site,

a typical FF/Para's 24 hour duty watch in response to this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024776491#post43

I'll be carrying my laptop and posting every call, minus personal info on medical, and any fires, structure or wildland, that take place.

This will happen this Sunday during my shift.

I hope everyone enjoys it and understands just what is involved in a typical day for Fire Rescue personnel.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024807945#post44
This cannot go without comment.


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Response to IronGate (Original post)Fri Apr 11, 2014, 12:58 PM
nadinbrzezinski (132,487 posts)
15. Just do me a favor

Stay safe...says the former paramedic.

And the same goes to the rest of your department. The thing I hated was funerals...they get too personal.   
   


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Fri Apr 11, 2014, 01:19 PM
IronGate (83 posts)
21. A western state.

And that's all the location I will give.


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Response to IronGate (Reply #21)
Fri Apr 11, 2014, 05:57 PM
Android3.14 (771 posts)
35. Why?

My brother is a firefighter and EMT, and as a journalist I have interacted with first responders on several occasions, and have interviewed fire chiefs for many rural news stories.
The information you are claiming you will post (essentially log entries stripped of HIPAA violations) is public by most Freedom of Information statutes, so why would the name of the city be sensitive?
Uh oh. This is going to be a probem. Another DUmmy trampling more territory belonging to the nutcase.


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Response to Android3.14 (Reply #35)
Fri Apr 11, 2014, 07:08 PM
nadinbrzezinski (132,487 posts)
44. What paper do you work for

and have you won awards?
And if you go to a man down at a well, do you have enough knowledge to ask about atmospherics?

Now I am going to call you on your BS.

I will answer myself

I have won awards from the local press club and work for the East County Magazine in San Diego, and when we went to a man down in Potrero, we did ask questions on both the atmospherics, and whether they used a 3:1 advantage or 4:1 advantage and did get that answered by a CAL-FIRE battalion Chief


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Response to zappaman (Reply #53)
Fri Apr 11, 2014, 09:13 PM
Star Member Brother Buzz (9,882 posts)
61. Photographic proof she's an award winning journalist as stated in her post

Her hubby and boss got cool plaques, she was awarded a certificate suitable for framing.



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Response to Brother Buzz (Reply #61)
Fri Apr 11, 2014, 09:31 PM
maddezmom (133,932 posts)
62. Citizen journalist trained by ECM


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Response to maddezmom (Reply #62)
Fri Apr 11, 2014, 09:39 PM
Star Member Brother Buzz (9,882 posts)
63. That can't be right

She is a reporter at present, with media card and everything.


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Response to Android3.14 (Reply #18)
Fri Apr 11, 2014, 02:02 PM
nadinbrzezinski (132,487 posts)
24. What about us reporters who do listen to the dang scanner at home?

Mostly it is wild fire season and we warn citizens of potential Evac routes closed due to accidents. At times it takes upwards of four hours to clear a dang road (fatalities tend to do that). Or when actual fires do start...at times we even physically drag our happy asses to the fire line to cover the event.

I understand the disdain but I am personally looking forwards to it. If this is a high volume call department, I can expect a long list of incidents. Hell I worked for one and chasing the radio was common. My max number of calls in a 16 hour period (another country worked two shifts) was 20 calls. The longest shift ever worked was 36, due to one nasty MCI.

To the OP no we're not hotshots (not in the elite FF meaning ). We actually carry water, food and full two layer Nomex with helmets. (Boy it is never cheap) I know, what a concept. But we do not want to be part of the problem. Other crap we carry, paper and electronic maps, a compass, a first aid kit and other sundries, apart of trade tools such as pens, notebooks and cameras, and of course the scanner. Like situational awareness is critical...
She is a hotshot in every way except the elite FF meaning.

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Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #24)
Fri Apr 11, 2014, 05:40 PM
Android3.14 (771 posts)
31. A reporter and a firefighter?

Are you telling me that you are a journalist and a firefighter?


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Response to Android3.14 (Reply #31)
Fri Apr 11, 2014, 06:05 PM
dionysus (24,876 posts)
36. and much, much more...


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Response to Android3.14 (Reply #31)
Fri Apr 11, 2014, 06:20 PM
nadinbrzezinski (132,487 posts)
37. Try reading it again

I used to be a Paramedic in another country, it was a fairly high call urban setting, and these days I am a reporter. But when we cover fires from the front lines we wear the exact same gear firefighters wear. It is a safety issue.


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Response to Android3.14 (Reply #41)
Fri Apr 11, 2014, 07:01 PM
nadinbrzezinski (132,487 posts)
43. Excuse for what? The fact that you mistunderstood?

Will save you the effort, since there is no use, and while I was going to put you on ignore, this is way too entertaining.

It is truly not my fault you could not read and chiefly comprehend.

(And enough wasting my time, I need to get those sound cuts done)
Stand back! Important media work being done here.


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Response to maddezmom (Reply #77)
Fri Apr 11, 2014, 11:39 PM
dionysus (24,876 posts)
78. OMG, the megalomania strides on...

at least others with this confliction can actually write coherently, even after whiskey...

Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: BattleHymn on April 12, 2014, 02:26:53 AM
That has got to be one of the best nads threads in a while.   :rotf:
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: formerlurker on April 12, 2014, 05:21:38 AM
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Response to Android3.14 (Reply #35)
Fri Apr 11, 2014, 07:08 PM
nadinbrzezinski (132,487 posts)
44. What paper do you work for

and have you won awards? And if you go to a man down at a well, do you have enough knowledge to ask about atmospherics?

Now I am going to call you on your BS.

I will answer myself

I have won awards from the local press club and work for the East County Magazine in San Diego, and when we went to a man down in Potrero, we did ask questions on both the atmospherics, and whether they used a 3:1 advantage or 4:1 advantage and did get that answered by a CAL-FIRE battalion Chief

Oh no Nads.  Just no.
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: 98ZJUSMC on April 12, 2014, 06:08:07 AM
Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #24)
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Fri Apr 11, 2014, 05:40 PM
Android3.14 (771 posts)
31. A reporter and a firefighter?

Are you telling me that you are a journalist and a firefighter?

*gasp*  You've not heard the tales?


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Response to Android3.14 (Reply #31)
Fri Apr 11, 2014, 06:05 PM
dionysus (24,876 posts)
36. and much, much more...

 :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

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Response to maddezmom (Reply #77)
Fri Apr 11, 2014, 11:39 PM
dionysus (24,876 posts)
78. OMG, the megalomania strides on...

at least others with this confliction can actually write coherently, even after whiskey...

Well, you meant affliction, but the comedic content makes up for it.  Good thing you're on the iggy list.

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I have won awards from the local press club and work for the East County Magazine in San Diego, and when we went to a man down in Potrero, we did ask questions on both the atmospherics, and whether they used a 3:1 advantage or 4:1 advantage and did get that answered by a CAL-FIRE battalion Chief

Da fuq?
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: FlippyDoo on April 12, 2014, 06:29:26 AM
This has movie of the week written all over it.

A portion of the script...

nadin (while looking done the well): Listen here man down well! What is the atmospherics there?

Man in well (looks up with his eyes wide after hearing her question): Damn! You sound like the chick from Rocky and Bulwinkle but look more like that guy on the money! Who are you?

nadin: Award winning reporter, trained historian, and all around knowallogist. Now what is the atmospherics?

Man in well: How the hell am I supposed to know? Why don’t you just move so they can throw a rope down here.

nadin: Enjoy your stay and welcome to the iggy list.

nadin looks around at one of the firefighters and goes to him.

Firefighter: Excuse me sir, but you are in the way.

nadin: I am award winning reporter. How are you going to get the bully from the well?

Firefighter: A rope and a 3:1 advantage. Now please move. We’ve got work to do.

nadin: Yes. I remember these times in the combat zone. I just wish I didn’t know that shit. Instead of 3 men would it not be better to use 4 men?

Firefighter: What?

nadin: You said you were using 3 men to pull him up. In Mexico we always used 4 men because it was better.

Firefighter: I said a rope and a 3:1 advantage. That’s a pulley with a 3:1 mechanical advantage.

nadin: Yes. Yes. That is what I knew. We used those in the combat zone all of the time. And the atmospherics?

Firefighter: Look sir, you’re in the way. Now wobble out of the way so we can save that man.

nadin: No need to have a tanter tantrum.

The firefighters are finally able to safely pull the man from the well and later that evening nadin visits her favorite website.

nadin: Yup, got to get to work writting the story of a man who fell a well today. Luckily I was there to give the firefighters assistance. We used some rope and a 3:1 mechanical advantage. They were going to use oh a 4:1 advantage, but I explained to them that with the atmospherics that a 3:1 would be better suited. For those of you who do not have the rescue training that I have a 3:1 mechanical advantage is a type of pullet.

DU Bully: A pullet is a chicken. You probably mean pulley.

nadin: For f*cks face, I’m tired of you paid posters. I will not walk on eggshells except when I do. I have this training. And yup some people with real experience do call a pulley a pullet.

DU Bully: Nope. A pulley is called a pulley. I use them all the time.

nadin: Yes but have you ever used them in a combat zone with bullets flying? I have. Welcome to the iggy list.
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: franksolich on April 12, 2014, 06:31:25 AM
Oh gawd.
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: Skul on April 12, 2014, 07:10:20 AM
Very nice, Flippy. :clap:
Well done. :cheersmate:
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: dane on April 12, 2014, 07:24:27 AM
This has movie of the week written all over it.

A portion of the script...

Hi5.  That was outstanding!
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: franksolich on April 12, 2014, 07:25:05 AM
Very nice, Flippy. :clap:
Well done. :cheersmate:

Yeah. 

Flippy's a genius at this sort of writing; it's great.
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: Carl on April 12, 2014, 07:30:29 AM
Something tells me that whenever nads is nearby the aroma of the atmospherics becomes repulsive.
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: BattleHymn on April 12, 2014, 07:54:17 AM
That was hilarious, Floppy!!  :rotf:  H5!
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: franksolich on April 12, 2014, 08:02:20 AM
Something tells me that whenever nads is nearby the aroma of the atmospherics becomes repulsive.

I am going nuts.

I cannot see why the cousin doesn't see what a jerk she makes of herself.

I thought I've seen people with delusions about themselves before, but the cousin takes the cake, and it's a very large cake.
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on April 12, 2014, 08:16:55 AM
Perfect, Flippy!  That's on a par with Miskie's CalPig poetry.

 :cheersmate:
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: BlueStateSaint on April 12, 2014, 08:26:43 AM
Something tells me that whenever nads is nearby the aroma of the atmospherics becomes repulsive.

Hence, the need to cover brush/other fires.
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: vesta111 on April 12, 2014, 08:58:04 AM
Perfect, Flippy!  That's on a par with Miskie's CalPig poetry.

 :cheersmate:

This question on should fire fighters sleep on the job caused me to remember a case when a fireman was fired after being found to be a cross dresser.   The man did his job so why his off time came into this I do not know.

Were I trapped in a burning building and people came to get me out, I do not give a damn if they come dressed as the Easter Bunny or a Playboy Bunny, a gay or straight person, anyone that got me out of a burning building that was a cross dresser, I would give them a $500.00 gift card to Victories Secrets.

24 hour on call means one is away from home for that time, don't matter if they are on the toilet, changing clothes or eating a meal------they drop everything to respond. They have to face a beast that is feared by everyone and some of them their coworkers or themselves may not come back alive.  

Not just the fire, in times of riot in the big city's these firefighters face having bricks thrown at them, being shot and themselves beat up.

The Police are armed so they at least have a chance to defend themselves, the Fire fighters are sitting ducks for the Craze's.

There is no more dangerous job in the States then fighting fires, no more dedicated men and woman for the paid and the volunteer departments.

Volunteers are not paid, they wear beepers to call them in from work, vacation or middle of the night.   The ones that leave work to respond loose money to feed their family and pay the rent .

So to be paid to be on the ready to save lives is nonsense.

Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: Texacon on April 12, 2014, 09:01:16 AM
Outstanding thread!

KC
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: Dori on April 12, 2014, 09:51:45 AM
This has movie of the week written all over it.

A portion of the script... snip...

 :lol: You've got to do more of.... these....thanks for the laugh   :lmao:

Were I trapped in a burning building and people came to get me out, I do not give a damn if they come dressed as the Easter Bunny or a Playboy Bunny...snip....

 :rotf:

Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: GOBUCKS on April 12, 2014, 11:45:02 AM
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I have won awards from the local press club and work for the East County Magazine in San Diego, and when we went to a man down in Potrero, we did ask questions on both the atmospherics, and whether they used a 3:1 advantage or 4:1 advantage and did get that answered by a CAL-FIRE battalion Chief.
That may be the worst, funniest sentence at the DUmp since TiT was banned.
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: FlippyDoo on April 12, 2014, 12:42:45 PM
Thanks for the compliments, but it’s pretty easy to channel nads as you don’t have to worry about things like spelling, sentence structure, punctuation, etc.

I’ve seen the photo showing her hold a paper certificate which I suppose is her award. Has anyone seen a close-up to see what the writing is on the certificate? I ask because as far as we know she could have created and printed out her DOTY award.
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: GOBUCKS on April 12, 2014, 12:52:09 PM
I’ve seen the photo showing her hold a paper certificate which I suppose is her award. Has anyone seen a close-up to see what the writing is on the certificate? I ask because as far as we know she could have created and printed out her DOTY award.

It's like the awards the Wizard presents at the end of "Wizard of Oz".

nadin got the Doctor of Thinkology.
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: Revolution on April 12, 2014, 03:08:06 PM
This has movie of the week written all over it.

A portion of the script...

nadin (while looking done the well): Listen here man down well! What is the atmospherics there?

Man in well (looks up with his eyes wide after hearing her question): Damn! You sound like the chick from Rocky and Bulwinkle but look more like that guy on the money! Who are you?

nadin: Award winning reporter, trained historian, and all around knowallogist. Now what is the atmospherics?

Man in well: How the hell am I supposed to know? Why don’t you just move so they can throw a rope down here.

nadin: Enjoy your stay and welcome to the iggy list.

nadin looks around at one of the firefighters and goes to him.

Firefighter: Excuse me sir, but you are in the way.

nadin: I am award winning reporter. How are you going to get the bully from the well?

Firefighter: A rope and a 3:1 advantage. Now please move. We’ve got work to do.

nadin: Yes. I remember these times in the combat zone. I just wish I didn’t know that shit. Instead of 3 men would it not be better to use 4 men?

Firefighter: What?

nadin: You said you were using 3 men to pull him up. In Mexico we always used 4 men because it was better.

Firefighter: I said a rope and a 3:1 advantage. That’s a pulley with a 3:1 mechanical advantage.

nadin: Yes. Yes. That is what I knew. We used those in the combat zone all of the time. And the atmospherics?

Firefighter: Look sir, you’re in the way. Now wobble out of the way so we can save that man.

nadin: No need to have a tanter tantrum.

The firefighters are finally able to safely pull the man from the well and later that evening nadin visits her favorite website.

nadin: Yup, got to get to work writting the story of a man who fell a well today. Luckily I was there to give the firefighters assistance. We used some rope and a 3:1 mechanical advantage. They were going to use oh a 4:1 advantage, but I explained to them that with the atmospherics that a 3:1 would be better suited. For those of you who do not have the rescue training that I have a 3:1 mechanical advantage is a type of pullet.

DU Bully: A pullet is a chicken. You probably mean pulley.

nadin: For f*cks face, I’m tired of you paid posters. I will not walk on eggshells except when I do. I have this training. And yup some people with real experience do call a pulley a pullet.

DU Bully: Nope. A pulley is called a pulley. I use them all the time.

nadin: Yes but have you ever used them in a combat zone with bullets flying? I have. Welcome to the iggy list.

That....is....BRILLIANT! Funniest thing I've read all month, Flippy. YOU should indeed get some kind of award for that piece. :clap:
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: SarasotaRepub on April 12, 2014, 03:49:25 PM
Is it any wonder Skinner keeps her around???  :-)
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: 67 Rover on April 12, 2014, 06:05:59 PM
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Response to Android3.14 (Reply #31)
Fri Apr 11, 2014, 06:20 PM
nadinbrzezinski (132,487 posts)
37. Try reading it again

I used to be a Paramedic in another country, it was a fairly high call urban setting, and these days I am a reporter. But when we cover fires from the front lines we wear the exact same gear firefighters wear. It is a safety issue.


STOP IT!  Just stop. You are not allowed anywhere close enough to a fire that you would need the "same gear firefighters wear".

You would not get any closer to a fire than any other civilian when professional firefighters are on the scene.
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: franksolich on April 12, 2014, 07:00:15 PM
Is it any wonder Skinner keeps her around???  :-)

You know, the cousin's really odd.

Somewhere on some thread the past few days, she commented that she was an ambulance attendant "in another country."

This secretivity is stupid; what's holding her back from admitting she was an ambulance attendant years ago in Tijuana, Mexico?  What's the big deal about keeping the where a secret? 
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: JLO on April 12, 2014, 09:14:28 PM
This has movie of the week written all over it.

A portion of the script...

nadin (while looking done the well): Listen here man down well! What is the atmospherics there?

Man in well (looks up with his eyes wide after hearing her question): Damn! You sound like the chick from Rocky and Bulwinkle but look more like that guy on the money! Who are you?

nadin: Award winning reporter, trained historian, and all around knowallogist. Now what is the atmospherics?

Man in well: How the hell am I supposed to know? Why don’t you just move so they can throw a rope down here.

nadin: Enjoy your stay and welcome to the iggy list.

nadin looks around at one of the firefighters and goes to him.

Firefighter: Excuse me sir, but you are in the way.

nadin: I am award winning reporter. How are you going to get the bully from the well?

Firefighter: A rope and a 3:1 advantage. Now please move. We’ve got work to do.

nadin: Yes. I remember these times in the combat zone. I just wish I didn’t know that shit. Instead of 3 men would it not be better to use 4 men?

Firefighter: What?

nadin: You said you were using 3 men to pull him up. In Mexico we always used 4 men because it was better.

Firefighter: I said a rope and a 3:1 advantage. That’s a pulley with a 3:1 mechanical advantage.

nadin: Yes. Yes. That is what I knew. We used those in the combat zone all of the time. And the atmospherics?

Firefighter: Look sir, you’re in the way. Now wobble out of the way so we can save that man.

nadin: No need to have a tanter tantrum.

The firefighters are finally able to safely pull the man from the well and later that evening nadin visits her favorite website.

nadin: Yup, got to get to work writting the story of a man who fell a well today. Luckily I was there to give the firefighters assistance. We used some rope and a 3:1 mechanical advantage. They were going to use oh a 4:1 advantage, but I explained to them that with the atmospherics that a 3:1 would be better suited. For those of you who do not have the rescue training that I have a 3:1 mechanical advantage is a type of pullet.

DU Bully: A pullet is a chicken. You probably mean pulley.

nadin: For f*cks face, I’m tired of you paid posters. I will not walk on eggshells except when I do. I have this training. And yup some people with real experience do call a pulley a pullet.

DU Bully: Nope. A pulley is called a pulley. I use them all the time.

nadin: Yes but have you ever used them in a combat zone with bullets flying? I have. Welcome to the iggy list.

 :lol:  H5
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: Airwolf on April 12, 2014, 11:19:48 PM
I am going nuts.

I cannot see why the cousin doesn't see what a jerk she makes of herself.

I thought I've seen people with delusions about themselves before, but the cousin takes the cake, and it's a very large cake.

Hard to say when crazy is involved  Frank. She is so far off the edge she would need the USS Enterprise to get back.
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: Dori on April 12, 2014, 11:47:39 PM
sorry, just can't help myself  :rotf:

She's just a girl, and she's on fire
 Hotter than a fantasy, lonely like a highway
 She's living in a world, and it's on fire
 filled with catastrophe, but she knows she can find a way

This girl is on fire
 This girl is on fire
 She's walking on fire
 This girl is on fire

 Looks like a girl, but she's a flame
 So bright, she can burn your eyes
 Better look the other way
 You can try but you'll never forget her name
 She's on top of the world
 Hottest of the hottest girls say

Oh, we got our feet on the ground
 And we're burning it down
 Oh, we got our head in the clouds
 And we're not coming down




Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on April 13, 2014, 11:11:37 AM
You know, the cousin's really odd.

Sir, you are a master of understatement.
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: micmac on April 13, 2014, 04:46:55 PM
Tanter Tantrum    :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: HeavyMetal on April 14, 2014, 09:17:25 AM
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I have won awards from the local press club and work for the East County Magazine in San Diego, and when we went to a man down in Potrero, we did ask questions on both the atmospherics, and whether they used a 3:1 advantage or 4:1 advantage and did get that answered by a CAL-FIRE battalion
Chief

I wonder what the EMT and Firefighters' names are for nadin.  They must see her coming with the rig and all decked out for fighting a fire, knowing she's going to be asking them all kinds of pointless questions.
"Aw shit, here comes _____"
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: GOBUCKS on April 14, 2014, 09:43:36 AM
DUmmy IronGate forgets, for a brief moment, but then nutcase nadin steps in to remind him that it's always all about nadin:
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Sun Apr 13, 2014, 11:15 PM
IronGate (139 posts)
26. No rest for the weary.

Alarm #4. Walk in-Mother with 4yo in breathing distress, patient stabilized, Mercy Air dispatched, patient loaded and on the way to the Hospital, report finished.



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Response to IronGate (Original post)
Sun Apr 13, 2014, 11:47 PM
nadinbrzezinski (132,571 posts)
28. Sounds like an average shift

in a medium to large urban center with wildland interface.

And coincidentally I have been listening to the scanner all day. The Heartland feed on the App also has Montevista, so that is what I listen while at home. Been busy too.

Try to get some sleep... yeah right. (from experience I just nixed your night time, Sorry)


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Response to IronGate (Reply #30)
Mon Apr 14, 2014, 12:02 AM
nadinbrzezinski (132,571 posts)
32. Fair play I suppose

This is from the Chihuahua fire two years ago, taken at about 00:00 hours.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4810790


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Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #32)
Mon Apr 14, 2014, 12:08 AM
IronGate (139 posts)
33. Dramatic picture.

Is that CalFire?



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Response to IronGate (Reply #33)
Mon Apr 14, 2014, 12:09 AM
nadinbrzezinski (132,571 posts)
34. Yup.

So if the brush fire gets large enough, I get to take my sorry as and gear to it.



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Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #28)
Mon Apr 14, 2014, 02:23 AM
dionysus (24,906 posts)
40. please don't try to build credibility on this poster's back


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Response to dionysus (Reply #40)
Mon Apr 14, 2014, 07:39 AM
Codeine (13,439 posts)
41. Firefighter. Historian. Journalist. Sycophant.


Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: Carl on April 14, 2014, 11:36:06 AM
Hey DUmbasses...how does it feel to have so many blithering lunatics infect your sewer?
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: Dori on April 14, 2014, 11:55:22 AM
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Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #28)
Mon Apr 14, 2014, 02:23 AM
dionysus (24,906 posts)
40. please don't try to build credibility on this poster's back

Iggy list..........3...2...1
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: GOBUCKS on April 14, 2014, 05:29:47 PM
This is gonna get better:

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Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #44)
Mon Apr 14, 2014, 06:06 PM
Star Member rudolph the red (360 posts)
97. Do you get paid for your work?

East County Magazine looks like an online only cheap version of the penny saver. To call it a paper seems kind of silly.

Never mind, I read further. Its beyond silly, more like ridiculous.


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Response to rudolph the red (Reply #97)
Mon Apr 14, 2014, 06:23 PM
nadinbrzezinski (132,596 posts)
98. Yes, I get paid for my work, freelance rates and everything, I know shocking.

and the paper has won over 70 awards locally, for investigative work among others. Believe it or not, we do more than just the public announcements.

Hell, we cover crap none others cover, like the well behaved Grossmont Unified High School District.

I know that is a favorite attack by the character assassins locally, but think of it as a local version of truthout, but far less partisan. In fact, we are not partisan, and during the Filner non scandal (for some here it was not a scandal) we were actually called to be on the pocket of the other side within five minutes by both groups, so we are doing something right.

And we also do community service that larger media used to do, and fires in the far east county are now covered by other media because of us. They used to completely ignore them
Her freelance rate is zero, plus no reimbursement for expenses.
She bitched about Crazy Miriam refusing to even chip in on her gasoline.
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: franksolich on April 14, 2014, 05:37:29 PM
She bitched about Crazy Miriam refusing to even chip in on her gasoline.

It irritates me that the cousin has yet to go down to Ensenada, to uncover what's happening there.

On the map, it looks just an hour away from her; pocket change for gasoline.

The cousin's one of the typical liberal tightwads though; if someone else isn't paying her way, she won't go.

The cousin, along with the big guy in Bellevue, and drunken Bill, doesn't understand something; to get ahead in life, one must first invest one's own resources, after which others are more willing to help.

In fact, I credit that to my own successes, such as they are, in life--I put some bucks, and some time and effort, into something, and inevitably others, who like what they see, step up to help along.

But one has to first invest one's own resources. 
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: GOBUCKS on April 15, 2014, 12:30:58 AM
Enjoy a rapid-fire exchange between the nutcase and a new bully:
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Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #98)
Mon Apr 14, 2014, 06:32 PM
Star Member rudolph the red (366 posts)
99. It's not a paper, it is an online only. And to call it non partisan is nonsense.


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Response to rudolph the red (Reply #99)
Mon Apr 14, 2014, 06:33 PM
nadinbrzezinski (132,606 posts)
100. You have no idea what the media environment is like, do you?

Yes, it is a paper and no it is not partisan.
have an excellent day.


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Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #100)
Mon Apr 14, 2014, 06:35 PM
Star Member rudolph the red (366 posts)
101. I'm media too

I post at DU.


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Response to rudolph the red (Reply #101)
Mon Apr 14, 2014, 06:40 PM
nadinbrzezinski (132,606 posts)
103. Yuo are a bloger, call me next time you are at ot zero hundred

at a fire line talking to fire officials about mandatory evacs, animal shelters, people shelters, and all that shit before going behind fire lines. Of course calling the boss so that can be updated as well, as in breaking news. And then going behind lines to get those shots m'kay.

Or next time you go to a wonderful meeting of your local school board.

Bloggers do not do that, the former they simply do not. You know why? You are not credentialed media.

The latter some bloggers do, but they are rare as can be. Or for that matter next time you go and cover multiple fire boards while the county tries to create the San Diego County Fire Authority. That is not what the Penny Saver does either.

Have a good day. For the record I started by blogging. But now, I get paid.
But Crazy Miriam still won't reimburse for gasoline, or even buy batteries for a voice recorder.


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Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #100)
Mon Apr 14, 2014, 06:36 PM
Star Member rudolph the red (366 posts)
102. where can i get the paper version?


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Response to rudolph the red (Reply #102)
Mon Apr 14, 2014, 06:45 PM
nadinbrzezinski (132,606 posts)
104. You are missing it, on purpose

and I think we are done.

You said that we are not media, we are, credentialed and all.

Have an excellent day. And go join all those character assassins, good bye

I really have NO PATIENCE for this shit. NONE.
nadin has a press pass, and Nomex, and a knife (and peanut butter packets) in her boot, and a Good Rig, and everything.


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Response to rudolph the red (Reply #102)
Mon Apr 14, 2014, 06:46 PM
Star Member rudolph the red (366 posts)
105. It doesn't exist

Makes you a blogger too.
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: Big Dog on April 15, 2014, 06:27:58 AM
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BainsBane (24,763 posts)
34. Please don't take that comment as representing people here in general

I have nothing but tremendous respect and admiration for firefighters and paramedics. I can't even imagine the kind of bravery and selflessness required to do a job like that.

Didn't Alex sexually objectify firefighters one drunken Saturday night in the not-too-distant past? Something about bringing out the hose to quench a fire in her loins- or something CalPiggyesque like that.

Methinks she found a live one! Reel him in, Alex!
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: Karin on April 15, 2014, 07:20:32 AM
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nadinbrzezinski (132,606 posts)
103. Yuo are a bloger, call me next time you are at ot zero hundred

 :lmao:  She's getting flustered.  Got to have nerves of steel in this line of work, Nadin. 
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: franksolich on April 15, 2014, 07:50:36 AM
:lmao:  She's getting flustered.  Got to have nerves of steel in this line of work, Nadin. 

The cousin's hopeless.

I think she should give up posting Skins's island and being a "reporter" for the East Orange News, or whatever it's called, and channel her talents in organizations that better suit her.

I suggest: Hadassah, the Junior League, Feminists for Life, the National Council of Jewish Women, B'nai B'rith, the Anti-Defamation League, Haganah, Irgun, Lehi, Yeshivat Har Etzion, "Stand With Us," Rosh Tzurim, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Jewish Defense Organization, and the Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional.

Her problem is, on Skins's island and as a "reporter," she's out of her milieu; she needs to get where she belongs, after which she'll become a better person.
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: dane on April 15, 2014, 08:16:36 AM
But Crazy Miriam still won't reimburse for gasoline, or even buy batteries for a voice recorder.
I had a moment of curiosity with no cat to kill, so I went to the magazine site for which gNads reports.

Most of the various sites I rummage around in shopping on line will usually have one section for "Employment Opportunities." I did not see such a section for the award winning blog.

My guess is they don't have paid employees, but they do have a feature that enables folks to donate, kinda like 'wishadupe.'
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: GOBUCKS on April 15, 2014, 11:12:25 AM
You may notice that the "bullies" have now become "character assassins".
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
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Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: GOBUCKS on April 15, 2014, 04:27:07 PM
Nutcase nadin reminds DUmmy IronGate once again that it's all about her:

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Response to IronGate (Reply #46)
Mon Apr 14, 2014, 12:20 PM
nadinbrzezinski (132,637 posts)
48. When I started in EMS it was in Mexico City

So we were trained to improvise everything. That could come very handy in a major disaster. Give me some cardboard and any cord, para cord, curtain cord or bandages will do, and I will have that arm or leg splinted in a jiffy, and a knife. You literally set the box to your patient.

Then in Tijuana I literally helped to stand up a paramedic program. I lost some folks who simply could not get on with the times. And the idea of radio and medical control, let's put it this way "Emergency 51" made a lot more sense. No, not from medical treatment, but that first episode where they are given the order to cardio convert, we had those fights. The episode where those two take a patient to a private doctors office and...I had that fight. I took a diabetic patient to the private hospital after stabilizing for low blood sugars, connected to the monitor with strip. You know the setup. The private hospital doctor was a pain and questioned why mere ambulance drivers even did any of this and our training, and legalities and ethics. I mean...the horror, we could have killed him. No doc, not giving the glucose bolus could have done that. His sugars were under measurable by glucometer on scene at arrival. We got them all the way to 75 or so. He did not have convulsions and for that I am thankful. Oh and went from not responsive to rather chatty.

So after that, watching emergency took a different feel. From the POV of a mature system it's funny as hell. From the POV of one undergoing birth pains...it is actually true to form.

As to Backdraft, we laughed our asses too, that said due to manpower issues we always took more risks than our counterparts in the US. And while they were calculated risks...they were still higher. But the BA, getting the FF to wear those was a real fight. Real men never wear them you know. I insisted on them. I like my lungs. These days they are pretty much wearing them though. But the late 1970s and 1980s were fun all over. Ask the old firefighters at the station about two major fights, universal precautions and BA wearing. I am sure somebody will want to share the good old days.
nadin is not the DUmmy you'd most like to share a beer with.
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: vesta111 on April 15, 2014, 04:35:56 PM
You know, the cousin's really odd.

Somewhere on some thread the past few days, she commented that she was an ambulance attendant "in another country."

This secretivity is stupid; what's holding her back from admitting she was an ambulance attendant years ago in Tijuana, Mexico?  What's the big deal about keeping the where a secret? 

Frank, I am surprised since she worked in Tijuana that she has not made the claim she was the Head Nurse. [ pun intended ]
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: Chris_ on April 15, 2014, 04:39:25 PM
You know, the cousin's really odd.
You could have stopped right there.
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: Skul on April 15, 2014, 04:40:43 PM
Frank, I am surprised since she worked in Tijuana that she has not made the claim she was the Head Nurse. [ pun intended ]
VESTA!!!!!  :lmao: :rotf:
Title: Re: A Nice Kerfunkle Starring Nutcase nadin - Fire Reporter
Post by: BlueStateSaint on April 15, 2014, 06:03:05 PM
VESTA!!!!!  :lmao: :rotf:

Yup--she earned a H5!