georgetown fire dept got a key lime pie for cake day-- ok so we are "cake-ing" ?49 states??? which ones are we not in and can we get some action going there... ???
now here is a real party... napkins and paper plates even !!!
Tacoma Fire Department, Station 13, received the
SDP informational flyer, paper plates, napkins and
a yummy chocolate cake decorated with paw prints--
and their department logo. And in return I received
huge smiles and a big thank you. Cake Day is even
better than payday!
gimi/anon
from the raft of first responders.....i picked the fire depqrtment-- because... usually..they are a nice group of people who- after they get everuthing polished- and nothing is burning down, they have time to eat cake... i also have found that the fire departments are a great source of big strong fit , cheerful guys who when they are off duty, can lift , carry, and push heavy objects around, and cheaper than hiring handymen ( who around here are getting $85 an hour)-
- i have in my life called and said "i have a case of beer here for whoever gets that mattress into the second floor bedroom." . couple guys showed up at shift change....
i think you will find it true that shirt sizes for policemen will range all the way to XXXXL to cover an expanse of beer belly. shirts for firemen/women just are not made that big. they are not needed.. in spite of all the cake we feed them.
that is one of thse laws i would pass....police uniforms may not be manufactured larger than XXL.
a 2X size guy is substantial enough to quell most disturbances that do not require the national guard... ... i know if i have 2 or 3 policemen- size 2X in my living room, it is pretty full. and they are always very nice. ---- they have proceedires-- like to say "have a good day" as they hand you a speeding ticket.
they are nice also because i have been trained to do whatever they say and argure about it later... i was told that as a very young child.... "if a policeman says stop... you stop" and i gave my kids that same lecture. it is a critical part of anyone's education --- person or dog.
a story......teh "ultimate whoa" - we had one in a assisted living place just last week... they wanted dogs to go around to all the rooms-- which is more walking than i can do.. they said there were no other dogs in gtehr building...so judy and janine took bentley and sizzle without leash off behind closed doors... and i sat in the lobby-- first time in my current life i have been anywhere minus a dog...let alone an assisted living.- so when the director came by and asked if i needed an application, i was horrified...i got over that.. and thru the door came a saint bernard young dog.. with "gentle leader and spike collar just about controlling him...i knew bentley and sizzle were about to come thr the doors... loose... so i flew to put myself between that saint bernard and those doors... just as they opened.. i yelled "WHOA RIGHT THERE" sizzle stopped-- bentley got stopped -- and judy and janine froze too... we could have had the worlds biggest dog fight.
that ultimate whoa can be so critical...
now before you lecture me on no leash-- when we do these places there are many suffering from altzeimers- and those people tend to grab and hold-- because those 2 dogs have t hat ultimate WHOA, they are safer without something others can grab...
