As an incentive for the TKP Club reaching 200 members, I offered to submit myself to a AMA. Well As Punishment Reward I now am willing to let you fine TKPers you ask me anything.
Do you have questions about firefighting, EMS, law enforcement, homeland security or emergency management? Funny Fire/EMS stories, great arrest stories, it's all fair game. Do just have random questions you would like answers to? Ask away. This will be a poor mans AMA compared to Fernley's or Guitarman's.
I will answer questions from now until the Thursday, ITS GAME WEEK PEOPLE!!!
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How often do you turn the siren on just to beat traffic?
As a firefighter never. When I was a police officer and needed to get somewhere fast I just drove fast, wasn't like anyone was going to pull me over for going 15 over.
Still makes everyone else nervously slow down while you approach and then "drive a little faster because he's doing it and he's not after me" once you go by. So my friend says.
Nothing was more annoying than me trying to get somewhere and everyone slowing down. Especially if I was off duty and in my take home car, I'd forget what car I was in and wonder why everyone was slowing down.
Only thing more annoying is when a cop speeds up behind you and you don't know if they need to get past you or they're baiting you.
BINGO
They are never baiting you because a good lawyer could get hat thrown out fast, most cops don't like traffic court/simply traffic stops. Officers make traffic stops to get something bigger; a DUI, a search and arrest, a warrant.
Not sure why my first two questions are gas pump related, but:
1. Cell phone use while pumping gas...dangerous, and if so, for what reason?
2. In NY state, the trigger locks for gas pump handles have all been removed, presumably by law. Also, every gas station has extensive fire suppression systems (lots of nozzles & red bottles, not sure if CO2 or AFFF) installed in top of the island.
2a-how prevelant are incidents related to locking the pump handle and it failing to auto shutoff? do you think statewide bans are warranted?
2b-are gas island fires common enough to warrant some sort of fire suppression system at every gas station?
3. Ever have to unstick someone's tongue from a metal object in the winter? (I know this should be very rare in MB)
4. Cats (or other pets) rescued?
1)a cell phone is not going to start a fire at a gas pump, what will start a fire is the static electric charge when you pull your phone out of your pocket. There has been somewhere around 160 confirmed static electricity started gas pump fires in the US recorded. It may not seem like a lot but to the person caught in the gas fed fire it's a lot.
2)the trigger locks are removed from gas pumps usually to keep people from getting in and out of their cars while they pump gas. This is for several reasons first to keep people paying attention to what is happening at the pump and secondly to keep the risk of static charge build up as you get I and out of your car. (See above)
2a) There are not a lot of gas pump fires however a fire at a gas station is very dangerous. The obvious reason is because of the presence of large amounts of gas. But you also have the risk to people standing exposed to the fire outside their cars and the very high risk of people in their cars not being able to get out if a gas station fire occurs.
3) Haven't had that problem down here in SC but when I was in Ohio the medic crew at the other station in the city had a kid come in with his tongue stuck to a plate he had frozen.
4) no animals rescued. Unfortunately I've had to deal with animals that didn't make it out of fires though.
I guess that's more of an issue up north where it's drier and colder anyway. What bugged me was having used the lock for years in VA (particularly on slow pumps). I get to NY, and have to stand there in -15 with the wind blowing and my hand exposed.
Ok so if the following scenario were to happen, what actions would you take?
Guns, and/or sunglasses.
Call in this:
This spurs a related question I've wondered about. How dangerous is it to pump gas into a car while it's still running?
Not that dangerous most of the time but there is always that one time where your engine creates an ignition source and boom. Gasoline more so than diesel.
30 and 2?
Yes I am 32 how did you know?
actually I was referring to CPR
For the lay person CPR is now taught as compression only.
interesting. My wife and I took a CPR/First Aid course with Red Cross about a month ago and it was 30 and 2
I work in construction and our first aid training a couple years ago taught 28 and 2
Yea the Red Cross is kind of on the outs for CPR, American Heart Association is better.
Post a picture of your firehouse dog.
Stock image of Sparky the Fire Safety Dog that we used.
What is the maximum speed I can go on a 65-mph highway before an officer is likely to pull me over? Assume I am otherwise not doing anything stupid, just driving fast in the left lane.
I go by a suggestion I got from a former VA state trooper (through a friend, the trooper was in her family) during college and I'm curious to see if the conventional wisdom still holds.
A lot of variables here. What is traffic like, what is flow of traffic speed, weather, other hazards. When I was an officer I usually gave people a 5-9 mph cushion. However that cushion went away in school zones, residential areas, kids playing signs, heavy traffic or work zone, recent traffic fatality there. But troopers, county police, county sheriffs, city police and small town police will all have different standards. For example, under no circumstances should you speed through Hopewell VA. There are also lots of small towns along roads like Route 1, 301 and 460 that will pull you over for anything over 3/4 mph over speed limit.
Sound advice, thanks. The explanation I was given (assuming a normal, freely flowing highway) was that most cops won't care about 5 over, but 10 over might get you in trouble, especially if the officer is having a bad day, so stick to 7 over and you should generally be safe. The caveats you list above apply. Agree about Hopewell. My in-laws used to live in Charles City, and we'd pass through Hopewell when visiting them from Blacksburg. Having been on 460 for most of the way, the whole "don't you dare speed around here" was pretty ingrained by that point of the trip.
This is sound logic. The past 4 years (or however long since they raised 81 to 70 mph, I've set the cruise at 77 and never had a problem passing cops.
I have a friend that's a cop in nova and he said he usually won't pull you over until you get to the 12-15+ over range, again depending on the situation, type of street etc. Anyone that lives in Nova knows you can basically do about 10 over with little fear on most major roads. Maryland its more like 20 over.
Definitely. I drive faster in MD than I do in VA. That's because my speeding is way more tolerable than the flat-out batshit crazy things going on with other people. Unless you're doing about 90 around the Beltway during rush hour, you're not going to get pulled over just for speeding.
In Botetourt and Greene counties, I have figured out that they will pull you for 1 over.
Having grown up in Albemarle county and spending a lot of time driving on 29 through Greene I can vouch for that part of this statement. Greene county is notorious for that
A friend of mine got a speeding ticket in Albemarle and it was one of the most ridiculous experiences. Sure, he deserved the ticket (he was actually speeding by a lot), but the officer wrote it (1) with an incorrect name which was actually his father's name, (2) incorrect physical description, i.e. could not copy the info off his license, and (3) I believe dated it for the wrong day. He showed me the ticket and I'm like, "man, fight the ticket - he charged your dad with speeding in the future!" He didn't want to bother, but I thought that would have been sort of funny to pull the officer into court and list all the reasons why the ticket was invalid (presumably, I'm not a lawyer).
Friend of mine was given a ticket once that he fought using Physics. Driving a manual, he pulled up to a stop sign, proceeded to roll back slightly and then moved on. The officer pulled him over and wrote on the ticket "Did not come to a complete stop. Approached sign, rolled backwards, and then drove off." Needless to say, the judge threw the ticket out.
you know, for all the speeding tickets I've gotten, I don't believe I've ever had one in Albemarle....I can say this, though..Virginia State Troopers are the worst.
What do police officers think/what is their opinion when they are driving 5mph under the speed limit and I pass them? Everyone else on the road matches the officers pace and here I come passing everyone (on the left of course).
That God please let my shift be over soon. I wish people would stop calling my supervisors and telling them I speed everywhere.
Obvious question:
What is your favorite doughnut (or donut) type and from what vendor? (other than Carol Lee's because that's just a given)
The county I was an officer in didn't have a 24 hour donut place. I also have never drank coffe. I enjoy good cake donuts or the soybean donuts from the Virginia State Fair. I had Carol Lee's for the first time at the Spring Game and those were damn good donuts.
OK, now a few more:
1. What has been the most rewarding experience for you as a first responder? Doesn't matter if it was when you were in law enforcement, now as a firefighter, whatever.
2. What is the stupidest thing someone has done that has led to you arresting them?
1) Most rewarding, I've been able to be part of crews that gave people back a pulse several times, I've put out numerous fires and saved at least part of people's homes, but personally rewarding for me was when kids or parents would come visit us and tell us about how we prevented or stopped something bad from happening. Whether it was because we installed a smoke detector in their house, or taught their kids to cover grease fires instead of putting water on it, or stopping a panic attack in their child at school.
2) I arrested a runaway at Kings Dominon, she was an employee and ran away from home and then came to work. Kings Dominon Called her mom to come get her and I arrested her for her own protection when she jumped out of a moving car. I also arrested someone at Kings Dominon for stealing stuffed animals from games. On the street I wrote a ticket because a parent was upset their 17 year wouldn't move the car out of the street, the parent refused, the kid refused so I wrote a ticket and had towed.
people are weird
I fully understand the parenting angle, but how long do you stick to your guns? Hopefully the kid paid the ticket and impound fees, and lost his keys.
KD huh? As someone who has worked there in Rides Management for many years we have definitely seen people getting arrested for the dumbness. I have very likely seen you up there several times.
I was a Hanover Deputy in 2004 and 2005. Worked KD security from 2002 till 2004.
Aside from normal fence jumping, the recurring incident that I have had to go to court over more than anything is people hopping off the ride on the White Water Canyon inside the saw mill. I guess they assume we don't have cameras and eyes on the entire ride.
What were they charged with?
Well there are a whole slew of things you agree to just by buying a ticket and getting in line for a ride. That sign at the entrance to all the attractions actually explains it fairly well. In this case you can get a mix or all: Trespassing, endangerment to yourself, endangerment to others, failure to obey posted guidelines...there are few other ones I have heard but I'm not really down on law.
What do you enjoy the most? What do you dislike the most?
As a Sheriff's Deputy I hated building checks on midnight shift, I would get out and check the doors of every church, closed for the night business and other public buildings in my patrol area. I also disliked that my department still used carbon copy for reports, so if I screwed up I would have to write a whole new report.
As a firefighter I disliked people using EMS as their personal doctor. Tooth aches, stomach aches, a cough, jammed toes and fingers the list of BS I've taken to the ER is long.
I loved stopping DUI drivers. Nothing gave me more pleasure than locking someone up who was drunk driving.
As a firefighter I love the fire family. We would eat meals together, shop together, watch TV, work out all as a shift. Nothing compares.
It definitely seems like the camaraderie would be great as a firefighter.
Props. Drunk driving and our nonchalance for it drives me nuts. One drink, that's all I allow myself if I'm driving. And I'm a big guy.
Have you ever driven the Fire SUV?
Are you a Truck or Engine guy?
Personal preference smooth bore or fog?
Drove the station car a lot to go shopping. Our Chiefs drive themselves. I prefer the Engine but I'm a trained truck guy. Depends on the fire, a small house fire I like fog, large space fire or surround and drown smooth bore. Big Fire gets Big Water. I also am a huge CAFS (Compressed Air Foam System) guy, can out out a lot of fire with just a little water.
The first question was supposed to be non-politically correct firefighter humor. Have you seen the fire SUV skit?
Fire SUV
It's funny and would be funnier if there were not really people who thinks that all we do. I've heard on more than one occasion " how hard is your job, all you do is put water on the fire" or "firefighters have it easy you just sit around the station until, one day there is a fire"
Flow just a bit on how regulatory pressure has affected your ability to do your job.
(And I certainly appreciate that there are people like you doing your job! Thanks!)
Honestly it hasn't. At least me personally, I'm just a line firefighter was just a line patrol deputy. The bosses above me have to deal with all that crap. The thing that affects my job the most is budget and people complaining ours is too large.
Have you ever had to deal with someone who is psychosomatic after they had started a fire with their thoughts?
(Asking for a friend...)
That's so Leonard
Can't say I have. I dealt a lot with a patient who could "fly".
I have to go to a small town, Braselton, Georgia to argue down the speed on a ticket that they didn't reduce at all, which I think I am caught in a bit of a small town racket here, but that's another story. Any suggestions on getting a ticket reduced?
Dress professionally. Be courteous and truthful. Show some remorse. That's always worked for me. It'll help if you have an otherwise clean record...Judge may go easy on you
Showing up to court usually gets it dropped somewhat. Other than that I have nothing that's on the judge and what mood he is in.
Did you get a letter in the mail from local attorneys offering to represent you? If so, call the line you can call to talk to pay the fine, chat up the person answering the phone with your best sob story on why you con't have the ticket, and ask if hiring one of them will help, and if so which one. Not the same town, but I went to court in GA once (speed trap on a cut through between Athens and Atlanta). Everyone who showed up got a chance to change to charge to improper equipment (which actually has the same fine a paying the ticket), but everyone who hired one of two local attorneys did not show up and had the charges go away. Still cost more than the ticket would have.
I hope I get the improper equipment option or whatever. I don't care about paying the fine but I don't want my insurance to go way up. I may give the lawyers a call to avoid that situation but it felt like a racket to me. Local law office gets the list of offenders, buddies with the judge, they split the higher fee for their services than the ticket, but you get out of the possible points.
I used to work in Braselton way back
As I recall we'd just discuss things like this with Henry Braselton and that was that times change
Now back to your regularly scheduled programming
Your thoughts on the outburst of novice pyros igniting Kaepernick nation.
Just like the people who burned LeBron jerseys, the only person who cares they do it is the person doing it. He already got the money from the sale what does he care.
I meant from a smokey the bear standpoint, especially with all the problems California has had lately with wildfires.
Honestly Cali is screwed from here on out. Every year is going to get worse and worse for wild and forest fires out there.
Cedric Humes or Mike Imoh?
I think Imoh but that's hard question.
When you have a large scale public event like a football game at Lane Stadium or Bristol Motor Speedway, what kind of invisible security is going on behind the scenes?
We all know about the "lookouts" on the roof of the Lane press box, but what else is going on that we don't see? I've heard that the Battle at Bristol really has homeland security's attention and in addition to the visible security measures, I'd like to know what kind of stuff goes on that we never see or might not notice. I'm not looking for specific answers, but more general things that go on at any large scale public event.
This is going to take some time to type up I'll get to it tonight.
Edit: this has become something, I even got to talking to some guys I know in the field. So look for the answer tomorrow at some point and be ready with follow up questions.
I look forward to your answer but I didn't intend to eat up a bunch of your time. Your studies in Homeland Security and Emergency Management intrigue me because my first job was as a GIS Tech in a 911 PSAP, where I eventually became the deputy EM Coordinator in the county for a short time before I switched jobs to climb the GIS ladder. Before that job I didn't know much about emergency management, first responders, or anything from that realm but I dove head first into it once I got hired. I found everything going on interesting and wanted to integrate GIS into all of it. I still get giddy when I get to do crime analysis and investigation.
I'm interested in the answer to this question... Additionally, do you expect an increase in security at Lane this year after all the terrorist attacks lately?
Short answer, yes. Long answer later tonight.
We are already seeing changes to security at Lane with the new bag policies. VTPD also just got a new explosive dog and added some more officers. I would also expect to see more local and state officers in the area and inside during games.
Bet that could get messy
nasty GIF
[ Moderator note: this is gross. Not downvote-worthy but please reconsider posting GIFs of people puking... ]
You'd better believe I'm leaving this as a calling card when I edit someone's post.
Would movie pukes (clearly fake) be okay?
When in doubt, stick with a cartoon.
done. you got to admit though, the guy in the black shirt's reaction in the original gif is hilarious.
Disclaimer: The opinions and ideas expressed herein are solely my own and do not represent any agency.
GoKartMozart asked me about what "invisible security" would be around for the Battle at Bristol and at Lane stadium. While I cannot comment about what is going on at those event specifically because I don't work for agencies covering them. However, I can talk about what goes on at most large events these days.
Let's start with what happens in the months, weeks and days leading up to the game first. For a large event like a football game the FBI, DOJ, Homeland Security along with a host of other alphabet agencies at the federal level along with their state partners, State Police, State Emergency Management etc, and the local county/city/private entities will set up meetings to discuss resources that will be used at the game, any active threats in general, any threats specific to the game, any persons of interests in the area that the game will take place that could pose a threat to the game. The agencies will usually set up a task force for single style event, like Battle at Bristol, and use existing state/Federal task forces and fusion centers for regularly occurring events like games at Lane to coordinate this over time. The first priority for this is intelligence, knowing what your potential threats are and what weaknesses a venue has make planning to stop said threats a lot easier.
Next comes the work of setting up agencies and personal to work the events. I won't give out numbers of officers it takes to work even a game at Lane but just know ITS A LOT. So something like Bristol is going to require some agencies with every officer and resource that have there. Since Bristol hosts events other than the game the local and state agencies have a good idea of what is the baseline they need to have there. Some things you won't see that will be used include: scores of explosive detection dogs and teams inside and outside the area, a command center or three with chemical, biological and nuclear detector technology, a fully staffed bomb and SWAT team command nearby, a fully staffed magistrates court (Tenn equivalent) , transport vans and jailers to take offenders to nearest incarceration facility, plain clothes and undercover officers in the area around the game and inside the game itself, a marked helicopter flying around the game and an unmarked plane flying above the game collecting intel and using a new technology that consistently scans the area and take pixel like pictures that can be used to backtrack the movements of a specific car or person if needed later. An operation like Bristol will involve every level of government, law enforcement agency and homeland security/emergency management.
The biggest threat we face at football games or one off events like Bristol isn't a 9/11 style major attack. It is one person either self-radicalized here in the US, a race nationalist, an anti-government person or a simply person who wants to gain notoriety for themselves. These are the hardest attacks to prevent because there is usually no intel that can be worked on. They are intent on committed their acts on soft targets and people would not accept the restrictions that would be needed on their lives to stop these attacks. However as much as the media might make you think these attacks are very rare and that's why would see so many officers at these events, the only way to stop them quickly is a fast response from a trained law enforcement officer.
Please feel free to ask anymore questions that this may have raised. I'm sure I left something out you want answered, I also cut out about 300 more words so this would not be too long.
TL;DR version: The Feds, State and Local agencies will work together to try and secure any event, using known threats and preparing for possible threats,
wow...very interesting stuff. Thank you for sharing.
My biggest take-away....sounds expensive as hell!
My off duty jobs paid me 25-35 dollars an hour. Any officer besides VT officer you see inside the stadium is working an off duty gig and is getting paid out of atheltic dept budget money.
not just the sheer number of officers on duty...all the task forces..mobile units, helicopter, plane...dogs..etc...it all sounds like a really freakin' expensive production which mostly goes unseen
It adds up but some cost of those is going to happen even without event, the task forces and fusion center still meet to discuss potential threats, planes and helos would still fly it would just be training flights or patrol flights, but yes an event like a game or presidential visit can cost 100,000's of dollars easily.
Thanks for the writeup. Interesting stuff.
That's something I learned from this and it amazes me. Man, I kind of want to find a job back in Emergency Management.
This is why I love it. One weekend you can be working on an event like this, the next preparing for a hurricane, week after that working on a training class for response to active shooter.
This:
sounds like a "Gorgon Stare" equivalent system for state agencies. Pretty cool stuff:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgon_Stare
I can imagine managing ego's of hundreds plus of Alpha males/females and interservice/agency rivals can be fun. I know it was in different military TF's I've been apart of.
it can be interesting. It's better with agencies that work together a lot , like around Lane. One off events can be a lot of Chiefs sometimes.
Go to handgun for duty and concealed carry?
For duty carry I was given a Sig P220 .45 and that was only thing we could carry. Personally now I carry a glock 22, 40 cal. Honestly Glock and Sig are my favorite handguns. I don't like most American semi autos honestly.
Ditto, I will never not have a glock on me or nearby.
I will neither confirm nor deny that I carry on a regular basis.
I will neither confirm or deny that I work on a federal military reservation as an active duty member of the armed forces and carry to work on a regular basis.
Dad just retired after 33 years as a Firefighter in Alexandria - crazy stories galore. Dad was the first responder for the Peter Laboy shooting, and the story behind it is unreal.
He received some awesome gifts at his retirement ceremony but I was hoping to do something similar to your avatar to give to him in the future. Ideas on how to go about this?
Do you want him to have a football themed fire helmet? Or just a fire helmet for retirement?
Unsure on the specifics. Just know I would like it customized in some manner. Are themed helmets for sale somewhere? Do you know someone that would be able to do customization?
It will probably involve hunting/camo in large part.
http://www.smokeeatercustoms.com
Was the dress blue and black or white and gold?
Maroon and Orange.
The dress was blue and gold damnit
When are you going to say "No Mrs. HokieFireman. I will not make another baby!"
This is last one. Four daughters is my breaking point.
Advice...
Schedule your vasectomy on a Friday afternoon before a really good football weekend. The built in excuse to sit on the couch all day in front of the TV icing your privates is pure gold.
Wife disclaimer - My name is not Leonard, and someone made me type this.
Now THAT is a whoops baby story! Sort of related, a guy I work with was going for #4 and then getting snipped and low and behold he got #5 too! Twins!
I'm a whoopsie baby
proof: I'm the youngest. My Brothers were born 18, 16, and 11 years before me. My sister was 8 years before me. My parents were over 40. I'm also the only one born in this country
How long did it take them to admit to you that you were a whoops baby? My youngest brother-in-law is but in in-laws still won't admit it sober.
well, they have different stories...one says I was a "surprise" and the other that I was planned. Maybe one was planning and one was surprised?
Fire has broken out in your building/house. We are told the protocol is to get down and cover your mouth with a wet towel crawling if necessary to the exit, but that adds time. Is it better to GTFO asap or follow protocol on exiting buildings with the added time?
Get out. Test the door with back of hand, then SLOWLY open door, if you see fire shut it, seal openings with wet if possible towels and open windows. If no fire visible but you see smoke, exit MAKING SURE TO SHUT DOOR BEHIND YOU, this will give you a safe spot to retreat to if needed, also numerous studies and my personal experience can't say enough about closed doors not only saving life's but property.
This leads into my PSA, SLEEP WITH YOUR DOORS CLOSED AND YOUR KIDS DOORS CLOSED. A simply home door can slow down a fire to the point where almost no heat or fire damage can occur inside the room. HOWEVER you MUST have home smoke detectors, also test them and hold fire drills INSIDE YOUR HOMES!!
Are you Dwight Schrute?
Favorite Firefighter movie?
Favorite Cop movie?
Ladder 49, Backdraft and Towering inferno.
End of Watch, 44 minutes, and I love comedy cop movies like Beverly Hills Cop and Lethal Weapon.
Ladder 49 and Backdraft stand out. Backdraft is just a classic.
No SuperTroopers?!?!
Damnit I knew I forgot one. One of my top movies period right there, can't wait for the sequel.
What's your feeling on Hot Fuzz?
Very funny, I'm a fan of Simon Pegg comedies.
No Other Guys?
Not really, didn't find it that funny.
Fair enough.
Favorite War type movie and Worst?
Favorite has to be Saving Private Ryan, based solely on that invasion of Normandy scene. Also Kelly's Heros.
Worst there are too many bad ones to list, but recent: American Sniper.
Marry, fuck, kill
RichRod, RichRod, RichRod
All the gifs that express my feelings about this are NSFW. Graphic and realistic violence it keeps saying.
I'm disappointed, I thought you'd just post 3 of the usual gif
Honestly I just didn't want to slow the thread down anymore. They were all loaded up and ready to go and I took them down. I also just had a real life version of the " he who shall not be named" conversation yesterday. Someone down here said, "yall should have hired him" I took out my phone without saying a word and played that gif, turned and walked away.
Do you have any EMS certifications? I'm an EMT-B and there's a ton of crossover between my squad and fire. Also, where do you run? Maybe everyone else already knows that and I missed it, but what department are you/were you at?
So I'm a IFSAC FF 1 and 2, NREMT- basic (in hiatus status while I'm going back to college), I'm a HAZMAT Technical Level operator. As for places I've run: starts out with Forest View Volunteer Rescue Squad in Chesterfield/ Richmond, then Chesterfield Fire and EMS at Company 5 as a volunteer, met wife and moved to Ohio where I worked for Scioto Township Fire, then BST&G fire Department around Columbus, then when wife's training took her to Dayton I worked for City of Trotwood Fire and Rescue (this was place where I was busiest and got most worthwhile experiance). Now I'm a volunteer at Murrells Inlet Garden City Fire Department near Myrtle Beach SC, while I'm back in school.
Wow that's cool. I grew up in Midlothian until 7th grade. Then my family moved to hoo-ville until I got to leave the land of losers and come to Tech. I'm a student member at Western Albemarle Rescue Squad as well as a full active member at Christiansburg Rescue. In hindsight I kinda wish I had taken FF1 instead of EMT-B when I started out but at the time I didn't think I had the physicality for that. But I really enjoy EMS and the technical rescue aspects and stuff like that.
What do you want to do long term?
I'm a BIT major so ideally I would like to do some sort of cyber security investigations with either a law enforcement agency or corporate angle I guess. I would like to continue volunteering with EMS as long as that's pheasible but who knows. For now I'm just thankful for the experience and enjoyment it has given me so far.
Question: I have another set of license plates with a different number from a vehicle I got rid of that I would like to put on my current and any new vehicle. It is a pic of the Shenandoah National Park (without the bear and yellow background):
I should point out that this is NOT my number. The problem, is that the only style license plate of SNP is with the bear and yellow background
What can I do, please help and don't tell me I'm up you-know-whats creek?
Btw, sorry I never got a chance to meet you in person last week while in MB. Had to entertain fam (sis & bro-in-law).
You should still be able to register it. But that's a DMV flunkie thing. So I'm not sure. I hate the DMV in every state.
North, South, East, West stands in order, best to way better than not being at the game.
Well seeing as I've only ever sat in East, I don't have an opinion. This year I'll be in West, chose that because next year and beyond the seat I got will be way too expensive.
Really two questions. First, did you see the movie 13 Hours? If you did, in the scene where the terrorists lit the ambassador's residence on fire with diesel fuel poured on the floor, the security guy led Ambassador Stevens and the IT guy Smith into a bathroom and shut the door. I immediately wanted to yell at the screen, "Turn on the water and soak some towels to jam under the door!" of course they didn't and immediately left the safety of that room to try and find a way out when the smoke came roiling in under the door. Would sealing up the door have saved lives, assuming the help arrived in time to clear the terrorists and secured the area around the house? Basic responses on what to do in emergencies should always be rehearsed but seldom are.
I didn't see it. So they poured diesel on the ground and lit it with what? Just diesel and nothing else? That would be my first issue, second yes going into a room and sealing the void spaces with objects that are able to be stuffed into the void especially if wet will provide some protection for a period of time from smoke, which is most likely killed in a fire.
there's a burning house, you arrive to a distraught family and a crying little girl. "She sobs princess and max are still inside!" her pet cat and pet dog. Both are equidistant from the entrance in opposite corners of the house and upon your arrival will willingly jump into your arms for rescue. You know you only have time to save one of them, which one do you choose?
The dog because cats are too damn mean to die.
would you rather: RichRod coach VT and be given 50 yard line season tickets for life OR be permanently banned from Lane Stadium and fall always in blackout areas of television coverage?
If it means he doesn't step foot in Blacksburg I'll take the ban.