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Post by The Doctor on Aug 24, 2008 23:04:57 GMT
-Ralph
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Post by Hero on Aug 24, 2008 23:30:49 GMT
I hope I will pass my retake exam this week.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2008 9:17:49 GMT
I'm enjoying my day off work today and I'm going to celebrate by spending half the day sleeping!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 25, 2008 10:41:15 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 25, 2008 15:11:16 GMT
On the train today? Take the DIACLONE TRAIN!
-Ralph
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Post by grahamthomson on Aug 25, 2008 20:39:40 GMT
These Diaclone adverts are exciiitiiing.
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Post by kayevcee on Aug 25, 2008 21:12:38 GMT
Today, I was coming out of work after a standard gruelling shift humphing boxes around under a supervisor whose mood appears to be dictated by rolling dice with the numbers 1-3 representing 'angry' and 4 and 5 being 'patronising', when I came across a man. Nothing unusual about that, but this man was smeared with mud and covered in cuts, and seemed to be in significant pain whenever he put any weight on his left leg. He was stuck in the middle of the street outside the high-security police station in Paisley Road. I thought it was a funny place to get mugged but decided maybe they don't look out their windows very often and asked if I could help him. He explained in broken english that there was something wrong with his knee and he asked if I could speak english into his phone. He eventually came up with 'doctor' so I called 999 and asked for an ambulance.
As the nice lady on the other end took all the information, I noticed that the cuts were not fresh although he had bruising on his hands. I had him lean on me for support because he could put no weight on his leg and after more questioning I and the operator found out he had not in fact been set upon by neds and had been hurt when he fell off a ledge at work the previous day. I suddenly wondered what the hell I was doing and why this guy wasn't already in hospital. So I was put on to a second bloke who asked most of the same questions along with a few more.
We were told that as a low priority case we would be attended to when an ambulance was free. I said fair enough, got put back on to the first woman who said much the same thing, guided my new friend over to the station steps so he could sit down and we could ask a few more questions. I asked his name and he seemed to expect that I would have bother with the surname so he showed me his passport- holy crap. Lots of Ps, two Ks and at least one Z. So they got that info and we settled down to wait. I gave him the last of my water and a jelly baby.
The ambulance showed up not two minutes later. The crew pulled up a few feet away from us, got out, looked us up and down, asked the same questions about what happened, and the paramedic looked at me and said with unashamed disgust "no' exactly an emergency, is it?"
Now, I have no car. I didn't even know where the nearest hospital to Govan is (I do now). The guy couldn't walk, only knew a few words of english and looked like he'd been thrown through a first floor a window. I suppose now, rested from work and without a distressed Polish man leaning on me I can see that I could have called a taxi rather than an ambulance, but at the time I thought he had just been savagely beaten and I still don't know if he could bend his leg to get into a regular car.
It can't be easy driving an ambulance in the violent crime capital of the European Union. They must have to deal with stabbings, blunt trauma and shattered skulls every day of the week. Some gimp with a bad leg must have felt like a huge waste of their time and resources. Still, I couldn't help but feel a wee bit pissed off. I saw someone in need, I tried to do the right thing and I got treated like a twat for my trouble. As if I don't get enough of that at work.
Anyway, the paramedic and I each took a side and helped Adam (Polish bloke) into the ambulance. As the door shut I walked round the side and apologised (sincerely) to the retreating driver if I had wasted his valuable time. He said "s'alright" without looking round and got back in. I headed to my bus stop to go home, then realised it had been five and a half hours since I last had a drink (the air-con at work dries you out something awful) and I had given the last of my water to Adam. So I ended up dehydrated, pissing off an ambulance crew for time wasting and my supervisor made fun of the way I type. Yes, type. I mean, what the hell?
At least nobody called me a wank today. To my face, anyway. I bet that paramedic had a few choice words when he got back to base.
-Nick
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 25, 2008 21:33:27 GMT
Nick, it sounds like you need...THE DIACLONE DINOBOTS!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 25, 2008 21:58:57 GMT
Well Nick, I've said it before and I will say it again, you are a damned fine human being and an example to the rest of us.
Your boss however, is a complete cunt. He should have been sacked a long time ago.
Have some soothing channeling as a reward, and of course Diaclone dinobots.
Andy
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Post by kayevcee on Aug 25, 2008 22:46:58 GMT
Much obliged, Andy.
Damn it Ralph, Diaclone Dinobots is your answer to everything!
-Nick
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 25, 2008 22:48:23 GMT
There is nothing that cannot be solved by the Diaclone Dinobots.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 25, 2008 22:59:19 GMT
Pat Lee's continued employment?
Andy
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Post by kayevcee on Aug 25, 2008 23:00:06 GMT
This is true.
There was a Diaclone Swoop on eBay US a couple of weeks back. My father once owned a car that cost less than that final bid.
-Nick
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 25, 2008 23:03:10 GMT
Pat Lee's continued employment? Andy The Diaclone Dinobots are on the case! -Ralph |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 26, 2008 0:28:49 GMT
Couldn't sleep - back hurting and wide awake.
Sent an email off to firms new HR woman and done some ebaying.
Off to bed now.
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Post by grahamthomson on Aug 26, 2008 9:23:10 GMT
The crew pulled up a few feet away from us, got out, looked us up and down, asked the same questions about what happened, and the paramedic looked at me and said with unashamed disgust "no' exactly an emergency, is it?" For goodness sake! Surely the control room/telephone operators had already decided the priority of your call and are the ones that despatch the crews? His asinine comments should more appropriately be directed there, not at the poor, heroic, young man (i.e. you) that took the rare choice to not walk away and ignore the injured party's plight. |
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 26, 2008 10:27:34 GMT
Nick is a hero. It's true. I can prove it via the magic of Diaclone! For here is exclusive footage of his base, from which he saves the Earth from constant peril!
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Aug 26, 2008 15:47:16 GMT
Nick, it was a good thing that you did. Not many people would have intervened to help someone like that, and the world is a better place because you did.
Ignore the ambulance bloke. learly he was having a bad shift and had decided, rather unfairly, to take it out on the bystandes. Somewhat uncalled for, especially considering that your intent had been to help this bloke who seemed in quite serious condition.
Karl
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Post by Shockprowl on Aug 26, 2008 15:54:27 GMT
The crew pulled up a few feet away from us, got out, looked us up and down, asked the same questions about what happened, and the paramedic looked at me and said with unashamed disgust "no' exactly an emergency, is it?" For goodness sake! Surely the control room/telephone operators had already decided the priority of your call and are the ones that despatch the crews? His asinine comments should more appropriately be directed there, not at the poor, heroic, young man (i.e. you) that took the rare choice to not walk away and ignore the injured party's plight. Damn right, Mr Thompson, well said. Nick, I think that Paramedic was bang out of order saying that to you. I don't doubt that he (the Paramedic) has a far harder time of it than I do in a semi-rural environment, but saying that to a assisting member of the public is not right. Yeah we get PLENTY of irresponsible calls, but this incident is clearly not one of the those. What else could you have done? Carried him on your back to hospital?! Good on ya, Nick. Anywho. At parentals house. Blocked at work. Piglet's currently trying on some of her Grandma Cookie's shoes. Should go soon before she destroys some thing! I'm violently excited 'bout Titanium Skywarp. Who should be arriving any day now!!!!! AAAARRRRGH!!!!! Good luck to Hero! When was his exam? |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Aug 26, 2008 16:20:11 GMT
You're a true gent, Nick, though I am a bit concerned for those uniformed kids you apparently keep in your base in the video.
The ambulance driver's comments - wrong, but probably forgiveable/understandable. They have human weaknesses too.
Interested to see the final part of 'Britain From Above' on BBC1 this week, which painted a portrait of all sweetness and light in Glasgow on the day of an Old Firm game, with thousands of well-behaved fans respecting the token, thin lines of police guiding their flow down the streets. Sounded like a different Glasgow from the one you guys live in!
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 26, 2008 17:33:14 GMT
That sounds like the biggest piece of fiction I have heard of in my life!
Seriously, Glasgow city centre is a no-go zone during an Old Firm game. I have learned to stay away at all costs. If I had my way, I would ban Old Firm games outright: the city would be much safer.
My father has often regaled me with tales from the Police perspective. Rivers of urine are famed to run down streets near Hampden when games are on, for one thing.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Aug 26, 2008 18:17:28 GMT
You can see Andrew Marr's praise for how civilised things have become in Glasgow, and how the police's new light-touch approach has led to peace and good will, in 'Britain From Above' on BBC iPlayer here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/tv/bbc_oneBut it's an hour-long programme, and I can't remember when the Glasgow bit was. According to this, Martin |
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Post by legios on Aug 26, 2008 19:14:17 GMT
I hope I will pass my retake exam this week. Ken, all the best for this I shall be keeping my fingers crossed for you. Re the Andrew Marr program - I likely won't have time to see it this evening I fear, but I would observe that from a sufficiently high-up vantage point there are many things that appear graceful and appealling which are less so at close range. Many things in life are strongly affected by ones perspective. Karl |
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Post by Mark_Stevenson on Aug 26, 2008 20:27:40 GMT
After what seems like an age, I finish my employment at 'the Removals place' tomorrow. I'm actually relieved, more than anything else. This has dragged on interminally, and redundancy is a depressing thing to have hanging over your head for so long. I now have a week and a half off (and I'm going to enjoy doing bugger-all), then I start my new job on the 8th.
It's nice when things work out OK.
Mark (quietly happy) x
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 26, 2008 20:31:19 GMT
DIACLONE WARRIORS salute you!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 26, 2008 21:07:52 GMT
Well done on getting the job Mark.
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 26, 2008 21:09:29 GMT
Your boss however, is a complete thingy. He should have been sacked a long time ago. Damn the C word is still in the swear filter!! Andy |
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 26, 2008 21:22:53 GMT
cunt!
-Ralph
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Post by Gav on Aug 26, 2008 21:41:54 GMT
Cunt?
CUNT!
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Post by Cullen on Aug 26, 2008 21:58:10 GMT
Bank holidays should be on Fridays. After one day's works I've already forgotten I've had Monday off.
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