Right Now!

[TEWKS]

[wbw6cos]

Was there a banjo playing in the background?  

[TEWKS]

No, it was a Cha Ching sound. My 12 y/o bet me fifty bucks I wouldn’t walk out on the tree. She don’t know me very well I guess.  PS….I let her off the hook. 

 

[9Mary7]

Heading out.... moving the garage contents to Alabama......... Yes that is a Kendon stand up trailer strapped to the pickup's box.

[TEWKS]

Some town history is disappearing. The old center school is being torn down very soon. It opened in 1934 as the HS. I did 5th & 6th grade there. We got to break a few doors for training purposes. 
 

 

[TEWKS]

Rudolph the red nosed ambulance.  

 

[ESokoloff]

8 hours ago, TEWKS said:

Some town history is disappearing. The old center school is being torn down very soon. It opened in 1934 as the HS. I did 5th & 6th grade there. We got to break a few doors for training purposes. 
 

 

Damn shame about the eminent demise of that grand building. 

[TEWKS]

And there it goes.  First girl crush. First time smacking a bully, first food fight in the cafe. All good memories I still have. 

[wbw6cos]

.....but, but, but, why???   New England has a LOT of old "historic" buildings dating back before The Revolution.  It still looks pretty solid, except for that hole-y part.  

[TEWKS]

Good question. I guess the new giant elementary school behind it determined its fate. I’m assuming the new facility has administrative room which the old building was primarily used for. 

Think Bob Dylan said it best “The Times They Are A Changin’” 

 

[roadscholar]

This afternoon, scouting for the Fall Trans Fla.

 

 

 

 

[roadscholar]

 

 

Even managed to to squeeze in a little work : )

 

[TEWKS]

Injuries but not life threatening. Lucky. 

 

There was an occupant in this passenger seat. 
 

[roadscholar]

That reminds me, years ago when I was wholesaling MB’s a big goofy 16 year old’s father bought him an 80’s something 420SEL. About 6 months later he lost control on I-95 at a high rate of speed, it did an endo over the guardrail divider and barrel rolled a few times into oncoming traffic. The investigating trooper said if he’d been in any other kind of car he’d be dead. His dad got him another one similar. 

[TEWKS]

I’ve seen a few interesting sights over the years. “seatbelts vs no seatbelts” I didn’t wear mine when I first got on the FD.  I do now! 

[9Mary7]

7 hours ago, roadscholar said:

any other kind of car he’d be dead

My son totaled an 84 500se (grey market and high mileage) and two other vehicles in a crash and walked away w/out a scratch....... incredibly safe cars.

Kinda my fault for giving him that rocket ship to begin with....

[MikeB60]

I've got a video provided by a Tesla driver that captured a HMMWV rollover at 45 MPH.  Disheartening to see 4 Soldiers flying in the air because they failed to wear their restraints. Two of them didn't make it.  

[TEWKS]

Good chance the TFD ems crew and Lowell paramedics gave somebody another day!   Cardiac arrest, not certain but it was looking ok. When the medics are needed on such calls, one firefighter (me today) drives their medic truck to the hospital.

 

[Joe Frickin' Friday]

On 5/21/2022 at 11:16 PM, TEWKS said:

Injuries but not life threatening. Lucky. 

 

There was an occupant in this passenger seat. 
 

 

 

Six years ago I lost control of my car on an on-ramp.  The car did a 180 and rear-ended the end of the guard rail, then continued spinning until it was facing forward again:

 

 

 

Wiped out about 35 feet of guard rail:

 

 

 

It was plain luck that I was driving alone, because the guardrail wadded up, came in through the window, and punched the front passenger seat right around chest level.  It destroyed the seat, and if anyone had been sitting there they would have been killed:

 

 

Since it was mostly a rear-end impact, my seat was the thing that decelerated my body; the front airbags didn't even go off.  But the side-curtain airbag did, and it kinda hurt:

 

 

There wasn't even an impact on my side of the car - that was the airbag slamming into me, not me slamming into the airbag.  It's not as bad as it looks, more of a scrape than a bruise really.  Other than that, I crawled out of the wreckage without a scratch.   The car was totaled, but considering the entire range of possible outcomes from a scenario like that, I feel extremely lucky.

 

 

[TEWKS]

Wow! ^  Yup, a passenger would of had a really bad day! 

[RandyShields]

1 hour ago, Joe Frickin' Friday said:

The car was totaled, but considering the entire range of possible outcomes from a scenario like that, I feel extremely lucky.

Wow is right!  Can''t just buff that out.

[TEWKS]

On 5/23/2022 at 7:54 PM, TEWKS said:

Good chance the TFD ems crew and Lowell paramedics gave somebody another day!   Cardiac arrest, not certain but it was looking ok. When the medics are needed on such calls, one firefighter (me today) drives their medic truck to the hospital.

 

About the guy we took in last week in cardiac arrest. He was out enjoying the Memorial Day parade today.  A nice thanks from the family. 
 

 

Edit…

It was posted on Facebook and advertised to the town so what could happen.  The fella in the white shirt looks so much better than when he last met the FD.  EMS saves a lot of people but not always with this positive of an outcome.  

[roadscholar]

The slow meandering St. John’s, one of the few rivers in the US that flows North.

 

 

 

[BobW03]

Motorcyclopedia Newburgh, N.Y.

upstairs there is one Indian motorcycle from every year of production. On top of the few photos here. Downstairs are another 600 bikes, mostly any generation of Harley

 

[MikeB60]

A little Mustang PM

 

 

And gettin the Big Girl ready for the Un!

[Whip]

Napping in Ouray

[LBump]

11 hours ago, Whip said:

Napping in Ouray

 

 

I know that park well. Jake the dog played many a ball there.

 

Liked to Dual Sport those San Juan Mountains this year... 

[** Chris **]

23 hours ago, Whip said:

Napping in Ouray

 

Are you back there on business?

[** Chris **]

Feeding time at the Zoo!

 

[TEWKS]

This was about 12 hours ago. Most firefighters have outside skills to pays the bills.  Pete is a mason and he volunteered to build a new platform for the Spaulding Bell that will be moved over to the new station.

 

 

[Rougarou]

4 hours ago, TEWKS said:

This was about 12 hours ago. Most firefighters have outside skills to pays the bills.  Pete is a mason and he volunteered to build a new platform for the Spaulding Bell that will be moved over to the new station.

 

 

 

thats why i have a wife, not only does she do sheetrock, but she does masonry work too, good enough for home projects 

 

 

[TEWKS]

 

12 minutes ago, Rougarou said:

but she does masonry work too, good enough for home projects

Yeah it is! 

 

[TEWKS]

Guy shopping day! 

 

 

Todd did this!  

 

 

They let me ride it!  

 

[taylor1]

A friend of mines neighbor has a Century Plant getting ready to bloom. Had to check it out

[TEWKS]

20 hours ago, taylor1 said:

 

No Jack, don’t climb it!   

[TEWKS]

This one is called, reaching for a funny! 
 

[BobW03]

Hannibal Missouri ; MOA rally next

[big-t]

On 6/11/2022 at 12:20 PM, TEWKS said:

Todd did this!  

 

Just sign on the dotted line and everything will be OK 

[TEWKS]

1 minute ago, big-t said:

Just sign on the dotted line and everything will be OK 

The blue one pictured was already going home but he had a red & yellow boxed up out back. He asked me to try the seating position (trick) I ran away!  

[TEWKS]

I just had a map of the coast of Madagascar imprinted on my Stich sleeve. 

 

Yeah, it’s a slow day in Tewksbury.  Oh wait, I’ve got some foot pegs to install! 

[Rougarou]

Right now, our building is a bit warm, has been since Monday, got some chillers out (this floor is 'bout 30k sqft office spaces).  Many of the employees are in "shorts",......ya,....it's a business casual work week kinda thing.  My office is holding at 82*,........gotsta acclimate.  I've been asked if I was hot,......meh, it could be cooler, but I'm good  , have been in much worse office conditions.  Back in the day, the company offices on bases did not have A/C at all, nor did the barracks.

[TEWKS]

3 minutes ago, Rougarou said:

Back in the day, the company offices on bases did not have A/C at all, nor did the barracks.

But, it was a dry heat?  

[Rougarou]

20 minutes ago, TEWKS said:

But, it was a dry heat?  

 

Nope, Camp LeJeune and Okinawa be wet heat.  Okinawa barracks in 1989-90 were HOT places to be.

 

I'd prefer dry heat, but problem is, you don't know how much sweat you lost 'cause it evaporates.  At least with wet heat, I know my "juice" levels.  

 

 

[TEWKS]

Oh yeah, I was thinking you meant the big sandbox. 

[ESokoloff]

On 6/12/2022 at 10:15 AM, taylor1 said:

A friend of mines neighbor has a Century Plant getting ready to bloom. Had to check it out

Not as impressive as yours, but here’s what I came up with on my ride home from work today.  
 

 

[TEWKS]

I was just out cleaning the dog kennel and this came down. I knew it was dead, should of taken care of it earlier. Not big but man, did it make a noise!  A couple pieces of broken siding, not bad. 

[MikeB60]

Beating the heat!

[TEWKS]

Think The Bee Gees Once Asked “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart”

 

I’m guessing Zoe at two weeks old might be a great start to the process. 

[Hosstage]

On 6/18/2022 at 9:21 AM, MikeB60 said:

Beating the heat!

And waiting for mayhem.

[TEWKS]

yesterday

What do you do with your retired LT? Just ask him what chainsaw you should buy and he’ll come over and cut up the tree for you! Thanks Brian! 
 

 

Today, more waiting.