Tag Archives: Melrose misfits

Ok, that’s enough silliness for the night. It’s Christmas Eve 2010 and I wanted to take a serious moment and wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  Our Battalion Chief (Teddy Adkins) is off sick but still made arrangements to have steaks delivered to every station on the North Battalion. Well done Chief … they were ...

I have some really good news to pass along on a local level. Those of you who have followed me for a while  (yea…both of ya)  will know the boys I’m talking about… for all others, I’ll explain in a moment.   That was my little “happy dance” LOL.  Coon and Opie have been with me since our days as “Melrose ...

I know it’s nothing compared to Buffalo or anywhere North of here but, this mornings commute to the station was through 5 inches of ice covered snow. I have to leave early enough to check the cows before heading into the city and that was a real chore this morning. The good news is that after I got out to ...

Another long day …. long … windy and COLD! OMG ! The Buckaroo and I have been hauling hay all day and most of tonight. My new trailer has already paid for itself This one is longer than my old one so I can haul more bails per load …. that means saving money which means making more money. My ...

Sorry folks … it’s been kinda busy here on the Ponderosa the last few days. Anyhow, I wanted to give ya a little something to “chew on” since I haven’t had time to get a “regular” or “decent” post up.  I thought it would be cool to re-visit some older posts since I have a ton of new followers / ...

ALL ABOARD!   Seems as though everybody is jumping on the Xtranormal“band wagon”.  Those little animated videos are poping up everywhere on the Fire/EMS Blog Network. Who knew that after only a month or so, the top bloggers on the network would be mimicking me? Oh yea.. it’s true and like they say…. imitation is flattering… but STATTER? I always held ...

Seven homeless after early morning Roanoke Fire

The weather today…not so predictable. Rain one minute, sunny and hot the next. What has been constant is the runs. Seems like we’ve been going all day. Nothing serious or too exciting, just busy work. We’ve taken care of the norm around the house and I’ve been chained to my desk working on performance evaluations…WoooHooo! Big Roy, the boys from ...

It’s the middle day for C-shift and I can’t wait for 4-day. Today feels like it’s lasted 48 hours already. The day started out BEAUTIFUL. Joe is off on vacation so that has us running with the minimum … 3 on the Engine (and YES that’s counting the Officer and driver) and 2 on the Medic. Not a big deal ...

We’re back and it’s Mon. Wed. Friday week…ugggggg! I HATE it! It seems as if you can never get anything done when working this cycle..at home that is. It’s rainy and cool anyway so I guess being here is as good as being anywhere else. It’s been a busy one too. We obviously haven’t had any fires but our brothers ...