Tag Archives: Rhett

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 ...

Another must see video concerning the U.S. Congress and the  James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. See my earlier post on this issue HERE.   The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c 9/11 First Responders React to the Senate Filibuster www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog</a> The Daily Show on ...

Well the snow found us. Here in Catawba, we had about 4-5 inches before it changed over to sleet. Chores don’t change just because of the weather, so I had all the regular feeding etc to do. The Buckaroo took the day off despite spending several days last week brushing up on loader operations … I missed the little fella ...

OMG … the “mustache envy” around this place. My site gains a little popularity and now everyone wants to look like me? I’m serious .. mustaches are showing up everywhere … look .. That’s big ol lovable Captain Mac Craft from #3-A Even our messenger truck driver Donnie Foutz has been caught up in the obsession Yea.. that’s Rhett (Fire ...

I got the video below from over at Fire Critic. I’m so mad I am almost speechless!  First, I’ll show ya a video of John McCain talking about the “tax bill”. All this crap “ear marked”  onto the tax bill and it passed.. yet the  James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act  was defeated! WTF !!  Everyone was wondering back in ...

Oh yea.. I’m hitting the “big time” now! I bet Statter or The Fire Critic don’t have a Christmas oriniment … well, I do. Kinda … sorta… At least Hydrant Gal “thinks” it’s me ..LOL How’s that for a headline Statter?? “Ironfiremen’s influence has no borders” .. (she’s from Canada Dave). Cool huh? I’ve followed Hydrant Gal for some time ...

I just got a call from a buddy who is down in Florida. The Temp is in the upper 60’s and he’s walking the beach in shorts. Another good friend, Captain Joe Schmoe; over at Report on Conditions titled his last post  “Heat Wave.  The temp there yesterday was 78. He even has pics but he’s NOT gloating. Grrrrrrrrrrr! It’s ...

Ok, we've got a ton of news to catch up on. Roanoke's Bravest had a busy night last night. I'm not sure what the actual temperature was (with or without the wind chill) but I can assure you, IT WAS COLD! The night ..or morning started with an apartment fire on the South-side.

The last two post have been a “Hot Topic” for IronFiremen.com  I’d like to thank everyone for reading and for taking the time to post comments. It’s time for me to move past the issue for now but I will warn you of a future “follow up” post. Some plans have been made and I believe members are going to ...