Date: 26 Sep 2001 14:18:47 GMT From: davehinznopsamcop.net Subject: Re: Dash lights are always on - what is broken?
Davo <whatevernopsamever.net> pressed random keys until the following was produced: > <davehinznopsamcop.net> wrote in message news:3bb0f06f$0$93667> In the USA, > it's "Emergency Medical Technician". Not sure what it's called >> on your side of the pond. > To be honest, I'm not sure we have anything akin to that type of service, > however we should. Maybe not the direct response part, but certainly you have medics in the ambulances, right? >> Most of the calls are very routine, but you just haven't *lived*, my > friend, >> until you've been kneeling in the snow, on gravel, in a ditch along side >> a road at 2:00 AM while some drunk pukes & bleeds on you. > All very intersesting though and I can imagine traumatic at times. Well, yeah. Deal with the patient now, deal with the emotional response later. Works in theory, anyway. >> Wearing your seatbelt, of course, right? > Of couse. It's manadatory here, Yeah, well, they are here too, but... > as are motorcycle helmets and even bicycle > helmets. All good stuff I say. Here, these are optional in many/most states. We lost one of our firefighters in a motorcycle accident, and he and I had argued about helmets a lot. > I imagine I survived my accident due to a lot > of factors, one of the biggest being the airbag. Have you ever smelt that > airbag gas? Tastes funny too, and the powder gets *everywhere*. > In a foggy daze I thought the car was on fire. A common response; not many people know that the propellent itself makes smoke, *and* the cornstarch powder used to pack the bag (so it doesn't stick to itself when you want it busily deploying) also looks like smoke. > I meant to write > to Ford to tell them to put some "scent" into the gas. I never want to smell > anything similiar again. One knows how well smell jogs one's memory! Perhaps > I'll enquire to SAAB (also had to find a way to get back on topic lol) I'd bet that SAAB would implement it before Ford... Dave
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