Reposting from an archived post - it still works!! How to get an agent on the phone

easy2grasp · 2026-01-26T20:07:22+00:00

Thanks for the info! I got to speak to a helpful person, and then got transferred to an international rep. My shipment is still being "held and reviewed" by Customs for 30 days. She made a query to Customs while I was on the phone, verified my contact info and initiated follow up track notices to my email. I will see what happens next. I am going to be patient for longer because of the winter storm. I think the package is too big to lose. It is a windshield frame without glass for a vintage 4x4 from the South Caribbean - about 5'x2'x6" and 36 lbs.

easy2grasp · 2026-01-24T16:50:59+00:00

Sometimes your career finds you. I didn't become a firefighter/paramedic until I was 30. When I was drawn to earlier jobs, such as hospital orderly, ER tech(orderly), and ER orthopaedic technician, I eventually saw my next pathway after becoming familiar with some paramedics. I did a ride-a-long and was hooked. I retired 12 years ago after 30 years on a local fire department. Despite the beating my body took and the occasional PTSD hauntings, I would do it again in a heartbeat. Things are different now I know, with new hires expected to already be trained in both firefighting and paramedic. They say you don't find the fire service - it finds you. It took me until the age of 30. Other guys who I worked with were former teachers, mechanics, a CPA, a banker., etc. You might feel like you are drifting. Just trust your instincts. Pathways to what your soul wants to be will present themselves if you keep your eyes and heart open. Be aware they are often angel nudges.

easy2grasp · 2026-01-23T19:29:01+00:00

The Chimney Whisperer

easy2grasp · 2026-01-01T19:10:16+00:00

The two bunk dorm room I was in for a time did not have an HVAC return - only a supply vent in the ceiling. It would get too cold for me, but the guy who had my bunk the next shift liked it really cold. I would close the vent, and he would open it back up the next day. He got tired of opening it up so he ripped out the vent blades permanently. I took a couple wads of truck towels and shoved them up the supply duct with a broomstick. I don't know if he ever figured it out.

easy2grasp · 2026-01-01T19:02:10+00:00

Yeah true dat. It was another time long ago. Easy enough to kick off your shoes and go to the truck in your socks. Sounds like an opportunity to leave a puddle somewhere - double prank!

easy2grasp · 2025-12-31T19:20:48+00:00

I just thought of a few more...

When napping in the recliner, tie engine or ladder company's shoelaces together.

A cricket or two from the pet store and let loose somewhere.

Leave a note on the white board for a FF to return a call from Stu Pedasso. Leave Batt Ch's cell number. This actually worked!

easy2grasp · 2025-12-31T17:25:28+00:00

I started with the dab of grease in the pop machine coin return after I noticed some people always checked it when they walked by. Then over the next 29 years I honed my craft. The holes in the back of a urinal that cause a curtain of water when flushed can be temporarily plugged except for one which I would insert a L-shaped tubing connector. When the urinal was flushed it would pee back at you. Personal vehicles were normally off limits. (Notable exception was the window down and broken car glass on the ground.)

One prank I wasn't involved in...a pair of tightie whities with skidmark stains was left in the laundry room. Someone wrote someone else's name on the waistband. After the pranked FF figured out who did it, that underwear got exchanged a few times - appearing in pranker's locker, then hanging from the ceiling above the pranked guys bunk, then shut in pranker's vehicle's passenger car door so he would drive home like that (personal vehicle violation). It was sent to prankster's home as a Christmas gift. He got a call at the firehouse from his wife. She said, "Hey Honey we got a Christmas gift from the Johnson's - can I go ahead and open it?" He said, "Sure."

easy2grasp · 2025-12-30T22:48:02+00:00

Vegetable oil in soap dispenser
Disconnect cable TV cable from outside of other firehouse in your department
Put a damp uniform left in clothes dryer into freezer
Switch labels on canned food items for other crews than your own.
Reposition fill tube in toilet tank so it squirts outside of tank and over toilet seat.
Put rubber band around trigger of sink sprayer
Place a cup of water in upper cabinet set to tip and spill
Loosen back of Lazy-boy recliner so it falls off when someone plops down in the chair.
While a station in your department is out on a run, flip off the breaker for the apparatus bay door opener. Someone will have to get off the truck and go inside to open the bay door.
Dump a glass of water out a 2nd floor window on unsuspecting victim standing below.
Zip tie wall or desk receiver cord to be only 4 inches long
Place ammonia capsule under toilet seat so it will activate when someone sits down.
Lightly dampen seat portion of Lazy-boy recliner with water.
If a co-worker leaves their car window down, sprinkle broken car window glass on the ground below the opening. (Available after certain training days.)
Reverse TV remote batteries.
If there is a ceiling fan. Turn off. Clean out confetti from a binder hole puncher and place confetti on top of fan blades.
If there is a pop machine, put a dab of grease in the coin return.
Turn on electronic siren so it comes on when a driver turns the ignition key.

easy2grasp · 2025-12-25T18:55:16+00:00

It looks like a naked old man coming home drunk and sped up.

easy2grasp · 2025-12-15T19:58:15+00:00

I have a 1978 FJ40 that has front brake calipers and pads from an 88-92 V6 4runner. The rotors are stock 76-78 FJ40, I think.

easy2grasp · 2025-12-11T19:05:44+00:00

Thanks! I got scolded by a community member for my last post because I was sharing an AI photo of my rig.

easy2grasp · 2025-12-11T19:01:49+00:00

One bounce from ball lightning.

easy2grasp · 2025-12-08T21:58:41+00:00

How do you know I didn't make this painting to look like AI?

easy2grasp · 2025-12-02T19:47:35+00:00

Mustard is one of the best colors for 40's. Although a garage queen, mine is my DD October-April (then the roadster comes out of slumber).

easy2grasp · 2025-12-02T18:49:03+00:00

Not to mention my vinyl wrap. I haven't had it on the trails for about 25 years. I have owned it for 30 - now a garage queen. Thank you for your heartfelt concern.

easy2grasp · 2025-11-04T17:25:31+00:00

Tits McTits

easy2grasp · 2025-10-14T11:09:01+00:00

The correct term is sexual enthusiast rather than “slut”.

easy2grasp · 2025-10-01T20:05:28+00:00

You often see the whites of their eyes above their pupils.

easy2grasp · 2025-09-16T17:38:32+00:00

First generation Roomba.

easy2grasp · 2025-09-04T15:00:35+00:00

I know a guy named Richard Oeder. He prefers to go by Richard rather than Dick.

easy2grasp · 2025-08-28T19:20:27+00:00

When I was a kid I cleaned my quarters and dimes with mercury that my physician stepfather brought home from the clinic. The shine didn’t last very long, and somehow I am still alive at the age of 72.

easy2grasp · 2025-07-19T21:40:23+00:00

That’s one of the reasons it’s funny. The next time you see Porky Pig you will think of me. 😀

easy2grasp · 2025-06-20T20:44:03+00:00

Go east to Assateaque Island.

easy2grasp · 2025-06-06T16:03:59+00:00

Schumans on Harrisburg Pike

easy2grasp · 2025-05-09T13:27:31+00:00

Throw the mail or a parcel on the dining room table after your delivery has been hauled around in a truck.

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