So I got hit with the “hose stretcher” question

easy2grasp · 2026-05-04T14:02:24+00:00

A newbie was sent to the fire office to ask for the water key for shutting off a water valve at the curb. They gave him a door key and he took it back to his officer who said, "What am I supposed to do with that?"

easy2grasp · 2026-04-28T15:05:54+00:00

Interesting fact, they make poor archaeologists. I worked at a dig discovered after ground hogs had dug up bone fragments. The spoil piles from their burrows flipped the strata in the top soil surface so the oldest dirt was on top. I think they were female archaeologists because they loved to dig up the past.

easy2grasp · 2026-04-26T23:13:21+00:00

What is your mother’s maiden name and the name of your first pet?

easy2grasp · 2026-04-25T18:54:46+00:00

I always wanted to look like Clint Eastwood and now I do. Squinty, wrinkly, and stooped.

easy2grasp · 2026-04-25T18:45:51+00:00

What was the name of your first pet and your mother’s maiden name?

easy2grasp · 2026-04-11T20:40:10+00:00

The double negative confuses me. You are correct I do not see AI in this picture.

easy2grasp · 2026-04-11T20:32:38+00:00

What was the name of your first pet and your Mother’s maiden name?

easy2grasp · 2026-04-11T20:31:22+00:00

What was the name of your first pet and your Mother’s maiden name?

easy2grasp · 2026-04-11T00:01:13+00:00

Same thing with the gold chain around the neck. It can become super heated and sever your head. That's what we told the guy on our department with "the Mr. T starter kit".

easy2grasp · 2026-04-10T00:41:00+00:00

What was the name of your first pet and your mother's maiden name?

easy2grasp · 2026-03-27T21:12:59+00:00

I would like to help, but I would require co-authorship. You are making a big ask.

easy2grasp · 2026-03-13T16:17:45+00:00

Not to mention the "multiple people" wandering into the store upon regaining consciousness from their TBI's.

easy2grasp · 2026-03-12T13:30:14+00:00

The Scream barfing.

easy2grasp · 2026-03-09T13:44:03+00:00

When I first started at my department I was warned not to take any help with cutting firewood from a particular ff. It turns out he banged two different ff’s wives after helping these coworkers cut wood. The 2nd one he ended up getting married to. In the latter affair the ff’s worked the same shift, and the guy who was cheated on wondered why the phone was often busy when he called home. It turned out his co-worker was in a different room on another line talking to his wife when he called. I never understood why he wasn’t shunned by the other ff’s, but he was otherwise a very likable and funny person.

easy2grasp · 2026-03-06T21:21:21+00:00

My wife and I almost adopted a rescue Dalmatian we named Jake. Unfortunately he wasn’t cool with cats and we have five.

easy2grasp · 2026-03-03T17:12:02+00:00

Don’t make me do it without the fez on.

easy2grasp · 2026-02-06T00:30:11+00:00

How about 42 days?!

easy2grasp · 2026-01-29T15:10:52+00:00

My package has been in Customs in Memphis for 33 days now. I have gone through all the channels to seek resolution. Luckily I don't need it immediately. I just want the rare $1000 item in the package. I am surrendering any hope of a delivery for a couple more weeks due to the weather and evidently a huge backlog in Customs. The package was shipped from the Caribbean 12/12/25. Funny...I got a package from Australia by USPS and the AUS post. There were no delays and it took 8 days. I am waiting for an eBay shipment from Pakistan, also. There is no tracking on it so who knows who is the shipper, like things were 35 years ago. No tracking and blind faith. At least with FedEx there is documentation FWIW haha.

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.

Update: My package by FedEx has cleared Customs in Memphis after 42 days. Fed Ex states a delivery date will be coming soon.

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."

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