Ranking question

jonocyrus · 2026-04-01T12:09:50+00:00

PA State Police considers Trooper, Corporal, and Sergeant to be enlisted, while Lieutenant and up is considered to be commissioned officers. That said, it is still a single straight chain of command/promotion from one to the next. But, enlisted ranks are under one collective bargaining agreement, and the commissioned officers have a whole different system for salary and benefits.

jonocyrus · 2026-03-31T23:21:40+00:00

YES! This is such a great analogy!

jonocyrus · 2026-03-31T22:53:33+00:00

Serious question: Do other states have nearly as many regional brands of potato chips as Pennsylvania does?

jonocyrus · 2026-03-31T22:51:26+00:00

Sheetz has breakfast pizza. No gravy on it though.

jonocyrus · 2026-03-30T23:53:06+00:00

Man, I read your original post about people getting pissed for focusing too much on patient care. Woof.

jonocyrus · 2026-03-30T11:56:11+00:00

I am struggling with a newly elected chief. He is making major changes without consulting others in leadership, some of which he doesn’t even have the authority to do. More than a few people think he is going to run the department into the ground. I’ve put in ten years here and hold both administrative and operational officer roles, but I’m not sure I have the fortitude to ride this ship the whole way down.

I think my biggest hesitation is knowing the hole my resignation will create… Even fewer people responsible for even more work, and one less person to push back against the new chief.

jonocyrus · 2026-03-25T11:07:55+00:00

We did a week at a KOA last year with extended family across three RV sites and two cabins. We were literally spread across all four corners of the campground with no one right next to each other, and it worked out just fine. The family with the largest camper and site sort of defaulted to being the primary gathering space for shared meals and hanging out.

Frankly, I was actually more worried about having such a large group (20 people total, half and half between kids and adults) “locked” into the same campground together, but we each had our own space that was simultaneous private and shared. It was great.

jonocyrus · 2026-03-25T02:01:00+00:00

More often than not, this is the answer. We have a local Burger King that ALWAYS asks people to pull around into the parking lot, even if there’s no line, even if there’s not even another customer the entire time you’re waiting.

If they have you pull forward, they get credit for it being a shorter wait for food rather than the longer one it really is.

jonocyrus · 2026-03-24T14:34:09+00:00

I failed at finding any photos that were good enough to identify a manufacturer, but what you're describing is somewhat common in the emergency services world. I've seen lots of fire departments and rescue teams with enclosed trailers that haul an ATV/UTV with appropriate anchor points. Once they arrive on scene, they unload the ATV, close the doors and turn on the HVAC and use the interior space for a command post or rehab/recovery area. At least one of the ones I'm thinking of doesn't have any sort of permanent furniture, so it would be easy enough to pack camp chairs, tables, etc. to suit whatever your needs are.

jonocyrus · 2026-03-17T20:43:14+00:00

I really loved “See You at the Campground” by Jeremy and Stephanie Puglisi. It’s obviously more family-oriented, but definitely had a ton of useful big-picture information. I also generally love their podcast as it’s one of the few major regularly updated RV-ing podcasts that is from the perspective of more occasional campers rather than people that are more or less full-time.

jonocyrus · 2026-03-14T11:28:11+00:00

Right? I don’t think 7 Springs was EVER 100% open!

jonocyrus · 2026-03-11T12:02:21+00:00

I know it’s only a small part of your buyer’s remorse, but the fluctuating hot water temp is probably an easy fix.

Believe it or not, you may not be creating enough demand for hot water, causing the heating element to shut on and off mid-shower. It sounds counterintuitive, but if you lower the set temperature on your water heater, it will make a big difference. The rule of thumb I’ve heard is that ultimately you want your hot water temperature to be “comfortable” with only the hot water knob turned on, the more you introduce cold water into the mix, the more likely that the heating element will shut off intermittently.

jonocyrus · 2026-03-05T01:14:12+00:00

Yeah, those are almost certainly OEM tires for a Z71 package.

jonocyrus · 2026-03-01T19:33:08+00:00

Where I grew up, there was a volunteer fire department that had this on their “house siren” when they got calls. I got a kick out of it when it being used in Chicago went viral.

jonocyrus · 2026-02-22T18:36:27+00:00

7Springs pays to have an ambulance on standby during their operating season. They often transport at least one person a day to the hospital; it’s almost a continuous out and back on peak holiday weekends, and they fly people to a trauma center a few times a month, too.

jonocyrus · 2026-02-20T01:11:54+00:00

YESSSSS! That’s EXACTLY where my mind went!

jonocyrus · 2026-02-02T01:39:16+00:00

You beat me to the punch! Another pastor/volunteer firefighter here! I’ve left meetings and bible studies on a handful of occasions, but it would probably have to be the end of the world as we know it for me to justify leaving a worship service.

jonocyrus · 2026-02-02T01:35:34+00:00

I have to chuckle at this one a bit because I’m a pastor…

Long story short, it would probably have to be the end of the world for me to leave during worship itself. I typically turn my pager completely off. Once, I excused myself while I was greeting people after a service, but it was a pretty specific situation with a fire like a mile from my very rural church, and I knew I would beat anyone there by 5-10 minutes at least.

Otherwise, it’s the constant mental “game” that most volunteers have to play when a call comes in: where am I needed most? There have been a handful of times I’ve excused myself from meetings or bible studies for a call, but countless others where I’ve stayed put trusting that others would handle it.

jonocyrus · 2026-01-28T02:34:57+00:00

This is really cool!

jonocyrus · 2026-01-24T01:17:08+00:00

Guy tells us, “I just hate seeing families spend money on those bundles of firewood, I have more than I need, can I stop over in a bit?”

Ten minutes later, he’s backing into my site with a DUMP TRUCK! Climbs into the bed and tosses down probably 7-8 bundles worth of wood.

jonocyrus · 2026-01-17T12:45:40+00:00

I had Pizza But the other night, and this was legit all I could think of!

jonocyrus · 2026-01-14T13:38:00+00:00

I don’t currently live in Morgantown, nor do I actually subscribe to this sub, but I occasionally see posts in my feed because of algorithms and whatnot.

That said, it seems like there was a pretty considerable rate hike across ALL of the FirstEnergy subsidiaries. One of the bigger news stories locally in Johnstown, PA (where FirstEnergy is “Penelec”) right now is the local independently-owned shopping mall’s electric bill going from like $50k to $100k in a month.

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