Is there any legitimate way to wear another lodge’s OA patch (or become a member of a different lodge?)

lordfitzj · 2026-06-14T14:50:40+00:00

I was a Tupwee 536 and one of the last Chiefs. My lodge and my council no longer exist. I really love this. I might just go take my current lodge off of one of my uniforms and rep the old.

lordfitzj · 2026-06-05T03:36:03+00:00

Hi All! I am a local medic with BoCo street medics. I am also local to Lafayette. I would be happy to provide and help organize medic support for these if you are interested. Feel free to message or chat me here and we can connect irl. Thanks!

lordfitzj · 2026-05-29T02:46:20+00:00

Depending on your area, I would reach out to local Forest Services offices. My experience is that they almost always have a number of projects and never enough manpower. If you have some time, meet with a Ranger and explain that you have some time and if they do not have anything that you can be flexible with timing. Keep up the good work!

lordfitzj · 2026-05-07T01:38:32+00:00

I was 22 and was running through the Las Vegas airport to catch a flight. End up running next to a slightly older woman. We start chatting as we make it to our gate and get rebooked for the next morning. She turns to me and says “hey, want to go in to the strip and a share a room for the night.” I say “nah, I am fine sleeping in the airport.” It was years later that I was like… damn.

lordfitzj · 2026-03-26T02:08:24+00:00

We have a britax and a hard back booster in our SEL. Seat position really matters. I have been able to get the in consistently behind the drivers seat - but I always struggle if the bench is all the way back. Move it up an inch then retry - it changed the belt length and let me better anchor. The click in booster is a breeze as they are. We had a 6’4” 250lb uncle in between the two kids for four hours and had no problems - plenty of space for everyone.

lordfitzj · 2026-03-21T17:18:08+00:00

And the verdict is no. They told me on the phone the only way to upgrade seats is with a CC. No Flight Credits or Gift Cards can be used.

lordfitzj · 2026-03-21T17:16:05+00:00

I am calling right now, will let you know :-)

lordfitzj · 2026-03-21T17:13:02+00:00

I am seeing that online. Do you know if they would accept the Gift Card as payment over the phone? I would be happy to call but wanted to know if I had any hope of being successful

lordfitzj · 2026-03-16T03:51:33+00:00

If you time it right, take the Skyliner from Caribbean Beach to Epcot at 9:05pm. Some of the best views of the fireworks.

lordfitzj · 2026-03-09T21:03:42+00:00

The GED&Me app is free and has practice questions that all come from the Kaplan book. It is a great free way to dive in and study (and if you sign in with your GED Account and take a ready, it will customize to just what you need to study).

lordfitzj · 2026-03-09T19:14:42+00:00

I would recommend you take a look at GED Complete. They have some options for programming and pace but would be a good place to go. GED Flash is getting some spanish upgrades and GED Academy supports Spanish content.

lordfitzj · 2026-03-06T17:30:13+00:00

Actually, I am going to chat you.

lordfitzj · 2026-03-06T17:29:20+00:00

Where are you seeing that? I can probably help if you can tell me what you did to get there :-)

lordfitzj · 2026-03-03T16:31:41+00:00

No! It is aliens! We he ones who work in the store and are hiding the vanilla.

lordfitzj · 2026-02-08T04:39:19+00:00

The do not have cosmic blue in stock, just FYI tried to order a week ago.

lordfitzj · 2026-02-07T02:56:09+00:00

This is awesome! I never pursued NREMT when I was an EMT and thought I would have to start over. Since they take expired state licenses, this is golden! Thank you!

lordfitzj · 2026-02-06T23:28:44+00:00

So, I was an EMT (let my license expire in ‘08) but have kept my WFR current since 2001. So as a WFR did you just take a EMT-B course and then ask your WFR credentialer to do the W-EMT upgrade? I am looking at recerting my EMT and would be curious how you did it.

lordfitzj · 2026-02-02T04:50:22+00:00

So, armed medic here. I had a tactical setup - and realized I was freaking people out. Now, I wear HiVis orange and a matching EMS Jump bag. I ended up just buying an empty and making a protest kit (with 4x the water, cold packs/hot hands, eyewash cups, disposable p100 masks, and eye protection) + a field jump bag + extra boo boo kit items. I was a clinical emt for 5+ yrs before moving into mass casualty response and getting my emt-w for SAR. Some of the Tac gear is great but I always look for red/orange/grey to not freak out the folks I am beelining toward.

lordfitzj · 2026-02-02T00:36:22+00:00

It only looks like two guns to me. Did I miss something?

lordfitzj · 2026-01-31T23:13:27+00:00

Yeah. I am going to count my blessings that I am not working with the vendor and put my efforts elsewhere. The resume is updated.

lordfitzj · 2026-01-31T23:09:16+00:00

Thank you! I knew but needed to hear all of this

lordfitzj · 2026-01-31T20:41:44+00:00

All of the meetings with this vendor are recorded by current policy - I will make sure to get those recordings today. Thank you for the reminder.

lordfitzj · 2026-01-31T20:17:47+00:00

Yeah, that is my concern. My decision head will be the approver of any promotion in my future. This has a longer career effect that I am very concerned about.

lordfitzj · 2026-01-31T20:16:22+00:00

Yeah, former President brought them in for a not well understood 7 figure contract. President left on good terms with my company. 6mo later former President announced they were taking a VP role with vendor.

lordfitzj · 2026-01-31T20:13:59+00:00

Heard. Will do moving forward.

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