Comments on: Transfer Home

By: Suburban

Suburban — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:46:00 +0000

You write with such positivity about something most would not be able to see the humour or light in. Love it.

Colorado has the hottest firefighters in the world. WHen I lived there, I used to LOVE suprise fire drills.

By: Magpie

Magpie — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:21:00 +0000

Oy. What is it about firemen?

Sorry about your mom – we’ve just gotten mine into hospice too.

By: peevish

peevish — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:48:00 +0000

Heyjoe: me, too!

By: HeyJoe

HeyJoe — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:50:00 +0000

Best to you and mom. You and your brothers are good children.

When you have time, I would like to hear the story about the “comical delays that involved being pinned between two passive-aggressive frat boys.”

By: jenB

jenB — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:24:00 +0000

your blog ate my comment!

words of love and support and amazement at your grace, humour and gentleness in which are you able to handle things. I want to be you when I grow up.

Many thoughts of Zen and hot firemen, going to Colorado.

xo

By: peevish

peevish — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:14:00 +0000

Aimee is right, plus you can count on at least one Arapahoe and two Canyons.

I hope it makes it all a little bit easier that your Mom is sweet and appreciative of your presence. I have a feeling my Mom will turn into her Mom and be a holy terror.

Also, I hope you see another one of those wrath of God sunsets over the Target parking lot. That was cool.

By: AliBlahBlah

AliBlahBlah — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:51:00 +0000

Firemen, not just for fires or gay porn. Who knew?

By: JAM

JAM — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:27:00 +0000

Man, what islaygirl said.

I don’t know how it works in Denver, but I *think* there are national standards of operation for medical first-responder calls which require certain equipment to be… er, deployed? My husband is a volunteer firefighter and he says that even though it’s silly and fire trucks get about 1 to 3 (expensive) miles to the gallon and then have to be fully checked-out before being put back in service once they’ve gone out, the reason behind taking at least one is that they never are 100% sure what they’ll find when they get where they’re going, even if they think it’s just a routine “help the lady back into the house” call. It probably all stems back to that one time a fire department sent the pick-up truck to the “help the lady back into the house” call and she actually was on fire. Ah, bureaucratic protocol. But the real reason, of course, is that they get to play the siren and drive the big truck.

By: David Pablo Cohn

David Pablo Cohn — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:37:00 +0000

Ah, but what you must realize is that firefighters love to drive those big trucks around. Those kids you remember from your playground days? The ones who were always pushing toy trucks through the sand going “Brrrm, Brmmmm, Brrrrrrrrrm!”? Well, the really lucky ones, now that they’re grown, get to say “Hey, there’s a nice lady in Littleton who needs some help getting her mom up the stairs! Do ya wanna take the hook-and-ladder or the pump truck? Brrrrm, Brrrrrrrrrrmmmm!”

One of my friends is a fire captain with the city here, and I tell you, it’s his childhood dream come true. Although he tells me that these days, he just does the “Brrrmmm” stuff in his head.

By: Aimee Greeblemonkey

Aimee Greeblemonkey — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:34:00 +0000

Dude, it is so easy to get lost in suburban Denver, even if you grew up there. EVERYTHING IS NAMED THE SAME THING. Stone Lake Lane, Stone Lake Drive, around the corner from Stone Lake Circle. WTF is that about?

Anyway, I, too, laughed at your pain, which is so not nice. Glad you can be there for your mom.

And not that you have time, but if you need a drink (or 5) break, I am just up here in non-suburban Denver.