tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post8963737815589142254..comments2023-07-18T07:27:08.516+00:00Comments on Siren Voices: uncle ted?Spence Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-60079028755710487572009-09-21T08:53:17.432+00:002009-09-21T08:53:17.432+00:00Wow! Thanks v much, Pat! Great to hear that you li...Wow! Thanks v much, Pat! Great to hear that you like the blog. And I'm really flattered that you're reminded of your dad. I bet he had some stories...<br /><br />Thanks again for the comment. I hope to hear from you again soon (fire alarms permitting). ;0)Spence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-42775632368405549732009-09-21T05:14:08.601+00:002009-09-21T05:14:08.601+00:00"Kneeling at the altar of pointless calls&quo..."Kneeling at the altar of pointless calls"<br /><br />I LOVE that expression!<br /><br />I have spent the last 3 nights on shift reading your blog, and cursing every time the 'phone rings or the radio crackles. "Stop bothering me, I'm in the middle of something much more interesting than your 2 alarm fire!" *Sigh*, a control room officer's job is never an easy one!<br /><br />Your compassion for the ill, injured and disenfranchised leaps out from the page...it reminds me of my late father, he was an old school 'ambulance attendant/driver' back in the '70s.<br /><br />Thank you for this blog, I am now a devoted follower.<br /><br />Cheers<br />PatPathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09419293986165680297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-1699265188243824552008-12-24T18:39:00.000+00:002008-12-24T18:39:00.000+00:00Hi LivI don't know what can be done about these ca...Hi Liv<BR/>I don't know what can be done about these calls, either. I wish there was some way of discouraging people from calling - and charging is really the only thing that would discourage people - but like you say, the implications are huge. <BR/><BR/>But such a high percentage are trivial.... <BR/><BR/>Keeps us in employment, though (*nervous laugh*)<BR/><BR/>Happy Christmas, Liv :) xSpence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-31583456699782646612008-12-24T18:14:00.000+00:002008-12-24T18:14:00.000+00:00*can hear the sound of a long-suffering sigh from ...*can hear the sound of a long-suffering sigh from here* If you had a quid for every useless 999 call...<BR/><BR/>I think charging people an obscene amount for this kind of time-wasting would a great idea in principle - but I wouldn't want to deal with the legal ramifications if something such as that turned into gangrene and she lost her toe/foot/lower leg... so I suppose you'll just have to keep going out to such pointless cases as these.<BR/><BR/>Idiots. <BR/><BR/>But on a happier note, thanks for the Yohohoing! :D A very Merry Christmas to you Spence :)<BR/><BR/>Liv xxxloveinviennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08061067320547283159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-12668631628245224572008-12-22T15:00:00.000+00:002008-12-22T15:00:00.000+00:00If there had been misteltoe hanging in the doorway...If there had been misteltoe hanging in the doorway I'd have called for back up.<BR/><BR/>It was ironic, considering it had been on the news just that day that people should not call for an ambulance without a good reason as the hospitals were crammed and the ambulance service was at melting point. Oh well...<BR/><BR/>:O)Spence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-66900513848424602072008-12-22T06:37:00.000+00:002008-12-22T06:37:00.000+00:00OMG. I swear, if they had to even pay a tenner for...OMG. I swear, if they had to even pay a tenner for you guys to come to their rescue, they'd bloody well think twice...mumof4https://www.blogger.com/profile/04431438672589403990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-88452914012146127092008-12-20T17:16:00.000+00:002008-12-20T17:16:00.000+00:00*snigger* Sounds like you've scored there, Spence....*snigger* Sounds like you've scored there, Spence. And just in time for Christmas too. Did she have the mistletoe hanging in the doorframe, or did you not stick around long enough to look...?<BR/><BR/>Merry Christmas!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com