Comments on: Mystery Minute 01.11 http://firegeezer.com/2009/10/31/mystery-minute-01-11/ The Fire/EMS Digital Dayroom Thu, 24 May 2012 01:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: darrenv http://firegeezer.com/2009/10/31/mystery-minute-01-11/comment-page-1/#comment-9808 darrenv Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:46:53 +0000 http://firegeezer.com/?p=17110#comment-9808 Great story, I understand it completly , went through the same things myself, was there when the truck was 5 years old and still shiny truck started, and when it died 15 years it was hard for all of us, i saw a few choked up guys when she left, the new truck is good, but it just doesn't have the same effect.... Great story, I understand it completly , went through the same things myself, was there when the truck was 5 years old and still shiny truck started, and when it died 15 years it was hard for all of us, i saw a few choked up guys when she left, the new truck is good, but it just doesn't have the same effect….

]]> By: darrenv http://firegeezer.com/2009/10/31/mystery-minute-01-11/comment-page-1/#comment-5824 darrenv Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:46:53 +0000 http://firegeezer.com/?p=17110#comment-5824 Great story, I understand it completly , went through the same things myself, was there when the truck was 5 years old and still shiny truck started, and when it died 15 years it was hard for all of us, i saw a few choked up guys when she left, the new truck is good, but it just doesn't have the same effect.... Great story, I understand it completly , went through the same things myself, was there when the truck was 5 years old and still shiny truck started, and when it died 15 years it was hard for all of us, i saw a few choked up guys when she left, the new truck is good, but it just doesn't have the same effect….

]]> By: darrenv http://firegeezer.com/2009/10/31/mystery-minute-01-11/comment-page-1/#comment-4432 darrenv Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:46:53 +0000 http://firegeezer.com/?p=17110#comment-4432 Great story, I understand it completly , went through the same things myself, was there when the truck was 5 years old and still shiny truck started, and when it died 15 years it was hard for all of us, i saw a few choked up guys when she left, the new truck is good, but it just doesn't have the same effect.... Great story, I understand it completly , went through the same things myself, was there when the truck was 5 years old and still shiny truck started, and when it died 15 years it was hard for all of us, i saw a few choked up guys when she left, the new truck is good, but it just doesn't have the same effect….

]]> By: kevin http://firegeezer.com/2009/10/31/mystery-minute-01-11/comment-page-1/#comment-4428 kevin Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:20:28 +0000 http://firegeezer.com/?p=17110#comment-4428 Keep them coming I have heard something like that before as i have many trucking records from the 40s 50s the story i reefer to Old Joe and phantom 309<br>Older vehicles did seem to have a life off their own and were individuals now they all look like one and other Keep them coming I have heard something like that before as i have many trucking records from the 40s 50s the story i reefer to Old Joe and phantom 309
Older vehicles did seem to have a life off their own and were individuals now they all look like one and other

]]> By: jonpolitis http://firegeezer.com/2009/10/31/mystery-minute-01-11/comment-page-1/#comment-4425 jonpolitis Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:37:15 +0000 http://firegeezer.com/?p=17110#comment-4425 My dad Joe Politis took my hand as a little boy and walked me to his fire station for drills on thursday evenings at the Riverside Volunteer fire dept where he was a founding members. I can still remember to this day the smell of the canvas hose and the tremble of the floor when they started up the same truck as old red...a 1953 Seagraves Civil Defense engine. When I was 18 and joining the dept he taught me to drive that same truck and how to pump. I think of that 56 Seagraves very fondly. My dad passed away in 1971 right after I became a volunteer firefighter. But, what he taught me launched my career in EMS and Fire. Every time I see a 56 Seagraves I think of him....<br><br>Thanks for a great story brother..... My dad Joe Politis took my hand as a little boy and walked me to his fire station for drills on thursday evenings at the Riverside Volunteer fire dept where he was a founding members. I can still remember to this day the smell of the canvas hose and the tremble of the floor when they started up the same truck as old red…a 1953 Seagraves Civil Defense engine. When I was 18 and joining the dept he taught me to drive that same truck and how to pump. I think of that 56 Seagraves very fondly. My dad passed away in 1971 right after I became a volunteer firefighter. But, what he taught me launched my career in EMS and Fire. Every time I see a 56 Seagraves I think of him….

Thanks for a great story brother…..

]]> By: Texas Gordo http://firegeezer.com/2009/10/31/mystery-minute-01-11/comment-page-1/#comment-4422 Texas Gordo Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:42:41 +0000 http://firegeezer.com/?p=17110#comment-4422 A wonderful and well written story. Thank you for entertaining me. A wonderful and well written story. Thank you for entertaining me.

]]> By: nick http://firegeezer.com/2009/10/31/mystery-minute-01-11/comment-page-1/#comment-4418 nick Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:36:05 +0000 http://firegeezer.com/?p=17110#comment-4418 That was a great story. Can't wait for the next "mystery minute". That was a great story. Can't wait for the next “mystery minute”.

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