POPpers are back from POP 9/29-10/6 and made GREAT friends!Chat until next trip!! Part 4

[Msslaydbug]

Are you NUTS ?! there are no babies here ! I am officially retired from babies !

 

[Msslaydbug]

Hey - where did our mojito avatars go ?! I better look into that !

 

[mrFDNY]

Hi gang,
Sorry I've been neglecting you guys, but i've been so busy lately. You guys must read this!! I put in for the special detail yesterday, this is what it's about..................






HARLEY HOG HEAVEN FOR FAST FDNY MEDICS
By DAVID SEIFMAN
June 17, 2007 -- If the Fire Department gives the go-ahead, Harley-Davidson is ready to donate eight of its motorcycles to the FDNY so paramedics can get to life-threatening emergencies more quickly.

Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, who secured the bikes from the nation's best-known motorcycle manufacturer, also plans to spend $40,000 from donated funds to equip them for medical use.

"We have a project where we're going - Harley-Davidson is donating motorcycles so that we can have some rapid emergency medical-transition technicians from the FDNY responding to emergencies in some of the more crowded areas, as they have in other cities," Gotbaum said during a taping of WNBC/Channel 4's News Forum, which airs today

Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta would have to give his approval before the city could accept the two-wheelers for a six-month pilot project.

Motorcycle medics have already proven their worth in London and Miami.

Officials at Miami-Dade Fire Rescue report that response times to critical emergencies fell 60 percent, to an average of 2.83 minutes, thanks to the motorcycles.

 

[mrFDNY]

Hi gang,
Sorry I've been neglecting you guys, but i've been so busy lately. You guys must read this!! I put in for the special detail yesterday, this is what it's about..................






HARLEY HOG HEAVEN FOR FAST FDNY MEDICS
By DAVID SEIFMAN
June 17, 2007 -- If the Fire Department gives the go-ahead, Harley-Davidson is ready to donate eight of its motorcycles to the FDNY so paramedics can get to life-threatening emergencies more quickly.

Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, who secured the bikes from the nation's best-known motorcycle manufacturer, also plans to spend $40,000 from donated funds to equip them for medical use.

"We have a project where we're going - Harley-Davidson is donating motorcycles so that we can have some rapid emergency medical-transition technicians from the FDNY responding to emergencies in some of the more crowded areas, as they have in other cities," Gotbaum said during a taping of WNBC/Channel 4's News Forum, which airs today

Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta would have to give his approval before the city could accept the two-wheelers for a six-month pilot project.

Motorcycle medics have already proven their worth in London and Miami.

Officials at Miami-Dade Fire Rescue report that response times to critical emergencies fell 60 percent, to an average of 2.83 minutes, thanks to the motorcycles.

How cool is that?? Chances are the FDNY commish with knock it down and reject it, as sources with in the FDNY that i know well, are saying. They are sperading rumors that he does not like the idea at all, But the fact that harley davidson is donating all 8 bikes for free, there is still a chance, since the FDNY won't have to shell out a dime for this plan to work. Anyway i plan to use every favor owed to me in the Dept to get into this detail. Hopefully i make it in, it's kinda hard with well over 30,000 emplyee's and only 8 spots everyone is gunning for this postion. Maybe i'll win the spot, hopefully. It's still too early to tell if it will go though anyhow.

So how are things????

 

[scrappinmom]

you tooooooooooooooooo !!! awesome news !!! whos next ??? Lori ?? cat ??? Tia ??? Colleen ?? Chris ???

Not me! WHen Grace was born she literally broke the mold (aka uterus)

 

[Nanu57v]

Well I think its Cat who's gonna have the next baby. I mean, she just got married...its the next logical step.

Thanks for all the congrats!


MRFDNY--That looks fun...and dangerous...but I guess your whole line of work is dangerous. Good luck!

 

[Tinkerbell_Girl]

Good Morning!

PJ- That sounds cool, I hope you get picked!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

PJ that sounds fab!

 

[ANTSS2001]

awesome PJ!!!

 

[ANTSS2001]

Well I think its Cat who's gonna have the next baby. I mean, she just got married...its the next logical step.

Thanks for all the congrats!


MRFDNY--That looks fun...and dangerous...but I guess your whole line of work is dangerous. Good luck!

YOU got a good point there !!!! Ohhhhhhhhhh Cat !!! are you reading all this ????

 

[Msslaydbug]

Pj - You volunteered ? Any excuse for a man to have a motorcycle huh ? With all the traffic out there it does seem like a motocycle might be logical - if not dangerous ! Dan wants one - but he won't ever get one ( Just cause I say !)

Rebecca -
You didin't give us all the details ! Ok - I don't really need "ALL" the details - I know HOW technically !!
But I do want to know how long you have been holding out on us, how you found out, how you told DH, details woman - details !!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Dan wants one - but he won't ever get one ( Just cause I say !)

YUP! agreed! DH had one when we were younger and it was fun!! but the rules were, once we were married it was time to get rid of it!! He obliged, but still gets little puppy dog eyes when he sees them! hahahaha!! He understands though why i really don't like them.

 

[Nanu57v]

Lori (and whoever else)--I found out on Wednesday, so I didn't hold out on you too long, but my mom reads these boards, so I had to wait until I told her first. We've been trying for about a year, a little more. She was still nursing up until our sept disney trip when she weaned, so that made things more difficult...so last month I thought I was pregnant because I was 9 days late, but no. This month I (PJ might want to stop reading) ovulated 12 days late, so I waited 12 days after when I thought AF should be due, then 3 more days and I was going to test. That morning DH goes "So why is your period so late?" I said "i don't know" and I went downstairs and took the test. I never had a positive test with DD, only a blood test, so I was shocked when the pregnancy line came up before the control line. I had a whole elaborate plan to tell DH. The day before I tested I had ordered a "I'm the big sister" t-shirt that I was going to put on DD and give her a kids meal to give DH at work. I gave DH a kids meal to tell him I was pregnant with DD. Well, after I got the positive test, I tried to keep a straight face so I could wait for my t-shirt to come in the mail, but I'm an awful liar. DH goes "What were you doing downstairs in the bathroom?" So I said, "Why don't you go look for yourself?!" (i'm thinking poop here ) SO he goes down and looks and says "Oh, you took a test...what's it say?" I said, "Its positive." What? And he pulls out the instructions...which I had already done since I couldn't believe how fast the positive line came up. So he hugged me, and tears came to his eyes. That's about it. We told my parents by putting the shirt on DD, and we'll tell his parents that way tomorrow night.

 

[Tinkerbell_Girl]

That is so sweet!

 

[ANTSS2001]

YUP! agreed! DH had one when we were younger and it was fun!! but the rules were, once we were married it was time to get rid of it!! He obliged, but still gets little puppy dog eyes when he sees them! hahahaha!! He understands though why i really don't like them.

huh !!! you made it sound like you two are 70... paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaleeazeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

 

[ANTSS2001]

Lori (and whoever else)--I found out on Wednesday, so I didn't hold out on you too long, but my mom reads these boards, so I had to wait until I told her first. We've been trying for about a year, a little more. She was still nursing up until our sept disney trip when she weaned, so that made things more difficult...so last month I thought I was pregnant because I was 9 days late, but no. This month I (PJ might want to stop reading) ovulated 12 days late, so I waited 12 days after when I thought AF should be due, then 3 more days and I was going to test. That morning DH goes "So why is your period so late?" I said "i don't know" and I went downstairs and took the test. I never had a positive test with DD, only a blood test, so I was shocked when the pregnancy line came up before the control line. I had a whole elaborate plan to tell DH. The day before I tested I had ordered a "I'm the big sister" t-shirt that I was going to put on DD and give her a kids meal to give DH at work. I gave DH a kids meal to tell him I was pregnant with DD. Well, after I got the positive test, I tried to keep a straight face so I could wait for my t-shirt to come in the mail, but I'm an awful liar. DH goes "What were you doing downstairs in the bathroom?" So I said, "Why don't you go look for yourself?!" (i'm thinking poop here ) SO he goes down and looks and says "Oh, you took a test...what's it say?" I said, "Its positive." What? And he pulls out the instructions...which I had already done since I couldn't believe how fast the positive line came up. So he hugged me, and tears came to his eyes. That's about it. We told my parents by putting the shirt on DD, and we'll tell his parents that way tomorrow night.

awwwwwwwww now that got me teary eyed too Rebecca!!! That was soooooooooo awesome !!!

 

[englishrose47]

Hi Michele just stumbled on this thread. How was yoour trip? I'm planning a solo in Feb anyone going then???

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

huh !!! you made it sound like you two are 70... paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaleeazeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

hjahahahah!!! i knew someone would say that!! alright DH had one about 5 yrs ago!!!

Believe me, i feel like i'm about 70yrs old!!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Nanu, that's a cute story!!! What fun to be pregnant! (kind of!!! hahaha!!)

Do you have an EDD yet??

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

HEYYYY ENGLISH ROSE!!!

We had a fabulous time other than the HEAT haahah! it was HOT HOT HOT! and for me that was just uncomfortable!!!! We did get a great location and an upgrade to preferred, but didn't have to pay for it! so there were a lot of perks!! The kids had a blast and my dad loved it!! I do still have to post the pics of my room , but it's taking my lazy butt too long to do!!

February sounds like a dream time to go!! The little guy will still be too small for us most likely! We're heading to the WORLD in NOVEMBER of 08 most likely, but October is still a possibility!