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THE FIRE LINE: Daddy's Little Girl
Oh, the things children repeat!Like many of you, my child grew up in the firehouse - and this is something that I hope she says with a tremendous amount of pride. The station has been her refuge, playhouse, babysitter, and many times, her entertainment. All too often my daughter hung out in the back room watching TV while we gathered to discuss training, debrief from an incident, or just shoot the bull. Unfortunately, guys being guys, the language and jokes were not always "kid friendly" - all to her mother's horror, I'm sure! We whimsically explained it away as "firehouse talk" and it was NEVER to be repeated - and then prayed she bought it:)
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Comment by Jeff Schwering on September 20, 2011 at 1:55pm -
Paul, as always great stuff! My daughter is 23 and my step-daughter is 22. My step-daughter has been in my life since she was 11. Needless to say they both come out with their own form of firehouse comments that are much better to hear now that they are grown, but I do have some gray hair from when they were younger! Keep it up Brother! See you in Indy!
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Comment by Todd Shoebridge on September 20, 2011 at 1:44pm
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Another true to form cartoon. I like a lot of you guys let my son and daughter grow up at the firehouse, so they have been around it all their lives. Now, that i have a grandson that is almost two, he is also part of the firehouse when he is in town. he loves to sit in the trucks, look at the lights, and run the halls. I guess it is part of that tradition thing that means so much to all of us. Paul as I've said before, keep up your wonderful works. Pictures have always spoken louder than words.
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Comment by P.J. Norwood on September 20, 2011 at 12:17pm -
Paul, it amazes me month after month of how you sketch what we all think and experience! As the departments Training Officer and father of a 9 year old girl I spend allot of hours in and around the firehouse with my daughter. She clearly knows there is the US Language and the Firehouse Language! She gets a good kick out of actually explaining that to others when they "slip" and use a firehouse word in front of her.
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Comment by Paul Combs on September 20, 2011 at 12:08pm -
Doug: For the most part, this never bit us too bad - she would occasionally drop a word or two. She's a very smart kid, and played the "extortion card" to get what she wanted out of me:)
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Comment by Doug Price on September 20, 2011 at 10:52am -
Brother Paul, That has happen to us more times than we would like to think, sometimes they buy it and well sometimes you know they don't and it comes back at the wrong time to bite you in the butt. As always we enjoy you pics. so keep them coming for us.
KTF, EGH !!!!!
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