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To: tongue-tied; NY Attitude

TT, were they still having fire-fighting, with real oil fires out in the field, when you were there?


393 posted on 02/07/2008 9:47:49 AM PST by tomkow6 (................CHANGE We Can Believe............)
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To: tomkow6

Absolutely. One of the phrases that it was mandatory that you had to learn was “Last Man Back”. It was when you became the last man on the hand-line (hose) during the fighting of the oil fire.


394 posted on 02/07/2008 9:55:10 AM PST by NY Attitude (You are responsible for your safety until the arrival of Law Enforcement Officers!)
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To: tomkow6

Sorry, I read your post too quickly.


395 posted on 02/07/2008 9:57:36 AM PST by NY Attitude (You are responsible for your safety until the arrival of Law Enforcement Officers!)
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To: tomkow6; NY Attitude

Oh yeah, we got real fires. Real smoke in the smoke house too (I now remember THAT was “george”) but the gas chamber was closed on our day for heat and humidity. Darn! LOL


396 posted on 02/07/2008 10:00:54 AM PST by tongue-tied
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