xtiangodloki's Comments (320)

“In my understanding of the law...they did broke the law which is why it led to their being suspended without pay. If one is a doctor, nurse or EMT you are held to a special classification and is expected to respond to emergency situations whether you are on the clock or not. This is my legal understanding of most laws. And if it were not so...I do not think their employer would have suspended them..after all they were on break...remember.

So, I maintain that if you are in that special classification under law ....you are required to respond to emergency situations.”

“"A FDNY spokesman said all members take an oath to help others whenever emergency medical care is needed."

While not a Hippocratic Oath these EMTs also took an oath and it would seem they clearly failed to live up to said oath whether or not they broke any laws. How you could miss that obvious piece is pretty surprising.”

“A few years ago, my boyfriend slipped and fell on ice in a Brooklyn park. It was 14 degrees out that night and he had been walking his dog. He shattered his ankle. Thank God a good samaritan came along and called 911. The 2 EMTs arrived and didn't want to deal with him because of the dog. Naturally, the dog was upset over his owner laying on the ice unable to move. The EMT's were about to leave because of the dog. I guess we should have known what the rest of the night would be like. The good samaritan took the dog back to his apartment. The EMTS made my bf get in the ambulance himself, on a shattered ankle. Then one of them ripped his jeans to view the shattered ankle. She didn't use a scissor. She tried to tear denim with her bare hands, on a patient with a shattered bone, and in shock from laying on icy pavement for nearly an hour. To this day, he still can't talk about the inhumane treatment incurred at their hands. What I'm trying to say is that although I'm sure the majority of EMT's are fine people, this story does not shock me.”

“Actually the smart car is only a compromise if you need the second set of seats. For my lifestyle it is perfect my Wife has a Forester for the weekends when whe have the kids and I use the Smart for commuting, it was never meant as an only car as most would be suited better with a yaris or fit. I also wanted to point out that I got it for less with many more safety features (did better in crash tests than either micro car that would be a competitor) and as far as mileage you get quite a bit of a bump when not on the highway. The car is geared for optimal mileage at 40-50MPH. I am now getting 50MPG on a regular basis. The only US cars that get better mileage are the WV TDI or a hybrid which cost twice as much as the vehicle I purchased, not to mention they are not getting much more than what i currently get. Also premium fuel is recommended, this is only to pleas the US at a bit of boost in power, I don't need the extra power so I use regular and have no issues. The transmission is only rough if you drive the car sporty, and anyone who buys this car for sporty driving obviously did not test drive before buying.

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“In Europe the Smart cars are powered by diesel engines and get stellar MPG while the gas motor available in the US gets a mediocre mileage. Considering the sacrifice you have to make for owning a Smart, a Corolla or a Civic is a much better choice...”

“Our ''regular fuel'' is the same as your ''premium''.”

“Tiger got those endorsement because he is the best golfer in the world that these companies would be making millions off Tiger being the face oftheir product. Elin did no one a favor but herself. she knew he was a player before she married him. she bought into the game and got played.”

“Not at all. I have friends in the TV News industry, and this is information that they passed on to me. I used to vehemently defend Elin.”

“Non-citizen immigrant?!? Is that what some people call law breaking illegal aliens?”

“Non-citizen immigrant?!? What the heck is that? I think you mean illegal alien. By the way, they are committing an addittional crime on top the first one criminal act.”

“The situation in Detroit has so many fathers that it's difficult to explain it in a paragraph. I wouldnt even try it.

One interesting factoid though is that the latest standardized mathmatetics testing of Detroit students awarded them the lowest scores in the history of the test. News reports said that some school admiinstrators were crying when they got the news.

It was pointed out that if the students had never gone to school and just selected random answers, they wouldnt have done much worse.”

“That's funny!

And what color am I?

I believe they are both victims here and the media are the lowest forms life around.”

“Yeah, that design actually serves a purpose-- not to mention they weigh something like 500lbs a piece. I felt sort of bad for speakers like the Nautilus being lumped in with the assspeakers and gimmicks. Oh well.

I mean, I can buy a driver from Parts Express and shove it in a box that will end up making some kind of sound-- but will it have a flat response? Will it avoid having box resonance or port noise? Probably not. I've had a lot of speakers with nifty looking designs -- bose 201s, 301s, 401s ( all the old wooden ones), 6.2s, etc. and they all made sound. I thought they were pretty okay, especially the 401s that i got for a really great price. Then I decided to try out some boring box speakers-- Paradigm Titan V.3s. Wow... what had I been inflicting on myself with that bose trash for so long? Seriously... when I bought the 301s, I could have had these titans. I immediately picked up a pair of used Mini Monitors and gave my 401s away. I have a pair of used polk tower speakers as the rear (I tried them in the front-- talk about cabinet noise... ugh...). I actually started buying CDs again because I could hear how bad MP3s are. Those paper drivers in my old speakers were so low-fi that details were lost... I can even hear the differences between amplifiers now.”

“You're right--It's beautiful! Thanks for the tip.”

“Exactly xtiangodloki. Good points all. There isn't a problem with the iphone as phones go. When I was with AT&T, i had plenty of dropped calls on my non smart flip phone. I added my two kids to my plan, they got totally new phones and they had dropped calls day one, two and three. Again, not smart phones either. Inside a month I dropped AT&T and moved to Verizon. In a year, I had one call disappear. One.
AT&T spends more on advertising and bonuses than they do on infrastructure.
The latest stunt is to placate the public with some silly app that sends them information when a call is bad. WTF? See, this is what I was trying to explain to LauraD above. AT&T is pointing finger at the Iphone when the problem is much bigger than that. What about the customer that brought AT&T to the dance? The non-smart phone customer who drop just as many calls as any cell phone on their network? For non smart phone customers there is no app because they see the issue as an "iphone" issue and to them, their network is world class. NOT.”

“what? did you even watch it?”

“I wonder who are the most dangerous the Chinese or the Israelis, remember the US Liberty.”

“That's why the Dalai Lama is leaving Obama to his own devices knowing the pressure is on Obama at home and abroad. He knows this is not a good time to bother Obama.”

“Theocracy? If you read a thing, you would know the Dalai Lama embraces democracy for Tibet.”

“It's not uncommon in the education sector-- possibly in the private sector, generally-- to give an employee the option of resigning or being fired. The incentive is that by resigning you can truthfully say on job apps that you've never been terminated from your position.”

“I think most see that his resignation was not voluntary. Maybe not an established fact, but more likely than not.”