Guest guest Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 From the past: Guy who worked for an unnamed private company many….many….many years ago in Austin, Texas. We all wore those “smocks” in light blue favored then by a variety of occupations, pharmacists, barbers, etc. The EMT got off work, forgot he was wearing his fashionable blue smock, went into a “Stop & Rob” and ordered a six-pack. Cashier asked, “getting off or going on?” EMT replied, indignantly, “getting off of course!” Cashier smiled and replied, “Yeah, just try to drink that and then cut hair.” p.s. rumor has it GG still sleeps in one. BK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 Do we need to put a striped pole on the ambulance besides the Star of Life?  :-)  -Wes Uniforms From the past: Guy who worked for an unnamed private company many….many….many years ago in Austin, Texas. We all wore those “smocks†in light blue favored then by a variety of occupations, pharmacists, barbers, etc. The EMT got off work, forgot he was wearing his fashionable blue smock, went into a “Stop & Rob†and ordered a six-pack. Cashier asked, “getting off or going on?†EMT replied, indignantly, “getting off of course!†Cashier smiled and replied, “Yeah, just try to drink that and then cut hair.†p.s. rumor has it GG still sleeps in one. BK #AOLMsgPart_2_9e88c1f2-8c47-4d73-9237-bae1d25d6b4c #AOLMsgPart_2_9e88c1f2-8c47-4d73-9237-bae1d25d6b4c #AOLMsgPart_2_9e88c1f2-8c47-4d73-9237-bae1d25d6b4c ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 I still have mine..with the ambulance company name embroidered on the back. Sigh.the good old days! Jack From: texasems-l [mailto:texasems-l ] On Behalf Of Bob Koonce Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 10:55 AM To: Texasems-L Subject: Uniforms From the past: Guy who worked for an unnamed private company many..many..many years ago in Austin, Texas. We all wore those " smocks " in light blue favored then by a variety of occupations, pharmacists, barbers, etc. The EMT got off work, forgot he was wearing his fashionable blue smock, went into a " Stop & Rob " and ordered a six-pack. Cashier asked, " getting off or going on? " EMT replied, indignantly, " getting off of course! " Cashier smiled and replied, " Yeah, just try to drink that and then cut hair. " p.s. rumor has it GG still sleeps in one. BK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 Rumor has it...Bob Koonce is still alive. Uniforms From the past: Guy who worked for an unnamed private company many..many..many years ago in Austin, Texas. We all wore those " smocks " in light blue favored then by a variety of occupations, pharmacists, barbers, etc. The EMT got off work, forgot he was wearing his fashionable blue smock, went into a " Stop & Rob " and ordered a six-pack. Cashier asked, " getting off or going on? " EMT replied, indignantly, " getting off of course! " Cashier smiled and replied, " Yeah, just try to drink that and then cut hair. " p.s. rumor has it GG still sleeps in one. BK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 I wish I still had the one we wore. It would be nice for my biographer to have. GG > > From the past: > > > Guy who worked for an unnamed private company many….many….many years ago in > Austin, Texas. We all wore those “smocks†in light blue favored then by a > variety of occupations, pharmacists, barbers, etc. The EMT got off work, > forgot he was wearing his fashionable blue smock, went into a “Stop & Rob†> and ordered a six-pack. Cashier asked, “getting off or going on?†EMT > replied, indignantly, “getting off of course!†Cashier smiled and replied, > “Yeah, just try to drink that and then cut hair.†> > p.s. rumor has it GG still sleeps in one. > BK > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 Actually, Doc Krin, beg to differ. British surgeons are called " Mister " because of the Royal Navy's practice (subsequently carried over to the US Navy) of calling junior officers " Mister. " As the ship's surgeon was usually a lieutenant.... -Wes Ogilvie In a message dated 8/24/2007 6:32:02 P.M. Central Daylight Time, krin135@... writes: Do we need to put a striped pole on the ambulance besides the Star of Life? :-) considering the origin of the 'striped pole,' it would actually be at least as appropriate as the Staff and Snake in the Star of Life... Which is the same reason Brit Surgeons are still often called 'Mister'....Whic ck S. Krin, DO FAAFP Uniforms From the past: Guy who worked for an unnamed private company many….many….many years ago in Austin, Texas. We all wore those “smocks†in light blue favored then by a variety of occupations, pharmacists, barbers, etc. The EMT got off work, forgot he was wearing his fashionable blue smock, went into a “Stop & Rob†and ordered a six-pack. Cashier asked, “getting off or going on?†EMT replied, indignantly, “getting off of course!†Cashier smiled and replied, “Yeah, just try to drink that and then cut hair.†p.s. rumor has it GG still sleeps in one. BK #AOLMsgPart_#AOLMsgPart#AOLMsgPar#AOLMsgPart_<WBR#AOLMs #AOLMsgPart_#AOLMsgPart#AOLMsgPar#AOLMsgPart_<WBR#AOLMs #AOLMsgPart_#AOLMsgPart#AOLMsgPar#AOLMsgPart_<WBR#AOLMs __________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - _http://mail.http://_ (http://mail.aol.com/) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - _http://mail.http://_ (http://mail.aol.com/) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 Vicious rumor. Surely that ol' codger had kicked it by now.... " Vernon A. Gresham " wrote: Rumor has it...Bob Koonce is still alive. Uniforms From the past: Guy who worked for an unnamed private company many..many..many years ago in Austin, Texas. We all wore those " smocks " in light blue favored then by a variety of occupations, pharmacists, barbers, etc. The EMT got off work, forgot he was wearing his fashionable blue smock, went into a " Stop & Rob " and ordered a six-pack. Cashier asked, " getting off or going on? " EMT replied, indignantly, " getting off of course! " Cashier smiled and replied, " Yeah, just try to drink that and then cut hair. " p.s. rumor has it GG still sleeps in one. BK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 Yeah, I tried as hard as I could to drive to an early grave when I worked for him. Obviously didn’t try hard enough…:-) Re: Uniforms Vicious rumor. Surely that ol' codger had kicked it by now.... " Vernon A. Gresham " <HYPERLINK " mailto:vgresham%40ykc.com " vgresham (AT) ykc (DOT) -com> wrote: Rumor has it...Bob Koonce is still alive. Uniforms >From the past: Guy who worked for an unnamed private company many..many..-many years ago in Austin, Texas. We all wore those " smocks " in light blue favored then by a variety of occupations, pharmacists, barbers, etc. The EMT got off work, forgot he was wearing his fashionable blue smock, went into a " Stop & Rob " and ordered a six-pack. Cashier asked, " getting off or going on? " EMT replied, indignantly, " getting off of course! " Cashier smiled and replied, " Yeah, just try to drink that and then cut hair. " p.s. rumor has it GG still sleeps in one. BK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 Do we need to put a striped pole on the ambulance besides the Star of Life?  :-) considering the origin of the 'striped pole,' it would actually be at least as appropriate as the Staff and Snake in the Star of Life... Which is the same reason Brit Surgeons are still often called 'Mister'........ ck S. Krin, DO FAAFP Uniforms From the past: Guy who worked for an unnamed private company many….many….many years ago in Austin, Texas. We all wore those “smocks†in light blue favored then by a variety of occupations, pharmacists, barbers, etc. The EMT got off work, forgot he was wearing his fashionable blue smock, went into a “Stop & Rob†and ordered a six-pack. Cashier asked, “getting off or going on?†EMT replied, indignantly, “getting off of course!†Cashier smiled and replied, “Yeah, just try to drink that and then cut hair.†p.s. rumor has it GG still sleeps in one. BK #AOLMsgPart_2_9e88c1f2-8c47-4d73-9237-bae1d25d6b4c #AOLMsgPart_2_9e88c1f2-8c47-4d73-9237-bae1d25d6b4c #AOLMsgPart_2_9e88c1f2-8c47-4d73-9237-bae1d25d6b4c __________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 Bob, I KNOW who you are referring to ! Bob Koonce wrote: From the past: Guy who worked for an unnamed private company many….many….many years ago in Austin, Texas. We all wore those “smocks” in light blue favored then by a variety of occupations, pharmacists, barbers, etc. The EMT got off work, forgot he was wearing his fashionable blue smock, went into a “Stop & Rob” and ordered a six-pack. Cashier asked, “getting off or going on?” EMT replied, indignantly, “getting off of course!” Cashier smiled and replied, “Yeah, just try to drink that and then cut hair.” p.s. rumor has it GG still sleeps in one. BK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 Now, yall stop picking on poor old Bob, he's not dead. He has just been fishing so much that he smells that way.............<grin> " Vernon A. Gresham " wrote: Rumor has it...Bob Koonce is still alive. Uniforms From the past: Guy who worked for an unnamed private company many..many..many years ago in Austin, Texas. We all wore those " smocks " in light blue favored then by a variety of occupations, pharmacists, barbers, etc. The EMT got off work, forgot he was wearing his fashionable blue smock, went into a " Stop & Rob " and ordered a six-pack. Cashier asked, " getting off or going on? " EMT replied, indignantly, " getting off of course! " Cashier smiled and replied, " Yeah, just try to drink that and then cut hair. " p.s. rumor has it GG still sleeps in one. BK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 Actually, Doc Krin, beg to differ. British surgeons are called " Mister " because of the Royal Navy's practice (subsequently carried over to the US Navy) of calling junior officers " Mister. " As the ship's surgeon was usually a lieutenant.... -Wes Ogilvie Odd..my understanding is that it dates to the barber surgeon verses the 'real medical doctor' dichotomy that held sway in Britain for many many years... I'll see if I can find a reference for you...but there have been several Brit surgeons I've worked with in the past who told me that was the reason. and back in the Napoleonic era, when that sort of thing was started, the Ship's Surgeon wasn't even a 'real' officer, but a Warrant Officer (like the Sailing Master, the Carpenter, and often the Bosun)...not in the line of command at all... ck Uniforms From the past: Guy who worked for an unnamed private company many….many….many years ago in Austin, Texas. We all wore those “smocks†in light blue favored then by a variety of occupations, pharmacists, barbers, etc. The EMT got off work, forgot he was wearing his fashionable blue smock, went into a “Stop & Rob†and ordered a six-pack. Cashier asked, “getting off or going on?†EMT replied, indignantly, “getting off of course!†Cashier smiled and replied, “Yeah, just try to drink that and then cut hair.†p.s. rumor has it GG still sleeps in one. BK #AOLMsgPart_#AOLMsgPart#AOLMsgPar#AOLMsgPart_<WBR#AOLMs #AOLMsgPart_#AOLMsgPart#AOLMsgPar#AOLMsgPart_<WBR#AOLMs #AOLMsgPart_#AOLMsgPart#AOLMsgPar#AOLMsgPart_<WBR#AOLMs __________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - _http://mail.http://_ (http://mail.aol.com/) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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