Recent Promotions

Wow, look at all the "old guys" : ) The pics at left are not in any "seniority" order. Actually there isn't any seniority for us retirees after we leave the job. That's a pretty good thing because I'm just as important as Tapak now!

Anyway, the guys at left were all promoted at 0800 hrs, on Sunday, January 6, 2008. Best of luck and congrats to the latest older generation :)

Captain Gary Meloche promoted to District Chief, Fire Rescue

Captain David Shuttleworth promoted to District Chief, Fire Rescue

Firefighter Greg Renaud promoted to Captain, Fire Rescue

Firefighter Dino Santarossa promoted to Captain, Fire Rescue

Firefighter William Craig promoted to Captain, Fire Rescue

Firefighter John Day promoted to Captain, Fire Rescue

Firefighter Ken Hunt promoted to Captain, Fire rescue.

What's The French Word For "Ooops!"?

Montreal city workers have finished cementing the pillars in front of this building to prevent vehicles from parking in front of it.

Ok, so the big problem now is how to drive their own vehicle back to City Hall. Obviously there must be a trap door in the sidewalk. : )

Thanks to Art Caza for this one : )

Latest Promotions

Isn't it sad when you see the guys getting older? lol.. Congrats to Roger and Joe. Wow, I remember when Joe first got on the job. Hummmm.... I guess we're all getting a little older. : )

This is from the dept. website

Captain Roger Beneteau is promoted to District Chief, Fire & Rescue Firefighter Joe Durocher is promoted to Captain,..

Poor Toronto

Hey, we're all aware that Torontonians are very "special" people according to themselves. The following video depicts just how very special these folks are. After all, I believe Toronto is where the original term "yuppies" was created : ) Maybe we should all travel to TO and invite them for a great big group hug; I think they'd like that a lot.

Bruno Hits The Big Time

He's finally done it! Bruno B has achieved his life long ambition; to become a super model. Now all he needs is a good agent and some plastic surgery. Waytogo, Bruno! Just remember, when inquiring about the plastic surgery always ask for an estimate first. You don't want any "hidden" costs such as extra body parts.
When asked about his desire for plastic surgery he was once overheard saying, "I wish I had a twin, so I could know what I'd look like without plastic surgery." On the subject of aging Bruno stated, "I don't plan to grow old gracefully. I plan to have face-lifts until my ears meet."

Achmed The Dead Terrorist

OK, this is a fairly long video but it is well worth the time to view. In the event that you haven't experienced Achmed's performance you're in for a treat. Thanks to our friend Jean in Israel for this one.

PS. If you're at work watching this make sure your boss isn't watching over your shoulder. In case he is you'll know right away because of the laughing. : )

Robot Wars

Robot Wars was a real "guys" TV show! Thanks to Bill McLeese for this one... pretty funny.

Bob "Food Processor" Rowse Returns

Hey, I thought Bob Rowse retired???? Here he is visiting Headquarters and the guy's still eating!!!! What's with that???

Make Up Your Own Mind

I'm not one for standing on a soap box and stating certain causes.. BUT.. This one kind of makes sense to me.. watch the video and make up your own mind.... after all... we are the only species of the animal kingdom capable of wise decision making. Although this is an American commercial.. it applies to us as Canadians also.
The majority of us have experienced the pitfalls of our "health care" system. All too often we have seen others face the scenario of lost homes or lives made miserable based on the "Oh well, it won't happen to me" syndrome.
Apathy is our national "right" as Canadians; we practice it all too often and at the worst of times we deserve the consequences for our decisions. Maybe it's time to pay attention.

Merry Christmas

We wanted to touch base with our family and friends at this Special Season and decided the best way to reach all of you, because we are so computer dependent, was to set up a blog for you to view. http://jacknjeannie.blogspot.com/ It also comes to mind that we have saved a few trees in the process.

Our very best wishes to all of you!

The Clown Revealed

I really don't think the clown resembles Danny Simonitto, Barry Jones, Studley, or the worst comment that he looks like Pat Cushing! : )

Who's This Clown?

Ok... this is going back in time... who is this guy?

Old Officer's Class

This is interesting. Every one of these guys are now retired. I don't want to say when this picture was taken but check out the "cutting edge" technology.

Wow, a slide projector : ) If you look closer there's even an overhead projector! I bet they even had Underwood typewriters to practice on.

Another thing; BR has dark hair! What's with that??? Hummm..isn't that Bootnose before the operation or was it after? Oh well..hard to tell at times.

Blast From The Past Answers

A couple of you got only two of the guys pictured in the photo. Here's a shot with the names added to the shot. Again, to see the larger image, please click on the photo itself.

Hey... Although this isn't a "business" blog we can still advertise our own stuff : ) In the event that you enjoyed the Retirees' Banquet Video Presentation (posted November 7) you may want to visit our website http://digitaldesigns2dvd.blogspot.com/

Blast From The Past

Ok, here's one from way back in the "Ancient Days" of 1957!!! Some of the older guys may be able to figure out who's on the receiving end of the arrows. Who are they? I'll give you a hint; two of the guys are related. Hope that helps. Respond if you even have a half of a hint. Good luck!

(Click on the photo to enlarge)

Thanks to Jim Berthiaume for the photo... was it taken on a Brownie? : )

Beware of Drunken Brides

Any firefighters responding to sprinkler activation should be aware of any drunken brides running from the scene.
In October 2007, an inebriated bride caused mayhem at a hotel in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, merely by attempting to stow her wedding dress after the ceremony and reception. The tipsy bride returned to her hotel at about 1 a.m. (the manager at the Hilton Garden Inn recalls her needing to be helped upstairs), went to her room, and hung up her dress.


Her error was in choosing the sprinkler head in her room. The act of suspending her finery from that mechanism exerted enough pressure on the tiny glass vial it contained to cause it to break, thereby activating the sprinkler in her room. (The vial is set to shatter when the heat of a fire causes it to expand. It will also shatter when other pressures are exerted upon it, such as heavy objects being hung from its casing.)

Smelly, stagnant water housed in the sprinkler system shot out at high speed and quickly flooded both the bride's 4th room and the one next to it. Following the dictates of gravity, the deluge then soaked rooms on the 3rd and 2nd floors plus flowed down the elevator shaft before reaching the lobby. In all, six of the hotel's rooms were damaged by the flood.

But that wasn't the end of it. The sprinkler's activation caused fire alarms to go off, which in turn led to the middle-of-the-night evacuation of the entire 184-room hotel, where seven weddings had booked rooms for the evening.

The bride and groom responsible fled the scene.

A Different Kind Of Video

Sometimes it's not all about having a laugh at some of our friends. Sometimes it's just to watch something appropriate about Remembrance Day.

Retirees' Banquet Video Presentation

Thanks to all who supplied some of the Retirees' banquet photos for this presentation. Unfortunately I could only use so many or the video would have become a blur. Here are a few photos of the banquet presented in a different manner. We hope you enjoy them : ) In the event that I receive more photos there is a good chance that we'll produce another presentation. An encore if you will : )

Retirement Banquet '07 Photos Requested

Just a few shots of the "networking" that took place at this years Retirees' Banquet.

If you took photos of the evening please forward them to my email.

I will be posting a presentation of the evening on the blog in about a week or so. The more photos that I have to work with the better the video presentation

To watch a sample of the type of presentation here is the site:
http://jackandjeanswedding.blogspot.com/