The real Rambo...well sort of!
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MedTech said:
Good Gawd! You're bloody well right!
Sad is an understatement. Wheres the knife?? Ha!
Mini-maglite on dogtag chain, and head band too- SCAREY!!! Rambo quote of the day 'he drew first blood not me'
The new RAMBO movie opened here Australia wide on 21 Feb. 'Live for nothing...or Die for somethng' is the latest 'make my day' line.
True story. Helmets on please!!
In 18 Bty, 10 Fd Regt in Regina, dateline 1978, the had a guy named Smith, a geeky Erchel looking (will always have to pay for sex) wierd phucking individual, who was a humongoid fan of Emergency, you know, that old 70's LAFD paramedic TV show with characters John Gauge and Roy Desoto. Remember Dixie the nurse??? Squad 51, KMG 365! Shit, thats imprinted in my brain after 30yrs.
Well, he changed his name to Roy Desoto, became the laughing stock of the Grn! Disappeared silently in shame, and was filtered into a certain RCHA unit in Shilo.
Now that was a war story that needed to be told, and I feel better now.
Helmets off.
Cheers,
Wes
EDIT: Where is the Rambo scar on his left cheek? Why do I know this? FOXTEL had a Rambofest of all three movies on TV last weekend, and yes I did watch them, back to back! Forgive me. Bored, tropical heat etc. I was temporarily insane, a weak moment. I survived Washington state, Viet Nam and Afghanistan, not one flashback! Truly cheaply entertained for several hours.
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Hey, it was the early 70's and Saskatchewan in the winter. I was too young for a girlfriend, although I tried. I did have to occupy my school evenings, and with only 2 channels, CBKRT Moose Jaw, and CKCK TV Regina to choose from, and a guy could only handle so much Don Messer and Bruno Gurussi!
Its like admitting to the 1960's Mr Dressup, Chez Helen, and watching Rusty the rooster and Gerome the giraffe on a certain Cdn GIANT program (CBC). Hope I am not dating myself.
If you understand that, than you can also relate to watching a young Valerie Bertinelli on One Day at A Time.
She was hot! Ya, and so was her TV mom 'Bonnie', she was always braless - ALWAYS ;D
Its like admitting to the 1960's Mr Dressup, Chez Helen, and watching Rusty the rooster and Gerome the giraffe on a certain Cdn GIANT program (CBC). Hope I am not dating myself.
If you understand that, than you can also relate to watching a young Valerie Bertinelli on One Day at A Time.
She was hot! Ya, and so was her TV mom 'Bonnie', she was always braless - ALWAYS ;D
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Wesley Down Under said:
LOL unfortunately Wes, you are dating yourself. The only reason why I've watched Emergency is because of the big following, it's weird I know... from the BCAS crews
Nothing weirder then Paramedics watching a show about DATED paramedicine and LOVING it ;D
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MedTech said:OMG... Emergency?! You watched that?!
Randy Manooth in the center.(aka Johnny Gage) 09 Feb 2008
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Wesley Down Under said:
I'm just a little off center....(to the right in the pic)
He gave an amazing presentation on the development of Paramedicine in the States.
And I believe he likes Rambo (so as not to completely hijack this thread)
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At first the scariest part of that article was "as he patrols through the town in full military get-up and bandana" but then this seems to be the reporter's comment and not Mr Rambo's (aka Stephen O'Rourke). But then I did some reading up and now I can't help but feel a bit sorry for this admittedly disabled, diabetic man who has spent 20 years trying to emulate his hero.
(data source: page five - http://www.longhurst-group.org.uk/longhurst_homes/downloads/lha_newsletter_mar06.pdf )
If his goal is to help people to live more securely then there is some irony in the fact that he has set a perfect example of what not to do on the internet. Within five minutes I had his cell phone, home phone, address, Date of birth, a copy of his passport, and the name of the housing project he lives in as well as how long he has lived there. So perhaps Mr. Rambo has helped in a way - by teaching others some respect for the internet.
That's my 2 cents.
(data source: page five - http://www.longhurst-group.org.uk/longhurst_homes/downloads/lha_newsletter_mar06.pdf )
If his goal is to help people to live more securely then there is some irony in the fact that he has set a perfect example of what not to do on the internet. Within five minutes I had his cell phone, home phone, address, Date of birth, a copy of his passport, and the name of the housing project he lives in as well as how long he has lived there. So perhaps Mr. Rambo has helped in a way - by teaching others some respect for the internet.
That's my 2 cents.
