1. You know what the cave is...and was.....

2. You can back the ambulance into a hole that most people wouldn't put a compact car in..

3. You move to a new building and the bay is much much bigger than the old one, and someone actually runs the ambulance into a pole....

4.  Saturday night bingo, not much more to say here

5. You read and understand Sharon's 7 little rules

6. 30-40 minute rides to the hospital give you a chance to talk to your pt. - do care- talk more- ect

7. Those long rides are easy 30-40 minutes in the back of the ambulance...piece of cake

8. You know how to drive in snow with out chains or those drop down things (we don't need them)

9. You drive in 3 ft of snow thru town - and half way down the interstate you are no longer driving in snow, the roads are dry.....

10.  The EMT in the back asks what the road looks like, and driver yells back its black with white   lines on it.....

11. You could never learn all the languages we would need to cover I-80. Example - Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, French, Indian, Arabic, Russian one we are not sure of to this day, Korean, you name it we've heard it!

12.  You have EVER had to give a NEW medic directions into to town from I-80. 

13.  You have ever heard a medic say  KATO...where's KATO... :)

14. You know to hold on and why you hold on going out Ridge Road

15.  Its nothing to drive an 1/2 hour to get to the emergency......

16.  Calls to Camps are nothing new

17. Lost hunters are a regular thing

18. You have ever blown a tire on I-80 coming back from a call

19. People actually hit Elk not just deer

20. You ever have to call Centre County Dispatch because all you pick up is static on your NEW pagers...

21.  You ever had to tell Larry to PLEASE SLOW DOWN....while saying your prayers

22.  You raced Larry to the ambulance building so you could drive

23.  You have ever slapped the drivers hands off the siren and radio

24.  You have ever as the ambulance chief been called at midnight to be asked how to switch the radio from PL 1 to PL 2 to speak to another county

25.  You actually can drive thru 4 different counties on one call.....(out Quehanna highway) Centre, Clearfield, Cambria, Elk....

26.  You have ever been told there are members sliding off the roof of the building on backboard during the winter

27. Been on the bowling for prisoners call

28.  Gone down the bumpy section of I-80, apologizing to the pt the whole way...and blaming PENN DOT for not getting out and fixing it yet

29. You know where the bumpy, rough section is before you hit it...

30.  Ever taken 2 people from the same wedding reception, one from a fight and one from chest pains

31.  Ever hit a deer with the ambulance on the Ridge Road going about 60 (so they say) and the only sign of it was hair in the grill (thank god for aero dynamics)

32. Had the Operations Chief hit the back of the ambulance while sliding on ice

33. Ever hit the medic unit

34. You have done CPR in the back of the ambulance for 45 minute trip, plus 20 minutes on scene prior to going en route

35.  You ever had someone call your house prior to calling the ambulance

36.  You have ever had people bring sick people to your house...or just stop at 3 am after being in a fight

37. You've been complaining to someone in the ambulance, about someone, and didn't know that the drivers knee was keying the Radio

38.  Its not a true call unless you stop at Sheetz on the way home

39.  You know at the 1/2 mark on the fuel gauge to Fill'er up

40.  You call garages to get your ambulance fixed at 3am..(THANKS RIGGS)

41. Rees's truck stop will hold your food for you while you are on a call

42. You stop at Rees for coffee for the grown ups..and Milk for other members...

43. Told the medic to just stop at the 4 way stop sign and wait

44.  Had to explain where the blinking light in Moshannon is at to a Medic*-*like its hard

45. You know that starting in January thru May you will not see your Ambulance Chief much due to running the Centre County EMT Class. 

46. You know that January thru May not to bother her with piddly stuff...she just might crack!

47. You fight over how warm the building should be

48. Lights on in the bay...Lights off in the bay.

49. You just want Football Season to be over

50. Ahh hunting season begins.......

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