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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>A Day In The Life Of An Ambulance Driver - Latest Comments in Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://ambulancedriverfiles.disqus.com/</link><description></description><atom:link href="https://ambulancedriverfiles.disqus.com/dear_communicom/latest.rss" rel="self"></atom:link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:24:00 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/2008/02/14/dear-communicom/#comment-20516826</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Cable sucks period. We've gone with Directv and DSL....not a problem one, the only time we had a sat issue it was practically a hurricane out and that was just for about 2 minutes. I snarled my last at Time Warner Cable (YOU SUCK TWC!!) a few years ago and haven't looked back since.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">kvegas911</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:24:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/2008/02/14/dear-communicom/#comment-20516810</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Cable sucks period. We've gone with Directv and DSL....not a problem one, the only time we had a sat issue it was practically a hurricane out and that was just for about 2 minutes. I snarled my last at Time Warner Cable (YOU SUCK TWC!!) a few years ago and haven't looked back since.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">kvegas911</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:24:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/2008/02/14/dear-communicom/#comment-20516825</link><description>&lt;p&gt;FTD is HORRIBLE - last year for Mother's Day I ordered a bouquet for her through FTD. They delivered DEAD flowers. It wasn't until filing a complaint with BB that I got my refund.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Anonymous</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:05:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/2008/02/14/dear-communicom/#comment-20516809</link><description>&lt;p&gt;FTD is HORRIBLE - last year for Mother's Day I ordered a bouquet for her through FTD. They delivered DEAD flowers. It wasn't until filing a complaint with BB that I got my refund.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Anonymous</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:05:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/2008/02/14/dear-communicom/#comment-20516824</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Add in another happy &lt;a href="http://Proflowers.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="Proflowers.com"&gt;Proflowers.com&lt;/a&gt; customer - just tried them this V day, and not only did they get there when they promised, I got an EMAIL letting me know that they were delivered! And the Mrs loved them.&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;800Flowers sucks, however.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Ross</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:07:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/2008/02/14/dear-communicom/#comment-20516808</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Add in another happy &lt;a href="http://Proflowers.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="Proflowers.com"&gt;Proflowers.com&lt;/a&gt; customer - just tried them this V day, and not only did they get there when they promised, I got an EMAIL letting me know that they were delivered! And the Mrs loved them.&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;800Flowers sucks, however.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Ross</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:07:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/2008/02/14/dear-communicom/#comment-20516823</link><description>&lt;p&gt;I swear by Proflowers, too. I've used all of them, and they are the only ones whose flowers last more than two days.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Sparrow</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:12:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/2008/02/14/dear-communicom/#comment-20516807</link><description>&lt;p&gt;I swear by Proflowers, too. I've used all of them, and they are the only ones whose flowers last more than two days.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Sparrow</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:12:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/2008/02/14/dear-communicom/#comment-20516822</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Pretty much all the big "deliver flowers" companies just use local florists anyway, and that's where most of the screw-ups occur.&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;You're probably better off just calling a local florist in her county, direct.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Sigivald</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:13:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/2008/02/14/dear-communicom/#comment-20516806</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Pretty much all the big "deliver flowers" companies just use local florists anyway, and that's where most of the screw-ups occur.&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;You're probably better off just calling a local florist in her county, direct.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Sigivald</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:13:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/2008/02/14/dear-communicom/#comment-20516821</link><description>&lt;p&gt;On the comm notes...all I can say is that I feel ya (&lt;a href="http://clarinazi.blogspot.com/2007/&lt;" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://clarinazi.blogspot.com/2007/&lt;"&gt;http://clarinazi.blogspot.c...&lt;/a&gt; /&amp;gt;10/cox-can-nibble-my-taint.html)&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;...and on the flowers-it's the thought that counts. The flowers don't hurt either, but flowers on a not-so-obviously romantic day count even more.  Send them to her on June  3 or March 20 or some random date conceived by your computer just to let her know that you're still the romantic guy she loves on V-day...&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;Just my $0.02 worth&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Clarinazi</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:04:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/2008/02/14/dear-communicom/#comment-20516805</link><description>&lt;p&gt;On the comm notes...all I can say is that I feel ya (&lt;a href="http://clarinazi.blogspot.com/2007/&lt;" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://clarinazi.blogspot.com/2007/&lt;"&gt;http://clarinazi.blogspot.c...&lt;/a&gt; /&amp;gt;10/cox-can-nibble-my-taint.html)&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;...and on the flowers-it's the thought that counts. The flowers don't hurt either, but flowers on a not-so-obviously romantic day count even more.  Send them to her on June  3 or March 20 or some random date conceived by your computer just to let her know that you're still the romantic guy she loves on V-day...&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;Just my $0.02 worth&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Clarinazi</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:04:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/2008/02/14/dear-communicom/#comment-20516820</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Screw proflowers, ftd, &lt;a href="http://flowers.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="flowers.com"&gt;flowers.com&lt;/a&gt;; I've tried them all and had problems.  I screw up a lot and flowers have this amazing effect on the distaff side.  :)&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;The best service and delivery I've ever gotten is from Calyx Flowers (formerly Calyx and Corolla) &lt;a href="http://www.calyxflowers.com/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.calyxflowers.com/Default.aspx"&gt;http://www.calyxflowers.com...&lt;/a&gt;  The one time that the delivery company left a dozen roses sitting in a hot truck on a July day in Phoenix, I called them and they replaced the flowers next day with two dozen.&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;They aren't inexpensive, but the flowers last seemingly forever; definitely longer than what I get at the local florists.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Gene</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:38:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/2008/02/14/dear-communicom/#comment-20516804</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Screw proflowers, ftd, &lt;a href="http://flowers.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="flowers.com"&gt;flowers.com&lt;/a&gt;; I've tried them all and had problems.  I screw up a lot and flowers have this amazing effect on the distaff side.  :)&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;The best service and delivery I've ever gotten is from Calyx Flowers (formerly Calyx and Corolla) &lt;a href="http://www.calyxflowers.com/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.calyxflowers.com/Default.aspx"&gt;http://www.calyxflowers.com...&lt;/a&gt;  The one time that the delivery company left a dozen roses sitting in a hot truck on a July day in Phoenix, I called them and they replaced the flowers next day with two dozen.&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;They aren't inexpensive, but the flowers last seemingly forever; definitely longer than what I get at the local florists.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Gene</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:38:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/2008/02/14/dear-communicom/#comment-20516819</link><description>&lt;p&gt;It's like that in major cities too.  Back home in Dallas, there could be gale-force winds and thunder, but if there's just a drop of rain, the power and cable go out.  You'd think they'd be more keen on that stuff in locations with severe weather.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">philthemedic</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:58:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/2008/02/14/dear-communicom/#comment-20516803</link><description>&lt;p&gt;It's like that in major cities too.  Back home in Dallas, there could be gale-force winds and thunder, but if there's just a drop of rain, the power and cable go out.  You'd think they'd be more keen on that stuff in locations with severe weather.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">philthemedic</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:58:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/2008/02/14/dear-communicom/#comment-20516818</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Another poke for &lt;a href="http://proflowers.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="proflowers.com"&gt;proflowers.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;Good service, reasonable prices, great quality.&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;(no, I'm just a customer)&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;I'd like to add TimeWarner, Dish Networks, and SWBell to your sux list.  Why do cable, satellite, and broadband companies have so many quality of service issues?  For the money they charge, the service is just plain bad.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Chris</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:27:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/2008/02/14/dear-communicom/#comment-20516802</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Another poke for &lt;a href="http://proflowers.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="proflowers.com"&gt;proflowers.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;Good service, reasonable prices, great quality.&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;(no, I'm just a customer)&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;I'd like to add TimeWarner, Dish Networks, and SWBell to your sux list.  Why do cable, satellite, and broadband companies have so many quality of service issues?  For the money they charge, the service is just plain bad.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Chris</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:27:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/2008/02/14/dear-communicom/#comment-20516817</link><description>&lt;p&gt;AD, I'm detecting a little hostility here.  Are you trying to tell us that you're upset?&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;Really, don't sugarcoat it.  Tell us how you REALLY feel;)&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;tweaker&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">SpeakerTweaker</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:59:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/2008/02/14/dear-communicom/#comment-20516801</link><description>&lt;p&gt;AD, I'm detecting a little hostility here.  Are you trying to tell us that you're upset?&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;Really, don't sugarcoat it.  Tell us how you REALLY feel;)&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;tweaker&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">SpeakerTweaker</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:59:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/2008/02/14/dear-communicom/#comment-20516816</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Our cable internet in north Louisiana is gawdawful as well; it went out if it even looked like it was going to rain.  I went with BellSouth DSL about 2 years ago and I don't think that it has ever gone down.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">forlorn boater</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:01:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/2008/02/14/dear-communicom/#comment-20516800</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Our cable internet in north Louisiana is gawdawful as well; it went out if it even looked like it was going to rain.  I went with BellSouth DSL about 2 years ago and I don't think that it has ever gone down.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">forlorn boater</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:01:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/2008/02/14/dear-communicom/#comment-20516815</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Is it just me or is "Communicom" eerily similar to "Communism"...&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Regolith</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:23:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/2008/02/14/dear-communicom/#comment-20516799</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Is it just me or is "Communicom" eerily similar to "Communism"...&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Regolith</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:23:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Dear Communicom,</title><link>http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/2008/02/14/dear-communicom/#comment-20516814</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://proflowers.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="proflowers.com"&gt;proflowers.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt; /&amp;gt;Never had a problem, not expensive, excellent selection, and holy cow they last FOREVER.  Highly recommend you try them.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Brendan</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:24:00 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>