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Btw, the last Swedish beaver was shot in 1871. The ones we have now are Norwegian.
There were still beavers in Norway, but there is a mountain range along the entire Swedish-Norwegian border and the beavers don’t climb mountains. But in the 1920’s conservationists brought some Norwegian beavers to Sweden, and now there are loads of them.
Once when I was riding my bike home from work a damn beaver had felled a big tree across the bike lane, so I had to get onto the highway to get around it. Must have been an amateur beaver, because I assume he wanted the tree to fall into the creek, but instead it fell in the opposite direction and impeded traffic. Norwegians!
And even though American and European beavers look the same, they can’t interbreed.
American beavers have 40 chromosomes while European ones have 48.
When you get a dead person’s heart going again and are loading into the ambo to burn rubber for the hospital, and you look over and see a family member that just arrived on scene and suddenly realize the life you just saved belongs to the grandparent of one of your son’s best friends…..that’s some positive shit.
Somewhere in NW BC trying (yet again) to trade a(nother) Swede…..
Mëds wrote: ↑Sat Feb 07, 2026 4:53 pm
When you get a dead person’s heart going again and are loading into the ambo to burn rubber for the hospital, and you look over and see a family member that just arrived on scene and suddenly realize the life you just saved belongs to the grandparent of one of your son’s best friends…..that’s some positive shit.
The work you do is impressive and so important. My first job after getting my MBA was in hospital administration. We had a very decentralized system and I assisted the head of Anesthesia, a doctor, who was in charge of the operating rooms, recovery, the ICU and the ambulances. My office was at the ICU and I was the only one in the break room not wearing scrubs. My first week they let me tag along with the actual staff, so I spent one day watching surgery, one day in the recovery room, one day at the ICU and one day riding along in an ambulance. That week was so valuable, as it gave me an insight into what actually goes on and I have the utmost respect for the people who have dedicated their lives to that kind of service. You guys make a difference in people's life. Every day. Year in, year out.
I know how stressful it can be. Most people wouldn’t be able to do it. And it’s great that you sometimes get the rewarding feeling of realizing the difference you’ve made.
Hilarious sidenote; I took some mandatory CPR training and the coach then told us ”so from now on, if something happens in your workplace, you take charge, you yell ”I know CPR and then you initiate doing it” to which I responded ”no, I won’t”. ”Yes, you must! why shouldn't you?” ”I’m an economist stationed at an intensive care unit. It would be ridiculous.”
2Fingers wrote: ↑Sat Feb 07, 2026 11:36 pm
Gives you a smile eh Mëds.
Sorta need ones like this every so often to remind a person that the job is not just a revolving door of extras on The Walking Dead and falling down drunks that think they deserve to own my land.
Somewhere in NW BC trying (yet again) to trade a(nother) Swede…..
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