Hanging Out With Doha's Bravest

Ya know, it's not like me to do the "visit the local fire department" while
I'm in another city (or country), but I decided to just drop in and say "Hi"
from a brother from America. WOW!! I was overwhelmed with hospitality.
I was there for about 3 hours. I had tea with them. I had lunch with them.
Then more tea. Then Arabian coffee. Then more tea. They were all Arabs.
Some from Pakastan. Some from Egypt and Lebanon. None of them were Qatari.

This is the Lieutenant on this shift. His name is John. Wierd.
He has been on the Doha Civil Defence Dept for 19 years.
If you didn't notice, spelling isn't always the same in other countries.

It was Tea and Cigarette time. (I miss Malcolm). They have a tent set
up outside in the back parking lot and we hung out in it most of the time I
was there. There was a big screen TV in the corner and they showed me
videos of some of their fires and car accidents.

I can't remember the firefighters name. I think it was muhammed.
It is the single most common name on the planet. I think he looks like
Mike Tavolacci.

The Defence Department has 4 crews. They work 8 hour shifts.
They work 3 morning shifts, then 3 afternoon, then 3 night shifts.
Then they take 3 days off. It sounds like they work more than
us. However, we work 72 hours every 9 days and they work
75 hours every 12 days. They also have (drum roll please) 20 men
on each crew. I gave away all of my Nulli Secundis patches.
You should have made me more patches, Gustavo DLX.