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Do that, they should be shunned and demonized and marginalized. >> agreed. most of the firemen are known for their cooking. we cook some outstanding meals. we've learned to shop, we've learned to shop with less to feed more. you don't want to be a belly-robber. you better bring some food back for the boys. >> firefighters in my experience are a lot like the marines i've met over the years. no matter how badly led, ridiculously underequipped, underappreciated, no matter how doomed their mission, they take a bizarre and quite beautiful pride in at least being screwed more than anybody else. and ...

As you can see, the gear is very weathered. >> how old? >> this gear's only a couple years old. >> but it gets beat up quick? >> yeah, yeah. one new coat hanging in there there's a lucky guy that's got a new coat. but that gear's seen a lot of action. >> where's the fire pole, dude? >> they took them. >> oh, man. >> in the late '90s management took the poles out. >> what does every little boy from my age, it was all about sparking the fire dog and the poles. >> i used to love sliding the pole. headquarters was three stories. when you had to slide that thing you had to really hold on because yo...

That gear has seen a lot of action. >> where's the fire pole? >> they took them in the late 90s. >> every little boy my age was all about the pole. >> i used to love sliding the pole. headquarters was three stories. when you were sliding that thing, you had to hold on. you were really going for a ride. >> the old running board we put up here, this is how many companies we used to have. >> what percentage of that is active now? >> less than half and fighting a lot more fires. >> i've got to say the kitchen is looking pretty good. >> that's one of the best in the city. >> tonight's meal is cooke...

At least reasonably well. in that if they're not able to do that, they should be shunned and demonized and marginalized. >> agreed. most of the firemen are known for their cooking. we cook some outstanding meals. we've learned to shop, we've learned to shop with less to feed more. you don't want to be a belly-robber. you better bring some food back for the boys. >> firefighters in my experience are a lot like the marines i've met over the years. no matter how badly led, ridiculously underequipped, underappreciated, no matter how doomed their mission, they take a bizarre and quite beautiful pri...

>> how old? >> this gear's only a couple years old. >> but it gets beat up quick? >> yeah, yeah. one new coat hanging in there there's a lucky guy that's got a new coat. but that gear's seen a lot of action. >> where's the fire pole, dude? >> they took them. >> oh, man. >> in the late '90s management took the poles out. >> what does every little boy from my age, it was all about sparking the fire dog and the poles. >> i used to love sliding the pole. headquarters was three stories. when you had to slide that thing you had to really hold on because you were going for a ride. the old running boa...