Thank you Matt.

Sir Paramedicpete, that is a first. Kind of like the sound of that bestowed title. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

But plain old Pete (my mother still has a cow <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> every time she hears Pete, not Peter) is fine.

Whenever I am referred to as Mr., I always think of my Dad <img src="/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />, not myself. I think like many we know we are getting older in body <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> but are still young in mind and spirit and do not think of ourselves as a Mr <img src="/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />.

My oldest daughter recently became engaged, her fianc?e wrestled with how to refer to me <img src="/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />, just as I did with my In-laws. I told him to call me by my first name, as that is how I think of myself.

I usually tell my wife?s Scouts to refer to me as Mr. G or Mr. Pete <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />, keeping it simple yet maintaining some degree of respect towards adults.


What?s in a name/title?

The first time I went to, Ecuador they introduced me as a Doctor of Paramedic Medicine <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />. It seems the title stuck down there, as most times I am introduced as Doctor despite my attempts to correct <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />. The doctors I travel with keep telling me not to worry regarding any false impressions, as I am performing the same work as they. My partners still kid me to this day <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />.

Pete