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Denver, Week of October 28, 2019

Locale: Denver, Colorado


         This week finds me in Denver, Colorado for a different type of class.  In a way.  This week, my students are not from a local shop, nor are they from a city/county/state.  They are from Motorola shops that support cities and such that don't have their own technicians.


         The subject this week is Networking Essentials.  The course covers basic Networking, how a Layer 2 Switch operates, as well as a Layer 3 Router.  We use older Cisco routers for this class to prevent/reduce overlap between this class, and the second class we have on this subject.  This is the class I struggled with a bit in Phoenix in January.  But, I've studied more, practiced more, and taught it more.  The result?  Far better results of course! 

         I landed here in Denver on Sunday, October 27^th, and there was this white stuff on the ground, and still coming down.      Sadly, I didn't get to make a   for a couple of reasons.  But someone please tell me why Avis would rent me a car that week, and not provide an ice scraper??  I had to use my coat sleeve to get the snow off the windshield on Monday and Tuesday.  By Wednesday it had cleared up, but was cold, so the snow remained on the ground.  But it was a good week that flew, or so it seemed.


Noteworthy Restaurants:


         /pôr/ Wine House          https://www.porwinehouse.com/food  This place is a hole-In-The-Wall type of restaurant.  Looking at it from outside, you'd think it couldn't be good.  And, you couldn't be more wrong.  I couldn't bring myself to try their 'Blistered Shis***o Peppers', and settled for their Bacon Wrapped Dates for my appetizer instead.  I wanted their Spicy Ahi Tuna Nachos, ,but thought they might be a bit much, since I was dining alone.  I'll be back next week, when I'm here the week of 11/4 for another class.  I 'settled' for two of their Fish Tacos, and they were excellent!

In Closing

         I will spend the weekend at home.  Okay, I'll be home only 36 hours before flying right back to Denver for the second of those Networking classes.  Til next time, be good to yourselves and those you love, and WRITE!



Jim Dorrell