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 Being Retired now, I thought that it was time for a new name to this Blog |
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Talk about perks, my career had one of the best I can think of! I traveled in the course of business, delivering classes for my employer. I was a Senior Training Specialist for Motorola Solutions, and taught classes on a wide variety of subjects centered around 2-way radio communications. I knew that when the time arrived that I would retire, and I have. I've always said that if you can't stand the heat in the kitchen, get out! I can't handle the heat anymore. I was qualified to deliver approximately 32 different classes, but about half of those were 'Legacy' classes, and were not in demand anymore. My students were technicians, those who maintained, programmed, calibrated, and repaired large 2-way radio systems. Some of these systems are statewide, and use TCP-IP networking to allow sites to communicate with others. Some are small, traditional type radio sites. The size doesn't matter, in each case the systems must be kept operational at all times, since many of them are Public Safety Systems. So I traveled, sometimes frequently, 3-4 weeks in a row.... where have I been? Some of the places I've been (I can't list them all here, the list would be toio long) are pretty interesting. 1. Hawaii - Four times, Oahu, Maui (twice), and the Big Island 2. BangkokThailand, twice 3. Frankfurt Germany, twice 4. Algiers, Algeria 5. Melbourne Australia 6. Bismarck North Dakota, Summer & Winter 7. Los Angeles, Too many times to count 8. Washington DC, Too many times to count 9. Seattle three or four times 10. Texas, all over the state 11. Florida, all over the state 12. New Mexico, HOME! Several times  Best Cultural And Regional Honorable Mention |
Our Dogs Food This might be a short entry, we'll see. Our two dogs (a 16 year old Schipperke, and a 5 year old Akita) eat a natural diet. For example, this morning I served them raw meat and bones consisting of, a Duck Wing, Pheasant Necks, Chicken & and chunks of a fish called Scad. OF course Buddy (our Akita, about 100 lbs) gets larger pieces and more of them, than Suzi (our 16 year old Schipperke, about 13 lbs). It's a little scary, and almost awesome to hear them crunch the bones. Yes, they get the meat, bones and all. Raw bones are fine for them; after all wild dogs don't eat cooked meat! We don't feed them cooked bones though. Those are brittle and can choke them, but raw bones are ductile, and can be chewed easily. I often wonder how strong their jaws (and bite) must be. We spent four hours today cooking a little bit of Chicken & bones, pork bones & meat, and A LOT of coarsely chopped carrots, broccoli, and asparagus in our pressure cooker. Once the pressure cooker shut down, we separated the bones from the veggies nd threw them in the trash. I used a fork to crush the veggies together. After letting everything cool, their dinner was raw ground meat mixed with those veggies and a bit of broth, plus a couple of whole carrots. We do not feed them dry food, dog food (we call it kibble). That stuff has so many ingredients that do nothing for them, much of it not good for them at all. Feeding them dry food like that can cause Torsion (basically their stomach twists around the tubes that enter or exit it, causing trapped gas). This can lead to death or emergency surgery. When we travel, we feed as little of that possible, and only after it has been soaked in warm water for at least a minute). Torsion doesn't always happen, but it can. Buddy's Breeder just had one of her dogs experience it. A feast fit for a King/Queen, and those two ate like pigs. If we stuck to a human diet like that, we'd be a lot healthier. But you know we snack a little a lot. Such is the life of our dogs, the same food every day. |
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