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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 too 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 |
Do You Need Help? This entry is not meant to upset anyone at all. It's just my mentality at play here, it's how I think. If I'm trying to get something done and I'm struggling with the task at hand, and someone asks me, "Do You Need Help?" My answer is almost always "No! I'm fine." Now why do I say that when anyone with a brain can see I'm struggling to get it done? Well, here are my thoughts on it. If the person asking if I need help really wanted to help, that question would never be asked in the first place. Instead, they would just pitch in and help in whatever way they could to help complete the task. Now I have to clarify this a little bit and say that this is how my warped mind works. It's how I look at things. I can't say it applies to everyone else who struggles to complete a task, it applies to yours truly only. Now you might ask, "What caused you to write this Jim?" Well, I had brought up Chicken Necks from the Chest Freezer in the basement early this morning. It's one of the items we feed our dogs in the morning. Yes, you read that right, Raw Chicken Necks. They were in a 5 lb zip lock bag and needed to be thawed because we break them down into smaller Quart size bags, about 10 to a bag, enough for 3-4 days. I had done that, then realized we needed to get laundry done, so I grabbed the laundry basket and headed downstairs with it. Along the way, I added the bags of Chicken Necks to it so they could be put back in the Chest Freezer. A load of wash has been started, so all's well here. But this caused me to think about being asked if I need help. Again, this is how my warped mind looks at things like this. Nothing more. |
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