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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 |
| Reading, Reading, Reading This will be a short entry today. It's the size of entry I'd love to stick to. It is so good to read an actual book again! As I might have mentioned in the Newsfeed, I've started reading The Mote In God's Eye, Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle.. I thought I remembered reading, but a couple of things tell me my mind is remembering wrong. First, it was published in 1974, the year I reported to my first Submarine. Being new onboard, about the only reading I had time for would have been reading what was necessary to qualify (earn my dolphins or on Watchstations). Second, I've read a few chapters, and nothing, absolutely nothing is familiar so far. If that changes, I'll be sure to let you know. I'm pretty excited about reading The Mote In God's Eye because almost all of my reading today is done online. My intention is to read more, I have quite a few books here to read, I know I want to read The Complete Works Of O' Henry, and my older copy of The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer. Also, after seeing in the Newsfeed that Lilli - Coffee Elf ☕ 🎄  had awarded "No More Ghosts"  an awardicon, I knew I had to read it too. It's S🤦♂️  's Anniversary month, if you feel you should read it, send him an Anniversary Review! I don't think the "Anniversary Reviews" is counting those reviews yet, but man it's always nice to receive one! I was so impressed with the story that I too sent it an Awardicon. I don't send Awardicons very often, but this story really deserved one. |
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