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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 |
Overdoing It, Only On Sunday I mentioned in the Newsfeed yesterday that I thought I'd overdone things Sunday. "Note: I'm pretty sure I overdid things yesterday. ..." It wasn't that I did a lot, I didn't think it was much at all. After all, what's washing a load of dishes, and bringing more dogfood up from the basement? Apparently that was too much. It did take me three shifts to complete the dishes, my back kept yelling at me. So I'd sit a few minutes, then get back to work. I typically avoid pain meds (Tylenol, or Tylenol-3, Ibuprofen, etc), I just don't think to take them. I took them yesterday, and today before we went shopping. Only Tylenol, not T-3 though. Maybe that's why I don't ache right now. As I said in the Newsfeed, I woke yesterday with a new pain, one centered in my left buttock. It was a new type of pain, hard to describe. I finally got rid of it today. We went shopping at Wal-Mart (Wally World), we both rode those electric carts. I knew I wouldn't be able to walk that much, she needs one because she too has a bad back. Aren't we a pair? Somewhere during the day, that pain disappeared. YAY! Now we'll see if it returns when the Tylenol wears off. Other than that, a pretty normal day here. Nothing interesting to write about, though that Comet Atlas/3i still has me curious. Jim |
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