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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 |
Two Mystery's About Our New Van Solved! This morning I received a call from Aaron who works in the Camping World Springfield Illinois store. He had called the Woodstock location and learned that the extra-long running board had been received at the Woodstock store. Apparently it is now on it's way to Springfield. My bet is it was shipped today though. No matter, at least we know what's going on with that. It's amazing what can happen when one location calls another about a customer who is not entirely happy. After that call, Mason, from the Woodstock store called me. He's the Finance Guy that I signed all the Van paperwork with two weeks ago. The title was not presented for signing because they didn't have it yet. The original owners (Yep, we're the Second Owners of the van) still had it financed through Bank Of America. Camping World paid off the loan and sent that to the Bank for Title release. We were too fast for them though, and bought the van before they received the title. That should have been discussed during our time signing papers. It would have allayed all thoughts/concerns we had about the Title. So now we wait. The Woodstock Store will send the signed title to us via Overnight Express. Yeah, we'll see if it comes overnight. Anyway, once that's received we can go to the DMV. Again, Only Time Will Tell. |
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I'd order it now, but I don't want to chance having it delivered while we're gone, so I'll wait. I did bookmark the page so I can get to it easily. Cross your fingers everyone!
Non-interchangeable parts - now there's a surprise. There are times you can't interchange parts for two editions of the exact same car that vary "only" by model year.