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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 |
Estate Sale Visit Today it was time for an outing, and for once we left the house before 7:30 am <GASP!> The sale was in Champaign, about an hour drive away. So leaving at 7:10 like we did was actually late in my book. Why? Because Estate Sales are typically crowded, very crowded. As fate would have it though, this Estate Sale, more like a Garage Sale was not crowded. Most of the sale items were in the garage, with a few in a Mud Room off the garage. That's not why I termed it a Garage Sale. I don't know about other areas, but there's a distinct difference between a Garage Sale, and an Estate Sale. This had the feel of a Garage Sale. The woman who lived in the house was a prolific Quilter. Her Quilts were priced according to size, so various prices. None were priced too high, prices went from $20 up to $90! All seemed to be priced appropriately. Fortunately we don't need a Quilt. The Motorhome saga continues also. We haven't found that perfect one yet. Perfect in all we want and need. Not too old, not too new. And perfectly priced. That therein is the biggest issue if you ask me. Finding one in our budget. The newer ones are well over $100K; obviously not in our budget. I'm leery of older ones, or the one I liked, until I saw the mileage on it. This one had the famous Mercedes Benz Diesel Engine, the one that is considered the 500,000 mile engine. But the unit itself has over 230,000 miles on it! The engine might be fine for twice that many miles, but how about everything else? So we wait, and wait. We search, and search. One day, our time will come, we're in no rush. |
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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!