Winter Commuter wheels

For you folks out there in the midwest with a bit of a sprinkle,  here is your get home ride.  Addy is in the link.  Could pay this off by spring with the amount we're supposed to be getting here this season.   Again your Mileage may vary.  Diesel with an auto tranny,  easy peasy.   Just remember to check your air and oil before every ride.  Them power packs are expensive.  ;)   



http://www.fentonfire.com/new_listings/listing.php?lid=5009

Charles Durning

Played Ernie Yost in my favorite episode of NCIS.    God Bless you Mr Durning.   WW2 Vet.  Big Red One.   Carried around a bullet until the end of his days.   May His Angels lift you up on High.  



 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HZEPCM/ref=atv_feed_catalog?tag=weblab-control-20


Pay the two bucks.    You will appreciate it.  

The Straits of Woe

    Area I used to work was a large Plain between a couple of middlin' mountain ranges.  When we got rain in the shape of thunderstorms,  high water was a real possibility.   The run off from the mountains found its way down into the valley pretty quick and the streams hit flood stage with little warning.   Trains ran north south through the valley with both underpasses and bridges.    Not many of the underpasses but They could be tricky with the high water.  Enough so that some had depth marks like the bow of a ship painted on the side of the tunnel. 

   Had this one kid who worked for me,  not a Star Player but he managed to stay off my personal attention list for motivation for the most part.  That changed in a big way when he grabbed one of the brand new cars (Less then 3000 miles) for patrol one day.  Some Patrol supers used to assign cars and zones.  I would assign zones but leave it to the individual to grab a car.  I would normally take what was left.   Used to grab the oldest ride 'cause if I had to wreck somebody, nobody would get snippy then if I took out a brand new ride.   Wicked thunderstorm,  We started getting all sorts of calls and the dispatch is hopping.  Sweeney gets a call out west and decides he is taking the Straits of Woe.  Railroad Underpass, floods EVERY Time.  So what does he do.  Sweeney decides he was gonna run the rapids with the new car.   Turns out it wasn't such a great idea.  When the water started coming over the window sill of the cruiser,  Sweeney bails out and manages to get to high ground.  He then calls it in on his handi talki as the car was submerged  50 feet out from the waters edge.    I wasn't working other wise I'd told him to leave his gun, badge, and creds in the trunk of the car and start walking home as he was on suspension.  Got in the next afternoon and was informed of the previous days events including his.  

 Gotta love cops,  Somebody taped a life jacket to his locker door along with the message  "Who's the U boot Captain?"   the next day.   He got the word from me he was never driving a new ride as long as he was at the "Berg" EVER.   Put his card in for another Troop soon after that.    Can't imagine why.    Oh yeah,   They named the underpass after him.   Can't repeat the name as it would be the giveaway but even the new kids who have never met him refer to the underpass as the "Straits of XXXX".   How's that for being remembered.  ;) 


   Just remember,  If you wouldn't walk through it,  why the hell would you try and drive through it.  

Just sayin'.  

And in Other News

Supposedly the Guy who voices ELMO committed some indiscretions a while ago.   Dunno what the fallout will be.   Probably banned from the Thanksgiving Parade for five years and no Bowl Games.  


http://news.yahoo.com/elmo-puppeteer-accused-underage-relationship-150143910.html


Sorry,  Considering all the BS flowing out of the MSM,  This ranks right up there with...    Nothing.  

Grooming

   I am not a metro sexual.  Lemme get that out of the way.  Military Haircut,  Starched Shirts,  Pressed Dockers, Etc.   My idea of accessories are matching the holster and belt to my shoes.  Simple things.   Used to date a fitness person.  Chick would be the appropriate moniker but don't want to offend, (much).  


Anyway,   I am not svelte,  picture burly or Beorn if that gives you a better frame of reference.   And She was into the whole appearance thing.  Me, not so much.   Gods know she tried.  I was accused of having 5.11 being my Tailor.  Don't see the problem,  the stuff they made fits. Dress Shirts with a Body armor Vest.  Like it was made for me.  Anyhow,   I am that Beetle browed, Knuckle Draggin' guy and have the single eyebrow running across the front ramp.   I guess She figured small steps and asked if I wanted to go do a Spa Treatment.  Sure, Why Not,  "What could be the Harm"?   I thought.  Picture Dark Clouds forming on the horizon,  Lessening of the winds and a kind of unsettled hush.   Should have paid attention to the signs.   Right,  Didn't start off bad, Massage,  Haircut,  things of those ilk.   Now I remember hearing something 'bout trimming the eyebrow.   I don't if for nothing else,  it drives the secretary at work right up the wall.  Not in the amorous way,  the bat shite insane I can't stand it way  ;).    Why is it they import Olga from the Ukraine for these things I don't understand.  Not like those guys do the whole grooming thing.   So Olga takes the warm buttery stuff and smears it on the center line above the nose.  OK,  Shaving cream.  The things we do for love.  Next Olga takes a puts a piece of Tape (?) there.  Still no problem. She then ripped it off.   Stars,  a White hot sheet of WTF, and me looking cross eyed for a sec.  Now I've been tased,  Went through that for training.  As soon as they let off the gas,   I was ready to murder.   Here I am doing the whole breathing exercise and She was looking at me guessing if she should hit the exit.   OK,  I am in it now.  Gotta finish or I'll look like something from a bad movie.  Two more warm buttery treatments and  my eyebrows are not what they used to be.   Turns out she was leading up to get me to get a body wax.   Seems one of the guys from the office does the whole Brazilian body wax.   Short Answer, No.  I will never do that again. 

    Pepper Spray,  Tazer,  Tear Gas.   All in a days work.   Come near me with a Can of Wax,  I'll shoot ya.  

Middle East

    Got some missions going over there.  I'm not on 'em.   Wonder why? 


Maybe 'cause I'd be stackin' up Assholes like cordwood.  Dunno.  :/

To Protect and Defend

"I, (Your Name), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."


   I got to do something the other day that ranks in the top Ten of Coolest Things I have ever Done.   I was asked by my Team Sergeant if I would re-enlist him.  Sure,  No sweat,( even though he got the Germany Option in his contract, Jerk).  "So when do ya wanna do it."     "Friday at the National Archieves."  Sure, Wait,  What?  Where do you want to do this?    "At the National Archives,  In front of the Consitution."  Seriously,  Holy Crap.   Call the Det Sergeant,  We good for this?  Yes Sir,  Already coordinated.      Wear your Dress Blues.  Got that,  Dress Cover, No Beret.  Copy.  So the BC, First Sergeant, Nate (reenlistee), Myself and Chris the Det Sergeant took a drive up to DC.   And Nate Took his Oath in front of the Constitution.   "So Help Me God"     



    That Was Cool.