[Boatanchors] Our life choices

[w4awm at aol.com]

I just made sure that there will not be appreciable snow in Burke, VA this winter.  Went out and bought a 30 inch John Deere snow thrower. It wouldn't dare! It will probably become very expensive insurance like the 20KW Cummins generator I got a couple of years ago. We have not had anything more than nuicance power outages since, most times not even long enough for the plant to start up. BTW, I did pick up a couple of new snow shovels for the nuisance flurries.

73 and stay warm,

John,  W4AWM





-----Original Message-----
From: rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net>
To: Boatanchors Mail List <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Mon, Dec 27, 2010 4:37 pm
Subject: [Boatanchors] Our life choices


Heck,
I had a choice of simply taking my next, (read retirement), duty station.
Uncle Sam chose, (I'm trying to remember which of the two it was - 26 
rs back!), either Ft. Sill, OK, or Ft. Bliss, TX.
I had tutored a WO-4 from personnel through a college class, at the 
nstructor's "behest".
The WO-4  looked at my orders and asked if there was a different place 
'd rather go.
So I chose the Washington, D.C. Metro area.  The reason being simple.  I 
KNEW* I could find work with my education and background, in this 
eographic area.
Another factor is simply that the wife, myself, and the kids prefer cool 
nd cold over heat.
I can ALWAYS put another log on the fire, put on a heavy Turkish Robe, 
r bump the thermostat!
When it gets too hot, (What did it get up to in Ca this year for a day 
r so?), you can only take off so much before they arrest you!
I'll shovel the %$&#* SNOW!
Bob N0DGN/4
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