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I got out for a couple mile evening paddle after a busy day. Met a new friend, a young beaver. After watching for several minutes, I was silently drifting along waiting for him to re-surface. He came up two feet from my boat. He seemed surprised to see me. Big splash of water, soaked me, and gone.

Since I got back from vacation, my daily routine has been up at 07:00, feed the cats and ravens, a one mile trail hike before coffee on the deck, then a couple mile paddle on a nearby power dam pond. I go without pause for a mile, then a leisurely cruise back. Lots of wildlife, and. Peace and quiet.

Yeah, it gets better it seems, but never totally goes away. I concentrate on healthy living and exercise these days. Only drink on vacations, and then sparingly. I only admit to having a broken brain to trusted friends and family. PTSD seems to be very trendy these days, and while I don’t challenge anyone’s claims, I do…

On a happier note, just after the flash floods, we had two weeks vacation on the coast, a place call ed Green Bay. I had just finished my latest boat, and had it on the water almost every day. There have been two tagged great whites in the area, the guy at the next cottage saw a 10 footer just off the rocks out front. I…

Hi Mac Yeah, the tail end of that hurricane hit us hard. Sudden flash flooding, the worst I’ve ever seen here. Here and gone in the space of a few hours. I spent the best part of the night in a fire truck, working to save or find a missing 13 year old boy swept away in the waters. It didn’t end well. I had a few young crew…

Finished my sixth career path last night with a 16 hour fire watch for the RCMP. I’ll still do the odd guard or fire watch shift if needed, but no longer chained to my phone 24/7 to make sure a guard is in the chair at my detachment. Time to try this retirement thing.

Looking good Wayne!

Nice job with the diver Mtaratoot. Despite lead dives in Jamaica old rescue diver habits are ingrained. The dive leaders have gotten used to and depend on me for another set of eyes.

While leaving the gravel parking lot at a farm market a few days ago I managed to drop my steel horse on myself. The back wheel slid on some rocks I guess. Fortunately it landed on me and didn’t damage the bike. I was a bit bruised and beat up, but combat effective. Apparently dropping 550 pounds of bike on a 68 year old…

They sure do. Same 30 or so in rotation. I don’t think they have a schedule, but some birth dates I have memorized for paperwork. I’m retiring as the coordinator for this detachment in a couple weeks. I’ve been chained to my phone for three years now, and it’s time to work a bit harder at being retired. I’ll still cover…

No, minor breach and intox. Usual client.

I work as a detention guard at a RCMP detachment. This absolute sweetheart of a dog spent the night on a blanket by my desk. Owner was in a spot of bother.

165 pounds of lean, mean, firefighting machine. Down 20 since March. Down 75 from my heaviest when I worked in IT, 240 pounds of Jabba looking MF. This is what I weighed in my early 20’s.

For months I’ve been trying to figure out where a rattling noise was coming from on my steel horse. It only seemed to happen when moving and would come and go. I went all over the bike repeadedly, trying to find something loose, not working etc. It didn’t affect performance, but I was not comfortable going long distances…

Some skinny old dude I saw at the firehall gym.

Worked on the new boat, had a steel horse ride to work for an hour, hanging out on the patio with the little lions in their new catio, and today I serviced and tuned up the one geezer powered steel horse. I’m five pounds away from my 20 YO weight, and fittest I’ve been in 40 years. So far, 68 ain’t bad.

The clients are happy with the results

I may have mentioned it before, but much of my shop is vintage tools from the 1950’s. Great stuff. Cast iron tables etc. Quality not seen in today’s equipment.

When not working, I’m close to finishing my current kayak build, plus constructing an outdoor play structure for our indoor cats who love to be outside. There’s a rat hanging out on the drainage between properties, so if you look closely on the tool belt that skinny guy is wearing, you may see a ‘rat limiting tool’. (CO2…

@mtaratoot cool job, and very comprehensive first aid kit. I’d never heard of the Israeli bandage, but am ordering one for my emergency kit.

In other news, local senior citizen continues to refuse to act his age. First ride of the year.

Got six miles in without getting rained on.

Blood donation today. No workout.

https://www.facebook.com/100006429454642/posts/pfbid02FGVbkVkL5AmFQ6WG7hzaEDHTfhD2ru4XxJyATG93ejys5FbqRUzKna4846JP4aAgl/ Despite my recent decision to step back from active fire fighting, sometimes the need is there. We were short on crew on this weekday big fire. I ended up in an airpack operating a 2 1/2 attack line for…

Welcome new and returning folks.Good luck with your journey. “The less gravity we consume, the longer we live.” ~ Einstein maybe (or I just made that up)

Another 12 hour guard shift overnight. Fourth night in a row. Follow me for retirement tips! Back to the gym tomorrow. My weight is holding steady, ten pounds from my target, but I’m not getting the exercise I want to accomplish.

I’ve been working long night shifts the past couple days, and due to circumstances, it looks like I’m the only guard I’ve got tonight. Not getting my workouts in. Maybe lawfulness might break out. But it is Saturday night, so it’s unlikely.