Some say the world will end with fire.

Others say with ice.

From what I've tasted of desire

I hold with those that favor fire.

But if I had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate,

To say that for destruction ice,

Is also great and would suffice.

Robert Frost



"YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID" - Ron White



"Good things come to those who wait, but, only the things LEFT by those who hustle." - Unknown (at least by me)



"Life is wonderful, without it you are dead." - Hy "Pete" Peterson - Park City and Kenecott Miner



"Don't worry about those people in your past---there is a reason they are not in your present." - Unknown



"Life's tough - it's even tougher if you're stupid." - John Wayne



"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary!" - Vince Lombardi



"If you aren’t living on the edge, you’re probably taking up too much space.” ~ Attributed to Jim Whittaker by Doug ‘Swani’ Swantner, Alaska Smokejumper and Air Attack Base Manager (Ret.)

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I am married and have seven children and twenty grandchildren. I retired January 1, 2010 after working 39+ years for the Forest Service...NEW CHAPTER IN MY LIFE HAS BEGUN!

Sunday, October 7, 2007

PICTURE ON BLOG SITE

Well I did get the picture on the blog site---even though you can't tell what it is. This is one of my favorite pictures of an aircraft dropping retardant on a fire. It was taken by my favorite ever Operations Chief's on a fire in Nevada---we lucked out and shut that fire down---without losing any houses---always makes you feel good when you can pull that off.

I got to thinking the other day and I have been fighting fire seriously on a team since 1985---that has taken me to 18 states where we have been very successful in our duties---I love the team thing and have had a ball doing it.

6 comments:

Delirious said...

yay! Welcome to the blogging world! When you write a post, look at the top of the box where you write. There is a little icon of a picture. You use that to insert the pics directly in to your post. Just thought I'd mention in case you didn't know. And someday I hope your wife learns to scan pictures so she can post cartoons too. :)

Delirious said...

Oh, and that is a pretty cool pic.

PsychDoctor said...

You finally succumbed to the pressure...welcome to blogging... :) Dr.Psycho

Dee Ice Hole said...

We have a scanner and don't know how to use it--maybe someday we'll sit down and figure it out---took us a long time to get a computer and yes for me a long time to succumb to blogging

Lightning Strikes said...

Wow! I just have to say that I find it amazing that you have been fighting fires for as long as you have! You've been on a fire team ever since I was a baby! As many years as I am old! :) That's pretty cool!

PsychDoctor said...

Ummm...it would be a cooler picture if it was dropping retards on the fire... :)