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!

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

READY, SET, WHOA

I have been waiting for the last couple of weeks for the contract to mulch the fire rehab areas to be re-awarded. I got a call from the owner of the helicopter company yesterday and he said the contracting officer had contacted him and told him everything was in order and they would get the contract. He also told him that they couldn't make the final award until the NEW finance system the FS went to in October had some problems fixed.

This is disgusting to me. How on earth can you change finance systems and have glitches in them. I would think there would have been a Beta test first that tried to iron out all the glitches before it was implemented. This isn't the first time a new system has been implemented that had lots of problems identified as soon as it was put in play. JUST ONE MORE REASON THAT I AM STILL HAPPILY RETIRED!

I will happily wait until I can go to work on this contract because it is a really good part time job and I truly love doing this kind of work. This is a picture of two helicopters delivering straw to the areas. This go round we will have either four Hueys or two Hueys and one K-Max---will be good to get started.

This picture shows the straw hanging below the helicopter in the delivery net. This is an awesome process to watch.

IT'S TOUGH JUST WAITING TO GET STARTED---HAPPY WE ARE GOING TO GET STARTED!
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6 comments:

Lindsay Logic said...

And you call it "work"? ;)

November 27, 2012 at 11:44 AM
Dee Ice Hole said...

NOT ME!!! If you do what you love you will NEVER work a day in your life.

November 28, 2012 at 6:02 AM
Dee Ice Hole said...

WHOOPS---I did call it work.

November 28, 2012 at 6:03 AM
Looney said...

They should give you a helicopter ride to help place things properly.

November 28, 2012 at 9:28 PM
Dee Ice Hole said...

Looney that is all done through a GPS now. I will fly in a fixed wing to check out their progress and application. Plus we will do some on the ground checking to make sure the coverage is good.

November 29, 2012 at 5:54 AM
Dee Ice Hole said...

Looney that is all done through a GPS now. I will fly in a fixed wing to check out their progress and application. Plus we will do some on the ground checking to make sure the coverage is good.

November 29, 2012 at 5:54 AM

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