Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Blogtastic!
Couldn't update yesterday because my workday started at 8am and didn't end till 9:30pm...Oh, and I don't have a ing computer, either! The library closed before then, and I was tired. Is this complaining? Well, the not having a computer part is, that's for sure. I'm still waiting for Ty to lend me his PC. He's got a beautiful Mac to play with, but he needs to dump some stuff of the PC hard drive before he lends it to me.
Yesterday I got to drive to Red Deer. That is why I'm not complaining. I drove about 17 cubic meters of CO2 to Red Deer from Redcliff (a couple of clicks outside of the Hat). The truck I drove was a 15 speed as opposed to the 18 speed I've been used to. It was a slight learning curve, but I soon got the hang of it. Plus, it was pretty well highway driving all the way...I use cruise control! But it just blew my mind that I was hauling, and was allowed to do so, a container that in all likely hood of an operator failure could explode. And it was right behind my head. But I just had to remember that this unit was engineered to withstand several different types of external and internal forces and the unlikely possibility of a roll-over and then I relaxed. Then I thought that it was engineered by people with a similar education to mine, and then I started to worry again. Just kidding.
So that was cool! I got one of my mentored drives off, and I think i just have four more to go. I do, however, need to work on my down-shifting again. It HAS been three weeks since I last drove. And I barely had two weeks of driving under my belt.
Today I went to CFB Suffield where the Brits like to play war games. We were basically told that if it looks like a round or piece of artillery, for crying out loud do not touch it! That and there's all sorts of fun little poisonous beasties running around from snakes to spiders to scorpions. I've been told that only one of the five breeds of snakes is poisonous, however. So, if it isn't rattling it'll just bite you for fun.
Well, I'm off to the gym to make muscles in the mirror and grunt loudly. Then I think I'll work out or something. I hope everyone is doing well and can't wait to see you all. Ciao!
Yesterday I got to drive to Red Deer. That is why I'm not complaining. I drove about 17 cubic meters of CO2 to Red Deer from Redcliff (a couple of clicks outside of the Hat). The truck I drove was a 15 speed as opposed to the 18 speed I've been used to. It was a slight learning curve, but I soon got the hang of it. Plus, it was pretty well highway driving all the way...I use cruise control! But it just blew my mind that I was hauling, and was allowed to do so, a container that in all likely hood of an operator failure could explode. And it was right behind my head. But I just had to remember that this unit was engineered to withstand several different types of external and internal forces and the unlikely possibility of a roll-over and then I relaxed. Then I thought that it was engineered by people with a similar education to mine, and then I started to worry again. Just kidding.
So that was cool! I got one of my mentored drives off, and I think i just have four more to go. I do, however, need to work on my down-shifting again. It HAS been three weeks since I last drove. And I barely had two weeks of driving under my belt.
Today I went to CFB Suffield where the Brits like to play war games. We were basically told that if it looks like a round or piece of artillery, for crying out loud do not touch it! That and there's all sorts of fun little poisonous beasties running around from snakes to spiders to scorpions. I've been told that only one of the five breeds of snakes is poisonous, however. So, if it isn't rattling it'll just bite you for fun.
Well, I'm off to the gym to make muscles in the mirror and grunt loudly. Then I think I'll work out or something. I hope everyone is doing well and can't wait to see you all. Ciao!
