Zephyr

Home tonight after a hectic week. Heading to Northern BC on a call on Sunday so we will see what my one day weekend will look like and what I will get done tomorrow, but it'll probably be pretty chill day First thing I am doing is going shopping for a first bicycle for my oldest grandson. My daughter told me if we find one she would pay for it, and my response was "If I want to buy a new bicycle for my grandson, I will buy one"

I remember standing on a frozen lake in December in Sakatchewan and it was was -13F, and we cut a hole in the ice for a dive. We always take the ice chunks and make an ice thone by the hole, (me one one of the thrones) As it is -13 not counting the windchill I looked at a buddy of mine and said 'If you strip down and sit on the throne bare pole long enough for me to take a picture I will give you a dollar", and he said "I'm in". That was 2009, I still have the pic, he still carries the dollar in his wallet to this day.

Work is done, so sipping an Old Fashioned before making supper

Still working, so water and coffee

But includes baloney and mustard....

I was going to put on Bubbles from the Trailer Park Boys singing "Liquor and Whores" but I like Aire too much to do that to her thread. I love sitting by an isolated mountain lake, knowing you are the only one there, listening to the Loons call in the still morning air. I love being underwater, seeing critters we don't usually see in their natural environment. I love when these two rascals ... .... decide to face time with me in the middle of a crazy day to tell me something completely random that they felt I needed to know right away.

We did... I went to Florida in the very back of one of these bad boys.

My son spent three weeks with 25 NASA astronauts a couple years ago teaching them to use their suits and subs as training for their NEEMO project. After his three weeks I asked him what they were like as people because they all lived, worked and ate together as a group. (Because if it was me, not gonna lie, I'd be as arrogant as hell if I was an astronaut) He said they are as a group some of the most amazing people he had ever met. Smart, caring, kind, team oriented, and welcoming. He said they were like a group of super-humans. They were telling him some of the selection process is just a massive personality test to see how they interact with others. He really enjoyed his time with them. He laughed when one of the astronauts said "You have a really cool job", and Jared said 'You've been to the ISS and you think my job is cool?" Three weeks after his time with them he got a call from the NASA recruiter talking to him about the application process and what he would need to do to apply because they all thought he would be a good fit for the program, personality and brain-power wise(takes after his mom, not me)

It is a nickname of sorts, but really the only people who use it are newf's poking fun at themselves. It is not insulting like 'Eskimo' or 'Redskins' but is a name of familiarity like you would have in a family. My daughter is 'Doodle', but only to us. I would guess every province in our country there is someone with the personalized plate "Newf" and/or "Newfie" Sort of like only people living there call the Island of Newfoundland "The Rock"

I am from the Maritimes, sort of neighbors to Newfoundland. I did live there for 9 years and all three of my kids were born there

Me too.

First rain in two weeks. I finally rode my rain bike today. Supposed to rain the next few days

Do research on #2. I am a firm believer if something is too good to be true, it probably is. BUT if you got a good read on them, and you trust what you saw, do #2 but keep looking

I got no dog in this fight. TBH I couldn't care less.