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OT - The wonder of the snow!

Trying to keep the birds happy
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64Zcode said:
Well, the money wasn't extravagant, about the same as I was making at the time, but all expenses were covered and there was really nowhere on ice to spend it. Some folks managed to draw down their earnings by consuming large amounts of alcohol, but I saved most of it.

For the bulk of my time there I worked with rock-solid folks that knew their jobs and were willing to work, made some great friends that I stay in touch with. I honestly enjoyed pretty much every bit of it.

I also made some important connections there that lead to other overseas contracts, some of which paid substantially more.
Those were in a much hotter and dustier environment, I didn't enjoy those as much.
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I'd much more enjoy hot and dry.

To each his own I guess.
 
CL82 said:
Well, now I guess I can't complain about the snow being 6 inches higher than my snowblower. Thanks for taking that away from me! Jerk! 😉

Very cool story. Thank you for sharing it!
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Wasn't my intention to disrespect your struggle, sorry!
However, just to firm up my status as jerk, I'll see your snowblower tale and raise ya to a whole 'nother level.

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Ozimoto said:
I know a couple of people who worked the EMS/Firefighter contract gig in Antarctica. They said they enjoyed it, but they didn't seem all that anxious to renew their contracts.
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My guess is that most of those folks are pretty bored there. When I was doing those contracts most of the firefighters were doing a bucket-list type of thing while they waited to get hired full time for a large city.
Just my take on it, could be wrong.

The grizzled old fella that ran the maintenance shop said that the most important firefighting tool on station was the D9 CAT to push whatever might be burning away from catching anything else on fire.
 
Here in Sacramento, in the Central Valley, we've had a lot of rain lately and it's been cold, seriously eating into my tennis time. The storms come in from over the Pacific and crash up against the Sierras, which start about 30 miles to our East. As they climb, they've dumped most of the rest of their moisture as snow above the 1,000 foot level. Interstate 80 has been closed a few times, there's been 15 feet of snow at Tahoe Donner and 6 feet at Lake Tahoe (about 100 miles from here). The hydrologists are happier than they've been the past few years, but there's been avalanches and people have died in them.
 
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64Zcode said:
My guess is that most of those folks are pretty bored there. When I was doing those contracts most of the firefighters were doing a bucket-list type of thing while they waited to get hired full time for a large city.
Just my take on it, could be wrong.

The grizzled old fella that ran the maintenance shop said that the most important firefighting tool on station was the D9 CAT to push whatever might be burning away from catching anything else on fire.
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I think their biggest excitement was doing standbys when the C-130s flew in with supplies and out with personnel swaps from what they told me.
 
Ozimoto said:
I think their biggest excitement was doing standbys when the C-130s flew in with supplies and out with personnel swaps from what they told me.
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That sounds about right. Thankfully there were no fires during my contract periods.
Has to be incredibly frustrating/boring to never get to apply your chosen trade.
 
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OldSchooler said:
The U.S. military awards a medal for Antarctic Service, which is defined as 15 days of duty on the continent, 15 flight missions in, or 30 days below the 60th parallel. A special clasp is added to the medal (or a disc device to the ribbon) for "wintering over." Brrrr!
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That is correct, and it is awarded to civilians as well (at least it used to be).
 
Most winters we get about 100” snowfall here in northern Wisconsin. We’re down about a foot so far this season. We live at the dead end of a private road so it’s safe to walk our dog off leash. He sees deer about half our walks so he doesn’t go crazy chasing after them.
 

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cabbie191 said:
Most winters we get about 100” snowfall here in northern Wisconsin. We’re down about a foot so far this season. We live at the dead end of a private road so it’s safe to walk our dog off leash. He sees deer about half our walks so he doesn’t go crazy chasing after them.
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Cabbie-I might be near you this week after finishing the American Birkie 50k ski marathon Saturday. Of course I'm stranded here in Hayward WI as all flights back to CT have been cancelled. Gotta say my wife is NOT happy to be shoveling 22 inches of snow off our Groton driveway solo:)!
 
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At this point of a very snowy winter there’s no wonder left. I know all I need to know. It was definitely nice to have some traditional snowfalls especially as my oldest is at an age she can run around the neighborhood with some friends though. But I’m over it now
 
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HuskyPhan said:
Cabbie-I might be near you this week after finishing the American Birkie 50k ski marathon Saturday. Of course I'm stranded here in Hayward WI as all flights back to CT have been cancelled. Gotta say my wife is NOT happy to be shoveling 22 inches of snow off our Groton driveway solo:)!
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We live a little more than an hour to the southeast. Would have lived to see if we could get together but we’re on our way to MSP for a flight out west. Safe travels home!
 
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