Walkabout Thoughts #97a

Nope, didn't walk yesterday. As I'd said, I tried strength training for a day. Today, fireworks haze in the region, woke to air quality of unhealthy, just over 100. Sinus headache, kind of unpleasant, going to avoid working out/walking today.

In the meantime... 

I hadn't thought about sharing this until just now but I have a Flickr account for some time now. I have some very cool photos along with a bunch of photos from my writings and films. Shots of odds and ends, planes, and birds like the eagles in my backyard. Shots taken with my Canon EOS Canon 80D DSLR which I've also used for filmmaking.

I live on a peninsula here in Bremerton and although I'm minutes from downtown, it's in many ways like living in the countryside, in a neighborhood. Or photos of the Warren Avenue Bridge at night out my picture window at my former abode a mile from here. Or a very cool shot of a seagull or seagulls, frozen in the sky. 

Anyway, some are pretty awesome, even if I say so myself.

I will add this in from something someone posted on FB today and sparked a memory.

Synchronicity? I just saw this meme (above)...and remembered a tale from tech school:

When I was in at Chanute AFB, USAF Tech school for parachute rigger, I walked into class one day. Everyone was seated at one of our many long packing tables. 

I set down my paperback of Alice in Wonderland. My class of about 9 guys and 2 women looked at the book, then at me and some of the guys started razzing me about reading a "children's book". 

I started to react against their contentions when suddenly our instructor, a Sgt standing on the other side of the table from the seated class, pretty much tore them apart and gave a brief rundown of the book that stunned everyone, including myself. I just hadn't expected that from him. He didn't seem the type to be that knowledgeable on subjects like that book, but then, HE was training US. 

I sat down and from then on received a bit more gravitas from my class.

I know, ironic that they expected less of me, and I was expecting less of our Sgt./trainer. And yes, I definitely gave him more respect after that. Below the table we were seated at with different Sgt/Trainer in light blue shirt.

On that note, I’ll bid you adieu...and leave you with that.
It’s nowhere near noon time and lunch.

Cheers! Sláinte!