Getting through another week!!

Maybe I have been in aviation long enough now I have become jaded a bit. I just read a blog about getting laid off from a guy I follow on Twitter who goes by the name @whyisdaddycryin. I told him about my experiences in aviation having been laid off or let go a half-dozen times now in my 19 years in this industry. I feel for the guy. Today’s world has changed dramatically from my parents time. I felt more secure when I had my own company than I do now!!  Now I work for the worlds largest privately owned helicopter company and I do not feel secure at all.

 

I am glad that my time in this field has given me lots of friends and contacts that can use my avionics services.  Thank god for the weekend warriors.

 

The economy will turn around and the people on some sort of layoff status will get back to work, but everyone will be a little more leery of the future as I always am.

The Chrome Dome!!!!

BALD IS BEAUTIFUL DAMMIT!!!

As a man in his 41st year of life I have realized for some time the I am in fact bald. My father was bald and my maternal grandfather was bald. Male pattern baldness it is often called. I call it a done deal. I will be bald too. I remember my father telling me when I was a smart ass teenager with shaggy dark brown hair how “one day all this would be mine!!” “Shut up dad” and “Oh please” were a favorite come back of mine in the 80’s .  “Dad you had scarlet fever at 15 and your hair never grew back right” was the story I repeated the most. It was true he did have scarlet fever and his hair was never as full as mine was at that age. Plus the fact that I washed my hair everyday with better shampoo than he could have ever had in the 50’s. He would only smile tap his head and repeat “one day all yours”.  You know, I still never feared it as some do. I see the hair club for men ads on TV and I laugh. “You know cutting my own hair is fine with me” I say. I don’t need that stupid flowbee contraption. Just a simple 1 guard for the winter and no guard in the summer.

I have found that men want to hold on to there hair like it was an identity to them. I can appreciate that to an extent, but losing you hair is not so bad.

To my dad and grandpa where ever you are I love you both and thanks for the beautiful bald head!!

Besides other than my father and grandfather to admire the shine from the top, there will always be the time I met Telly Savalas!!

Who loves ya baby!!!

Rememberance Day!

My Grandpa was not in WWII as a military person he was a merchant marine on the Pacific Coast. Shuttling oil up the coast to be processed here in Vancouver so our forces could use it in the Pacific Theater. They thought it was a bit touchy around Alaska, but never saw any Japanese subs. I am sure the pucker factor was high at times. He died in 2002 at a great age of 90. For him and all others that served in some fashion in any war I will remember you!!

 

So this blogging thing…

Well as I sit in front of the iMac with this wordpress.com staring at me in the face I am all of a sudden over come with bloggers block. So this is blogging huh? You just type about random stuff that I guess you hopefully (and secretly) have a few of your closest friends (say 100,000) read. Well let give it a shot!!

The topics will be wide and varied, they will include:  life, work at the main job and on my side jobs, family, friends, love, sex, drinking, growing up, growing old and other crap that may or may not fall into a category just mentioned. I may offend you but this is my point of view, I am very liberal although I do see a use for capitol punishment. I may swear from time to to time,  it is called venting and I like it. I am on twitter (same name) which seems to be the fastest growing social medium ever. Please if you want to follow me just be real. I don’t need 100,000 followers trying to sell me something or more porn bots…. that is just stupid.

Hi my name is Tod and I’ve become a blogger…