More boarding....

Another fantastic day of snowboarding in the mountains of Colorado!!!  Took off work today so I could take my 16 year old son up boarding at Breckenridge.  It was raining all along the front range as we made our way up the mountain.  The rain turned to snow only about two thousand feet up from the city and the roads became pretty dangerous.  It took us an extra 45 minutes of drive time.....or should I call it "crawl" time.  Saw at least one roll over and lots of off road crashes on the way up.  Thats pretty typical for snowy weather up here.  The mountain was great.........there were places on the back side of the ridges were I was over my knees in powder!!  Met up with my daughters boyfriend and his father for a great time flying down the mountain.  Unfortunately, the season is nearly over.  The highs at the ski resort for tomorrow are predicted to be in the 50s.........at that temp, the snow just doesnt last long!!!  Bummer!!!!


Scott out.


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Visit Phreaks Blog

Visit Phreaks blog site to read about our problem with Harry Carays.  It seems that this is a closed issue now, but its a shame that we have been judged by trial and jury without even making an appearance.  My personal thanks to Phreaks and Doodi and others that are yanking their hair out trying to pull off this event.  It is obvious that they have an uphill battle!!!


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What I do.

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER

http://www.natca.org

(National Air Traffic Controllers Association)

Ive been an Air Traffic Controller for 17 years at the Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center in Longmont, Colorado. My area of specialty is "Ski Country". I work the airspace west of Denver that includes the northwest Denver arrival gate and the west departure gate. I also work the airports associated with the skiing industry.......................Aspen, Vail, Telluride, Montrose, Gunnison, Steamboat, Grand Junction, Hayden, Rifle, etc. It can be very exciting during the winter time!!! If anyone is interested in this career, visit the web site listed above......there are a lot of controllers in the process of retiring and the FAA will be hiring en mass within the next year or so. Unfortunately they wont hire you if you are over the age of 30, so get on board early! Pm me if you have questions that I can answer.

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ps................talked to "Lady is Red" last night and thought I would add a few links for those that are interested.

http://www.faa.gov is the governments site.
http://www.nw.faa.gov/ats/zdvartcc/ is my ARTCcenters site.
http://www.nw.faa.gov/ats/zdvartcc/high_mountain/index.htm is a site devoted to the area of specialty I work.


http://www.stuckmic.com is where I believe the best information for becoming a controller can be found. There are lots of new hire postings as well as controller postings. These are the people that are currently going through the hiring process and they know the ins and outs of becoming a controller. I can only tell you about bennys, pay, hours and such. As usual with government jobs, being a vet helps, so if youve been in the service and are still under 30 years old, then you have a better chance.

The following is a depiction from the ski country website of traffic into and out of 8 ski country airports between 9am and 5pm on January 2, 2005. It was just one of those days that was just too darn busy. I worked that day and was stuck on these sectors all day. It was fun, but tiring. Like playing Halo2 slayer but playing to 1000 with only 2 breaks of 20 minutes during an 8 hour shift.




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Who I am.

Well, lets see.

My age is listed, but I will reiterate. Im a 44 year old, happily married man. I have a lovely wife who has put up with my computers and gaming for almost 22 years. Ive been an Air Traffic Contoller for over 17 years and live in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. I have 3 great kids. My daughter is 17 and graduates this year. I have 2 sons......my oldest is 16 and my youngest is 8. We used to like camping a lot, but the teens rebelled. That will start up again soon (hopefully this summer....we will leave them at home!). I have a project boat that will soon be put into my project barn so that it can be overhauled. I enjoy riding my motorcycle, snowboarding, hanging out, pina coladas (J/K), and tech stuff. I have been a Christian since I was 8 years old and attend Church regularly with my family. I am eligible to retire in 6 years, but will probably stick with the game for another 11 years.........(mandatory retirement at age 56). I Love Halo and Halo2. I am eagerly awaiting Halo3 (or whatever it will be called) and at that point...........or if a "must have" game appears......will purchase a 360 (without the bugs!!!!!). I really, really enjoy the community of the 2old2play site and love gaming with all of you old people!!!!!                                                                     Thats enough.



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I HATE COMPUTERS!!!

No, wait..............................I LOVE COMPUTERS!!!!  (When theyre running right.)  It never fails......I decide to add something....usually software, but sometimes hardware, update a few drivers and whammo!  I start getting errors all over the place.  Right now Im fighting with the recovery console and booting from my xp cd and blah, blah, blah!!!!  Im using my laptop to vent right now and I try to keep it as simple as possible........I dont trust my laptop, so I usually dont keep important files there.......I trust my desktop, so that s where my important files are........and which one continually locks up or refuses to boot?  You got it.......................damn desktop!!!  Luckily I am cool headed and usually calm........otherwise I have recurring visions of my sledge hammer and the desktop having an "encounter".  I really do love computers........but I just hate them too!

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