Boromir tells it like it is!

This made me laugh pretty hard. Not sure why, though

...for all you Lord of the Rings fans.

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-Gary

You know you've made it when..

...they put your name on the welcome sign when you arrive. Of course, vanity combined with my inherent nature to take a picture of everything demands that I get a picture of these occurances.

Here's the sign at Zetec in Snoqualmie, Washington. (It may be hard to see, so click the picture for a bigger version)














Here's a sign from ISL in Verson, France.













That's Mikey Elsner, my colleague in Germany. It drives him batty that the French has yet to spell his name (Michael) correctly.

Meetings are over. I'm sitting in a hotel in Seattle near the airport today. Got myself a flight tomorrow afternoon. Weather sucks.. Can't wait for the turbulence tomorrow.

Ciao,

-Gary

Snoqualmie Falls

So after the morning meeting with Randy and Teren in our Zetec office, we head to lunch and make a detour just down the street to 'Snoqualmie Falls'.














We find a parking spot and trek across a foot bridge to see where the rumbling is coming from. It was pretty impressive. Now I've never been to any large falls, but after seeing this thing, I can only imagine how impressive Niagara Falls must be.















See this thing peek over while walking to it wasn't too shabby, but the best part was walking over to the observatory and see it dead on with the water hammering down on the surface at the bottom. That's a lot of power. It would be a bad place to swim.

Here's a video. It doesn't do any justice to standing there, but it was cool to see and that was the high point of my day.



-Gary

Pike's Market

So now I'm completely dangerous. I figured out how to convert videos from my camera to a format I can post on YouTube. Look out! Fish comin at ya!



-Gary

I Have No Problems Sleeping in Seattle

David and I get in town about noon (Pacific Time) and head straight for downtown Seattle. ...with the help of the NeverLost system in the rental car, of course. I couldn't for the life of me think of what awesome sight I was going to see in Seattle, but leave it to David to do a little research.

Here's me in front of the first ever Starbucks.














...and you may have seen this place on TV, ...it's Pike's Market Fish Company.















These are the guys who throw fish back and forth to each other. It's pretty amusing to watch. I think they actually have a fun job and probably just a small percentage of people in Seattle who aren't running around depressed all the time. You can tell these fellas enjoy having a good time. We grabbed something to eat at a seafood place in the market and headed to the hotel. Meetings start tomorrow.

Possibly more later. I have Friday night and Saturday morning to myself and I might go up the Space Needle. If I do, I'll post pics.

-Gary

I've Never Felt so Redneck

So I read in a book that you can save about 64%ish on rifle ammunition when you reload it yourself. So I turn around and spend a few hundred dollars on all the equipment and start reloading my own rounds. I figure that I will most likely break even sometime just before I die.














I will admit, however, that it's quite a bit of fun. I like the part where it gets meticulous. Adjusting dies and measuring powder. It's not the fastest process, but when you get started, it definitely puts the stress of a normal work day behind you. I got everything setup this weekend. I started with the de-priming and cleaning yesterday, and after a couple hours of work tonight, I finished my first ever bullet.














It has a 52 grain bullet that will be pushed by 32 grams of powder. It's almost right on the factory recommended 2.350 inches and I pray that when I shoot it, it doesn't blow up in my face disfiguring me for life.

Who's with me?

-Gary