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Back on the farm in Summer

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I trailered a towable man lift (bucket lift) from Georgia to New York. The thing that made it eventful is that I had to drive my truck. My 2017 Chevy 3500 HD service truck (with only 31k miles) is not my Tesla. I have grown very accustomed to the Tesla self-driving, navigation and general hi-tech luxury. The truck, although I am very fond of my truck, is stressful and expensive to drive compared to the Tesla. Being on the farm alone has been an eye opener. I had forgotten how quiet and in-nature this place is. Very occasionaly a car or plane comes by and disrupts the void, but only occasionally. It has been very reflective. It is the first time I have been up here from Georgia without a specific date I must be back for... or so it seems. "All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone."-- Blaise Pasacal mid 1600s. I guess I am working on humanity's problems. It can take a lot out of you. I feel good about some of the pics I ha...
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I am in Atlanta. That I am sure of. I read "Adaptive Leadership" (I read one to two business books a year) on the flight. I also got my car back from the paint shop. It looks good. Next I am getting some treatment for the wheels and the windows tinted. On the flight from Munich to Atlanta today (10 daylight hours) we flew North of Iceland (way North of Great Circle considerations) and across the middle of Greenland because of favorable winds. Amazing. I remembered a story. At a previous employer, I got a phone call from the legal administrative assistant. She said "Your *Technical Journal* arrived in the mail down here by mistake. "I said, "OK." She said, "My boss said he is going to keep it, he wants to bone-up on this stuff." I said, "OK." In my retrospection, It really wasn't OK hijacking my mail. It is kind of a basic thing. I have to check what time my flight is out of ATL tomorrow. I really do enjoy working for a global ...
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I don't know how it happened, but I have a few minutes to blog. I am in Bavaria Germany. The weather has been a bit rainy so I cannot appreciate the view of the alps. The food has been outstanding. I started thinking about the different places I have been staying each night. In another week I will not have spent more than two days in the same bed for weeks. Most places it it is one night. It is nomadic. It does get to you when you walk out in a hallway and just plain do not remember which way you are going and to go where? I am having a good time. I head back to Atlanta for one day and then up to Hampton, VA. for a meeting for a few days. This is what a wind turbine looks like at 200kph (125 MPH) on the autobahn. No, I wasn't driving.
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I'm in Berkshire for a couple of days. Of course I got a cold. At least I was nice enough to do it on a holiday weekend (huh?). In Kansas, in public places, a sign is required (shown below) to indicate that it is NOT ok to bring a concealed weapon inside. Also there is a pic of my office. Some airports have these nice work stations. They really are nice. DJ and I were in Rochester and went to a comedy show that was fun, then to Skaneateles on the way back to Berkshire. My mentor and I took the plane out and washed it. That was fun. I have noticed how much more relaxed I am in the air. The pic shows Greene NY airport on downwind 25 and then on final. See the open hanger. The grass next to the hanger is the runway. Tomorrow I am off to Europe again.
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