Just another day at work

This was a beautiful flying day. Picked up this patient in Ontario, Wayne County, New York State, right on the coast of Lake Ontario.

Just another day at work...

Pet Hates! Or isn't it stupid?

Here we are - my pet hates. Have you noticed how supermarkets present you with fruit, vegetables and cakes just as you enter the place. Of course you put those in your shopping cart then load the cans of drink and other heavy items right on top and squash your squash! How stupid is that? Wouldn't it be better to have the delicate items last? Must be some marketing idea!

I hate the gap between car seats and the center console! One of these days I'm going to take my car into the garage to have the driver and passenger seats removed to recover about $100 worth of coins, assorted pens, cigarette lighters and gas station receipts. - Oh yes, and about a ton of candy (sweets in UK English!)

Let me know some of your pet hates.

Ever get that feeling? Lost - forgotten?

Did you ever see a waitress at a restaurant come out of the kitchen carrying a plate of food then stop with that look on her face? You know the one, "I can't remember who ordered this meal." So she's standing there with a look of confused embarrassment on her face looking all around the room for the intended eater!

How that makes me want to rush up and hug her! How that invokes such a feeling of compassion in me! After all, nobody likes to see anyone else embarrassed, and such a simple act of forgetting who ordered some food is cause for embarrassment.

Isn't life like this in a bigger way? Aren't we often looking for something, someone, but don't quite know what or who? It is as if we are expecting a result, that instant recognition of who ordered the meal, or of finding something worthwhile we know we've been seeking all our lives.

I like to believe that revelation is not the blinding light on the road to Damascus because we're surprised but because we realise something we've known all our lives and yet have never acknowledged.

It's like my faith. I believe I've had it all my life to one degree or another. And yet I am constantly reminded of it by such little events such as the confused waitress that the blinding light of accepting something I've always known is such a great yet simple joy.

I hope you find joy in humour, in events, in people, in pets, in a life saved.

So now we sleep in a telephone box.

Cool door art, yes?

Speaking of other things, we are totally fed up with the weather. We are ready for spring!

I mean look at this weather:
KDSV 5:44 AM IFR. Visability 2 1/2 sm.
Weather Light Snow, Mist
Cloud Broken 2900', Broken 3600', Overcast 6000'
Wind Calm.
Temp 33.8°F. Dew Point 28.4°F
Pressure 29.63"
Humidity 80%
Density Altitude -460'
Trace of precip since last report

Wet snow!

Cheers

Conklin Gully Rescue

Chap fell 100 feet into Conklin Gully, Naples, NY, while ice climbing with a friend.
The firemen had to do a rope rescue and hauled him up the cliff on a Stoke's litter.

He was flown to Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY by Mercy Flight Central, with your's truly at the controls.

It was very cold up in those hills.!