Superbly well said.
Best cheers,
Andrew "Macka" MacGowan
New Zealand Landrover Owners Club Moderator
http://quicksitebuilder.cnet.com/nzlromacka/NZLROC/
R.E.M.L.R Member 115
1971 Ex NZ Army Series IIA 88 Softop FV2343 "Skippy
>Ok that's it. I've listened to this crap long enough from Olgive and
Faure.
>I worked for the government, United States Forest Service, as a fire
fighter
>until I was 39. I don't recall feeling particularly fat or underworked
>after pulling 24 or 48 hour shifts digging hand line in steep mountain
>terrain, breathing smoke that seared my lungs. I was burned over once. I
>don't remember feeling coddled when I wondered if that final roiling,
>broiling, coppery colored cloud of dust and smoke was going to be hot
enough
>to kill me. I don't remember feeling particularly lazy when I was running
5
>miles a day so that I could be in good enough shape to last through 45
>minutes of initial attack on fires in the Sonoran Desert in the summer
>before I got sick from the heat. I don't remember looking around and
seeing
>too many slackers on the line.
>
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