Everyone I've talked to on various forums, suggests getting heavier springs. Frankly, I'm thinking of getting lighter springs! The springs in this weapon are HEAVY!
I'll post range report as soon as I get it to the range.
Saturday, March 04, 2006
Well, I bought it
Yup, I bought an EAA Witness. Only it's not in 10mm caliber. I couldn't find one of those. It is in the "Wonder finish." And I'm going to order a 10mm conversion kit for it. But overall, I like it in .45ACP. The barrel has a full feed ramp, similar to Para-Ordnance pistols. This makes feeding hollow point ammo easier, and usually without any problems.
Everyone I've talked to on various forums, suggests getting heavier springs. Frankly, I'm thinking of getting lighter springs! The springs in this weapon are HEAVY!
I'll post range report as soon as I get it to the range.
Everyone I've talked to on various forums, suggests getting heavier springs. Frankly, I'm thinking of getting lighter springs! The springs in this weapon are HEAVY!
I'll post range report as soon as I get it to the range.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
10mm or .40 S&W
I'm thinking heavily of getting a 10mm auto-pistol. I'm thinking real heavily of getting an EAA Witness Steel frame Wonder Finish 10mm Auto-Pistol. It looks like this.
I know, it looks a lot like the CZ-75B. Well, gee, so did the Bren Ten. The first 10mm auto-pistol was based heavily on the CZ-75 series. I'm told this is a good pistol, not real expensive, and it works!
Monday, January 02, 2006
Bloomberg is after ALL guns
From the New York Post, we get the following.
Now, Mayor Bloomberg says he's after "illegal guns." If that's the case, then why do his aides say the above was a swipe at the NRA? The NRA doesn't support the proliferation of "illegal guns." The NRA certainly doesn't distort our laws. Not like the Brady bunch tries to distort our Constitution anyway. The NRA seeks laws that punish the lawless. Bloomberg seeks laws that punish the law-abiding gun-owners of NYC, NY state, and if he can do it, the entire nation. Someone, please send this guy a message that what he seeks is NOT what the rest of the nation wants.
Keep his anti-constitutional NYC laws in NYC. If the rest of us wanted them, we'd all live in NYC.
In what aides said was a swipe at the National
Rifle Association, Bloomberg said, "To those who
distort our laws and aid and abet hardened
criminals, know this: We will not rest until we
secure all the tools we need to protect New
Yorkers from the scourge of illegal guns."
Now, Mayor Bloomberg says he's after "illegal guns." If that's the case, then why do his aides say the above was a swipe at the NRA? The NRA doesn't support the proliferation of "illegal guns." The NRA certainly doesn't distort our laws. Not like the Brady bunch tries to distort our Constitution anyway. The NRA seeks laws that punish the lawless. Bloomberg seeks laws that punish the law-abiding gun-owners of NYC, NY state, and if he can do it, the entire nation. Someone, please send this guy a message that what he seeks is NOT what the rest of the nation wants.
Keep his anti-constitutional NYC laws in NYC. If the rest of us wanted them, we'd all live in NYC.
Saturday, December 31, 2005
MTV on guns?
Thursday night, MTV ran a program called "True Life." The episode for Thursday night was called, "I'm a gun owner." They interviewed 4 people. A gang banger who packs a weapon illegally, a hunter, a victim of crime who now has a permit to carry concealed, and a former gang member who's disabled, and no longer packs a gun, and in fact preaches against guns.
What I don't get is how do they pretend to represent "true life" when you use FOUR subjects, two of whom are or were convicted felons to represent gun owners in America?
When someone mentions "gun owners" to me, I think of the typical law-abiding citizen. In my opinion, anyone who uses a firearm for illegal purposes, such as rape, robbery or homicide, is not a "gun owner." They are a criminal!
Now, I do make an exception for those citizens who live in states with draconian gun laws, who feel a need to protect themselves, but otherwise go about legitimate business. If you live in a place like NYC for instance, it's darn near impossible to get a permit for protection. Unless you're like the Mayor's cousin or something.
But if you're like the scumbag gang-banger, in my opinion, you're not a gun-owner. You're a criminal and should be locked up. Preferably in Siberia.
What I don't get is how do they pretend to represent "true life" when you use FOUR subjects, two of whom are or were convicted felons to represent gun owners in America?
When someone mentions "gun owners" to me, I think of the typical law-abiding citizen. In my opinion, anyone who uses a firearm for illegal purposes, such as rape, robbery or homicide, is not a "gun owner." They are a criminal!
Now, I do make an exception for those citizens who live in states with draconian gun laws, who feel a need to protect themselves, but otherwise go about legitimate business. If you live in a place like NYC for instance, it's darn near impossible to get a permit for protection. Unless you're like the Mayor's cousin or something.
But if you're like the scumbag gang-banger, in my opinion, you're not a gun-owner. You're a criminal and should be locked up. Preferably in Siberia.
Friday, December 30, 2005
The gift that keeps on giving part deux
Below is my leg. This is over a month after I've come back from New Orleans. Don't get me wrong, I think NO is probably a very fun place, under different circumstances. But pay attention here. If you take a security job for down there, you are taking your life and health into your own hands. I would recommend that if you are diabetic like I am, stay away.
Thursday, December 29, 2005
The gift that keeps on giving
Well, here it is, more than a month since I left New Orleans, and my right leg is STILL infected. Only now, they tell me I have MRSA. It's some sort of super infection that is immune to most anti-biotics.
This is just fantastic, isn't it.
This is just fantastic, isn't it.
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
What's keeping this bill from the Governor's desk?
It's called House Bill 4643, or HB4643. This bill would extend a concealed pistol license for up to 180 days if its renewal or denial were not completed in 60 days. This bill was voted on in the Michigan House and passed on July 13, 2005 by a vote of 100 to 5, with 5 others not voting.
It went to the Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee on August 31, 2005, and that is where it has sat ever since.
I have been told by an anonymous source that a certain state Senator is "sitting" on this bill as it was put forth via the efforts of SAFR (Shooters Alliance for Firearm Rights) and GLSSA (Great Lakes Shooting Sports Assoc.), and apparently not with any help from MCRGO (Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners), a once great, grass roots Pro-2nd amendment organization that has fallen on hard times.
It's either that, or he doesn't like Rep. Rick Jones. But I find that difficult to believe.
And while we're at it, what about HB4642? This bill would allow people to transport other individuals' licensed and inspected pistols. Like say, your wife, or husband.
Well, what about it Sen. Cropsey, are you going to get off these bills and have a vote on them, or what?
Maybe we need to get out the anal probe and see what's keeping these bills from passing out of committee.
It went to the Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee on August 31, 2005, and that is where it has sat ever since.
I have been told by an anonymous source that a certain state Senator is "sitting" on this bill as it was put forth via the efforts of SAFR (Shooters Alliance for Firearm Rights) and GLSSA (Great Lakes Shooting Sports Assoc.), and apparently not with any help from MCRGO (Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners), a once great, grass roots Pro-2nd amendment organization that has fallen on hard times.
It's either that, or he doesn't like Rep. Rick Jones. But I find that difficult to believe.
And while we're at it, what about HB4642? This bill would allow people to transport other individuals' licensed and inspected pistols. Like say, your wife, or husband.
Well, what about it Sen. Cropsey, are you going to get off these bills and have a vote on them, or what?
Maybe we need to get out the anal probe and see what's keeping these bills from passing out of committee.
Monday, December 05, 2005
US cop quits 'too risky' UK force - The Sunday Times, UK
US cop quits 'too risky' UK force
David Leppard
A TEXAN patrol officer who became the first foreigner to join the British police is to resign after three years because he says policing is too dangerous here compared with America.
Ben Johnson, a 6ft 4in former paratrooper nicknamed Slim, has written to his chief constable asking to carry a Glock 17 handgun on his routine beat in Reading.
He said officers are dying unnecessarily because they are less well equipped and trained to protect themselves and the public than their American counterparts.
“The risks required to be taken by unarmed and poorly trained British police are too great for me to continue being a police officer and I will be resigning my commission in a few weeks,” said Johnson.
“I am tired of my colleagues dying when, if they were better trained and equipped, they would have a fighting chance of survival.”
Johnson’s decision was prompted by the murder of PC Sharon Beshenivsky, a mother of three children and two step-children, who was shot during a robbery in Bradford last month. He said her death demonstrated the lack of training and equipment given to British police.
“Beshenivsky did the one thing that officers in America are trained not to do. She walked up to the front entrance of a business during an alarm call. If the incident had happened in America, she would never have done that. She would almost certainly have been alive today.”
Last week Johnson wrote to Sara Thornton, acting chief constable of Thames Valley police, asking to be armed on patrol. “If the chief authorises me to carry a pistol, then I will not be resigning,” he said. “But that is an impossibility. I now have the choice of continuing in a dangerous job, ill-trained and ill-equipped, or leaving the profession I have loved.”
Johnson, 34, served as a paratrooper in the American army before joining the police department in Garland, a Dallas suburb. Like other officers he carried a Glock 22 pistol as a sidearm, supported by a 12-bore shotgun and an AR15 semi-automatic rifle in his patrol car. In America he routinely confronted armed criminals and received 10 commendations for his bravery.
He came to Britain three years ago to live with his fiancée Louise, an IT consultant. He was able to join the Thames Valley force because of a change in regulations that lifted the bar on foreigners.
The couple are now married and Johnson has taken a short career break to look after their 18-month-old daughter Catherine. He said fatherhood had changed his perspective. “It would not be fair [to my family] to continue in a job that is being made more dangerous by a refusal to modernise,” he said.
It was an incident earlier this year that first caused Johnson to consider handing in his warrant card. He was on plainclothes CID duty when he was called to the Royal Berkshire hospital in Reading to interview a victim of domestic violence.
A woman had jumped out of a first-floor window to escape her violent boyfriend, paralysing her from the waist down. The boyfriend, a member of a drug gang, was already wanted by the police for attempted murder, after shooting someone in the back of the head in London.
Johnson and other plainclothes officers who went to the hospital were alerted that the boyfriend had telephoned to say he was coming to see her. They also received a warning that he might be armed.
According to Johnson, he wanted to arrest the man when he arrived, but was ordered by a senior officer not to do so because of the risk. The suspect escaped and it was two days before he was arrested.
“That was the first time I’d ever let someone wanted for attempted murder simply walk away from me,” said Johnson. “It went against everything I knew. I thought it was my duty to arrest these people.
“It seems that in Britain ordinary officers are instructed not to engage with dangerous criminals. But if police officers can’t engage with them, who can?” He is critical of Charles Clarke, the home secretary, who says he can see “no evidence” that arming officers would reduce the number of police fatalities. “With all respect to the home secretary, he has never answered a 999 call,” said Johnson.
Of Beshenivsky’s murder, he said: “I have been in exactly those situations on patrol in America and I have managed to arrest and disarm offenders without being harmed.”
In America, officers spend weeks learning how to cope with armed incidents. But in Britain, Johnson said, he was never shown how to handle or unload a firearm or told how to respond to an armed robbery. “Officers spend more time learning about how to process paperwork than dealing with violent situations. We are trained more like social workers than police officers.
“The training I received in Britain in dealing with armed incidents was virtually non-existent. It consisted of a 30-minute lecture from a firearms officer who said: ‘If you see the business end of a gun or anyone holding a gun . . . turn, run and get away as quickly as possible’.”
This apparent complacency was reinforced at his swearing-in ceremony when a senior Thames Valley officer told him and colleagues that they would not face the sort of dangerous incidents portrayed on The Bill, the television programme.
“I was surprised that he said we wouldn’t come into harm’s way. This went against everything I had learnt during my career,” said Johnson.
By contrast, the chief officer of Garland police department tells new recruits that it is his task to ensure they are prepared and equipped to face any threat.
Johnson accepted that America is more violent than Britain, with a gun culture contributing to a murder rate 17 times higher than here. He recognised, too, that many more police officers are murdered in America — 57 last year compared with just one here — proportionately about 11 times as many.
But he maintained that British police are far more exposed to danger when confronted with armed offenders than their US counterparts. He said he did not want all police armed — just the “first responders”, officers who, like Beshenivsky, are first on the scene of crimes. He believed this would mean arming about half of Britain’s 140,000 police.
A spokesman for Thames Valley police said: “PC Johnson is currently on a career break. These are his personal views and he did not discuss them with anyone before going to the press.”
David Leppard
A TEXAN patrol officer who became the first foreigner to join the British police is to resign after three years because he says policing is too dangerous here compared with America.
Ben Johnson, a 6ft 4in former paratrooper nicknamed Slim, has written to his chief constable asking to carry a Glock 17 handgun on his routine beat in Reading.
He said officers are dying unnecessarily because they are less well equipped and trained to protect themselves and the public than their American counterparts.
“The risks required to be taken by unarmed and poorly trained British police are too great for me to continue being a police officer and I will be resigning my commission in a few weeks,” said Johnson.
“I am tired of my colleagues dying when, if they were better trained and equipped, they would have a fighting chance of survival.”
Johnson’s decision was prompted by the murder of PC Sharon Beshenivsky, a mother of three children and two step-children, who was shot during a robbery in Bradford last month. He said her death demonstrated the lack of training and equipment given to British police.
“Beshenivsky did the one thing that officers in America are trained not to do. She walked up to the front entrance of a business during an alarm call. If the incident had happened in America, she would never have done that. She would almost certainly have been alive today.”
Last week Johnson wrote to Sara Thornton, acting chief constable of Thames Valley police, asking to be armed on patrol. “If the chief authorises me to carry a pistol, then I will not be resigning,” he said. “But that is an impossibility. I now have the choice of continuing in a dangerous job, ill-trained and ill-equipped, or leaving the profession I have loved.”
Johnson, 34, served as a paratrooper in the American army before joining the police department in Garland, a Dallas suburb. Like other officers he carried a Glock 22 pistol as a sidearm, supported by a 12-bore shotgun and an AR15 semi-automatic rifle in his patrol car. In America he routinely confronted armed criminals and received 10 commendations for his bravery.
He came to Britain three years ago to live with his fiancée Louise, an IT consultant. He was able to join the Thames Valley force because of a change in regulations that lifted the bar on foreigners.
The couple are now married and Johnson has taken a short career break to look after their 18-month-old daughter Catherine. He said fatherhood had changed his perspective. “It would not be fair [to my family] to continue in a job that is being made more dangerous by a refusal to modernise,” he said.
It was an incident earlier this year that first caused Johnson to consider handing in his warrant card. He was on plainclothes CID duty when he was called to the Royal Berkshire hospital in Reading to interview a victim of domestic violence.
A woman had jumped out of a first-floor window to escape her violent boyfriend, paralysing her from the waist down. The boyfriend, a member of a drug gang, was already wanted by the police for attempted murder, after shooting someone in the back of the head in London.
Johnson and other plainclothes officers who went to the hospital were alerted that the boyfriend had telephoned to say he was coming to see her. They also received a warning that he might be armed.
According to Johnson, he wanted to arrest the man when he arrived, but was ordered by a senior officer not to do so because of the risk. The suspect escaped and it was two days before he was arrested.
“That was the first time I’d ever let someone wanted for attempted murder simply walk away from me,” said Johnson. “It went against everything I knew. I thought it was my duty to arrest these people.
“It seems that in Britain ordinary officers are instructed not to engage with dangerous criminals. But if police officers can’t engage with them, who can?” He is critical of Charles Clarke, the home secretary, who says he can see “no evidence” that arming officers would reduce the number of police fatalities. “With all respect to the home secretary, he has never answered a 999 call,” said Johnson.
Of Beshenivsky’s murder, he said: “I have been in exactly those situations on patrol in America and I have managed to arrest and disarm offenders without being harmed.”
In America, officers spend weeks learning how to cope with armed incidents. But in Britain, Johnson said, he was never shown how to handle or unload a firearm or told how to respond to an armed robbery. “Officers spend more time learning about how to process paperwork than dealing with violent situations. We are trained more like social workers than police officers.
“The training I received in Britain in dealing with armed incidents was virtually non-existent. It consisted of a 30-minute lecture from a firearms officer who said: ‘If you see the business end of a gun or anyone holding a gun . . . turn, run and get away as quickly as possible’.”
This apparent complacency was reinforced at his swearing-in ceremony when a senior Thames Valley officer told him and colleagues that they would not face the sort of dangerous incidents portrayed on The Bill, the television programme.
“I was surprised that he said we wouldn’t come into harm’s way. This went against everything I had learnt during my career,” said Johnson.
By contrast, the chief officer of Garland police department tells new recruits that it is his task to ensure they are prepared and equipped to face any threat.
Johnson accepted that America is more violent than Britain, with a gun culture contributing to a murder rate 17 times higher than here. He recognised, too, that many more police officers are murdered in America — 57 last year compared with just one here — proportionately about 11 times as many.
But he maintained that British police are far more exposed to danger when confronted with armed offenders than their US counterparts. He said he did not want all police armed — just the “first responders”, officers who, like Beshenivsky, are first on the scene of crimes. He believed this would mean arming about half of Britain’s 140,000 police.
A spokesman for Thames Valley police said: “PC Johnson is currently on a career break. These are his personal views and he did not discuss them with anyone before going to the press.”
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Why is it...
Why is it, that some people don't seem to understand that carrying a concealed pistol (legally that is) is not just a right, but also an obligation? As a Citizen of this great country, it is a right that was guaranteed to us in the Constitution. It is not given to us by the Constitution.
The right to keep and bear arms is what some call a "God given right." Well, if not not a religious person, how about we call it a Natural right. We all, every single one of us have a natural right of self defense. To help excersize that right, we need the proper tools. Before the advent of firearms, the proper tools were swords, bows, or whatever other weapons it might take to adequately defend our lives and those of our family.
Some time in the future, I would not be surprised if the proper tool is a laser weapon, or some other futuristic device. But for now, it is firearms.
To take away my gun, would be like taking the jack out of my car. Or the fire extinguisher out of my house. Who ever does such a thing is a criminal, and should be punished.
And that's all I have to say for now on that subject.
The right to keep and bear arms is what some call a "God given right." Well, if not not a religious person, how about we call it a Natural right. We all, every single one of us have a natural right of self defense. To help excersize that right, we need the proper tools. Before the advent of firearms, the proper tools were swords, bows, or whatever other weapons it might take to adequately defend our lives and those of our family.
Some time in the future, I would not be surprised if the proper tool is a laser weapon, or some other futuristic device. But for now, it is firearms.
To take away my gun, would be like taking the jack out of my car. Or the fire extinguisher out of my house. Who ever does such a thing is a criminal, and should be punished.
And that's all I have to say for now on that subject.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
What a trip!
Ok, so we didn't get started until about 4:00PM on Monday 11/14/05. This was the fault of the owners who decided at the last minute to go shopping for the guys staying at Baton Rouge. They even had the gall to ask us to help unload the stuff!!
"Sorry, I'm under doctor's orders." ;-) Anyway, we got started, and we're off.
First thing, I am NOT going through Illinois. Why? Simple. I'm taking my gun back with me. And every state I intend to pass through will recognize my Michigan concealed Pistol license. Illinois does not, since they don't even "allow" their own citizens to pack a gun off their own property.
So, we go through Louisiana (we started there), Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas (by mistake, we got slightly lost around Memphis), Kentucky, and Indiana. We FINALLY got home, about 10:00PM. We might have got here sooner, but we made a short stop in Clarksville, TN, to visit some friends of my co-driver. That was ok. I got to sleep about 20 minutes or so, and it kept me going for most of the rest of the trip.
Man, was I EVER glad to get home!
"Sorry, I'm under doctor's orders." ;-) Anyway, we got started, and we're off.
First thing, I am NOT going through Illinois. Why? Simple. I'm taking my gun back with me. And every state I intend to pass through will recognize my Michigan concealed Pistol license. Illinois does not, since they don't even "allow" their own citizens to pack a gun off their own property.
So, we go through Louisiana (we started there), Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas (by mistake, we got slightly lost around Memphis), Kentucky, and Indiana. We FINALLY got home, about 10:00PM. We might have got here sooner, but we made a short stop in Clarksville, TN, to visit some friends of my co-driver. That was ok. I got to sleep about 20 minutes or so, and it kept me going for most of the rest of the trip.
Man, was I EVER glad to get home!
Sunday, November 13, 2005
The long drive
I was gonna take a bus, but I've been offered the chance to drive a company vehicle back to Grand Rapids, along with another fellow, who is being sent back for a different reason (they fired him by making him quit.). Hey, it beats two days on a bus.
In any event, we're supposed to leave tomorrow morning.
In any event, we're supposed to leave tomorrow morning.
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Out of the hospital and going home
Well, two days later, I'm free at last. But, since I'm type II diabetic, the doctors think it would be better if I were not in the "atmosphere" that is currently surrounding New Orleans. So I get to go home. The only question is "How?"
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Ok, it's worse
Earlier this morning, at the site, I thought my right leg was swollen from water weight gain. I've had this type of problem before. However, this afternoon, when I woke up, I noticed a very bad red spot on my right shin that covered most of the front part of it.
I told my boss, he took me to Touro Infirmary. Now I'm a "guest" there for at leat 24-48 hours. This sucks.
I told my boss, he took me to Touro Infirmary. Now I'm a "guest" there for at leat 24-48 hours. This sucks.
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
FEMA F**kers??
Ok, so I'm on roving patrol, "Forrest" is on the exit gate, and Jason is on the entrance gate. I'm over at the entrance talking to Jason when this taxi manages to get past Forrest, (there was a truck exiting at the same time between Forrest and the taxi) and makes a quick dash over by where some of the Shaw guys are inspecting a trailer.
I go over to find out what's going on, and this guy is complaining to Shaw. It turns out, he got his FEMA trailer repossessed by FEMA. It seems he told a little lie when he said he had permission from the lot owner to put the trailer where it had been. Well, he didn't have permission, FEMA found out, and they took back the trailer. So, now he wants to get a "FEMA f**ker." We tried to explain to him, everyone at the site is a contractor. Unfortunately, this guy has a one track mind, and it's got some bad rails too.
Apparently he did understand the idea that if he didn't get off the property of his own free will, he'd be spending the rest of the night in the Kenner city jail.
I go over to find out what's going on, and this guy is complaining to Shaw. It turns out, he got his FEMA trailer repossessed by FEMA. It seems he told a little lie when he said he had permission from the lot owner to put the trailer where it had been. Well, he didn't have permission, FEMA found out, and they took back the trailer. So, now he wants to get a "FEMA f**ker." We tried to explain to him, everyone at the site is a contractor. Unfortunately, this guy has a one track mind, and it's got some bad rails too.
Apparently he did understand the idea that if he didn't get off the property of his own free will, he'd be spending the rest of the night in the Kenner city jail.
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Ouch
I discovered a busted blister on the second toe of my right foot. Time to stop wearing boots and go to my Dr. Scholls shoes.
Other wise, it's ok. I also lost the toenail from my big toe on my left foot. I suppose it could be worse.
Almost forgot to mention, Art got fired. Seems he was trying to talk some of the other guards into leaving and going to Wackenhut along with him. He got a bus ticket home. Too bad. He was a good guy to work with and a lot of fun.
Other wise, it's ok. I also lost the toenail from my big toe on my left foot. I suppose it could be worse.
Almost forgot to mention, Art got fired. Seems he was trying to talk some of the other guards into leaving and going to Wackenhut along with him. He got a bus ticket home. Too bad. He was a good guy to work with and a lot of fun.
Sunday, November 06, 2005
I have a new nickname!
Ok. So this post isn't as bad as I thought it might be. And the old man of the post, Art, has given me a new nickname...Shrek. Ok, so maybe I'm a bit uglier than I thought I was.
Anyway, now I get to guard one of the staging lots that Shaw uses for the trailers that FEMA is using for temporary housing. These are not too bad looking either.
Anyway, now I get to guard one of the staging lots that Shaw uses for the trailers that FEMA is using for temporary housing. These are not too bad looking either.
Saturday, November 05, 2005
Dreams dashed on the beach
So much for going home. It went from 3 vans to 1, and only the driver (not me) is going back. It seems they need me back at New Orleans. Never mind I only got 3 hours sleep today, after working all night, last night, driving half way to Baton Rouge, only to turn back, then go back to Baton Rouge. What a terrible pain in the butt. It wouldn't be so bad, but on top of everything else, I had to wait over an hour in Baton Rouge for them to bring someone else back from a job site so I could take him back to New Orleans too.
Then, I get to go out to a site by NO International Airport. Half dead, from lack of sleep, with my feet killing me. I have to ask myself, is this really worth $1200.00 a week?....well, maybe it is. ;)
Then, I get to go out to a site by NO International Airport. Half dead, from lack of sleep, with my feet killing me. I have to ask myself, is this really worth $1200.00 a week?....well, maybe it is. ;)
A chance to dream, perhaps
Now it looks like I'm going to be taking someone, and a van back to Grand Rapids, picking up some more people, and coming back on Monday/Tuesday. I like this. It will give me a few hours at home with the wife and kids.
Qualification day
It seems today is to be a long day for me. I'm off to qualify for the armed guard status I've already been assigned to. Not to worry, it seems there's a 30 day grace period that I have to get the training done, AFTER I start working as an armed guard. Mighty nice of them. When I worked in Chicago, Illinois had no such grace period. You had to take the 20 hour course first, THEN you could work as an armed guard. Here, in Louisana, it's a 12 hour course, but they teach it in about 1.5 hours.
What do I care, I could do most of this with my eyes closed anyway.
What do I care, I could do most of this with my eyes closed anyway.
Friday, November 04, 2005
Nice easy job
Ok, so I got a slight reprieve. It seems the hotel that we're staying in doesn't have the staff to run a full desk 24/7, and they want a Security Officer on at night. Since I'm not doing anything else, it fell to me. Granted, it's only a 9 hour shift. But that's 9 hours more than I had 4 hours ago.
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