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What Is Sum1 Up To Today?

by Sum1 Is Home

Rated: E · Book · Travel · #1779685

Being Retired now, I thought that it was time for a new name to this Blog

Talk about perks, my career had one of the best I can think of! I traveled in the course of business, delivering classes for my employer. I am a Senior Training Specialist for Motorola Solutions, and teach classes on a wide variety of subjects centered around 2 way radio communications (for eight more weeks). I knew that when the time arrived that I would retire. That time is now. I've always said that if you can't stand the heat in the kitchen, get out! I can't handle the heat anymore. I was qualified to deliver approximately 32 different classes, but about half of those were 'Legacy' classes, and are not in demand anymore. My students were/are technicians, those who maintained, programmed, calibrated, and repaired large 2-way radio systems. Some of these systems are statewide, and use TCP-IP networking to allow sites to communicate with others. Some are small, traditional type radio sites. The size doesn't matter, in each case the systems must be kept operational at all times, since many of them are Public Safety Systems. So I traveled, sometimes frequently, 3-4 weeks in a row.... where have I been?

This probably won't have daily entries, but I will make entries to update you about my life before and during my employment with Motorola Solutions. I also intend to update you all about what I'm doing in retirement. Well, here we go with this new adventure, let's see where it takes us.

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Jeff

Mar 31, 2025 at 6:45pm
In response to "What's With Town Names?"

I grew up in a small town just outside Sacramento. Apparently California's capital (and the surrounding valley and river) were discovered by Spanish explorer Gabriel Moraga in the early 1800s who, upon discovering the location, exclaimed "¡Es como el sagrado sacramento!" ("It's like the Blessed Sacrament!").

Having lived there for 20 years and not being terribly impressed with the area, I can only assume that Señor Moraga didn't get out much...

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S 🤦

Mar 31, 2025 at 6:23pm
In response to "What's With Town Names?"

The reason for so many "hams" in England is that "hamlet", while used by the French, comes from the Danish for town. The Vikings who raided and conquered England were mainly Dutch, and so their way of naming was what was used.

In Australia, we use a lot of English naming conventions, name places the same as English places, name places after people and we have a lot of places named for local indigenous words, or phonetic approximations thereof.

In my second bachelor's degree I had to write an essay on the history of my suburb, including where the name came from, and reading everyone else's essays, it is amazing where so many of these place names come from.

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Robert Waltz

Mar 31, 2025 at 2:31pm
In response to "What's With Town Names?"

I've looked into this as well, because it interests me. What I find even more compelling are those places that are named after things that don't exist anymore. Like "Mountain View" or "Montevideo" for a place where the local mountain has been stripmined out of existence, or the ubiquitous "Springfield" where the springs have long ago dried up. See also: Native American place names that linger after the Native Americans were told to go be Native somewhere else.

That last bit isn't unique to the US, either. In France, there's a fairly famous city called Tours. "Tour" in French translates to "tower," so I'd been suffering under the misapprehension that the city must have some towers. Well, it does, but only because every French city seems to, though it was named after the Celtic tribe that used to ply the Loire Valley. The French, however, put towers on the city's banner because even the French are fond of puns.

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Quilli ☕

Mar 31, 2025 at 1:47pm
In response to "What's With Town Names?"

Well, now I have to go down a rabbit hole and research why all the places I've ever lived are named as they are, lol.

An apple a day....

Mar 31, 2025 at 1:19pm
In response to "What's With Town Names?"

Hello, I found this very interesting. My daughter lives in Jax and, yes, it is no way small or around a town center and does not fit the groove. But I still enjoyed reading about the different suffixes, their origins, etc. My hometown was Harrington, Delaware, and was named after an individual. Thanks for sharing and have a great day!

SandraLynn

Mar 31, 2025 at 11:41am
In response to "The Trip Home From Richmond"

Ah, road trips and their adventures... Glad to hear of the reunion with Buddy.

Kåre เลียม Enga

Mar 30, 2025 at 10:12pm
In response to "The Trip Home From Richmond"

My brain is fried. Who else at WDC had a schipperke?

Glad to read that you and your family are home safe.

Kåre เลียม Enga

Mar 30, 2025 at 10:06pm
In response to "Richmond, Virginia"

Dogs, cats and crows remember ... among many species. Humans? Depends...

I treated myself to a whole cheesecake this week.

I'm not fond of crowds.

StephBee

Mar 30, 2025 at 8:08pm
In response to "The Trip Home From Richmond"

Aside from the hiccup at the Hilton, sounds like the traveling went well. I'm not one for long travels. When my son was doing school in Sonoma, a trip to his school was close to 6 hours if you drove straight, but I find, for me, I need 2 hour breaks and a food break, and a potty break... we've got a trip coming up to Arizona soon. It's about 6 hours, too. Thank you for sharing a picture of the memorial. I've never seen it. I think it's important to remember.

All the best
Steph

Soldier_Mike

Mar 26, 2025 at 11:59pm
In response to "Richmond, Virginia"

You find the coolest places to eat, Jim. I still remember our get together in Littleton, Colorado - great food, and in an area I grew up in, too!

February 5, 2025 at 8:18pm

#1083384

Kitchen Update 2/5

Kitchen Updfate 2/5

Monday was a busy day at the house. The flooring was put down, and I have to say it's beautiful. Yesterday work was started on putting the cabinets in place. Everything is going so good it's almost scary.

Here's where we sit tonight. The cabinets have been placed, temporary plywood is installed in place of the counter tops. Friday (2/7) the appliances will be delivered, and the company installing the countertop will measure to install it. That is built at their facility and brought here in one piece. Or so I'm told. But that will be at least a week delay in getting it done. It couldn't be done earlier because the cabinets have to be in place in order to properly measure the countertop area. The still a lot of molding and trim work to be done, that will occur after the countertop is in place. What do you think?

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