Awww, thanks spooks, that is a very nice thing to say, it definitely made me smile; I appreciate that...I would love to have a penpal from England
Snuffy, I may have a cool uniform, but dang, you are just flat out cool, so I can't really keep up with the Ph.D in smoothness you have earned.
Subby; If I had a dime for every weird poodle that hit on me...
Silent storm; Thank you very much for the kind words; it means a lot to me. I love being able to help people, it really feels like I am making a difference in the world. It is really amazing to be doing something that is incredibly fun and challenging, but offers such a huge amount of fulfillment at the end of the day.
Bizzebutt: Thank you for your wonderfull compliment. I am incredibly taken by my wife of 7 years, who is an incredibly supportive woman who didn't even flip out at the idea of me wanting to run into burning buildings and do rope rescue on 500 foot cliffs for a living. I do get an occassional odd look when I tell her how fun it was to climb a 200 foot ladder to the top of a flaming grain silo, but other than that, she seem to like me...
Burnside; it takes one to know one big guy