George, When we clear away the material things in life all that's left is what we did in life for others.
November will mark 37 years in my volunteer fire department, I've lost count on how many runs I've been on, how many homes and businesses we saved, how many people we cut out of cars and how many we simply showed up at their homes in the worst of weather to make sure everything was ok. The experience has been priceless. Post 9/11 for me meant joining the public sector for significantly less money than the private sector. However in that time I've been given the opportunity to assure that thousands of homes had working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms and safe heating appliances, seen quite a few buildings retrofitted with fire sprinkler and alarm systems and improved the means of egress in many more. Last night I hurriedly traveled back from college (never stop learning) in northern new jersey to inspect an emergency electrical service so the utility could restore power to 16 apartments. It's comp time I'll probably never use. You sir have done so much for the sprinkler industry protecting thousands of lives and property in the process. I don't know you well enough but I'm sure there's much much more. Lastly, Remember that developer who was teetering on sprinklering those single family homes in my jurisdiction ? Well George they're sprinklered, why ?, because of YOU. Because YOU connected the dots and got the right people on the job at the right time. Hopefully these are systems that will never be used, but if the moment arises and those people make it out of those homes alive it will be because of YOU. God Bless John Drucker -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of George Church Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 10:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: glc update Update on my health: I have stage four lung cancer and my dr told me last week I should have at least two years before I die of it. My chemo is a twice a day pill and my side effects are insignificant almost a month into taking it. Other than some fatigue, like a nap every third day, my quality of life is near the same, better since I sleep in and work way less now, spending more time with Cathy and my bucket list. And lately, my TR6 :) There are 4 more drugs in the pipeline that are genetically targeted for my ALK cancer, and conventional chemo and radiation remain as additional weapons in reserve. Obviously pills targeted at my cancer cels are better and we'll use them hopefully for 2 or 3 more years. I've played golf (poorly), flown to Holland, and driven my TR (quickly) lately so no tears are necessary, but continuing prayers are gladly accepted. If cancer doesn't kill me, it's the best thing to happen to me in an ironic turnabout. Sorry to interrupt the tech discussion but this horse was pulverized anyway. Thanks for the kind words from many of you, they are appreciated and uplifting. Managing positive mental attitude 99% of the time. Expect to continue on 4 TC in SD in Sept, will see some of you there. Thanks in advance for indulging me for those that are concerned. Brad, I was in Ohio for two weeks of training in Oct 1974, and I don't recall what weather we had surveying a job in Columbus in '81. Believe those were only times I was in Ohio, but I suppose it creeps over 100 almost annually. You could google it if you're really curious, I'm not. Discovered life outside sprinklers, like Saint Cathy and Margaret. Might I suggest going outside and smelling some flowers, refraining from attempting to define their curvature, just appreciate the infinite variations. George Church Sent from my iPhone On Apr 23, 2012, at 11:18 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > good eye! i happen to know it gets pretty hot in Ohio geo. even w/o a > fire. i was lucky to start there, and trained by The Greatest Sprink > Whom Ever Lived (thanks Vince). George, please google brad casterline, > i am the first two, ask me 2 B ur FB friend, please, i would gladly > accept and you would be my first FB Sprink Friend. i would google you > and ask, but rejection depresses me > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
