Bored at work Volume II

Well here i am again. No one flying, and nothing to do but ponder the mysteries of the universe. OK...you caught me. I am not pondering the mysteries of the universe. What i am pondering is the deranged psyche that takes a plant and shreds its leaves then pours boiling water on it in an effort to create something fit for human consumption...(Tea, and or coffee). It certainlly makes you wonder how many failures there were prior to success, and what the result of said failures were. Yeah I know...I have way to much free time.

The weather here has been getting slowly cooler over the last few weeks. Today we are having our first snow. It's just a snow/rain mix, but it is a sign of things to come. I would imagine on the next clear day we have "Big Duke" will be snow capped. It really is quite beautiful here in the winter, and I get to look at the mountains from the control tower on clear days. Here is a link with some very nice photos http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2177726. There is a link below the photo that let's you view his entire portfolio. There are several more Kosovo photos about 1/3 of the way down the page. The vehicle one (you'll know when you see it) is one of my favorites. You see them all over the place here. There are some built on tractor frames, so they have the appearance of some mad tinkerer's design for a motorcycle. We have affectionately dubbed them "Kosovo Harleys".

The people here are honest, generous, and hard working. They are recovering from years of government abuses that most civilized societies can not even begin to fathom. Their newly formed independence has given both young and old a new sense of pride and ownership. The younger generation has a new sense of hope and a positive outlook for things to come. You see an amazing mix of old and new world technologies working side by side. It makes you wonder if all newly formed democracies go through this period of exhuberant optimism.
I guess that's enough for today...talk to you later.