Posts by Aaron Proffitt

  • PR as a retirement plan

    Alissa and I were talking about where we might like to retire to and the subject of PR came up. Now, at one time I was discussing with Rob Reyes the prospect of moving there; but I have to admit it was for the wrong reasons. As in running away from a problem. Now that we have accepted that's not possible...talks between me and the "Judge" ie . Alissa, have once again began.


    I can retire from both careers, civil and military , in less than 10 years. A Fed. Facility is in Guaynabo, which is where my current Warden came from( Hector Ledezma, he's had to discipline me; but he was fair and just about it....good man in my book) and had nothing but good things to say about PR.


    Not real sure if I am asking a question, making a declaration or what....but there ya go.


    Oh...how dog friendly is PR ?


    Not for nothing, but Alissa as an RN could take a travel assignment there and make oodles more than I as a civil servant.W're thinking about using that as a expeditionary tour.

  • Spearing near sharks

    Quote from Dan

    Do you mean this literally or figuratively, smell fear?


    I'll answer for Ben while he Googles the answer...



    It's quite literal. Believe it or not I have dove among sharks in the Gulf....but more notably I have spent alot of time around big predators most notably black bears.Black bears are very much like sharks in many ways.


    But, I'll digress.....When someone is in 'fight or flight mode' their heart rate rises , pupils dialate, and sensory awareness becomes heightened.



    All thanks to a hormone.....adrenaline.And adrenaline has an olfactory prescence.


    Think about it ,Dan. I have been on patrol with a dog and all things are coming together for something really bad to happen, all the sign are there by MY REASONING for a bomb or ambush,whatever....and the dog begins to become agitated even though I haven't changed my behavior. I am convinced it's the odor of adrenaline.


    Secondly, I have used dogs in game recovery when no blood trail was present. What was it that gave up the animal being trailed despite being part of a herd ? Why ws the dog able to single out the one ?


    BTW, what makes a dangerous animal dangerous isn't it's capability to kill ya ...it's the when they decide.The unpredictability.Like bison. I hunt in a lot of areas that have bison on pasture there, and you always have to have one eye on 'em. A cow placidily grazing one minute may decide she doesn't want you there anymore . Or a bull 2 pastures may decide to take a nap before he plows thru fences to rid the world of ya.Or not. It's the unpredictability , and the complacency that it breeds that'll get ya killed.

  • homemade polespear


    Wonder why more people don't utilize a hollow shaft concept ? No engineer but my understanding is the benefits would be outstanding.

  • khalid alathel


    Wish you had been around in 1994 when I was there....



    In any case, as salaamu alakum, Khalid.