Gone North To Alaska

Just a quick note to say I hope you all had a great Independence day, mine was spent with some of the family at my sisters and Brother-in-laws house, Charlie and sister Cathy really went wild on the grub, all my favorites, burgers, chicken ribs, corn on the cob, potato salad, and we can not forget the all American Hot Dog, Add to that a lot of liquid refreshment lots of conversation and many laughs. It just doesn't get any better than that. Ok I did say I will keep it brief so I just want to let you know Anna and myself will be headed North to Alaska on Tuesday the 7th for a 10 day cruise. I will have lots to show and blog about on my arrival home. See you then

It was brought to my attention in a blog written by a good buddy of mine who shared a few moments of my life when we were stationed at Nha Trang Air Force Base in Viet Nam, our 40th anniversary is this year. What Pat is going to do every day that he can he's going to write about his experiences in Viet Nam from the trip to and the return home. "patsdailyrant.blogspot.com" Well this gave me an idea for my blog, seeing how I am having difficulty in getting ideas, what would be easier than blogging about something that I did for 35 yrs. No I won't bore you and myself with war stories which most non police would not believe anyway, I would rather blog about the good aspects of the job, the people we meet that are true supporters, the activities I have been part of such as Shriners Hospital demonstration for crippled children, The Thrill show, School demonstrations to show school age children what Police K-9's can do.

I guess the best place to start is from the beginning I entered the Police Academy on December 12, 1972, back in those days it didn't take a brain surgeon to get through, it was more like 10 weeks of the basics on crimes code and traffic code, we also learned enough hand to hand to get hurt, to think of it you never really learned the job till you went on the street, and there you had the tutelage of the old timers, they were actually the ones who got you through the first couple months. My first assignment was to march in the Saint Patties day parade, it was a cold windy March day, I remember it well, my first official duty as an officer was chase down the Mayor's hat who happened to be the police commissioner before being elected Mayor. I can report the assignment went flawless, the hat had some dirt on it but I got the job done. They were so impressed with the speed and ease at which I performed my first job they rewarded me by making my first assignment the subway unit. It was ok working in the Bowels of the city, rideing the train just wasn't the same as driving a sector car, the clickity clack of the train just was't the same as the wail of a siren and the lights flashing that really got the juices flowing and the adrenaline rising, that's were a rookie cop belongs. About 9 months later I was given the opportunity to go to the K-9 unit and train with my first K9 partner Fritz seen here on the Dillworth Plaza which is on the West side of City Hall. He was probably pound for pound my best partner, don't get me wrong, all my K9 partners were great just Fritz being the first will always have a special meaning to me, kind of like your first date. (boy that will get me into the caca with misses B). Fritz was a strong powerful dog, he loved my family, his job, he knew the good guys from the bad.I worked Fritz about 12 years and I had him till he died at age 15. Well I just got company, my grandaughter so I will continue later...

Spring Has Sprung ????

Ok here it is three months into the new year which by the way seems like twelve, and as of today spring has sprung, time to go out and wash the car and clean up the garden, sit out back on your favorite brewski chair when all the chores of the day are over and have that nectar of the gods, "BEER", Right? Well I think mother nature has other ideas, you see today here in Philly it is cold and damp, grayer than that gorgeous g6 sitting in front of my house. I even seen snow flakes earlier so I don't think I will be sitting out back to soon. Well there is a bright spot today and that is the Villanova Wildcats beat American 80-67 and even that looked a bit gray up until the second half you see till then the Wildcats were down by 14. Today we'll see how the Temple Owls do against Arizona State,which just happens to be on as I type.Well please forgive me but I must grab a Michelob Ultra, pretend I am in tghe back yard and I an in my favorite brewski chair and watch the rest of the game.....

" Progress Report "

I know what you all are thinking, he can't be taking this long on remodeling his basement, right, well it is so. I started this project just before Thanksgiving it was to be a remake of my garage to a computer and exercise room, at least that is what I thought it would be, turns out Anna my gorgeous bride wanted to add a shower to the little under the steps powder room, well this changes any plans I had to be done before Christmas, now I have to raise the cement floor to connect the drainage pipe to the maine from the shower and relocate the sink, well to do all this I wanted to wait till the Holidays were over so we would at least have the powder room in the family room for our guest to use when they visit. You get the idea, Yes? As you can see in photo's I really have my hands full, some of what I am doing is as you can see in the top picture the square wooden frame on the wall that part of the wall has been removed and now extends into the garrage approx. 7' this will be the full bath with shower,the rest of garrage will be the puter and excercise room. So now it is the 19th of March, the March madness begins and I have this beautiful 61" flat screen in HD I got for Christmas, guess were I am going to be for the next couple of weeks? Well I should have it done by the Holidays.....

Season's Greetings

From the Bevan Clan to Your's

Merry Christmas

Where Do I Begin

Well Summer has ended and fall is in full swing and I just realized it has been that long since I jotted down any thoughts at all, I hope that isn't nature telling me something. I just left a comment on a good buddy of mine Pat Houseworth's blog it seems a fellow Airman who served in Viet Nam a year or so after Pat and I left was a bit critical to Pats Blog, so critical that he used some unsavory language in trying to make a point. You see Pat was definitely a McCain man, every day his blog was pretty much political, he brought out lots of reasons why McCain should be President and Obama should not be, so this reader named Charley read more into it and called Pat everything from raciest to many other expletives that I won't get into seeing how this is a family oriented blog. Pat seemed to sooth the beast named Charley by explaining to him in his own elegant way the meaning of Free Speech in America and that just because you do not care for a person white or black it does not mean your a raciest, and that my friends is why we just observed Veterans day. Now I read Pats Blogs religiously and even went back to reading it again to see where the racism came in and believe me there were none, just a man who studied both candidates and choose the one he thought would be best for this country in these turbulant times. Well Pat let me say thank you for your thoughts and time studying the candidates it made my decision a lot easier.Well it sure seems like I ranted on and got away from my original thoughts ( another Senior Moment ) which were pretty much catching you up on my late summer, early fall activities, but I will definetly do that next time.>>>> To Continue

Labor Day Block Party

Well another summer has come and gone much to the sadness of children of all ages it means one thing" BACK TO SCHOOL". Yes those three little words that strikes fear into the hearts of our children, you remember those days unless of course you were one of those brainyacks that wanted nothing more than to get back to that building of higher education, that it is a waste of valuable time not cramming that reading, writing and arithmetic, not that there is anything wrong with that, it is just an observation on my part. Now to me the end of summer "Labor Day" means Party Time, every other summer that is, for you see that is when we close down the street and party. It is a day of good food, lots of games, good music and fun fun fun.It is a time when neighbors get together and with their friends and families eat, drink and be merry as you can see with the enclosed pictures. I want to personally thank my beautiful Lady Anna ( dressed in red) for all the time she spent in the kitchen preparing the food, it was delicious. It is a fact that everyone lends a hand,wether it is preparing a special desert,or bringing the ice for the coolers or as my grandaughter Laya did helped dad put the ice in the coolers. >>>>>>>

Just an added note since McCain chose Gov. Palin "GO McCain" how's that for chauvinist.