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Accounting 101

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On a day when Larry and I were sitting around shooting the breeze, I remember laughing as he told me about his pickle jar theory of accounting. I had never heard of it, so I asked the obvious question.

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Norway House hoedown

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Early in 1972, I ended up in northern Manitoba doing some winter work for Aerotrades. When I checked into the Playgreen Inn in Norway House, there was but one room remaining. Happy as I was to have a room, little did I know but there was a reason for that vacancy.

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The Gander Airport blues

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For some obscure reason, we got into a dustup that night with someone who didn’t take kindly to mainlanders. We already knew that we couldn’t sit in the bar after hours without an international ticket, so I headed out in the blackest night across the tarmac to the helicopter to collect the journey log.

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Midwest Helicopters

Midwest Helicopters

Klaus was a former pilot with the Luftwaffe. When he was more relaxed, he regaled me with tales of his Luftwaffe experiences in the war. I was often in stitches listening to him explain how he felt he had spent more time floating in the Mediterranean than he had spent in the air, thanks to the British.

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A short exploration job

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I flew CF-ETQ to Wawa for a Falconbridge Nickel contract in the spring of 1970. It was a good job, but the weather didn’t cooperate, and we spent a lot of time weathered in at the campsite on Eagle Lake. The fog that rolled in off of Lake Superior kept us on the ground more often than not.

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