{"id":4481,"date":"2018-09-03T08:26:35","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T11:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/?p=4481"},"modified":"2018-09-03T08:26:43","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T11:26:43","slug":"wilson-and-a-110-lbs-of-chicken-wings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/?p=4481","title":{"rendered":"Wilson, and a 110 lbs of chicken wings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The<\/strong> State Department has realized that I need an assistant.\u00a0 If you remember in Turkey, I had two RSTs.\u00a0 (Regional Security Technicians).\u00a0 In Ethiopia, I had four of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I interviewed two gentlemen last week for the position. One was over qualified, but had no experience in the equipment I work with, and the other had less experience, but did have the experience needed.\u00a0 So, I chose him.\u00a0 His name is Wilson.\u00a0 He was nervous at the interview, because I am a scary looking fellow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, in a month or more, I will have a helper that will make my job easier.\u00a0 He still has to go through the medical and security checks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And on a heavier note, I helped the Marines on a WingFest.\u00a0 Do you want to see what 50 kilos (110 lbs) of wings look like?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"529\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dknolte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Food-1.jpg?resize=529%2C298&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dknolte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Food-1.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dknolte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Food-1.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"529\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dknolte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Food-2.jpg?resize=529%2C298&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dknolte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Food-2.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dknolte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Food-2.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"529\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dknolte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Food-3.jpg?resize=529%2C298&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dknolte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Food-3.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dknolte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Food-3.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And after they were cooked, plain, hot and BBQ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"529\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dknolte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Food-4.jpg?resize=529%2C298&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dknolte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Food-4.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dknolte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Food-4.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Okay.\u00a0 More later as the world moves on.\u00a0 Kick butt and grab the next adventure.\u00a0 &#8230; just remember to stop and breathe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The State Department has realized that I need an assistant.\u00a0 If you remember in Turkey, I had two RSTs.\u00a0 (Regional &hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/?p=4481\">Continue reading &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2tztR-1ah","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4481"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4495,"href":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4481\/revisions\/4495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}