[GSBN] Patron Saint of Strawbale (PSSB) retiring

[RT]

For those who have not seen the message sent out by Don in this morning's  
mail:

------- Forwarded message -------
From: dfugler at cmhc-schl.gc.ca
Subject: My retirement
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:15:53 -0500

Good morning,

I am retiring from CMHC. This is my last week in the office. I have really  
enjoyed being a researcher for CMHC and a good part of that stimulation  
has been working with you all: colleagues, other researchers, the building  
industry, air quality specialists, journalists, clients, and others. While  
there is still an abundance of research questions, at least we have  
uncovered some of the answers.

I will be checking this e-mail address until the first week of March, as I  
use up accumulated vacation time.

Thank you all.

Don Fugler
CMHC Policy and Research
------ End of forwarded material -----

A number of  years ago,  Don estimated that during his years at CMHC  
Research,  he had pedaled about 70,000 kilometres on his daily commutes to  
and from work,  year-round, through snow blizzards, drowning rain,  
stinging sleet, frying pan heat ... you name it, Don's probably pedaled  
through it to get to work .

At that time, I suggested to Don that he was not allowed to retire until  
he reached 100,000 km .

I guess Don turned over the "100,000 km"  mark this week ?

Either that,  or he spent 2 hours pedaling through yesterday morning's  
blizzard  (yet again) and while breaking the ice off of his  
beard/moustache so that he could holler "SORRY ! EXCUSE ME !!!" at a  
fish-tailing SUV that came this > < close to smucking him, decided:

      "Okay. That's The Last Straw. I'm quittin' this rat race and heading  
up to Nunavut (formerly the Northwest Territories) to where a guy can  
cycle through a blizzard in peace."

But (a little more) seriously:

My guess is that if one were to gather all of the SB-related research and  
testing done in Canada over the past 15 years or so, one would probably  
find that Don was instrumental in helping to bring it about. And the thing  
is, strawbale and natural building related topics are only one small  
aspect of the research that he has shepherded.

If the international SB community gave out something like a "Golden  
Sheaf"  lapel pin in recognition of  years invaluable service,  Don would  
get a chestful of them.  (Except that Don never wears suits so he'd have  
nothing to pin them to.)



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Rob Tom
Kanata, Ontario, Canada
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