Spring Is Upon Us

It looks like spring is set to come to fruition. With the advent of spring means the beginning of Parade season for most volunteer/combo departments.

Now I've been attending parades ever since 1976 and I've worn everything from tee shirts to full dress Class-A uniforms but I've found over the past few years, that my body doesn't tolerate full dress uniforms in 90 degree/95% humidity as well as I used to back in the day.

So when the suggestion was made to wear non-regulation uniforms, of course my hand was the first to go up in support of the proposal. It was argued that wearing full dress uniforms were necessary if you wanted to win the "Best Overall" trophy, which to me didn't have much significance since I only attend parades for the enjoyment, not competition. Well, needless to say, the proposal was crushed and its still full dress class A uniforms to this day; which is a reason why I no longer attend parades and march in them. I'm much more comfortable in my Fire-Police short sleeved shirt directing traffic instead at parades.

To each their own I suppose.