I just saw this post from a while ago... I'm still waiting on your book - what was it? "Things You Should Tell a Fella" ? - Something about fuel capacity and weight of a particular airplane at takeoff?
Ha! Yea, the working title was always “Things you Oughta Tell a Fella”. And the story you remember was a reference to a guy telling me “ Everybody knows you can’t take off a Piper Pacer with less than half a tank of fuel!” After nearly killing myself, My response was “No! Everybody doesn’t! There are things you oughta tell a fella!”...
Strange reading this thread again and seeing that Grayghost posting. Hope he accomplished everything important before he passed.
Finish Grad School Become fluent in Spanish Semi-retirement Business Professor / Consultant somewhere in the Caribbean
Ticked one off my list too I was able to get out of my job and switch careers into something much less flashy but safer, steadier, pays better, and working hard = advancement I can see a future where I can provide for my family, put future kids through school, and hopefully one day full fill the dream of owning or owning a piece of an airplane. Had to call 911 for the first time today though. Wife was in a pretty nasty car accident but not bad enough to go to the hospital and when we got home she passed out I think from the shock, pain, anxiety etc. I realized I was out of my element and called in the good guys to the house. First responders are some amazing people and I am thankful for them today
Hope your wife is okay, I had to do that one time with my wife....felt so helpless!!!! On another note, what is you new career?
You know what I want to accomplish? I want to go to Hawaii and see the active lave fields and . . . pee on it. I want to piss on hot lava.
I can only think of 2 things I want to do that I haven’t done already, and that is one of them. I want to ride East till I get to the ocean, then head West till I get to the other one. My job would easily allow me to do that since I get a month off at a time, I just haven’t bitten the bullet yet. The other one is to race an entire race season (start to finish, making every round on the SE and/or National schedule). Unfortunately, my job makes that one impossible.
I’ll be damned if I can recall which thread it was in. Maybe a month or two ago. Like any of them, it was a bit shocking to see. Always seemed like a good dude.