Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Back in Hawaii




Got back to Honolulu this morning.


And leave again tomorrow afternoon local time. We fly back to LAX. Then I am on reserve for the next 17 days. So that is a total of 29 days gone from home.


Here are some more pictures from last week when Susan was with me in Hawaii.


Monday, April 28, 2008

Lunch

An Irishman , a Mexican and a Blonde Guy were doing construction work on scaffolding on the 20th floor of a building.

They were eating lunch and the Irishman said, 'Corned beef and cabbage! If I get corned beef and cabbage one more time for lunch, I'm going to jump off this building.'

The Mexican! Opened his lunch box and exclaimed,' Burritos again! If I get burritos one more time I'm going to jump off, too.'

The blonde opened his lunch and said, 'Bologna again! If I get a bologna sandwich one more time, I'm jumping too.'

The next day, the Irishman opened his lunch box, saw corned beef and cabbage, and jumped to his death.

The Mexican opened his lunch, saw a burrito, and jumped, too.

The blonde guy opened his lunch, saw the bologna and jumped to his death as well.

At the funeral, the Irishman's wife was weeping. She said, 'If I'd known how really tired he was of corned beef and cabbage, I never would have given it to him again!'

The Mexican's wife also wept and said, 'I could have given him tacos or enchiladas! I didn't realize he hated burritos so much.'

Everyone turned and stared at the blonde's wife. The blonde's wife said, 'Don't look at me. The idiot makes his own lunch.'

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Vacation time over...


Well, I took Susan to the Honolulu International Airport this morning (5:30 am) to catch a 7:10 am flight to LAX then on to St Louis. She should get home at about 11:00 pm tonight.


We had a great time here. Last night we took a walk through Waikiki Beach to watch the sunset.


I am scheduled to fly later today from here to LAX. Then stay in LA until Tuesday morning.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Swimming with the Dolpfins




Yesterday we went to Sea Life Park. We got to swim and touch and ride the dolphins. We had a great time there. I am trying to upload the pictures but not having much success at this time. I will try later.


I am leaving to go to LA and back in a few hours. We had breakfast this morning and then went to Waikiki Beach, just in front of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, and went swimming there for a couple of hours.


Tomorrow we just plan to go to the beach and relax for the day.

THE PICTURES JUST UPLOADED!!!! YEAH!!!!!!

Susan leaves for home Saturday morning.

More later...

Monday, April 21, 2008

DIVE, DIVE, DIVE........




Today we went "Under the Sea" on the Atlantis. It is a 68 passenger submarine. Top depth we went was 120 feet.

We first took a 10 minute ride out to the Atlantis. Then transferred on board to the ATLANTIS. It was about a 35 minute dive.

The last photo is of a turtle resting on the bow of a sunken ship that is now a reef off the coast of Waikiki Beach.

Time to go to work tomorrow afternoon. Susan will be on her own for a day. She is already planning her day alone.

Whale Watching...or is he watching us?


The whales come up very quickly and plus the fact we bought a new camera, I was a little slow on getting pictures. This is about the best one that I could get of them. But I was the one who say this one first. I first saw him just below the surface of the water, just before he came up to the surface.
We are going down to the International Market Place and also see about some outer tours for the week.
Susan is sunburned a little on her arms from yesterday. We ran into my first officer and had dinner with him last night.
More of our adventures tomorrow.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

"CAPTAIN!.....They be whales!!!!!"



Susan came out to Hawaii to be with me this week.


We went on a Whale Watching Cruise. Last day of whale watching here in Hawaii. But, we did see a couple of whales.


Thinking about going to swim with the dolphins tomorrow.


Sunny and 85F here in Honolulu today.


More later.....

Thursday, April 17, 2008

This Old Airplane....Part 3






Here are some photo's of the new wingtips I got and finished installing them today.


Forgot to get new pictures of the new re-vamped Instrument panel. We were in a hurry to get out of the hanger this afternoon.


Nav lights, new landing lights and old landing light (now new taxi light) all work. We did some re-wiring also. We had a couple of issues with the new strobe lights, but hope to have them corrected next time I get home.


Ran out of time to get the starter installed this time, but will get it next time.


Also got the new right side forward door post trim installed. Again, ran out of time to complete the left side.


More later.......

Monday, April 14, 2008

This Old Airplane....Part 2.....

Well I have the ADF installed. The electronic tachometer is installed. Two of the three instrument panels are repaired and painted.

Frank (my son-in-law) is painting the new wingtips and wheel pants.

Got the strobe light wiring harness and the new landing light wire routed thru the wings and into the fuselage.

Waiting for some parts to arrive tomorrow and Wednesday to try an finish up before I go back to work on Friday.

Going to have to go to work to get some rest.....

LOL.......

Sunday, April 13, 2008

This Old Airplane....


Didn't get to work on the Cessna yesterday or today.


Yesterday, we went to see our granddaughter Kalleigh test for her white belt in Tae Kwon Do. She did find, will find out next week if she passed.


Then we went to R & S Pool Supply to get a new pool. Ours is 21 years old this summer. Liner needs to be replaced, And the railings and walls are shot. We got a really great deal from Bob, the owner, whom we have known since moving to St Louis 19 years ago. Now we have a meeting with an installer on Tuesday morning.


Progress is slow but sure with the Cessna. Repairing interior plastic and repainting. But had to order 3 new pieces. The 3 pieces I am replacing just crumpled in my hands when I removed them to run wiring for the new Landing Lights and Strobes I am also installing.


These plastic parts just take a beating with the hot sun beating threw the windows. They become very brittle. Got to get a hanger!

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Cessna 150






Started working on my airplane yesterday afternoon. Got a good start on things. Will be out at the airport all day today and tomorrow. Only got the hanger space till Monday.




I got lots to do by then.




Installing a different Directional Gyro, ADF (Automatic Direction Finder, AM radio), Indicator of ADF, Electronic Tachometer, new wing tips with strobe lights, new started, re-painting some interior parts, wheel pants, tail hold down bolt.




Will try and take pictures everyday to show progress.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Home

Got in late last night.

Went out tot he airport to do a couple of minor things to the Cessna.

NO KEYS!!!!!!!!!!

I HATE THAT WHEN IT HAPPENS!!!!!! Especially when gas is $3.25 per gallon.

Will try again tomorrow. Plus the weather might be better.

Raining here again today.

Didn't God promise something about no more 40 day and night raining?

Monday, April 7, 2008

New York, New York...

Got back last night. Very clear night all the way across the Atlantic. Very smooth ride all the way.

Scheduling is getting me home tonight.

Then got to see about a hanger to do some work on my plane this week and weekend.

Also got to talk to a friend of mine about teaching Scott (my son) to fly. Scott is want to follow his dad's foot steps into aviation.

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Amsterdam

We got into Liege, then took ground transportation to Amsterdam. We are here for about 26 hours. Then back to JFK.

Weather here is a lot like what we have been getting back home in the Mid-West. Cold, damp, cloudly, rainey, etc. etc. etc....

Friday, April 4, 2008

New York, New York...

Made it to JFK this morning. We depart for Liege, Belgium @ 11:00 pm tonight. Once we get to Leige, we ground travel to Amsterdam. Head back to JFK on Sunday. Spend 2 days in JFK then back home.

Nothing much happening.

OH... I did get to fly my Cessna around St Louis for an hour Wednesday. And installed a different ADF that I had purchased off Ebay. Worked great. Now I just have to get the plane in a hanger to install all the other stuff I got for her.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

GAMES FOR WHEN WE ARE OLDER
1. Sag, you're It.
2. Hide and go pee.
3. 20 questions shouted into your good ear.
4. Kick the bucket.
5. Red Rover, Red Rover, the nurse says Bend Over.
6. Musical recliners.
7. Simon says something incoherent.
8. Pin the Toupee on the bald guy.

SIGNS OF MENOPAUSE:

1. You sell your home heating system at a yard sale.
2. You have to write post-it notes with your kids' names on them.
3. You change your underwear after a sneeze.

OLD IS WHEN:

1. Going bra-less pulls all the wrinkles out of your face.
2. You don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along.
3. Getting a little action means I don't need fiber today.
4. Getting lucky means you find your car in the parking lot.
5. An all-nighter means not getting up to pee!

Thoughts for the weekend

Wouldn't it be nice if whenever we messed up our life we could simply press 'Ctr Alt Delete' and start all over?

Just remember, if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off.

If raising children was going to be easy, it never would havestarted with something called labor!

Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever.

But Most Of All, Remember ! A Good Friend Is Like A Good Bra. Hard to Find, Supportive, Comfortable, And Always Close To Your Heart!

============ Ponderisms

I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.


Garden Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.

The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.

Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to?

In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird.. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.

How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?

Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, 'I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here and drink whatever comes out?'

Who was the first person to say, 'See that chicken there? I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes outta its butt.'

If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why isthere a song about him?

Why does your OB-GYN leave the room when you get undressed if he's going to look up there anyway?

Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?

Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?