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Darn. You win. Hai-Lee is still buying, though.Well, we will just have to find out now won't we?!
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Darn. You win. Hai-Lee is still buying, though.Well, we will just have to find out now won't we?!
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Thoughts and prayers Brother, Thoughts and prayers!The Journey Continues. I don't always like it.
I can not imagine what you went and are going through, either. It would be disrespectful for me to even try. There simply is no way to truly understand it until you go through it. God be with you and your's.Be grateful to be able to send your Son off..... I lost my only Daughter over 2 years ago. The pain just gets worse.
Just don't let him go, without him knowing how you feel about him.
He didn't make it through MEPs. We've got to get him to a doctor tomorrow (well later today) to check out an issue with an ear. If we can get it done tomorrow (later today), he'll go back to MEPs on Monday/Tuesday.
He was so crestfallen, poor guy. He wants this so bad. I told him all that's happened is another step has been added. We'll take that step and it's no big deal.
Assuming all goes well at the Doc's we've got to get through the weekend. Shoot!!! It's killing me, not literally, or maybe so. I don't know anymore. I can't even imagine what he's feeling.
I so want this for him, because he wants it so much. I'm so afraid of it all at the same time. I just realized I keep thinking of him as a four-year old. The joys of parenthood. Bartender, I'll have another boilermaker, please. Rounds are on me.
As far as the build goes? I'm not going to fly that janky dihedral wing on the TT. (Yes, I'm crossposting between threads because I forget which has the latest build info.) I am both focused and unfocused at the same time right now. Sorry.
I want to remove all the variables that I can on my first flight. Even with my "repair" it still seems like it's just going to fold. Common sense has prevailed. (Thank you PMRC, it was your journey through your own hard-headedness, that taught me to let go of mine.) I've got plans, I've got foamboard. I'll just build another wing.
I've got the electronics working. Honestly though, I think the next step is not going to involve foamboard. I want some simulator time before I take the TT out on it's maiden. I think my next step is to get that simulator set up and crash a simulated plane a whole lot.
Yep. That's what I'm after. If you're following me, the biggest issue with my kluge quad was that I panicked. Then I started pushing the wrong sticks. I was totally confused, and instead of down and forward I went up and back and just totally lost it to the point I dropped throttle and let it fall.Real Flying has not helped my Simulator experience.... at all. However, it's been a great help with getting me used to Stick Memory!
I've no solution for the Gulf War Syndrome. I handled my own PTSD by confessing what caused it to my mom. Twenty years (plus or minus, I'm not going to work it out. It was the first Gulf War.) after the fact.
I'm working through every angle to throw my only child in to an even worse situation. I have so many conflicting thoughts about that, that my fingers are frozen on the keyboard and my mind is locked. How does one deal with that?
You both made me feel better and made me smile. Thank you.First, there's NO real solution to GWS.... Not in the case of anyone I knew who had it. 3 of them offed themselves. Just keep breathing!
The flashbacks, nightmares, visions, anxiety..... Whatever else you're forced to deal with.....
Just try to tell yourself that you're needed, and you'll always have a Family that loves you and COUNTS on you.
It's absurdly cliché, but One Day at a Time, Brother!!
I don't believe that your Kid is in trouble! Some Primary Doctors panic a bit over things outside of their usual practice....
We just experienced similar when my Wife developed a small hematoma from her Chemo Port. No big deal, right under the skin...
Her Doctor WOULDN'T do it! She sent us to the Oncologist, who removed it in 15 minutes - with an ENORMOUS Co-Pay (which we ABSOLUTELY couldn't afford!!!).
Constant things like that is what put us in the Dire situation we're in now.
Your Boy may be going to a worst situation..... But remember, he's going in better prepared, and better equipped!! I realize that's not a huge comfort for a Parent, but I'm sure you understand that the efficiency of today's Weapon Systems is so much better than anything we had. So are the Personnel Defensive Systems!!
And I only got this from scuttlebutt.... But I hear that they now roll out Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and various other Food Trucks off of C-17's at DZs all over the World!!
I only remember getting SIX varieties of MREs was a BIG DEAL, back in the first Desert War!!!
You both made me feel better and made me smile. Thank you.