Fleet Air Arm Group Build

Thanks very much, fellas! This is a first for me, so I'm kinda stoked about it.

Nam, actually I was sorta going for the DeNiro look (Billy Sunday, Men of Honor).

Frank, enjoy your time off my friend. You've surely earned it, so make the most of it.....it goes by FAST! Looking forward to seeing some progress pics hot off your bench!

Well deserved recognition Mike, this calls for a celebration!

Gents, I am through with my long two week stretch of work and (hopefully) snowblowing and am poised to enjoy the next four days off.  Hope to get lots of building done!

Beautiful job on that Mike!

Is that Mel Gibson in there?

 Congrats!

Way To Go Mike .  Calls for a drink .

Regards,  Rick

Happy to oblige, guys! This is one taken from a different angle than the ones I submitted to them.....

Hey Mike, congratulations!

Can we have a sneak peek?

Congratulations Mike that's great news .  Care to post a pic of the kit so we can get a bit of a sneak peek.

Thanks mate. Hope you get back to 100% soon.

Thanks for your kind wishes lads.

Sorry for moaning yesterday....just needed to let off a little steam. 

Mike, what you went through sounds awful-you have my sympathies mate. Glad you came out the other side OK.

I am in better mood today as the painkillers are starting to kick in.......my doctor says my throat should improve within 5-7 days. I am starving! Its amazing how much one starts to think about food when one cannot eat any!!

I'm dreaming about fish and chips and bangers and mash!!

and rum!

Darren, all my best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Now, who has the key to the Rum cabinent ??

Regards,  Rick

Darren,

Sounds like you are truly having an awful time with this.  Hopefully, you will soon start to enjoy a speedy recovery.  Hang in there my friend, it will get better soon!

And yes, we WILL keep your rum rations safe until your return.  Here's to your speedy recovery!

Great to read that Roy made it to his destination safely.

Guys......I am so fed up. I woke up this morning with a sore throat-then it just got worse, tried to eat breakfast and started choking! It turns out that I have had a reaction to the eye medication and the flappy part at the back of my tongue has swelled up to the point where I cannot eat!!

I went to the doctor and he has issued me more meds for the swelling, its still painful and I am exhaused because the anti-allergy pills make me sleep. Tired, sore and miserable......I am feeling sorry for myself today. They have told me if the swelling gets any worse I'll have to go stright to hospital.

I'll be glad when this is over...........they won't let me touch any rum!

Yep.....that's the trouble with installing heating/cooling systems in new construction.........there is no heat in winter until we put it in, but then we leave!

No A/C in warm weather until we put it in, but then we leave!

We don't get to enjoy either one! 

Nam,

Hanging ductwork would be murder here this time of year!  yesterday it was 35 and raining until the snow started.  Tonight, a "dangerous wind chill advisory" was issued because the temps are supposed to dip to -30 degrees.  Yikes!

Frank after moving back to my 'home' State of CT from many years in the great southwest...was thinking....maybe I'll get a couple 'snow days' off from work.....especially after delving back into modeling now. One lousy 'snow day' so far. I want to  move to south central Wisconsin!

But, alas......I must work, and I don't want to be hanging ductwork in that climate. 

Received a message this morning from Roy saying they arrived safe and sound back in Wyoming last night.  He said to tell everyone here he made it and will be back online soon!

Thanks Dave.  I think my Lady is beginning to get jealous about all of the "quality time" I am spending with Charlene (my snowblower).  Egads!  I think I just cracked, now I call my snowblower by name!  Better have a couple of rums to settle back down...

Ahhh... much better!

Darren, glad to hear your eye survived the ordeal and that all will be well again soon!  I'll stay well away from the bamboo from now on when it warms up enough to get out into the garden again which will be soon if our weather keeps up as it has. 

Frank, I don't envy you and your snowblower.  Had too many seasons like that in Winnipeg during th 40 odd years that I lived there.    Glad that you and Roy managed to hook up on his drive through.  Nice to see what you look like with out the big eyes too!

namrednef wrote:

My Goodness! What more can happen around here!? Glad the CAG is okay.....then he would really be flying a desk! yes....Bless the Medical folks

So say we all.

Thanks lads.

My Goodness! What more can happen around here!?

Glad the CAG is okay.....then he would really be flying a desk!

yes....Bless the Medical folks 

Good Lord, Darren!!! Ya gotta take special care of those peepers. I am very, very relieved that the damage wasn't too severe or permanent. Of all my senses, sight is the one I know I could least do without. Glad to hear you're on the mend, my friend! ...and kudos to your wife to being Johnny-on-the-spot and knowing exactly what to do. Don't even want to think about something like that happening with nobody else around. Scary stuff to say the least.

...and Frank, if you miss those mild winters, you gotta move up here buddy! Actually, yours sounds a lot like the norm for up here, but this one's been a fairly easy one so far.

TANGO 1 wrote:

Daywalker wrote: Darren, Glad you are able to keep your sense of humor about it.  I was gonna say in my last post, but decided against it as I wasn't sure how you were feeling about it, that with your eye patch you just look more like a .  Glad it is only temporary! Hehehehehehehehehehehehhe! What with my rum drinking and love of naval aviation......folks round here have had a lot of fun with me-I have even been given a pirates eye patch!!

LOL!  That's awesome!  Just don't go out and lose a leg so you can walk around with a peg leg!   It has been an awful winter here.  The reports say that we have been hitting record snowfalls, with 75-80 inches from one super-storm alone.  Though, not all in the same day.  It just keeps circling overhead and dropping 3-12 every couple of days.  I sure am glad Roy left here yesterday before it struck again!

Sounds like a harsh winter where you are Frank, I hope the bad weather eases soon. We have had a few sunny days here..hence why I was in the garden!

Amazing isn't it? The British can blame the weather for anything!

Daywalker wrote:

Darren, Glad you are able to keep your sense of humor about it.  I was gonna say in my last post, but decided against it as I wasn't sure how you were feeling about it, that with your eye patch you just look more like a .  Glad it is only temporary!

Hehehehehehehehehehehehhe!

What with my rum drinking and love of naval aviation......folks round here have had a lot of fun with me-I have even been given a pirates eye patch!!