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Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 7:46
PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Too damn
quiet....and announcemet of my hopefully future pilot sidekick
Don't do this to me
guys. NO ACTIVITY for a couple of days now. I am about to have my
progress slow to a crawl due to the City kicking us out of my
hangar during repair to the roof from Hurricane Ike. It has been delayed
but they are telling us now that we are out in ten days. I need y'all to
be making progress and asking questions so I can enjoy
vicariously!!!
I may be able to wire my panel up on the
dining room table. Also, I may still make some progress as
well on the turbo manifold. Can't complain much though, the engine,
while still needing some tuning, is starting consistently and is getting
tweaked.
Also, this will allow me to spend time
with my son. He is 14 days old. Charles David
Barber...Charlie....I think it has a friendly sound. Never expected to
be a dad and now I am a single dad at FORTY-EIGHT years old. DOH! (if I have
figured out what caused it....see, I should have been building more...well,
unless it happened at the hangar <g>). Poor kid, he will never
know a young dad <sigh> The mother (I can't call her a mom) will be out
of the picture for 3 to 10 years. <g>. No joke she turned out to
be a con artist and is in prison. Sentencing is the end of this
month. She already took the plea. Kinda a Madoff "light"
She likely "got pregnant" thinking should could trap me, and as the judge
said according to her mother, to gain sympathy in front of a jury.
A real bad apple. Yeah, 20/20 hindsight and all.........
Yeah, I know and understand the comical
elements of a cop/lawyer dating (on and off) a woman who was a con
artist. Uh, it would be much funnier if it were not happening to me.
Must have figured I gave her credibility for her scams involving millions of
dollars. I did think she had some emotional immaturity
but originally chalked this up to her being 15 years younger than
I......not criminally crazy. I was not a financial victim, well, except kids
are expensive <yikes>. And yes, for those still reading, I took
the paternity test. 15 of 15 markers are identical.
So, since I am a firm believer that it
is not what happens to you in life but how you handle it, I will make
the most of this path that has been laid out before me. Wow, a son...who
would of thought? Sorry if the last part of this post is not rotary
related, but I consider you guys friends and I am all about sharing
:-).
Hmmmmm, when I get back into the hangar (if the City
does not play too many games) I wonder where I can place the
playpen????? The kid wll be able to tune a rotary by his first
birthday....cheap help huh? I hope I will be a good
dad.
All the best,
Chris Barber
Houston