All the best,

Chris Barber

Houston

From: Rotary motors in aircraft [fl= yrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Bill Bradburry [bbradburry@bellsout= h.net]
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 12:17 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Too damn quiet....and announcemet of my hop= efully future pilot sidekick

Chris,

Sons don=92t know that they have older dads. It= is the older dads that put a guilt trip on themselves. Stay off the = couch and you will be able to spend just as much time with your son as if you were 20 years younger!

So, even though you are a full blooded cop, stay away= from the damn donuts! And even more important, do not do any more tr= affic stops of blonds in convertibles! If you do, write the damn ticket! Apparently, in spite of what you might ha= ve thought, you aint shootin blanks!!!

Good luck on both your projects. This new one h= as the capability of providing both the most personal satisfaction and prid= e and also the most worry and heartache. But don=92t worry, both of you will do fine!

Bill B

From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Chris Barber
Sent: Tuesday, November 03,= 2009 7:46 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircra= ft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Too da= mn quiet....and announcemet of my hopefully future pilot sidekick

Don't do th= is to me guys. NO ACTIVITY for a couple of days now. I am about to ha= ve my progress slow to a crawl due to the City kicking us out of my hangar during repair to the roof from Hurr= icane Ike. It has been delayed but they are telling us now that we ar= e out in ten days. I need y'all to be making progress and asking ques= tions 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 wi= th my son. He is 14 days old. Charles David Barber...Charl= ie....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&= gt;. 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.&nbs= p;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 e= lements of a cop/lawyer dating (on and off) a woman who was a con artist.&n= bsp; Uh, it would be much funnier if it were not happening to me. Must have figured I gave her credibility for her scam= s involving millions of dollars. I did think she had some emotional&n= bsp;immaturity but originally chalked this up to her being 15 years yo= unger than I......not criminally crazy. I was not a financial victim, well, except kids are expensive <yikes>. A= nd 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 t= he 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 a= m 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 pl= aypen????? The kid wll be able to tune a rotary by his first birthday....cheap help huh? I hope I&nbs= p;will be a good dad.

All the best,

Chris Barber

Houston

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