*smiles very big...

thank you Marm...

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*smiles*

*smiles back...

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yep so true. *hugs*

*hugs back...

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I liked that visit and the portraits.

why thank you Hey...

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As much as things change, much stays the same.

Dad said a number of times 88Pop got him back home when it shouldn't have. Dad said the Cub knew it's way to Watson Lake by heart. Sadly 88Pop was lost in Alaska by a pilot doing exactly the thing Dad warned him not to do after he sold it.

As I remember the Super Cub had 6500 hours on the airframe when she was sold. I remember when Dad got 88 Pop he picked it up for a fair price because it had a high time engine, TBO on a Lycoming is 2000 hours and the engine had never been off the plane. Dad put most of those hours on flying over some of the most inhospitable lands in North America in the span of three years.

I have a few hours flying front seat in 88Pop when she was on floats. Like with many Super Cubs 95% of her time was on floats.

One event I remember was, we had family out from North Dakota Dad and uncle Vergel went missing for about two and a half hours when they came back they had four buckets of snow. So us kids had a snow ball fight in the middle of August. Dad and Vergel flew to and landed on Mt Baker to get the snow... the fun of having a good float plane.

what a wonderful story Fem...

*hugs...

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The span of eight years Dad had 88pop.

This was a two-in-one, I feel spoiled. It's amazing how the sayings of our grandparents trickle down through the generations, and how so many of those saying come from grandmothers. I've got a decent collection of my own, so I guess I'd better get cracking on my participation for this week's prompt.

I remember seeing my Dad heading out the door and asking him where he was going and he'd say, "Crazy! You want to come?"

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"Are you a repeat visitor or would you like the guided tour?"

guided tour please... is this the Hotel California?

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My favorite is still
"He couldn't pour piss out of a boot with the instructions on the heel."

Bunners

*laughs...

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Loved the personal anecdotes. I enjoyed seeing Henry again, too. I can understand his frustration as well. To have lived through such a horrid, costly conflict only to see things start to slide back... It might almost be enough to make one question the worth of one's sacrifice. At least he still has his old friends in the museum with whom he can reminisce.

Nicely done. *hugs*

thank you so very much and you're right - we went from one war virtually right into another (non-shooting) war... On a whole, I think people are not very bright...

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I've never really had the desire/impulse to treat a vehicle as another living entity--though that doesn't mean I don't understand the concept of routine maintenance. To put it bluntly, why on earth would I talk to my car when a character is sitting beside me. It's kind of rude.

I have talked to my cars muchly in the past and on occasion used not so nice words... and then the engine catches and we're good.

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Hmmm, that is true. I will do that from time to time. (stupid unwieldy inanimate objects.) Though it's just an emotional outburst as opposed to the actual personification I see a lot.

"Reach for the Sky" reminds me for Paul Brickhills' bio of Douglas Bader, aka "Tin Legs". Amazing story. THE COLONEL

I read that when in High School... as many were back then, he was an amazing man.

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Other wise, great story. Have you read any of Stewart Slades "The Big One" series? wether you accept the basic prmise, I really enjoyed having the air craft talk back to the crews. WCJ

I never read that one but have used the premise in many stories.

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Oh yes... I believe my Gram had a few of those too...

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That relationship with the aircraft sounds familiar. I wonder why that is? I still use expressions my folks used. I can't pull one out of my hat right now, but when a situation arises, they just pop out of my mouth...some not politically correct by today's thin skinned standards - but they fit. George Orwell's legacy is alive and kicking.

Three more days Vixyy before we head south. Can't bloody wait. LOL

I can't wait too!

'Hold your horses' is one of my more common pop outs. You can't get much more ancient than that one.

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why thank you so very much that means so very much to me...

that book sounds so very nice! the world is full of such people - most are just to humble or shy to say anything...

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You always paint a rich, personal picture in these nostalgia stories. I think that's a special talent of yours.

*smiles so very big... thanks so very much G...

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A bit misty eyed from this one.

*hugs....

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