Original Posted By: Scott Knowlton
Next July 7 I will have been 40 years married to the same woman... the girl I metwhile riding skateboards (the ORIGINAL ones) in about 1967. But what I didn'tknow until later in our relationship was that I had actually met her whilewe were both in diapers... our parents were friends even before we were born.I can still remember her cute, toothless little smile and crisp white diaperas she lay there in her crib (I am a year older than she is ;o) and I'm surewe shared a warm bottle of milk over the flicker of the night-light in her bedroomthose many years ago. Or maybe it's just my over-active imagination.My wife Jay has asked me not to jump out of airplanes so I never have, and althoughshe has ridden with me one time in Air Camper 41CC, her idea of a real airplaneis the turbo Seneca that I had the fortune to take some dual instructionin, many years ago. That or the King Air that she rode in one time. My Pietenpolis not a serious airplane to her.She has always had exactly 1/2 of our 2-car garage in which to park her car. Ican't remember the last time I had enough of "my" half of the garage in whichto park my car, and I think parking a car in the garage is a waste of good shopspace.Jay does not like to read instructions, fix things, or try to understand anythingwith a lot of parts to it. That's my job. The thought of flying on instrumentsis terrifying to her and she will not sit and listen to the perfect logicof an ILS approach or how a GPS works. However, she never gets lost while drivingin a strange city and I do, plus she will stop and ask for directions insteadof driving 15 miles in the wrong direction like I do when I'm lost.She does not understand the attraction of flying an airplane off of grass, andthinks it's scary to leave the pavement. She does not like the smell of avgasor hot motor oil, much less a huge cloud of blue smoke from starting up a R985,so I listen to my "Round Engines" CDs with the headphones on. I can take herto airshows, but only if the Blue Angels, Thunderbirds, or other loud jetsare flying. She loves loud, fast jets while I migrate to the round engine area.We have our arrangement and it seems to have worked just fine through thick andthin. I thank God for sending me the perfect woman to go through life with,and I thank my wife for putting up with a less-than-perfect man for all theseyears. "Low and Slow Forever" is taking on a whole new meaning as she and I workour way through life!Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Still married?
Re: Pietenpol-List: Still married?
Original Posted By: "Lars Hulgreen"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Still married?Dear Oscar,Now that is a relationship to treasure and it works! What a great story you two have.You mean those skate boards with the small hard wheels that if they hit the tiniest pebble you were going to take a dive? ouchRegards, ChrissiCG Products, Custom Aircraft Hardwarewww.CozyGirrrl.com Cozy Mk-IV RG 13B-turboPlans #957 Chapter? big pieces done, details, details=============================== In a message dated 6/13/2008 8:24:02 A.M. Central Daylight Time, taildrags(at)hotmail.com writes:--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Oscar Zuniga Next July 7 I will have been 40 years married to the same woman... the girl I met while riding skateboards (the ORIGINAL ones) in about 1967. But what Ididn't know until later in our relationship was that I had actually met her while we were both in diapers... our parents were friends even before we wereborn. I can still remember her cute, toothless little smile and crisp white diaper as she lay there in her crib (I am a year older than she is ;o) and I'm sure we shared a warm bottle of milk over the flicker of the night-light in her bedroom those many years ago. Or maybe it's just my over-active imagination.My wife Jay has asked me not to jump out of airplanes so I never have, and although she has ridden with me one time in Air Camper 41CC, her idea of a real airplane is the turbo Seneca that I had the fortune to take some dual instruction in, many years ago. That or the King Air that she rode in one time.My Pietenpol is not a serious airplane to her.She has always had exactly 1/2 of our 2-car garage in which to park her car. I can't remember the last time I had enough of "my" half of the garage in which to park my car, and I think parking a car in the garage is a waste of good shop space.Jay does not like to read instructions, fix things, or try to understand anything with a lot of parts to it. That's my job. The thought of flying oninstruments is terrifying to her and she will not sit and listen to the perfectlogic of an ILS approach or how a GPS works. However, she never gets lost while driving in a strange city and I do, plus she will stop and ask for directions instead of driving 15 miles in the wrong direction like I do when I'mlost.She does not understand the attraction of flying an airplane off of grass, and thinks it's scary to leave the pavement. She does not like the smell of avgas or hot motor oil, much less a huge cloud of blue smoke from starting upa R985, so I listen to my "Round Engines" CDs with the headphones on. I can take her to airshows, but only if the Blue Angels, Thunderbirds, or other loud jets are flying. She loves loud, fast jets while I migrate to the roundengine area.We have our arrangement and it seems to have worked just fine through thick and thin. I thank God for sending me the perfect woman to go through life with, and I thank my wife for putting up with a less-than-perfect man for allthese years. "Low and Slow Forever" is taking on a whole new meaning as she and I work our way through life!Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net**************Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. City's Best 2008. (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102)________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Still married?Dear Oscar,Now that is a relationship to treasure and it works! What a great story you two have.You mean those skate boards with the small hard wheels that if they hit the tiniest pebble you were going to take a dive? ouchRegards, ChrissiCG Products, Custom Aircraft Hardwarewww.CozyGirrrl.com Cozy Mk-IV RG 13B-turboPlans #957 Chapter? big pieces done, details, details=============================== In a message dated 6/13/2008 8:24:02 A.M. Central Daylight Time, taildrags(at)hotmail.com writes:--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Oscar Zuniga Next July 7 I will have been 40 years married to the same woman... the girl I met while riding skateboards (the ORIGINAL ones) in about 1967. But what Ididn't know until later in our relationship was that I had actually met her while we were both in diapers... our parents were friends even before we wereborn. I can still remember her cute, toothless little smile and crisp white diaper as she lay there in her crib (I am a year older than she is ;o) and I'm sure we shared a warm bottle of milk over the flicker of the night-light in her bedroom those many years ago. Or maybe it's just my over-active imagination.My wife Jay has asked me not to jump out of airplanes so I never have, and although she has ridden with me one time in Air Camper 41CC, her idea of a real airplane is the turbo Seneca that I had the fortune to take some dual instruction in, many years ago. That or the King Air that she rode in one time.My Pietenpol is not a serious airplane to her.She has always had exactly 1/2 of our 2-car garage in which to park her car. I can't remember the last time I had enough of "my" half of the garage in which to park my car, and I think parking a car in the garage is a waste of good shop space.Jay does not like to read instructions, fix things, or try to understand anything with a lot of parts to it. That's my job. The thought of flying oninstruments is terrifying to her and she will not sit and listen to the perfectlogic of an ILS approach or how a GPS works. However, she never gets lost while driving in a strange city and I do, plus she will stop and ask for directions instead of driving 15 miles in the wrong direction like I do when I'mlost.She does not understand the attraction of flying an airplane off of grass, and thinks it's scary to leave the pavement. She does not like the smell of avgas or hot motor oil, much less a huge cloud of blue smoke from starting upa R985, so I listen to my "Round Engines" CDs with the headphones on. I can take her to airshows, but only if the Blue Angels, Thunderbirds, or other loud jets are flying. She loves loud, fast jets while I migrate to the roundengine area.We have our arrangement and it seems to have worked just fine through thick and thin. I thank God for sending me the perfect woman to go through life with, and I thank my wife for putting up with a less-than-perfect man for allthese years. "Low and Slow Forever" is taking on a whole new meaning as she and I work our way through life!Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net**************Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. City's Best 2008. (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102)________________________________________________________________________________