Original Posted By: "taildrags"
Mark,Sure glad you can keep your PIET. And I hope you will be able to come back to CAsomeday to finish it. We need people like you in our State! If you ever needa contact in the northern part of the State, let me know and I will help inany way possible.Hope you can just continue building in TN, not just use your fuselage as a pieceof furniture.Hope to see you sometime and hear more from you,Ray KrauseBuilding SkyScoutSent from my iPad> On Dec 23, 2014, at 8:42 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:> > > Well, an update for any who are following my saga (and if you are, what a sadlife you lead!!) > > I got a call today from Tools (AKA Mike) and what a great guy. Ever since Idecided to build a Piet, I have met nothing but great guys and gals. I know otherhobbyists and car clubs, Gun enthusiasts, Ham Radio guys (I am one of thosetoo), etc... All those mutual interests have great people that participate.And I am sure they have their fair share of good folks too. But...> > I am and have been members of various "hobby" clubs (including Model Airplaneclubs most frequently over many locations) and I have NEVER met as nice and generouspeople as I have in the Piet community.> > Mike Cuy befriended me once with a DVD, and he knows me not. > > Gary Boothe visited me and bought my dinner when I had first ordered my plans(and still checks in occasionally to see if I am still breathing Piets...ANDrecently offered to store my project for me if I couldn't find a suitable solutionwhen I move...)> > Jim Boyer always made me feel important and was a great conversationalist atthe West Coast Piet June gatherings, and ...> > Mike and Vic Groah welcomed me to their home and let me sit in their yet to befinished project when I was just getting excited about the potential build.I was too fat and large to fit in, but the wooden shoe horn and Vic pushing onmy head got me sucked into the seat long enough for a picture...> > And... a man that I met on the first West Coast Piet gathering I attended, JimMarkle, offered to let me stay at his house as I traversed the country on myfirst trip to Nashville when I was relocating... I met him ONCE, and even thenthat was not why he offered to let me stay... He was just a member of this list!Good Lord...> > ...AND, this list, did a fundraiser for that same Jim when he was going to sellhis project to raise cash... (Good Grief folks: What group does THAT for anotherperson that many will never meet!!)...> > All of these memories (and many more: > > Charlie Miller giving my wife her first ride in a Piet and setting the "Hook"for me ;o) and it was a bumpy, windy day at that!)... AND all the food Charlieand his beautiful wife provided..., > > my friend Jorge in Hanford visiting a few times and sharing with me so many ideasand hours visiting about my build), > > being "inducted" into the Great Waldo Pepper phraseology club by watching a DVDof the movie given to me by Gary Boothe so I'd understand the inside jokeson the list, AND, the patience poor Gary had when first meeting me as I babbledon INCESSANTLY at that free dinner he took me to.. Poor man hasn't recoveredyet from the earful of non-stop talking I did that night...).... > > 4 years of West Coast Piet gatherings where I met and fellowshipped with MANYa good person,> > Yes, all of these memories are special to me, and at 54 (OMG... Why do I look76??), I am glad I can continue to make more memories with this group, as I cankeep my project, thanks to more friends I have yet to meet face to face, butoffering to house my project for me until I can get settled, and even then wheneverI am ready to pick it up.> > Now, shouldn't our own FAMILY operate that way? > > As we gather this Christmas/Chanukkah season, or whatever you celebrate, I hopeyou remember that THIS group, is different.> > Different than most people that you will pass walking down the street, who lookdown and don't say hi,> >> From a Civic Club like Rotary/kiwanis that gathers once a week and fines eachother for various newsworthy activities,> > Different than various hobby clubs that meet and share ideas and techniques> > Piet People are seemingly joined by a project, values and time that ties themsomehow to 1930. A time when people were neighborly, trusting and helpful.> > Somehow, inconceivably, the elements of the project attracts the person who seemsto resonate with the era of Americana values: to help others when othersneed help--- Remember the stories of Bernard Pietenpol himself leaving gas inthe plane's tank so he could fly others to get help if needed in an emergency---> > Seems that sentiment follows the set of plans... or.. somehow those people areattracted to the plane itself.> > It's a mystery that will continue to follow the future generations of Piet builders.> > Merry Christmas.> > Mark> > > > > Read this topic online here:> >
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 072#436072> > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Latex Paint Rolling Video
> > I have your phone number, and here is mine in TN: 615-487-9784.> > Woo Hoo! Many thanks for your kindness, and I look forward to meeting the Tennesseecontingent of the Piet Fliers 
