FATHER"S DAY

Thanks hacker, good idea. My dad was my hero, and I was glad that he passed 2 Christmas's ago, way past due for a reunion with my mother. The suffering was finally over.....he was a vet, a father of 7, a grandfather of 35, an honest and very talented home builder, and a church goer of 94 years.

I had a good father's day.....albeit noisy......3 of my 5 kids and their herds came last night.....it was fun. Another called from Tuscan as I was going to bed.....a long caaalllllll.   Only damage was my ears got hot.  My other boy, from Denver, sent a card.....with a Coldstone Ice cream gift card inside.....good for another overindulgent evening.

Yes pooh, Alzeimers is the worst....dementia next....thankfully it's not all terrible. My wife's mother went that direction, but she died before she totally forgot every one. My wife and her sister still laugh thinking about some of the antics. However we would visit and she would say, "oh goody, my best friend came to visit me." No she couldn't remember the daughter part, but she at least recognized her as her best friend.

Been on Fifi too! Fun! My Dad's brother piloted a B-29 during the war. My favorite non-fighter cockpit experience was a Constellation....General McArthur's command aircraft during Korea....yeah the one that brought him home when Truman fired him. Very cool "electronics" on that aircraft. Lot's of radios, but had other electrics I had no idea what was. That plane is on display in Arizona at a little air port just outside the Grand Canyon South Rim facilities.

I never said I hated noise....I make plenty with guns and motorcycles......other peoples noise is okay too....for a while.