X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from securemail.ever-tek.com ([64.129.170.194] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.2) with ESMTP id 4105905 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:54:09 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.129.170.194; envelope-from=cbarber@texasattorney.net Received: from fcd-mail06.FCDATA.PRIVATE ([2002:404:40b::404:40b]) by FCD-MAIL06.FCDATA.PRIVATE ([2002:404:40b::404:40b]) with mapi; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:53:20 -0600 From: Chris Barber To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Charlies an angel Thread-Topic: Charlies an angel Thread-Index: AcqirwiBVtMb674yQzqn3TGJyWICjQ== Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:53:17 +0000 Message-ID: <2D41F9BF3B5F9842B164AF93214F3D300219A0@FCD-MAIL06.FCDATA.PRIVATE> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_2D41F9BF3B5F9842B164AF93214F3D300219A0FCDMAIL06FCDATAPR_" MIME-Version: 1.0 --_000_2D41F9BF3B5F9842B164AF93214F3D300219A0FCDMAIL06FCDATAPR_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable As I have mentioned in the past, I consider you guys and gals as friends. D= ue to this, and since I spoke of him on the list in the past, I feel compel= led to share my deep grief that my three month old son, Charles "Charlie" D= avid Barber passed away Thursday. He was visiting his grandmother (since I = was a single dad, she cared for him when I worked) who discovered his lifel= ess body in his crib when she woke. It appears to be a case of SIDS. There = was no trauma and it will be weeks before the toxicology reports return. Co= nsidering how much press it gets, you would be amazed at how really low the= SIDS rate is. Its rate has been cut in half since 1980. Currently about 23= 00 deaths in 4 million annual births in the US. I did not realize this depth of sorrow was possible. I do not mean to be a = downer and I would prefer not to clog the list with a lot of condolences as= I know your thoughts are with me. I apologize to those who do not feel thi= s is the proper forum to share this, but since I spoke of him here, I would= be at a loss if someone innocently mentioned him down the road and I had n= ot shared the news. I am beside myself. The only time I got to fill out pap= erwork that I was his "father" was on his death certificate paperwork. This= has changed me and I am going to miss my son and the old me. I had so embr= aced my role as father and the word "son". He is/was my only child. Anyway, I think I may be trying to distract myself (which so far has failed= miserably) by working on my project. Kinda hard to keep the tears out of t= he epoxy. I actually didn't know I could sob. I have some questions about t= he engine...actually Tracy's PSRU, and hope I am not thought crass that I m= ay be asking some soon. It is a coping mechanism. =1B$B!!=1B(B Thank you for humoring a grieving father. =1B$B!!=1B(B All the best, =1B$B!!=1B(B Chris Barber Houston --_000_2D41F9BF3B5F9842B164AF93214F3D300219A0FCDMAIL06FCDATAPR_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-2022-jp" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

As I have mentioned in the past, I consider you guys and gals as friends= . Due to this, and since I spoke of him on the list in the past, I feel com= pelled to share my deep grief that my three month old son, Charles "Ch= arlie" David Barber passed away Thursday. He was visiting his grandmother (since I was a single dad, she cared for h= im when I worked) who discovered his lifeless body in his crib when she wok= e. It appears to be a case of SIDS. There was no trauma and it will be week= s before the toxicology reports return. Considering how much press it gets, you would be amazed at how rea= lly low the SIDS rate is. Its rate has been cut in half since 1980. Current= ly about 2300 deaths in 4 million annual births in the US.

 

I did not realize this depth of s= orrow was possible. I do not mean to be a downer and I would prefer not to = clog the list with a lot of condolences as I know your thoughts are with me= . I apologize to those who do not feel this is the proper forum to share this, but since I spoke of him here, I would = be at a loss if someone innocently mentioned him down the road and I had no= t shared the news. I am beside myself. The only time I got to fill out pape= rwork that I was his "father" was on his death certificate paperwork. This has changed me and I am going to = miss my son and the old me. I had so embraced my role as father and th= e word "son". He is/was my only child.

 

Anyway, I think I may be trying to distract m= yself (which so far has failed miserably) by working on my project. Ki= nda hard to keep the tears out of the epoxy. I actually didn'= t know I could sob. I have some questions about the engine...actually Tracy's PSRU, and hope I am not = thought crass that I may be asking some soon. It is a coping mechanism= .

=1B$B!!=1B(B

Thank you for humoring a grieving father.

=1B$B!!=1B(B

All the best,

=1B$B!!=1B(B

Chris Barber

Houston

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