Chris, one thing about your son not knowing
a “young” Dad, when I was born my Dad was 59 years old. Never
crossed my mind to trade him for a “younger model” in fact, in hindsight
I think I was fortunate to have a Dad who had lived life and had the
experience, judgment and maturity to deal with me – fortunately he lived
until his 93 birthday.
So age certainly does nothing but add to
the qualifications to make a better Dad. Keep that in mind.
Ed
From: Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Chris Barber
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009
7:46 PM
To: Rotary
motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Too damn
quiet....and announcemet of my hopefully future pilot sidekick
Don't do this to me guys. NO
ACTIVITY for a couple of days now. I am about to have my progress slow to a
crawl due to the City kicking us out of my hangar during repair to
the roof from Hurricane Ike. It has been delayed but they are telling us
now that we are out in ten days. I need y'all to be making progress and
asking questions so I can enjoy vicariously!!!
I may be able to wire my panel up on the dining room
table. Also, I may still make some progress as well on the
turbo manifold. Can't complain much though, the engine, while still
needing some tuning, is starting consistently and is getting
tweaked.
Also, this will allow me to spend time with my son.
He is 14 days old. Charles David Barber...Charlie....I think it
has a friendly sound. Never expected to be a dad and now I am a single
dad at FORTY-EIGHT years old. DOH! (if I have figured out what caused
it....see, I should have been building more...well, unless it happened at the
hangar <g>). Poor kid, he will never know a young dad <sigh>
The mother (I can't call her a mom) will be out of the picture for 3 to 10
years. <g>. No joke she turned out to be a con artist and is in
prison. Sentencing is the end of this month. She already took the
plea. Kinda a Madoff "light" She likely "got
pregnant" thinking should could trap me, and as the judge
said according to her mother, to gain sympathy in front of a jury. A
real bad apple. Yeah, 20/20 hindsight and all.........
Yeah, I know and understand the comical elements of a
cop/lawyer dating (on and off) a woman who was a con artist. Uh, it would
be much funnier if it were not happening to me. Must have figured I gave her
credibility for her scams involving millions of dollars. I did think she
had some emotional immaturity but originally chalked this up to her
being 15 years younger than I......not criminally crazy. I was not a financial
victim, well, except kids are expensive <yikes>. And yes, for those
still reading, I took the paternity test. 15 of 15 markers are identical.
So, since I am a firm believer that it is not what happens
to you in life but how you handle it, I will make the most of this path
that has been laid out before me. Wow, a son...who would of
thought? Sorry if the last part of this post is not rotary related, but I
consider you guys friends and I am all about sharing :-).
Hmmmmm, when I get back into the hangar (if the City does
not play too many games) I wonder where I can place the playpen????? The
kid wll be able to tune a rotary by his first birthday....cheap help
huh? I hope I will be a good dad.
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