Wow Chris!

I wish you all the best in your parenting … a single-d= ad; we don’t here of that too much – though you aren’t the first.=

Your life just got more interesting – and you thought = building an airplane was challenging.

Jeff

From: Rotary motors= in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Chris Bar= ber
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 7:46 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Too damn quiet....and announcemet of my hopeful= ly future pilot sidekick

Don't do this to me guys. NO ACTIVITY for a couple of da= ys 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 Hurri= cane 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 soun= d. Never expected to be a dad and now I am a single dad at FORTY-EIGHT years o= ld. DOH! (if I have figured out what caused it....see, I should have been build= ing more...well, unless it happened at the hangar <g>). Poor kid, h= e 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 o= ff) 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 victi= m, well, except kids are expensive <yikes>. And yes, for those sti= ll 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 h= ow you handle it, I will make the most of this path that has been laid o= ut 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 an= d 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.

All the best,

Chris Barber

Houston