Posted on 04/09/2013 5:27:53 PM PDT by Darksheare
I have flown a Cessna 150. Sort of like driving a small pickup truck, only in the air.
We were late getting off the ground in Detroit because of two drunks in First Class. (Drunks? In First Class? *gasp*)
Then we had to wait in queue for 20 minutes more, and were finally airborne. Yay! It was bumpy over Nebraska and Colorado, but the rest of the flight was uneventful. Except for the dork behind me who kept kicking my seat back.
And His Stigness survived my absence. :o])
Poor Dame Dench!
Don’t feel bad - she’s rich ;-).
I’m very happy about The Stig. I was worried about him!
Tom needs to check his email.
Flying them is easy. Landing them is a little trickier and lots of fun. I like looking at the scenery and not having to worry about what the other jerks in the sky might be doing.
I would probably want a few more hp than either a Cessna 150 or a Piper Tomahawk if I wanted to travel, but I think I’d want an ultralight just for the fun of it.
I was worried about him, too, but when I read the note, I was almost overwhelmed with gratitude.
He’s silently being obnoxious, staring at me from the corner of his cage. The one he usually avoids. LOL!
It’s cold and windy, this morning, but I have to run to the store in a bit. When I get back, who knows what will happen? I may even slean up the last minute mess I made!
The Stig’s cage is clean, he has fresh lettuce, and he may even start singing. Maybe.
New tagline, in honor of the Boston Victims.
Thanks, I’ll walk!
Please stop torturing that poor, sick, innocent cat. That it is desperate is obvious because it keeps returning to you.
If you cannot bear its presence near your home, please get an old towel that you can later discard, collect the cat,
and take it to a no-kill shelter.
Someone who will love and care for it after it has been restored to health will take it in.
And leave a small donation, whatever you can afford. If you can’t afford one, give me their address and reference
information about the cat, and I will send a donation for them to treat it and then adopt it out.
/virtual kitty rescue
Something to think about!
Yes, the motor home has a generator. We pressure-canned last year’s produce and dehydrated about a third of it including sweet potatoes and herbs. Mr. Sg makes jerky and cans chili w/meat and beans. The freezer is good for preserving melon. We dried canteloupe and pear chips which turned out well, but the watermelon was best frozen in sorbet or agua fresca. I also bake treats and freeze them (out of sight, out of mind) until I can drop them off at Earthwoman’s home (she has a bunch of guys who eat anything in their path—it’s great to have them when you love desserts but aren’t supposed to eat them). Apple fritters freeze very well. Kale and collards freeze well, too. What were we talking about?
I guess since we have the generator and a big propane tank to run the motor home in emergent situations, I’ll just have to figure out how to preserve more stuff without freezing. Thanks for shedding light!
Today, I plan to make little pastry tarts with cannoli filling, but instead of semisweet choc chips and citron, they’ll have dried pineapple and milk chocolate chips. The shells are ready to go in the oven and blending the filling is easy. Gotta look around for someone to share with—the people here don’t care for highly seasoned food and/or things with which they aren’t familiar.
Dear Iron Lady. Thanks for posting.
I’m looking up no-kill shelters in the area, but none of the websites says “You can bring a cat here.” We’d be willing to give a significant donation to get him off our doorstep. It’s not that we don’t like him, but we don’t want another cat, and I’m not willing to make him a permanent vet-bill expense, either.
Every stray animal for miles arrives across the street at Crazy Cat Lady Vicki’s house.
Mr. Sg planted a bunch of seeds started indoors and brings them outside every day to "temper" them. He looked at the weather report yesterday (30% chance of precipitation) and transported a queen-sized bed's worth of plants down the deck and into the yard. I looked outside later on and it was windy and raining. He then looked at the Catdarscope and saw a tiny, slender patch of ugliness directly over out house. He also would like a device outside with a connection inside to tell him how cold it is. My suggestion to go out on the rear deck to check the temperature and the sky meets with mild disapproval.
We gots to get some welding equipment today.
Good luck with welding!
It would be nice if they’d just hurry up about it.
Glad to see that you’re safely home. Have you touched base w/baby and family?
Re: bun fuggy—my stomach is doing backflips just looking at it.
moose07 ~ 48KW, oh yes!
That will boil 16 kettles at once!
That's a lot of coffee.
Impressed, seriously, impressed!
You could even make something that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea...
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