How's your weekend going?

[supsup]

Walked out into the backyard this afternoon to find one of two dogs missing. My lab dug a hole under my fence. So the wife and two kids and I split up and spend about a hour driving through town searching. We finally find the bastard. So I leave my house with my three year boy to go and get some dirt and rocks to fill the whole. As I'm walking into the store the wife calls to tell me that the Fire Dept is at the house. She proceeds to tell me that while giving our month old boy a bath that steam from the bathroom set off the alarm. The security company calls but she can't get to the phone in time, so they call and dispatch the Fire Dept. Wait it gets better. This is now our second false alarm, my 3 yr old set off the alarm last month so this one will cost us 100-200 dollars. I arrive at home to find my stressed out wife saying, " thank god your dad and stepmom are coming over tonight to baby sit" Two minutes later my dad calls and cancels because my stepmoms elder mother is sick. Hope your weekend is going better than mine!!!!!!

supsup

 

[Riddle momma]

Hmmm... Let's see if I can come close. I'm an instructor. It's Saturday 3P, I am sitting at the flight school. This morning had a local flight to do some touch and goes and prepare my student for solo. He can't remember if power or pitch control airspeed. He thinks he can't turn base until tower clears him to land. Pulls power to 15 and dumps flaps when we are on 3 mile final. Kicks the left rudder on takeoff... He's got 15 hours now. Then a cross country. Oh yes, nothing planned, just a chart with a line. Can't remember how to use the E6B. We plan together for the 5th time. Forgets how to talk on the radio. Misses every call, holds altitude +- 300 feet, forgets to start a descent, can't figure out where the 45 is, doesn't pull the power to land, doesn't slow down, the runway is 3000ft and we have to go around cause he overshoots. That's the good stuff. Oh yeah, I have two ground lessons in about an hour to prep students for the oral. Wo-hoo!!!

At least I get paid for the experience though.
Hope it gets better tomorrow!

 

[Citationkid]

That sucks. Mines going great. I got to fly the Citation today and tommorow I'm flying up to Dover AFB for the Nascar Races in the Navajo. Of course I'll be in that crappy building they call an FBO.

 

[350DRIVER]

Hmm... Let me see if I can come close. I am sitting here after watching the Offense-less Buckless Buckeyes of OSU almost bite the dust (once again). ( can't wait till they travel to the "Big House" to play Michigan).... I am just a tad shaken by just the thought of having to fly a trip tomm. (sunday) and to put the icing on the cake it is a 715 am departure. - And you thought your weekend was going bad.....


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ps> Chicaga and I had some prime rib in Chi-town a waitin on us as well which now has to wait.

 

[dispatchguy]

I'm sitting here in dispatch watching my last bank of flights depart for their outstations, and surfing (since the weather is severe VFR)

Home by 8p on a saturday night - cool - too bad I feel like crap to do anything

 

[Flymach2]

Hi...

Let's see....

Today is my "middle" daughters' 19th birthday. She left about a half hour ago with some friends to walk around some type of street fair. I'm going to the backyard and float around in the pool....maybe even swim a few laps....nah....I think I'll just lounge. Not a bad day at all. Could be a lot worse......apparently.

Regards

 

[FSB99]

my weekend started out great! found out i'd have a duty-time problem finishing the trip, so got the last turn chopped off, home by noon today. of course, woke up at 430 this morning, so a little tired this afternoon, but forcing myself to stay awake long enough to see at least the first half of the notre dame/michigan game...... fell asleep before kickoff.. wake up, angered with myself because i realized i slept through the whole thing, but, wait..! 5 minutes left! but, wait.. notre dame is losing... so, now i'm mad at myself that i woke up to see the last 5 minutes of the game.
wife's out of town, and the dog has a tendency to forget to tell me he needs to go out. so after i finish fuming about the irish game, start smelling that distinct odor of dog poop by the back door. yep, he did.
would like to go get a beer, but too lazy, tired and still mad about the game/dog poop to go pick up a six pack.

but all in all, think it's better than the first post.. by the way, how in the heck does steam set off a fire alarm?!

 

[puddlejumper]

I came home last night from Pittsburgh to a dark city. Hurricane Isabel knocked out power to over one million customers in the Tidewater Area of Virginia. Trees down everywhere. 9 PM curfew last night, so I wasn't able to get dinner! Got out tonight to an area with power, had a nice dinner and went to the mall. I'm seriously considering the Bose X headset with no interest financing till Jan. '05. I'm home now, in the dark, draining my laptop battery, gotta go!

-pj

p.s. No flights scheduled until Thursday, although I'm sure something will pop up!

 

[WrightAvia]

I found out on friday that the management at the hopispital my wife works at, called all the clerical staff into a "surprise" meeting. At the meeting, they anounced that everybody was going to have to go home and provide updated resumes and job applications, so they can come in on tuesday and re-apply for their jobs. It sounds like a musical chair thing...because there will be a few less jobs, than applicants...all of whom already work there. Kind of an odd dealio.

One of the girls that was at the meeting, wound up having a grand mall seizure afterwards and had to go to the ER.

 

[KATL8R26L]

weekend

Well, it started early this morning with the dog wanted to go out at 6:00 am.then getting up after that at 7:30 to take the truck to the shop,o and breakfast with the wife then on to lowes to spend 1.5 hrs looking at glass block, hay just pick a patteren all ready.
Mean while , rode back to the dealer ship to get truck , done on time .
Looking at the eveil little coulds as I drive to the airport to fly, get there get the weather,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ugh,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,clouds & more clouds at 1,000 ft,,,,,,,,, nope no flying to day,,,,,,,,,,,back home ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,may be fly sunday ?????

 

[njcapt]

I'm happy to say that after 20 years of flying, I've finally reached the point where I can totally goof off on a beautiful Saturday in Chicago. I ended up with 15 days off this month, spent a long Labor Day RON in SEA with the wife, went deep sea fishing in Key West last week, came home Thursday while leaving her with her parents until tonight, got some freebies at the 1 year anniversary of my favorite guitar shop in town, spent numerous hours with the dogs today, went to dinner with my Dad last night (he paid), don't have to worry about the Bears losing this weekend, and might just get some after picking the wife up at MDW in an hour or so. Wish me luck.

All in all, not a bad month.

PS. If NC gets another hurricane swell, I'm goin' surfing.

 

[Boeingman]

I had my L39 out today and took several people up for rides.

Naturally, the last one threw up all over the cockpit. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
That will teach me to do keep things a little more straight and level in the future.

 

[WrightAvia]

Passengers tossing it in your plane...that's never fun.

Boeingman...do you know Don Kirlin? He's big into those L39's. I think he even had/has a MIG 21 or 25, I believe.

 

[Boeingman]

Passengers tossing it in your plane...that's never fun.

Boeingman...do you know Don Kirlin? He's big into those L39's. I think he even had/has a MIG 21 or 25, I believe.

I don't know him, but I have heard the name. Isn't he a broker working with Czech Jet? I've seen the name on a couple of L-39 forums in the past.

 

[Counselair]

You want me to tell you about the father pushing his handicaped child in a wheel chair in church today? I would take any one of your days compared to any of his days. Everything is relative.

Counselair

 

[WrightAvia]

I don't know him, but I have heard the name. Isn't he a broker working with Czech Jet? I've seen the name on a couple of L-39 forums in the past.

I think so, I just did a search on him and found his name on several L-39's for sale on a L-39 website. I met him a long time ago. Don't know him all that well. I remember when he brought his first L-39 out to UIN's world freefall convention. He was flying time off with his instructor. His instructor actually got suckered into having to do a tandem skydive. As if breaking civilians in on warbird jets isn't scary enough. Kirlin flies for some airline...never really had any reason to ask which one. Seemed like a really nice guy.

 

[chperplt]

I'm alive... that counts for something doesn't it?

 

[Riddle momma]

I LOST MY FRIGGIN WALLET!!!

Cancel credit cards... few phone calls
Cancel check card... whatever
Replace gym card... replacement fees!
Replace AAA card... it's expiring this month anyways
Replace AOPA card... easy stuff
Replace Social Security Card... have no idea how
Replace Driver's License... oh wait, it's a CA DL, and I live in TX! this one is going to be hard
Replace Pilot's License... I'm flying tomorrow AM, think they are open on sundays???
Replace Green Card... SHEEEEEEAAAAAAT!

WHY WHY WHY!?!?!? My day was getting better when I walked into the bar!!! Unfortunately only enough cash for ONE beer!

YUCK. At least I am alive, and didn't push anyone in a wheel chair. Could be much worse.... Could be much better!

I'm venting. Thanks for listening

 

[fLYbUDDY]

Riddle momma,

That really sucks! I hope by the time this is posted you have already found it! If not I hope it all works out for you some way or another!

My weekend is great; got to come home and spend time with the family. Gosh I missed them.

Also njcapt never change your avatar. It is awesome!!!!

 

[wingnutt]

well, my weekend was fine until i hear about this... http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22870

...if that dont put things into perspective for ya, nothing will