In honour of Warren I’m heading out tonight (with Leigh) to the Honest Lawyer for dinner and a pint of “Macs Gold”. I miss the old guy!
Flight Time
I’m becoming quite good at this radio controlled slope soaring caper. Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been getting regular flights of 20 minutes to an hour. The real challenge now is flying in lighter winds when you have to be very careful and not push the glider around and of course landings. Half…
The weekend ahead
Well we are just heading into our “labour” long weekend. Ahhhhhhh. The weather is looking pretty good and there is just an emphasis on fixing things: Minor plumping repairs – all irrigation fittings (plastic screw together) so no sweat soldering Drive belt on the lawntractor (and associated lawn mowing) The veggie garden need planting and there…
Plumbing SUCCESS!
The rough plumbing is done. No leaks or “waterfalls”. I’ll have to do some more finishing when we pick out the fixtures we want, but now I can put the floor back togther and get the wall out of the way. So there! BTW, sweat soldering is easy!
Airborne
Well while Ian gets famous, I had a wee sucess this weekend. I managed to master the BASICS of radio control slope soaring. The WX was just right and after a few short trimming flights and a bit of advice from the assorted people on the ridge, I got my thumbs coordinated well ewnough to have…