I googled "crayon rocket drawing"
Ha ! :blush: Good one. Good illustration of an old school "sim". Enough hijacking (for now).
I googled "crayon rocket drawing"
Crap. I was seriously thinking that I would attempt to come down for this but I just realized that I have a funeral scheduled for that weekend.
Poop.
How do you get a funeral scheduled three months out?
Can't wait to hear that reply.
A lot jokes in extremely poor taste come to mind.
It's actually a double funeral. My Aunt Bobbi (Roberta) died last winter. Her kids (my cousins) are spread across the country and two continents. She died suddenly in the winter and the family decided to have a cremation, a small memorial service (in Virginia) and then, when the weather was better they could travel with their 90+ year old father (my uncle Clarence) to Youngstown for a burial in the family plot. I was tentatively scheduled to do the funeral. Their father, already in frail health, did not rebound as expected but got worse. This year he died shortly before Christmas (just about a week after my father, his next younger brother). Again, because the family was so spread out, they were unable to all arrange travel, so they did the same thing, cremation, small memorial, and a planned burial in the family plot.
As of now, we are tentatively planning a funeral for sometime around Memorial Day so that everyone is available to travel and attend. Because my father (Uncle Clarence's brother) was a pastor, that side of the family always appreciated his calling and since I am (now) also an ordained pastor, it would mean a lot to all of them (and me) for me to be able to do the eulogy and the graveside service.
The interesting thing (one of them) about Uncle Clarence is that he had the same job in the Army that I did, unloading ships. But *he* unloaded them in a war zone during WW2. One day in New Guinea, the ship he was unloading was strafed by a Japanese fighter plane. Bullets and shrapnel bounced all over the deck and Clarence was thrown across the deck onto his back. Everyone thought that he was dead. Until he started moving. The shrapnel from the Japanese bullet had struck him square in the chest... and stopped halfway through the New Testament his father had put in his breast pocket before he had left home. Out of respect and as a reminder of his dad (my grandfather) Clarence always kept his Bible in that same pocket. It save his life.
My cousin still has that Bible.
Anyway, as much as I want to come fly rockets, family comes first. Besides, how could I say no to a hero?
My condolences to you and your family. I've never heard of a delayed funeral before, so it seemed odd to me, but it makes sense now that you explain it.
CJ and I are getting ready to show the NSL 2015 commemorative Rockets.
Two rockets from us will be released shortly.
1) the Punisher 38mm airframe, 29mm motor tube, E thru H motor.
2) SkyWolf, 38mm airframe, 29mm motor tube, E thru H motor.
Both will come with NC, 17" airframe, fins, CR's, motor tube, Shock cord, Parachute and Decals.
Pricing info to be release soon.
Sneak teaser>>>
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