DAMN AOL!

My BIP entry has no images.  Not on Kevin's computer, not on my computer, and not through AOL or IE or Firefox.  Nope, they're gone.  Jerks.  I HATE AOL.  Not just a casual mistrust kind o thing.  I hate them.  Time to get more into blogspot.

Here's the short version, since AOL will probably eat this entry, just like it ate my BIPs.  The plane was fixed noonish on Monday.  We got to the airport, and had to wait for the plane to be brought out.  When it got out, the started on the left worked great, but that left engine still didn't want to start right away.  It finally did.

We were doing the taxi thing down toward the runway, when Joe turned the plane around and headed back onto a short piece of "road?" and asked Ken to climb up into the "co pilot's seat?" and hold his feet on the pedals.  Joe hopped out of the plane to look at something  Sheesh.  I was worried.  Turns out, the grease was so cold (wind chill of -15) that it made the wheels feel weird when turning.  No problems.

Please understand that I trust Joe more than any unknown, random commercial pilot sitting beyond a wall.  You can see and talk to Joe, and he knows his stuff.  He is good at what he does, and refused to take chances.  It gets scary when this stuff is going on, but then you look at Joe and think, "this guy will NOT go into the air if we're not going to arrive safely."

Last night, I just collapsed and couldn't move.  This morning, I took the girls to school, then came home to start cleaning.  This house was in BAD shape.  I cleaned for a couple of hours, then went to Mom and Dad's.  They were gone walking, and I looked out the door to see if they were coming when I saw the neighbor's horses running loose through the neighborhood.

I got them in the dry lot at Mom's, then went in to work on her computer.  Her wireless router wasn't playing nice.  I had to call tech support, and get sent to "level 2 tech support" since the first guy was an illiterate moron.  We reset the IP address and all was good. Then I realized Dad had fixed my car (so it doesn't idle so low that it dies when cold) and that he had fixed their frozen drain pipe.

I ate dinner there, then came home to finish cleaning.  Another hour or so and it is acceptable in here.  Not great, but better.  I got a desk from work (that was being thrown out) and switched those out tonight.  Now, I'm going to sit on my arse and do nothing for a while.

OK, so that was longer than I intended, and AOL will probably give me the grand hose-job when I hit "save", but I've learned to highlight and "copy" before posting ANYTHING, since I've been burned so much.

Now, WHERE ARE MY BIP's?????