On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:31:45 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 03:27:37 GMT, "Bill McKee"
wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
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I hope all you fathers out there are having a great Father's Day! One of my
daughters is in West Virginia, the other is at Nags Head, NC, and the wife
is in
Boca Raton, Florida, at her nephew's wedding. That means I'm all alone
and get
to do exactly what I want to. I got to prune bushes and trees and not
once hear
the wife tell me not to cut too much! Oh happy day!

Got a call from Number 1 daughter while just waking up. They got a new dog
yesterday, so were up early. Only bad part of the day. Other daughter
caller at a more reasonable time. Their gift did not arrive yet, so
Father's day is continued until UPS arrives. Thought of taking the boat
out, but cool and breezy, so went up to Mt. Diable State Park and did some
hiking. Wife gave me a gift certificate for 45 laps in a rent a race car at
the local 1/2 mile oval. Life is good. Did have to buy a new battery and
tach for the boat yesterday. Figured the batter was crap and did not last
long. Was a 2001 battery and ran low on water. So that was acceptable.

Sounds pretty normal for the battery. The 45 laps sounds great! A brother of
mine got a free 'flying lesson' up in the Seattle area. That sounded like
something I'd enjoy also.

This was a few years ago - pre 9/11 - but my oldest boy showed up at
the door with four of his buddies in tow, kidnapped me and the next
thing I knew, I'm in a jump suit, parachute on my back and sitting in
the rear seat of a F/A 18 Hornet trainer doing loops, spins, barrel
rolls and play "dog fighting" out past Martha's Vineyard.

I've ridden around Talladega in a Plymouth Super Bird at 190 mph, but
this was - well, it's hard to describe. Super, outstanding, superior
- just can't describe the feeling. It was almost as much fun as
landing on a carrier in a COD.