Arab Nights (imported) wrote: Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:41 am
OMGY (Oh My God, Yoli), you have uptown friends.
At the last wedding of my friends, I just got a six pack of the cheapest at Betty's Beer, Bait and Beauty Shoppe, five earrings/lures (also from Betty's), four pints of 'shine, three tins of Copenhagen, two boxes of grits and one pre-paid nuttin' in the back room of Betty's the next time he's caught again with a floozie.
PS. Flying at night I believe is separate from an instrument rating. Check at a local flight school.
Arab Evenings,
Yoli the Country Girl sez: If'n y'all don't want them grits and/or lures I'll be deeeeelighted to take 'em off yore hands. When you use the 'nuttin coupon a few friends and I will be happy to serve as bridesmaids for the occasion. However, of the six, only three are guaranteed not to faint.
Re your PS (Not to be confused with my PMS): The manuals for the groom's IFR training were selected by one of our neighbors (three miles away

). Said neighbor is a former Naval aviator and flies with the Civil Air Patrol. He flew in Desert Storm and has some sort of memento on his credenza, and framed certificate on the wall above, commemorating his having the best record for "traps" (carrier landings) among the pilots in the ship's entire Air Group on that cruise. (I wonder if an Air Group has groupies. If so, I'd be honored to be one of HIS!) Ya' think? I've got to believe he knows whereof he speaks.
BTW, the aforementioned pilot is also rated for single engine seaplane. Besides the regular plane he keeps at a local airport, he has something called a Lake Amphibian ("Lake", he tells me, is the name of the company, it does not refer to a water body.) He gave me a ride in it once and I can tell you that taking off and landing on water is a (only slightly terrifying) hoot.
Here's one...not his though.
http://wpi.bz/lafc/siteimages/lake_la-4_n45l.jpg
The good news! BG and The One, The Only, Original FUBG (Now WOBG) will be arriving this very day to attend tomorrow's wedding. They will be here for a few days. Recently, BG visited something called Armor Branch Management to discuss his next move. He wants another tour in Iraq OR one in Afghanistan but ABM sez he ought to attend War College if he plans to stick around for a few more years. WOBG, of course, prefers the War College option, since they wouldn't be separated and he is slightly less likely to get dead. He'll hate being away from his favorite toys (See: Tanks) but he knows that his current assignment will be the last which affords what he calls "Turret Time". From now on he'll have higher level commands, regimental or brigade level, or higher level staff assignments. If he sticks around beyond that, he becomes General BG while still in his forties. Wow!
Frankly, I hope he opts out soon and that the two of them come home for good. I need his, er, "attentions", on a more regular basis, his being the ONLY fully functional male peepee in my world. To say that I'm more than willing to resume regular fun and games with him and his spouse would constitute gross understatement.
Ash(leigh) shares my hopes and optimism re their permanent homecoming. She won't lose her job and "residency" here at The Land Of A Thousand Delights, BG assures her, since he and WOBG intend to PAR-TAY hearty when they leave the Army as well as devote themselves to quiet efforts in the charity and (possibly) political realm.
Downside: The fun 'n games that have gone on here since their wedding and departure will slow down considerably. Can you say "Screeching halt". The KiKaKo will have to find another venue except when the happy couple are out-of-town.
BG...Poor Lil' Rich Kid...Sniffle.
Well, off to check my traps.
Love to all,
Yoli
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