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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (7) Thanks(7)   Quote Bob Dale Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Apr 2012 at 9:32pm


My wife and I are moving from our tiny town of Elwood,NE back 'home' (she grew up here, i'm from OKC) to Tulsa,OK.  It's a great town, we were there all last summer. Really excited.

In addition, it feels as though I am finally getting my shit together.  I am 99.999 % certain I will be accepted into an Aviation Maintenance Technician program at a local technical school.  I took the entrance math and reading comprehension exam yesterday and scored 100%.   If I am successful and find a job in the field my income will more than triple. The course is geared towards working adults (screw-ups like myself), and is 70% hands on and only about 30 of your more 'traditional' class work and lectures so I feel I stand a better chance of being successful than I did at University.

We'll see, it should be much less stressful financially also.  I am applying for a Pell Grant and even if I am denied the Pell grant the course is well within reach.

My wife laughed at me because I am already trying to find a sweet pair of cover-alls.

Anyhow, I am excited!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote tg76 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Apr 2012 at 2:39pm
its all about the coveralls!
fingers crossed for you bob


im happy i still have the boilersuit i got years ago in hongkong so that when i go in my bfs chipmunk ill look the part.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote ranonranonarat Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Apr 2012 at 6:49am
congrats robbie, i hope all goes well for you!
faithless, the wonderboy
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Maynard Fried-San Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Apr 2012 at 10:50am
Well done Robbie, that's great news.

You're a real high-flier!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (2) Thanks(2)   Quote AmericanArcheologist Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Apr 2012 at 3:54am
Congrats on the great news, fellahs! what the world needs is more folks focused on the good in their lives as opposed to the bad.

I found a person on CL selling a Honda Spree for dirt cheap, if I get it, I can save quite a bit commuting to school and to my special ladies!

You really can't bean 100 mpg's, unless you can fly or run really fast or whatever

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (5) Thanks(5)   Quote Joseph Hill Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Apr 2012 at 9:23am

Congratulations Robbie!  I'd fly in any plane you've tinkered on.

My wife and I are starting to get moved into our first 'all our own' house.  With renovations on the condo to put it up for rent, and renos on the house to move in, I haven't been able to contribute much here, but that will hopefully change in not too terribly long.  I've got newfound respect for Zissou in the ROYxCone days.  After far too long, we've got shop space, craft space, library space, and garden space.  Wahoo!  Oh yeah, and guest room space if some of you old-timers want to stop over in the NW.

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last night he asked me to move in with him and i was like mummble mumble mumble but the more i think about it the more right it seems
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (2) Thanks(2)   Quote dkatz Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Apr 2012 at 4:08pm
^ Wooooooo!

Man, this is a great thread. I feel all warm and fuzzy.


It rained really hard today (for LA) and made me remember how glad I am to be here rather than still in Kampala, where profoundly shitty infrastructure meant the seasonal rains regularly flooded the streets to the point of unusable and chaos ensued.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (2) Thanks(2)   Quote Bob Dale Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Apr 2012 at 6:28pm
congrats J Hill

and congrats to you too TG,

awesome news!


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (4) Thanks(4)   Quote tg76 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Apr 2012 at 10:12pm
im going on a plane or two tomorrow and im not throwing up!
guess 1 crash landing in a big plane and one crashed small plane a week after i jumped out of the plane have cured  my fear of flying
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