DAY XII ~ Grunt Day

Not much to tell today.... washed and scrubbed the driveway side of the house.  Not totally finished but got a lot done.  My good neighbor Ken has loaned me a scaffold.  Doesn't reach all the way to the top but it's a great help. 

I also scraped the roof trim on the left side of the chimney.... and then it was time for more granola bars.

Why I took this picture on an angle I'll never know!  Makes you sick looking at it.

Oh, and I spent a few hours today going to Dianes, putting my riding mower on my trailer, going to Moms and mowing the lawn, then reversing the process because it was kind of nice out. 'Posed to rain later and tomorrow so I thought today would be a good day to do it. 

And in case you think I'm a slacker and took five days off, YOU ARE WRONG, MY FRIEND!! Now the truth can be told.  I was at a "Wings and Wheels" show at Teterboro Airport over the weekend to display my gyroplane.  They invite me because a lot of people have never seen one and it's usually a big hit.

So, I packed up the gyro on the trailer and it was on to Teterboro!!!

I've done static displays before and am always asked the same questions so I had a sign made up to answer these frequently asked questions.  What this has done is not only NOT lowered the amount of questions asked, but now I also have to keep picking it up when the wind blows it over and such. 

I let little kids sit in the gyro and their parents take their picture, but what surprises me the most is that these kids touch EVERYTHING!!!!  I would be scared to death to touch ANY switch on a plane for fear it would start or something, but not these kids. As an extreme example, (which I thought was pretty cruel, but also funny at the same time), two boys around 10 or 12 yrs old came over and they were kind of wise guys.  The first kid gets on and touches everything, then gets off.  The 2nd kid then gets on.  The 1st kid then notices a switch that I have near the throttle that is clearly marked "EJECTION SEAT" in big letters.  Now, the switch is a joke because you CAN'T have an ejection seat because it would blow you right up through the spinning top rotor! But most people don't think of that.

So they ask me what it is and I tell them DO NOT TOUCH IT as it's connected.  Well, as the one kid is sitting in the seat the second kid puts his arm over the switch so the first kid doesn't see, and...... FLIPS THE SWITCH!!!!  Some friend!

It was a long show, but as always, here is the best part of ANY show.........................

The weather was beautiful both days and when all was said and done I packed everything up and went to Kearny to spend some time with a certain Valerie doing the usual.... you know, killing Zombies and stuff. 

OK, that's all for now..... supposed to rain tomorrow but I still have plenty of crap to do inside.