There is always hope:

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 5:59 pm

After a long time away from posting in the flight training forum I ventured back in there and so far it is going quite well.

What changed?

shitdisturber · Post by **shitdisturber** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 6:15 pm

Those who were on your case constantly and throwing everything back in your face seem to have disappeared. Of course, I'm still here.

cdnpilot77 · Post by **cdnpilot77** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 6:16 pm

Some of us newer people have respect and know that we still have a lot to learn!

Hedley · Post by **Hedley** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 6:22 pm

If anything, I've probably gotten worse lately

(steps up to blackboard, picks up chalk, and starts writing)

I will try to suffer fools more gladly.
I will try to suffer fools more gladly.
I will try to suffer fools more gladly.
I will try to suffer fools more gladly.
I will try to suffer fools more gladly.
I will try to suffer fools more gladly.
I will try to suffer fools more gladly.
I will try to suffer fools more gladly.
I will try to suffer fools more gladly.
I will try to suffer fools more gladly.
I will try to suffer fools more gladly.
I will try to suffer fools more gladly.
I will try to suffer fools more gladly.
I will try to suffer fools more gladly.
I will try to suffer fools more gladly.
I will try to suffer fools more gladly.

Good to have you back, .! The hard thing about instruction
for experienced guys is often realizing just how much you know
(and take for granted) that the new guys don't. You've got an
awful lot to pass on to the new guys, even if it doesn't always
feel that way to you.

Apart from teaching landings, probably one of the most stressful
part of flight instruction is trying to make sure that you didn't
forget to teach the student anything. Ha, ha.

square · Post by **square** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 6:22 pm

Cat Driver wrote:What changed?

Oh yeah, I quit posting here

Glad you're back Cat.

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 6:33 pm

Today was a big day for me as I was a guest speaker at the Nanaimo Flying Club.

I had no idea what I was going to talk about because I have been so frozen in my ability to get out of the box I have been in since Oct. 01....but it went quite well and I am glad I went....for sure I almost didn't.

Who would ever think that someone who has lived the life I have would be almost unable to function?

Anyhow even though I left so tired I could hardly drive home it was worth it.

So that is two steps back to starting a new life.

Posting here again and talking to a group of fellow aviators.

shitdisturber · Post by **shitdisturber** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 6:40 pm

Good on ya ., while your loss will always be there time does take the edge off it. Glad to see you're getting back on your feet.

sky's the limit · Post by **sky's the limit** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 7:08 pm

It's great to have you back ., and I have an itchy finger on the "Delete Post" button should anyone throw you some crap... Of course Hedely has been his ornery self of late, but in a strangely "happy?!?!?!" way... so it's really hard to nuke anything of his! LOL

At any rate, welcome back, and use the PM function whenever you think you need to.

stl

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 7:48 pm

STL, Hedley is one of my goals for this year.

Come summer I am planning on a trip with my motorhome and he is right on the top of my to see list.

Anyone who takes on the regulator as aggressively has he did can't be all bad so we share two traits.....we both understand a bit about how to drive stuff and we don't bow to bullying.

and I have an itchy finger on the "Delete Post" button should anyone throw you some crap..

I appreciate the offer STL, but fu.k'em even functioning at a low level I am tougher than the type who snipe from cover.

Hedley · Post by **Hedley** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 8:24 pm

You can get in the front seat of a Pitts with me, and I'll see if we can get Eric, Bob and Tim up in the other three Pitts, like we did for Mikey from Ice Pilots

Not sure if we'll let you drive Jessica Simpson's old Ferrari, tho! Piece of junk ...

erics2b · Post by **erics2b** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 8:35 pm

Hedley wrote:You can get in the front seat of a Pitts with me, and I'll see if we can get Eric, Bob and Tim up in the other three Pitts, like we did for Mikey from Ice Pilots

And a certain CF-18 pilot, who's in all likelihood pretending he doesn't know us at the moment.

Nark · Post by **Nark** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 8:41 pm

I tried to name drop you Eric, when I was in Asia.

All I got was a slap in the face, she also said you need to send more pampers.

I don't know what the means...

Hedley · Post by **Hedley** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 8:41 pm

Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about that. I liked his dog. My gf left town with her.

Grantmac · Post by **Grantmac** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:34 pm

If you, Hedley and MichaelP stopped posting here I'd likely stop looking, for a matter of fact after you left I lost interst in this site for a while.

I look on your guys as a resource, a living connection to the time when making a good forward slip into a short grass field was a lot more important then programming the latest electronic nav-aide.

Cat, I'm in and out of CYCD with my Clipper on a semi-regular basis and I'd love to see the Cub project sometime; coffee on me.

-Grant

cgartly · Post by **cgartly** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 2:38 pm

I couldn't agree with the above post more, I read here often and have learned a lot.

kzcvtm · Post by **kzcvtm** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:33 am

Forum wasn't the same without you, .. Welcome back.

iflyforpie · Post by **iflyforpie** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:15 am

Glad to have you back!!

Grantmac wrote:If you, Hedley and MichaelP stopped posting here I'd likely stop looking, for a matter of fact after you left I lost interst in this site for a while.

Same here. If I see a post by you or Hedley or MichaelP (or Big Pistons Forever, Shiny Side Up, or Lurch for that matter) in the Flight Training forum I always look because I know I am going to learn something.

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