Real life thread

[solarz]

I don't do Halloween. Not since I was about 7 or 8 years old. To me..it's just dumb among other things...but if you fellows enjoy it..so be it.

I love Halloween! It used to be my favorite holiday. There's just no feeling like hauling home a big bag of loot/candy! As a grown-up however, I have to say I don't get much enjoyment out of Halloween anymore. I'm eagerly waiting for the day I can take my son trick-or-treating.

 

[Jeff Head]

One of my grandsons, Riley, and I worked on his USS Zumwalt 1/700 scale model this weekend.

[video=youtube;IN65pA2wjAg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN65pA2wjAg[/video]
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I'm really looking forward to when someone releases a 1/350 scale version of this vessel.

 

[ABC78]

I don't do Halloween. Not since I was about 7 or 8 years old. To me..it's just dumb among other things...but if you fellows enjoy it..so be it.

Well for me it's whatever hooks in the ladies Halloween night.

 

[bd popeye]

This was posted by me today on my wife's face book page;

Posted by Gerry
On Wednesday October 22nd my ex-wife Amy Hamm passed away at age 58 in San Diego CA after a four year battle with cancer. I last saw Amy in August 2010 at my son Alex wedding. I was talking about the Lord with her and she stated she already accepted Jesus as her savior. Praise god. She told me at that time in 2010 she had only two years to live. Apparently she proved the doctors wrong.

She was in a semi-coma for eight days before going home to be with the Lord. Last Wednesday she suddenly awoke and wanted some KFC..that's right... My sons got her the chicken...she ate a little and laid down and went home to Jesus.
In case you did not know I was married to Amy for 29 years . We had five children. One, Nicholas, died shortly after his birth in 1984. Amy is in heaven with Jesus, her Mom & Dad and little Nicolas as she called him.

Since 2008 my sister Cathy, my mom & step-mom & now Amy
have all gone on to be with the Lord.

I truly miss my family in San Diego. My sons Alex, Jeremy, Allen and my daughter Sabrina & my five gran-kids.. I love them all dearly. I hope to visit them all this winter.

Now I'm here in Iowa with my Godly wife, Lynett of 8 years, and her wonderful family and our entire church family! I'm blessed.

Thank you for your loving kindness Father in Heaven. That is the strength that keeps we believers going each and every day. For I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me.

..remember He will never leave you nor forsake you.

Amen!
Gerry

 

[Jeff Head]

This was posted by me today on my wife's face book page;

My Condolences, Popeye.

I know how you feel.

In the last ten years, my Dad in 2004 (70) from heart disease, my next older brother in 2004 (48) from Lymphoma, my Mom in 2012 (87) from age related complications, and my oldest brother in 2012 (60) from Lou Gehrig' (ALS) disease, have all gone home.

My only surviving member of my immediate family, my younger brother, who lives on the East Coast and I talk each month and marvel at how it is just he and I left now...a family of six, now there are the two of us. Time passes as it wee a dream.

I miss them a lot, but am firm in the faith in knowing where they are with our Savior and that we will all be reunited one day.

In God's time, I look forward to that day...seeing them and my grandparents, Uncles, Aunts, great grandparents.

I have had my own serious bouts with cancer and understand exactly how that is. I often wonder why the good Lord elected to have me stay for a while longer...but I rejoice in His marvelous will and try and make the best of each day.

My wife, kids, in-laws, and grand kids are a great joy and blessing to me and I know I need to continue to provide for them financially and spiritually. I am blessed to be able to do so. At the same I am also so humbled to learn so much from them every day!

God's speed my friend.

 

[Jeff Head]

On another note...

Yahoo! I was just informed that my two 1/350 scale Type 056 model vessels have shipped! Should have them here next week and will immediately build both for my developing PLAN ARG around one or two Type 071 LPDs.

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Can't wait.

It's going to be nice. I may make the appropriate cut outs to represent the ASW variant we are starting to see as this would be appropriate for escort duties of a LPD in the SCS.

 

[newbird]

Re: PLAN Type 052C/052D Class Destroyers

[video=youtube;-OdGh8guiFU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OdGh8guiFU[/video]
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I know some like making models of combat ships. The guys in the attached video made truly awesome tank models, including Tigers and other WWII German Tanks. They pay so much attention to details. Hope one day they will also make models of 052D and J-20.

 

[Jeff Head]

We had 16 degrees F (-9 C) for a low yesterday and it only got up to 28 F (-2 C). Last night it got cloudy and got down to 20 F (-7 C). It is now 2F (-7 C) with a forecast of 2-4 inches (5-10 cm) of snow this afternoon and evening. 12-18 inches (30-45 cm) will fall in the mountians.

In fact, it has already started:

Emmett, ID Weather: 2014-1113 0845
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First snow of the year here in the valleys of SW Idaho.

Going to stay pretty cold well into next week. They are predicting a low of 5 degrees F (-18 C) on Sunday morning which is early in the year for it to be approaching zero like that.

Of course, in the Mid-West, this arctic blast has already produced much colder temps.

AFB and Popeye I am sure have felt it.

 

[Jura The idiot]

We had 16 degrees F (-9 C) for a low yesterday and it only got up to 28 F (-2 C). ...

unusually warm November in Central Europe: temperatures exceed 50 F practically everywhere, record highs at some places (60+ F) which confused for example dandelions:

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(picture from some local newspaper, taken yesterday ... snow cover is pretty common at that period of the year though)

 

[Jeff Head]

unusually warm November in Central Europe: temperatures exceed 50 F practically everywhere, record highs at some places (60+ F) which confused for example dandelions:

I know in the 1970s when I lived in Germany we had some very cold winters around Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, and particularly down near Kaufbueren, we had some very cold weather.

Right now outside my office window it is snowing, and the temperature remains about 23 F. Our weather alert has gone from a Winter Weather Advisory where we were expecting 2-4" of snow, to a Winter Storm Warning where they are now expecting 8" of snow, higher winds, and colder temperatures. We alread have about 3" on the ground and they are now saying another 5" tonight.