We are having an adventure, albeit a somewhat boring one. It took us about 3 minutes to take in all the sights and sounds of the construction site. The surrounding scenery includes, Honda, Mitsubishi, Ford, Chevy, etc .... all with large shiny buildings and gleaming parking lots.
Susie worked on a scrap book project all day yesterday and is continuing the same task today. She is hunkered down in the trailer with the cat and all her clippings.
This morning we read a page from Spurgeons' Morning by Morning devotional. It is so good.
I am reading a book written by a Viet Nam vet, helicopter pilot. The book is titled "Lest we forget." I have read several books about that war and believe me, if you read some of the stuff those people went through, it makes any problems you may have pale by comparison.
My last book was "Reach for the Sky" by Douglas Bader, alias "Dogs Body". You may have seen his letters on a British Spitfire, "DB." He was the most famous ace in the RAF and his plane is often modeled or shown in pictures. You can tell it by the DB on the side in large letters. He rapidly advanced to "Wing Commander" and on a typical day would lead 60 planes into combat during the Battle for Britain. He developed new tactics that surprised the Germans and helped the Brits win the air war. The amazing thing about DB was the fact that he did all this with NO legs. He
lost both legs in an airplane crash before the war but through shear grit and determination, he learned to walk using artificial legs without a cane and learned to fly again. His lack of legs actually gave him an advantage in battle because he could turn the plane sharper than anyone else without passing out from the G forces. One day he had a midair collision with an ME109 in France. His leg was caught under the crushed rudder pedal. No problem, he removed his leg and bailed out, saving his life.
Check out the book, its an amazing story.
Susie worked on a scrap book project all day yesterday and is continuing the same task today. She is hunkered down in the trailer with the cat and all her clippings.
This morning we read a page from Spurgeons' Morning by Morning devotional. It is so good.
I am reading a book written by a Viet Nam vet, helicopter pilot. The book is titled "Lest we forget." I have read several books about that war and believe me, if you read some of the stuff those people went through, it makes any problems you may have pale by comparison.
My last book was "Reach for the Sky" by Douglas Bader, alias "Dogs Body". You may have seen his letters on a British Spitfire, "DB." He was the most famous ace in the RAF and his plane is often modeled or shown in pictures. You can tell it by the DB on the side in large letters. He rapidly advanced to "Wing Commander" and on a typical day would lead 60 planes into combat during the Battle for Britain. He developed new tactics that surprised the Germans and helped the Brits win the air war. The amazing thing about DB was the fact that he did all this with NO legs. He
lost both legs in an airplane crash before the war but through shear grit and determination, he learned to walk using artificial legs without a cane and learned to fly again. His lack of legs actually gave him an advantage in battle because he could turn the plane sharper than anyone else without passing out from the G forces. One day he had a midair collision with an ME109 in France. His leg was caught under the crushed rudder pedal. No problem, he removed his leg and bailed out, saving his life.Check out the book, its an amazing story.
Thanks for the blog link. This is great.
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