SASless OK?
 

He is good, he is still taunting me on FB just yesterday.. :8 :cool:

Shy, I PM'd him recently and he is fine:ok:
Like you, I was concerned that he had been very quiet on here.
Got to keep an eye on the elderly at Christmas:)

He is alive and well and posting frequently in FB!

Very true Crab, who is keeping an eye on you?!

Clearly you are:ok:

Ahhh, the very best side of ROTORHEADs.
Makes a nice change.
Well done all.:D

SAS will be chuckling into his Budweiser!

Always wondered who actually drank that stuff - thanks!

Right you Lot.....pay attention! Senior Pilot inquired of my continued existence and noted there had been some borderline slanderous comments here at Rotorheads.

Just as some reports I sought warmer regions requiring asbestos y-fronts the accusation that I would ever drink a Budweiser demands a response to clear my reputation.

Fishing season was great, Thanksgiving was quiet but enjoyable following a lovely dinner at the Duck Hunting Club adjacent to my wee bit of Paradise and the Tea House Crew keep me up and moving.

This Christmas will be a bit different.....I go for my second new Hip on the 18th and will be recuperating from that Surgery and not being very mobile.

The good news is my friends and neighbors have banded together to make sure I do not starve....the Crew gets fed...and that is what warms my Heart this Christmas Season.

A Lady friend and her Daughter visiting her for the Holiday will be here doing Christmas Dinner for me.....and the Daughter trying to make off with Reagan my Labrador retriever.


I appreciate the posts, comments, and thought of those here at Rotorheads.

For the Record.....in my wild youth when I had no commonsense whatsoever.....I have on the rare occasion quaffed a Budweiser.

These days, what little commonsense and taste I have left, forbid the consumption of that foul liquid my compatriots call Beer.

Never these days would that happen....Stella, Pacifico, Modelo, Becks, Guinness........and Single Malt Scottish Whisky are the standard and either Bushmills or Jameson when I want to feel combative.

I wish you all a fine Christmas and hope you do as I am this year and appreciate fine friends, neighbors, and family.

Thank you all for the thought re my well being.

Goosepool Hotel
 

That's the one without the ghost!

Many fond memories of Teeside....and of the Black Bull Pub where I became acquainted with that wonderful Old Peculiar (that could apply to me these days).

I found it very interesting during a visit there not so long ago to discover the Monument to the Canadian Airmen that flew from there during WWII.

I had a family friend who upon being rejected by the US Army Air Corps....went north to Canada and wound up at Teeside flying Lancasters over Germany.

He remained in the RCAF until the end of the War having completed thirty missions.

I have thrown out the anchor....and have no plans to move from the Tea House anytime soon.

Is the resident Ghost still active in the Hotel?

That was more or less my original question...... :E

Glad to see you are still haunting the place, SAS! :ok:

While we're visiting the electronic retirement home, where is Uncle Nick these days?

Last I heard he was building a house in Southern Utah.

Nick's place should be pretty nice.....complete with an upscale telescope for viewing the heavens....when he isn't doing the Honey Do List for his Missus.

Noticed at a Astronomy group he has joined as of last month which follows as I know one of the things he was really enthusiastic about was that kind of study.

SASless, glad to see that you are still among the quick. As to Budweiser, on a hot Texas afternoon after cutting the grass, a cold Bud is quite refreshing.
For a different situation, such as at the local watering hole, I'd prefer a Theakston's best.

I'm impressed with the Rotorheads social care policy. :ok: Not fully codified of course: checklists are not mandatory after retirement. :cool:

(Some just can't help themselves of course.) :8

I'm impressed that British beer has such a following among our Atlantic cousins:ok:

Dear Boy.....you should be appalled that there is a British following for American "Beer".!

Here we go, SAS has been back for just over 24 hours and it looks like it will get confrontational already!

Suggest you have a Sam Adams. You'll change your tune. (And while it's not my favorite "micro brew" beer their quality has been relatively consistent for a couple of decades).

These folks are surprisingly good:(though most tend to be too hoppy for my taste all said and done)
Love Street
Guns and Oil American Lager
Lorelei Blond

About Theakstons: after my tour of the Lake District, and a memorable afternoon at a Theakston's pub (late 80's), I have a special place in my taste buds for that particular family of ales, and their Old Peculiar.
And of course, Guinness is in a class by itself. I just don't have one after a hot afternoon of yardwork; it's very much "a pint at the pub with friends" kind of choice.

I see American Beer being like making love in a Canoe....f@cking near water!

Bell....I shall stipulate to your appraisal....as I do not have the basis upon which to judge using your standard which I assume you do.

Have to agree with Lonewolf - I had some Sam Adams in San Francisco a couple of years ago - certainly a decent micro brew and so far superior to Bud and Coors.

Good luck with the surgery SAS, may all your medical bills be small...

Fortunately the Veterans Administration is picking up the Bill....after almost two years of fighting the admin system to get the approval....and four calls to the White House VA Hotline!

It took one full year for the VA to approve it the first time....but they approved it for the wrong hip....which necessitated starting the process all over again.

Those who wish for Single Payer Health Care do not understand what they are asking for!

Couldn't they have operated with you lying on your front?

Nomorehelos - yes, I found Sam Adams in Majestic recently:ok:

As for Guinness, hated the stuff until I drank it in Ireland at 3am after a long night SAR job out to 17 West - tastes completely different (and the Queen was paying which helped).

crab, that's interesting about the Queen's paying for Guinness and flavor.
My wife says that dinner always tastes better when I do the cooking. :O
Hmmmm,

Good man SASless, now you just need to recover in time for your "lady friends" arrival

praying the sausage servo still pitches up for the old boy !!

And if you are going for legover, don't raise your knee too high or your hip might pop out;)

Marry Christmas:ok:

Quick update.....yesterday's post was a bit premature.

Factually correct but a bit optimistic

When the remaining effects of the anesthesia from the surgery wore off....and my five hour kip allowed for the Pill type meds to wear off....someone had snuck into my bedroom and extracted some revenge for past sins.

I felt like I had gone 15 Rounds with Mike Tyson and Mohammed Ali.

I was unable to get out of bed without real assistance and then only with a prolonged visit to the Hurt Locker.

This morning, having gotten back ahead of the pain, and having a good nights rest....a huge cup of coffee....life is much improved.

Getting behind the Lift/Power Curve is one thing.....but getting behind the Pain/Meds Curve is far more serious an error.

No John Wayne show of toughness from me.....yesterday cured me of that silliness.

My Lady asked if I was hurting....and I told I was not....and that I just felt a good cry now and then was good exercise for the tear ducts.

I am very thankful of all the help and assistance all my friends have shown me during this.....both of them.

Now who hid my jar of Opioids?