Ha ha. No not at all...I think they're into that sort of thing!

Quit smoking about 6 years ago. Used the patch to get over the cravings. It worked quite well for me. You just have to keep yourself occupied and keep your mind off of it. Give your hands something to do when you think about smoking. Its hard, very hard, and you can only do it when the time is right for you - but if you can make it past those first 2 weeks, you're golden.

Good Luck!

I smiled reading this thread!

Because we both quit! :)

250 or point 65:
Pardon my frank language, but if that space cadet didn't have the courtesy to tell you before she told all of her friends, good riddance. This is a good thing, even though it doesn't feel that way now. There's millions of other girls, and some of them are normal. :D

Hang in there! Other doors are opening. :)

What's a DIKFORE?:rolleyes: Good luck with the interview!

or possibly just people that can never see the good in anything. Ever taken the opportunity to stop feeling sorry for yourself and realize things are what they are? Plus when you continue to cry all the time it dilutes the beer that you are drinking. Serioulsy this thread was created for postive things, and apparently you missed that, so do us all a favor and dont post on it again, you can start your own thread called a "negative new day". No hard feelings:)

Negative stuff.:)
I'm on it sigep!
Check hangar flying section soon.
Hope all's good with your crawler.
Cheers

That must be a great feeling. Congratulations on being a grandpa. I know it meant a lot to my dad, his twin brother comitted suicide, and two days later we found out my wife was pregnant with the aforementioned little crawler. It changed his outlook on life for the second time, congrats, and at least its a boy for you, so the shotgun can stay in the safe until the girl comes next:)

Every day when I get home I am greeted by my three-year-old son running to give me a hug screaming "daddy! daddy!" with my 12-month-old daughter waddling behind him. Life couldn't be better!!!

great thread

Get in the sim late tomorrow night after a four month furlough. Hopefully out on the line by next week.

250, you're stuck in the STL. You know it, love it and can never leave it.

Woke up this morning (that's always good), and fairly healthy. Managed to get through a LOFT recently, so still have my job. Currently listening to my boy chatting away upstairs and slamming down my fair share of alcohol after some pizza. Looking forward to a Superbowl party tomorrow. Yep, pretty content. Wonder when the other shoe will drop??

Man sorry to hear about your girl ending it on Facebook - why do people do that? Just can't break up face-to-face?? Glad to see you have a great attitude!

Got to the fishing pier around 1pm yesterday. It was 64 degrees in SW FL and everyone was bundled up like it was Halifax in winter! Anyway, threw on a sweatshirt and headed out to continue my furlough goal of catching one of every fish in the Gulf of Mexico. It was a little windy (20 knots) and the water was cloudy so I figured it would be a not so good day. Around 4pm the wind stopped, the water cleared, and the fish... they started biting! I caught some mangrove snappers, pinfish, and to add to my list of fish, a puffer and a sheepshead! Two more down on the list of fish to catch! Yayyyyyyy, ME!

Some guys down the dock caught some huge Black Drum! When they left, I tried their spot, but no luck. But hey, I have all the time in the world to try again! (See, optimism!)

I found out my UI lasts for 12 months! Whew!

Got hired full time AGR with my Guard Squadron. Just got off of DNIF (means you can't fly due to a medical issue) and will fly next week for the first time in about 2 months. I can't wait to get back in the air. I took it for granted I think. Never again.

Things WILL get better. Good times will return. This economy will turn around. Hang in there everyone.

Went and watched the monkeys at the zoo with my girl then ordered some wings and watched the Superbowl yesterday. Even though Warner played the very end of the first half like a retarded 8th grader they almost pulled it out. :D Woke up today with no hangover and my girl cooking breakfast so today is starting off good so far.

Had a blast yesterday. Great game!. Rooting for no one in particular, just for good plays. My liver is ****ed off right now, but it'll get over it. Had some fantastic food, and today doing nothing but reading the paper, posting, and eating leftovers......Oooooooh, the couch is looking sooo good right now!.

Sounds nice. Sheepshead...that's good eatin'. Ugly but tasty.

My new road bike comes in this morning.
I'm down to 240 from 310 lbs since September. (Went from having a gut overhang to slight love handles.... don't ask about the stretch marks)
I'm making good headway toward a CFI job out here finally.
I have a coffee date with an awesome woman this afternoon.
I didn't watch the superbowl for the first time in my life.
I finally perfected "Castles made of sand" on the guitar, with vocals.
My tax return paid my medical bills and credit card bills.
Its going to be 75 degrees and clear today.


All in all being furloughed doesn't suck right now.

I got to laugh at a 911 abuser that reminds me of the t-rex from "Meet the Robinsons" (she has a large head and really short arms) :D

http://z.about.com/d/kidstvmovies/1/0/l/7/mtr013.jpg

Good day post eh?

Well despite myself and 7 other pilots being terminated without cause yesterday, we all got together and made bonds of friendship stronger than any I have ever known.

Plus I've got scotch. Scotchy, scotch, scotch.

I went to the FBR open in PHX (Golf Tournament) and had one of the best time in years at any sporting event. Cheers to the USair pilots (EAST by the way) that made my experience in jumpseat as good as it was. I highly recommend this tournament to anyone, the 16th hole is completelty worth it...

No matter what happens in our personal or professional lives I always feel good knowing that someone/thing made this amazing playground we call earth for us and we will always have our little sand box to play in... I taught my 23 mo old to recognize the written word "Hi" today.

well said, and amen....

Thank you all that posted and for those that let this thread die. It just reaffirmed my knowledge that all of us are a whiny group of underachievers who expect the over achiever benefits, that all we can do is complain but do nothing about it, because we lack the talent to do anything about it. "I fly an airplane" I know that is what you will say, good for you, so can I, and that is something positive and congratulations, you do something that a whole lot of people cant do, and a whole lot of people wish they could do. And you get paid for it also, and if you dont like it, quit, or else shut up seriously, or furlough yourself, or once again shut up.

Congrats on the 70 LB's man -thats no short order! Keep up the great work. I was at 312 at my peak - at 225 now. Thats the most positve thing Ive read on this thread.

- Smalls

Not gonna touch this one ... No No No ... :D

Lowlevel:
Only adult fish count, you know. Let us know when you catch the hammerhead. Pictures, please. If he gets you instead, give him the camera and your web login ... :eek:

Good news is I think I've figured out what's screwing up my back, and I also think I can fix it!

With all the nastyness happening in some of the other threads, it is time to revive this one!.

My positive thought today;
Lost 5 lbs, getting the excercise routing going again, eating habits are getting better, and overall having a good time in this furlough situation.

:D

Windshield wipers quit working in my truck yesterday, but I fixed them myself today using some basic tools, WD-40, and Google. Total out of pocket cost: $0.00.

It's nice to see things thats are positive these days with everything going bad... For me I'm trying to turn my furlough into something positive. I quit smoking almost 2 months ago, I now work out and bike an average of 60-70 miles as week and am trying to get back in good shape. So far I've lost 20 pounds and am getting back some lung capacity. There is always a silver lining do bad times, you just need to find it. Cheers to all of you with the good news.

Even though I found out about PDT's current hiring state last week, this week has been surprisingly good-
Sent another student for an instrument rating: he passed!
Went for an MEI cert: I passed!
Had midterms for master's degree: I passed!
And...have my first helicopter intro lesson tomorrow!

Let's keep this thread going- we all need to hear each other's good news in today's climate.
-ArchAngel:D

Although I was laid off from my salaried position a few months ago, I'm sitting in beautiful Monterey, California right now getting paid to fly for a couple of days as a contract pilot

My wife and I snapped up a ridiculously cheap Hawaii travel package recently and we're leaving next week.

This thread is still alive.

Unusually warm couple days in North Texas so I'm hooking up the boat and going fishing tomorrow. Life's pretty good.

You should have played the lottery that week...

Hey, thanks SayAgain for reviving this thread.

Start a new job tomorrow monday. Nothing glamourus -bartending-, but gets my out of the house and puts a few bucks in my pocket. Besides, learned on saturday I have a very good chance at flying a corporate gig starting late march early april.
Good news indeed!.

Getting a divorce... Havent decided if it is good or bad news yet...

That's easy!.

Do you get to keep anything?.......Good news.
Are you out on thew streets with a bag full of clothes and 310 dls to your name?............Bad news!.

Been there, got hosed.:(

Congrats to ya bud! Keep flying, and hopefully one day you can join the rest of us, and we will welcome you to the suck! ;)

True that! I'm still driving my '96 Chevy Blazer ... 13 years old and still running strong!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Cheers to the upcoming Grandfather!

Absolutely love skiing ... just found out yesterday that there is a ski resort about 45 min from where I live. I just about kicked myself in the shin when I realized I had been here 3 months and hadn't figured that out yet!!

Well, if you're in a relationship, I would sure as hell hope so ... if you picked her up at a bar, it depends on whether she was too drunk to leave early, or she was actually interested in staying. I would say cheers to ya!

Ok, you know what ... that just flat out blows. Keep that head held high, and move forward :) As much as things suck sometimes, life goes on!

Taught a student to land in a crosswind today. Pretty priceless by the time they can finally land on one wheel, on the centerline, and keep it there for a few seconds.

Haha, thanks for that. Unfortunately, 2 ran out of money and can't get loans. So I am down to 2. :(