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Little tidbits that could be found in the CJ Smith Quick Reference Guide, if such a thing existed...
Favorite chocolates: Godiva, hands down. See's is also excellent, as is any extremely snotty brand of plain dark chocolate. Any chocolate that happens to enrobe toffee or marzipan or nuts gets extra bonus points. Favorite bonbon fillings: toffee, marzipan, praline, chocolate of course, anything nut based, anything fruit based except probably cherry, some caramels.
Favorite baubles: Opals. Any kind. Black, white, jelly, doublet, Australian, lab-created: I like them all as long as there's fire in them. (You can keep the Mexican fire opals. They're just orange; I don't see any opalness to them.) Because I adore deep green, I would like emeralds if they were in my price range, which they most decidedly are not except in the ickier end of the color range. I may have to look into manmade or color-enhanced ones some day. For now, opals. They are intriguing, mysterious, ever-changing, and not all that pricey. I have a growing opal collection and will gladly talk someone's ear off about each piece.
Favorite position: Upside down in an airplane, just before I'm about to add a little right rudder and a bunch of left aileron at the top of an Immelmann. Or flat on my back in an airplane, airspeed falling rapidly, wings cleanly slicing the horizon on a perfect vertical upline, seat cushion expanding a little after the 3.5G load my body was putting on it seconds ago, just before I'm about to kick hard left rudder to flip back and point straight down again at the top of a hammerhead turn. (Why, what do you think of when you're asked your favorite position?)
Favorite flower: Roses. They smell so wonderful! Cyclamen and fuchsia are also very nice, just because they are weird and upside down.
I could be describing my excellent Valentine's Day this year. Three out of four on this list! My life does not suck! 8-)
Favorite chocolates: Godiva, hands down. See's is also excellent, as is any extremely snotty brand of plain dark chocolate. Any chocolate that happens to enrobe toffee or marzipan or nuts gets extra bonus points. Favorite bonbon fillings: toffee, marzipan, praline, chocolate of course, anything nut based, anything fruit based except probably cherry, some caramels.
Favorite baubles: Opals. Any kind. Black, white, jelly, doublet, Australian, lab-created: I like them all as long as there's fire in them. (You can keep the Mexican fire opals. They're just orange; I don't see any opalness to them.) Because I adore deep green, I would like emeralds if they were in my price range, which they most decidedly are not except in the ickier end of the color range. I may have to look into manmade or color-enhanced ones some day. For now, opals. They are intriguing, mysterious, ever-changing, and not all that pricey. I have a growing opal collection and will gladly talk someone's ear off about each piece.
Favorite position: Upside down in an airplane, just before I'm about to add a little right rudder and a bunch of left aileron at the top of an Immelmann. Or flat on my back in an airplane, airspeed falling rapidly, wings cleanly slicing the horizon on a perfect vertical upline, seat cushion expanding a little after the 3.5G load my body was putting on it seconds ago, just before I'm about to kick hard left rudder to flip back and point straight down again at the top of a hammerhead turn. (Why, what do you think of when you're asked your favorite position?)
Favorite flower: Roses. They smell so wonderful! Cyclamen and fuchsia are also very nice, just because they are weird and upside down.
I could be describing my excellent Valentine's Day this year. Three out of four on this list! My life does not suck! 8-)
Re: The CJ Smith Quick Reference Guide
Very nice, all of it. I've never done any aerobatic flying, so I have to rely on the reports of others, but by all accounts it's great fun. Opals are purely beautiful.
But since we have this glimpse into the Quick Reference Guide, I'm wondering about the maintenance recommendations. Those things necessary to keep the CJ humming along happily for years and years of satisfaction...
As I used to teach those young Marines, the key items of effective Preventive Maintenance are:
Clean
Lubricate
Inspect
Tighten
Service
as necessary, of course.
Re: The CJ Smith Quick Reference Guide
I bet those Marines never forgot a word of it.
Good things to know!
if three-fourths of your list were included in your V-day, i'd say your life most definitely does not suck.
Re: Reference Manual (gems)
If you love good dark-green stones, may I direct your attention to green garnet, or tsavorite???It has the gorgeous shade that emeralds ought to have, but without all the flaws and inclusions and cloudiness that emeralds are heir to?besides which, it?s just about affordable.
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Re: Good things to know!
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Re: Reference Manual (gems)
I once saw a LOVELY demantoid garnet with a big crisp horsetail inclusion. I'm not usually fond of that shade of green, but something about this gem said "hi, I'm big, and I'm rare, and I know it." I got to see it under the ... what do you call that almost-microscope-like instrument jewelers use to examine stones? I wonder how much it would have cost. Given the store where I saw it, thousands probably.
Re: Reference Manual (gems)
My e-ring is a tsavorite. I absolutely love it!
Opals are my other favorites, but not as convenient for everyday wear.