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Old Feb 11, 2018 | 08:24 PM
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The sun should be coming up soon. Have a three hour drive from Nairobi up north to Embu which is near Mount Kenya, where Obama received the tablets listing his 10 Commandments.
 

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Originally Posted by BARACU
Russ...how long you gonna be there?
Leaving on Thursday. Have to inspect this airplane, sort out a video problem, test fly the aircraft and finish the paperwork. Fly back to Portland, where I arrive on Friday and Saturday go home for a few days.
 
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Brutal, Russ.
 
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Good to see MarkyDos making some progress. Now if he could only get one of those nurses to check for paralysis in his nether regions....
 
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Originally Posted by rwhisen
Good to see MarkyDos making some progress. Now if he could only get one of those nurses to check for paralysis in his nether regions....
So that everything is working properly when the Quarterlies show up.
 
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Brutal, Russ.
I knew these two weeks were going to be a ****. Mexico, Kenya and home. Kristi sent some new house pics as the floor tile is coming along. It's been too cold for the brickers to do anything as it has to be well above freezing for them to do their thing.







Got some countertops in the baths last week too.

 
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Originally Posted by QC
So that everything is working properly when the Quarterlies show up.
Do you think he'll need a cheering section?
 
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neat pics Russ. i know it feels good to see progress
 
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Originally Posted by rwhisen
Do you think he'll need a cheering section?
Probably not.
 
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Hey Mark!
 



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