I read Barrick's post this AM and I have to express similar sentiments.
I've been widowed for nigh on three years now and lost most of "my" friends 'cos they were hers.....but if Departed Beloved could see me now, I feel she would be happy. Thank heavens I still work...if I was retired I'd go nuts. My living room looks like a workshop.

I'm suffering from dodgy weather too and it doesn't look as if it will calm down much at all this weekend. Good thing is that a musician friend is hosting a bash for the local Gibson owners on Fri and Sat eves. So I guess I'll take my beautiful British Burns guitars to set the cats among the pigeons.

To the gentleman who answered my question about recommendations for upgrades to the Pro with "...no blade grips...", I offered my blades up to the grips which came with my mH CNC head assembly and they fit perfectly....still working on the ball links though....slowly but surely I'll get it there.

Helis are not my only "toys" though....all batteries are charged for me to sail my EC-12 sailboat on our local lake and I have a nice On30 loco to "dress up" too and a refurbished Hammond A105 organ to deliver back to lucky owner.
Hopefully I'll get some rotary wing flying in soon.

Keep the rotors up and the skids down.....
Ray