John Barresi

Alright, going offline for now... Looking forward to exploring some of this beautiful city today, best wishes and love to ALL, reall, ALL... Time is moving, the future is what we make of it.

With all of the posts where they are (in the past), I'd like to issue an "open call" invitation for ALL fliers and kite enthusiasts to join Steve, Spence, Takako and myself at TUAS this coming Saturday from 11am-2pm.

Every day is One Sky, One World.

What a GREAT day at Tuas... Wind was difficult, but spirits were high, we were all on the field together, and SG set a new national mega fly record! Was it 25 Revs at one time?

Thank you all for the warm welcome, it was a great experience... One sky, one world.

Dieski MO, had to be the first comment on your profile.

Welcome to the forum Marko, really great to meet you at TI... Let's do it again sometime.

*yawn*

I love the smell of coffee and Icarex in the morning!

TK and I are headed to San Diego tomorrow... On to Tijuana for my second wave of dental work (permanent crowns and bridge), and TK is getting her amalgam fillings removed... She heads home on Friday, but I'll be there until Monday and am thinking about going to Mission Bay Park on Sunday.

Anyone who is having issues with the Kymera wingtip end caps coming off, watch from 2:28 in this video... The caps are snug when this is done correctly.

It's not complicated, but I've met a couple of folks that didn't understand the info sheet that comes with the kite.

Sunday flying at Mission Bay Park is 90% go... Headed back to Tijuana on Sat to have my permanent crowns and bridge put in, will have to confirm the last 10% on Sat afternoon just in case anything odd happens.

I have an evening to kill here in San Diego... Anyone bored? No kites with me until Sunday, but I'm good for whatever.

After today, depending on the final implant work, I'll likely provide the contact for my dentist to anyone who wants it.

Next Mexicoach back to the US, one hour.

1 bus away from getting into the short customs line, but it's a big bus.

Up and around, headed for Mission Bay Park around 9am... With kites!

Whew, I'm beat... KILLER day of flying, roughly 9am to 6pm, 6-10mph for the better part of the day... John Mason, Chris Browning and Duane Finley all came out as well, great day, great company.

Ugh, center seat on Southworst Airlines... Two BIG folks on either side, no options... Ah well, short flight to OAK. *shrug*

Ugh, hard drive finally died on my iMac (2 years old)... Headed to the Apple store downtown now, hoping they can fix me up in a hurry - need a working machine ASAP!

I have just removed Li Lei from my friends list after the excerpted chat discussion below between Li and I.

Thoughts of love and appreciation to Kenji Ueda, lost to us on 9/6/11 (Japan time)... Rest well friend, thank you for the time with us.

Whew... Took a lot of finagling, but we've now got flights, rental car and hotel all taken care of for AKAGN in Wildwood... We'll be there Tue-Mon, staying at the Starlux in one of their neat Airstream rooms.

A word of advice to all... Any time you buy *anything* online, before checking out I suggest you do a Google search for "X coupon code", like "GoDaddy coupon code", "Hotel.com coupon", "Budget car coupon", etc... No joke, I probably save $1000 or more per year by spending 2 minutes doing this before every online purchase.

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Enjoying Bruce Lee quotes this morning...

Wow, just got a phishing attempt via text message on TK's cell... "Your card has been deactivated, please call 503-XXX-XXXX"

I would never enter my info, but I did call the number and it said "welcome to card activation services, please enter your card number".