Jody Daniel: Blog

Hi all!
Now this was a very interesting week. On the weather front, we got out first spring rains on Saturday evening and night. I came with a microburst that nearly blow the patio roof off my sister-in-law’s patio. But the roof stayed. The notice board for the armed response company was not so lucky – it blew off and out in the street. Also one of her gate lights was blown off it’s mounting.

And then, anticlimax. Just a few drops of rain with the lightning playing on the horizon, but so far away that one could not even hear the thunder. I still had to water the garden on Sunday.

Now here is chapter 9 of “Smoke on, GO!”

I see only one reader mailed me about the “inside joke” in chapter 8. LOL. For those of you that did not get it: look again at the picture of Georgie and her cat. On the coffee table are some books, the cover of the book on top is “Smoke on, GO! By Jody Daniel.”

Thank you for all the votes and the comments and emails. It is so good to hear from you in the emails. I must just confess that if I don’t answer you straight away, I will do so soon.

I wish you all the best! Until next week!

Bye 4 now!

Hi all!

And so Monday rocks around. Oh, how do I love Mondays! Wife is off to work, and I can snooze a while longer. It’s great to be retired…

Also, Monday means that a new chapter of “Smoke on, GO!” hits the computer screens around the world. Here is chapter 8. I hope you enjoyed the out of sequence publishing of chapter 7? LOL! Yes, that was the surprise.

And now to get chapter 14 done and dusted. Keep well, stay safe and happy reading. Don’t forget to vote. I need some votes in the upper class to offset the few 1 to 7 votes. LOL. Maybe I could EVENTUALLY get a 9 overall score. (Said with a tongue in the cheek.)

Until next week!

Bye 4 now!

PS: Oh, see if you can spot the joke in this chapter.

Hi all!

OKAY! Just a short note: I know it’s not Monday! But I did promise you a surprise.

So, enjoy chapter 7. Then, until Monday for chapter 8.

Have fun!

Bye 4 now!

Hi all!

And so, we cruise along! It’s Monday again and time for “Smoke on, GO!” chapter 6 to come your way.

And here we introduce a new character in the story. This time she is alive and well and not just a seminude chick on a bed in a sleazy hotel room. She has a story to tell that would put Alex and Leon sitting on the edges of their chairs.

Well, let’s find out what she has to say… What could it be that is so important?

I do have to comment on the last 4 comments. As I told my editor. The SACAA investigators aren’t all pilots or do have aviation experience. The idea that “if you are a detective, you can solve any Incident” goes. What happened to experience in the field of aviation? Unanswered question. Therefore, I find the comment by 10R2007 very true.

Now that “imported stock” comment; Aren’t we all got imported stock in us? I for one has Dutch, some French, and German stock in me. But the real issue is not the imported stock, but rather “previous disadvantaged” and now the government forces quotas on all industries. For every recruitment there must be 5 previous disadvantaged persons, (and we all know who that is.) One white or colored or Asian person, and 50% of that must be women.

Please, do not interpret what I said that I discriminate against women. Not at all. There are some really outstanding women that can do the job. It’s the “cadre deployment” and pushing “brothers” into jobs that they have no clue about, and “experience” and “qualifications” go out the window. I believe this tendency is current in the rest of the world as well.

Sometimes you look at an object like an aero engine, and it’s the first time you see this object. Then you won’t see stuff that is out of place. How can you tell if the engine was operating at the time of the impact or not? Get an expert on that specific engine and he, or she, will tell you.

With propeller driven engines it’s easy to determine if the engine was turning or not, but with turbo engines it is a little more difficult. Although with experience you will see the same indications.

So, in this case of the story, it was assumed that it was a bird strike. Only a pilot or an aero engine technician would have noticed that the fan was still intact, but the high-pressure compressor was damaged. How did the “bird” come past the fan without damaging it? Mystery?? Or lack of experience? Just asking…

Like the guy applying for a mechanic job at an auto repair shop. He told the boss that he had a college degree. The boss told him to take the prop shaft out of the Volkswagen on the auto lift. Three hours later the boss told him to get lost. Volkswagen Beetles does not have prop shafts!

Have fun! Until next week.

Bye 4 now!

Hi all!

This has been a busy week. Mostly doing Yard Work, (The dreaded YW word…) and getting to put the finishing touches to the pictures that would go into chapter 5. Putting up with limitations of the software and getting to figure out workarounds.

Then there was the revising of completed chapters that came back from the editors. Also getting a new chapter out to the editors. I am a little ahead now, and I might have a surprise install for you. But keeping my mouth shut at this point in time. Just something I thought about… But more about that later.

Now, let us see what is cooking in chapter 5. Yes, the show must go on, and on the Sunday the show concludes. Then there is an interesting development on the Monday as the Aircraft Incident Investigator of the SACAA visit the Wonderboom hangar.

Have fun! Until next week.

Bye 4 now!