Flintkote
Copyright© 2020 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 45
The Princessapality doesn’t put 8 or 9 year old kids in jail ... or reform-school ... we take ‘em out and shoot ‘em.
Got ya.
No ... we charge their parents the damages. Three kids ... equally guilty. Three parents paid two thousand each ... plus court costs.
Tyche and Junior got 3 grand ... each.
Poor boys ... no dirt bike for Christmas.
Poor papa ... no lieutenancy ... and no raise.
Poor Mrs. James ... no down payment on her new car. She was stuck driving last years model.
Although repairing a broken model is mostly a daily occurrence somewhere on the North American continent, JW wouldn’t let Tyche fly it.
“It’s repaired ... it’s not fixed,” he said. “Things don’t balance ... more weight on one side or the other. Extra glue ... it’s not been stripped and maybe cracked parts replaced. Bad habits are learned and you don’t need bad habits.” You have enough of your own, was not heard ... but it was there.
She ‘suggested’ that Junior use her watch and ‘save’ a few of the aircraft from the movie ‘Flyboys’ after production was over.
The Sopwith 1 and a half strutter was cool and the radial replacement for the rotary made for a safer aircraft ... and they were a kit. Airdrome Aerocraft ... mostly aluminum instead of wood.
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