Wilbur ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Share #1 Posted June 10, 2019 So, I have my last flight with the old boss later this week. Headed to Milan again for 12 days. The new company has no business in Italy, (my favourite country) so this may wind down my days of free travel there. We are using contract pilots to join me so they will airline home immediately and back the day before the homebound leg. My options: 1. Stay in Milan, do some sightseeing, take my bike and do a few rides but miss Fathers Day with the family and my daughters birthday. 2. Jump on an airline and head home for family stuff. What would you do? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Share #2 Posted June 10, 2019 1 minute ago, wilbur said: So, I have my last flight with the old boss later this week. Headed to Milan again. The new company has no business in Italy, (my favourite country) so this may wind down my days of free travel there. We are using contract pilots to join me so they will airline home immediately and back the day before the homebound leg. My options: 1. Stay in Milan, do some sightseeing, take my bike and do a few rides but miss Fathers Day with the family and my daughters birthday. 2. Jump on an airline and head home for family stuff. What would you do? Can you pack the spare plane from the new job and use it to jet home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted June 10, 2019 Share #3 Posted June 10, 2019 Head home, family is important. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Share #4 Posted June 10, 2019 I lean towards 2. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Share #5 Posted June 10, 2019 Stay there and enjoy what may be your last trip. The family will save fathers day for you when you get back. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted June 10, 2019 Share #6 Posted June 10, 2019 3. Don't ask us. Ask your family. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 10, 2019 Share #7 Posted June 10, 2019 Take the family to Italy. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share #8 Posted June 10, 2019 26 minutes ago, Road Runner said: 3. Don't ask us. Ask your family. You are also my family. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share #9 Posted June 10, 2019 47 minutes ago, jsharr said: Can you pack the spare plane from the new job and use it to jet home? The airline would be business class with a sleeping pod so no! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted June 10, 2019 Share #10 Posted June 10, 2019 25 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: Stay there and enjoy what may be your last trip. The family will save fathers day for you when you get back. I agree. You don’t have small kids at home or someone that needs constant validation, so you should enjoy where you are. Celebrate Father’s Day when you get back and go for some rides and perv at hot Italian chicks from closer than Canada. Your family isn’t going anywhere, but your semi regular Italian holiday option is being shut down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted June 10, 2019 Share #11 Posted June 10, 2019 Just now, wilbur said: You are also my family. Dear Dad, Please be here for Father's Day. Signed, Your Forum Kids. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Share #12 Posted June 10, 2019 Just now, wilbur said: The airline would be business class with a sleeping pod so no! Sucks to be you. Jerkface. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share #13 Posted June 10, 2019 22 minutes ago, Zackny said: Take the family to Italy. Not workable due to school and work schedules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Share #14 Posted June 10, 2019 As I recall, China is big into cloning pigs. You could probably get them to do a rush job for you and you could be both places at once. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted June 10, 2019 Share #15 Posted June 10, 2019 31 minutes ago, Road Runner said: 3. Don't ask us. Ask your family. No, this is bad advice. They will ignore your inner-dialogue and scuttle your last visions of the Italian countryside. Tell them they should be happy you aren’t moving to Italy without them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted June 10, 2019 Share #16 Posted June 10, 2019 10 minutes ago, wilbur said: You are also my family. We are the black sheep in your family. We don't count. BTW, am I in your will? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted June 10, 2019 Share #17 Posted June 10, 2019 19 minutes ago, Road Runner said: BTW, am I in your will? I am, he's leaving me the guitar Alex signed for me. He's yet to show me a pick of it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted June 10, 2019 Share #18 Posted June 10, 2019 6 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: I am, he's leaving me the guitar Alex signed for me. He's yet to show me a pick of it though. So what you are really saying is that if he goes before you do, I eventually get the guitar. #winning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted June 10, 2019 Share #19 Posted June 10, 2019 6 minutes ago, Kzoo said: So what you are really saying is that if he goes before you do, I eventually get the guitar. #winning What's mine is yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted June 10, 2019 Share #20 Posted June 10, 2019 Family first. I think if you really wanted to go to Italy in the future you could find a way to get there. Youbare a man with considerable means right!?!? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted June 10, 2019 Share #21 Posted June 10, 2019 I'm a family is very important type, but I also feel missing one is excusable and your last chance to spend time over there. I'd also hate flying all the way there, hop on a plane to fly back, only to turn around and hop on another plane to fly back to fly a plane back (I'm assuming you are working the return flight too). If you aren't working the return flight, bum around for a day or two and then head back. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted June 10, 2019 Share #22 Posted June 10, 2019 35 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: I am, he's leaving me the guitar Alex signed for me. He's yet to show me a pic of it though. I'm not picky (PI). Cash, even Canadian cash, will be fine with me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BuffJim Posted June 10, 2019 Popular Post Share #23 Posted June 10, 2019 I’m a big believer in guilt. Stay in Italy and sightsee, but feel guilty about it. 3 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share #24 Posted June 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Road Runner said: We are the black sheep in your family. We don't count. BTW, am I in your will? It's sort of a reverse will.. If you croak, I get the Mustang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted June 10, 2019 Share #25 Posted June 10, 2019 2 minutes ago, wilbur said: It's sort of a reverse will.. If you croak, I get the Mustang. Okay, but Cheese is not going to be happy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted June 10, 2019 Share #26 Posted June 10, 2019 Just now, Road Runner said: Okay, but Cheese is not going to be happy. Cheese is never happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Share #27 Posted June 10, 2019 Just now, Kzoo said: Cheese is never happy. He is when RO or Speed Demon texts him. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted June 10, 2019 Share #28 Posted June 10, 2019 2 hours ago, Randomguy said: perv at hot Italian chicks And for the right price you could get them to call you daddy. Problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Share #29 Posted June 10, 2019 4 hours ago, wilbur said: So, I have my last flight with the old boss later this week. Headed to Milan again for 12 days. The new company has no business in Italy, (my favourite country) so this may wind down my days of free travel there. We are using contract pilots to join me so they will airline home immediately and back the day before the homebound leg. My options: 1. Stay in Milan, do some sightseeing, take my bike and do a few rides but miss Fathers Day with the family and my daughters birthday. 2. Jump on an airline and head home for family stuff. What would you do? I wouldn't miss the family stuff - I'd fly home for it. At some future point, you can find a cheap tour of Northern Italy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted June 10, 2019 Share #30 Posted June 10, 2019 I would try to stay in Italy and maybe find a way to get your wife to join you for a long weekend. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted June 11, 2019 Share #31 Posted June 11, 2019 7 hours ago, wilbur said: So, I have my last flight with the old boss later this week. Headed to Milan again for 12 days. The new company has no business in Italy, (my favourite country) so this may wind down my days of free travel there. We are using contract pilots to join me so they will airline home immediately and back the day before the homebound leg. My options: 1. Stay in Milan, do some sightseeing, take my bike and do a few rides but miss Fathers Day with the family and my daughters birthday. 2. Jump on an airline and head home for family stuff. What would you do? Don't listen to Wheels. Family is drab and you're in Milan. Besides, it's only Father's Day and you're a rockstar. Tell them the best thing they could do for you is to give you some 'me' time riding your bike in Italy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted June 11, 2019 Share #32 Posted June 11, 2019 12 minutes ago, Dottie said: Don't listen to Wheels. Family is drab and you're in Milan. Besides, it's only Father's Day and you're a rockstar. Tell them the best thing they could do for you is to give you some 'me' time riding your bike in Italy. Listen to Wheels. He has a small family that isn't close. It breaks his heart a little more each day. @wilbur knows what he has, enjoy while you can. I don't think anyone would know I was gone, honest. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrapr ★ Posted June 11, 2019 Share #33 Posted June 11, 2019 ummm...it's not father's day in Milan. Problem solved. *made up Hallmark holiday I keed. Get woWilber to fly over & call you Daddy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted June 11, 2019 Share #34 Posted June 11, 2019 5 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: Listen to Wheels. He has a small family that isn't close. It breaks his heart a little more each day. @wilbur knows what he has, enjoy while you can. I don't think anyone would know I was gone, honest. I don't have anybody but my wife, a aging father, and siblings who failed to launch. When my dad passes I have marginal interest in keeping family ties. So I too won't be missed. And I don't care. If you don't like your family ties, there is time to make up for it. I suspect Wilbur has no making up to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kirby Posted June 11, 2019 Popular Post Share #35 Posted June 11, 2019 If it's one holiday, it's probably ok to miss, especially for a good reason like a nice stay in Italy. But one of the best memories I have of my Dad is a comment he made after I took my parents to a play at a local college and dinner at a diner my Mom wanted to try. The diner was full of colorful "locals", the play was wonderful and the drive was beautiful As we were driving home, my Dad said almost to himself "this was a perfect day". You never know when those "perfect days" might pop up, so don't take any day with your loved ones for granted - although there are good reasons to be away sometimes. And SW, we'd miss you, a lot. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AirwickWithCheese Posted June 11, 2019 Popular Post Share #36 Posted June 11, 2019 8 hours ago, wilbur said: What will you do? I could vacation with WOWilbur while you are in Italy. 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Randomguy Posted June 11, 2019 Popular Post Share #37 Posted June 11, 2019 5 minutes ago, AirwickWithCheese said: I could vacation with WOWilbur while you are in Italy. I am beginning to suspect that there are no women in Greenville. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted June 11, 2019 Share #38 Posted June 11, 2019 9 minutes ago, AirwickWithCheese said: I could vacation with WOWilbur while you are in Italy. At the cottage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted June 11, 2019 Share #39 Posted June 11, 2019 Cheese surfaces to make a zinger. Yay! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted June 11, 2019 Share #40 Posted June 11, 2019 Stay. I have been on the road for lots of different events, including a number of farhers days and wedding anniversaries. We celebrated when I got back. Now looking back with a somewhat more normal schedule, we are no worse for wear for me having missed them. Your family will know your love for Italy and that it is your last free trip. If you were my spouse, I would want you to stay because it would make you happy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted June 11, 2019 Share #41 Posted June 11, 2019 53 minutes ago, Kirby said: And SW, we'd miss you, a lot. Your response was better than mine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share #42 Posted June 11, 2019 I would like to visit the patroness of cyclists. Madonna del Ghisallo. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted June 11, 2019 Share #43 Posted June 11, 2019 8 hours ago, BuffJim said: I’m a big believer in guilt. Stay in Italy and sightsee, but feel guilty about it. I agree with Airhead, see if you can get a discounted ticket for wifey at least. Ask for delay on Father's Day stuff and enjoy Italy for last time for "free" on this job. Everyone back in Canada can Skype and can wish you happy Father's Day. Make sure you buy them a few Italian trinkets.. Your children are adults...and if they don't understand why daddy wants to enjoy just a few days tacked on... (Dearie hasn't flown back expressly for his adult daughter for Father's Day every year. Sometimes she forgets....to wish him well.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted June 11, 2019 Share #44 Posted June 11, 2019 ...have you considered finding some hot, younger Italian babe, marrying her, and starting another family over in Italy ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted June 11, 2019 Share #45 Posted June 11, 2019 Does your family usually make a big deal out of Father’s Day? My family really doesn’t. I get a phone call from my son in Texas and a phone call from my son in North Carolina. Sometimes my local son brings his family over for a picnic and swim. The Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure always starts on Fathers Day, I do that ride as often as I can and don’t really notice much difference in the day. If my kids were little and still living at home I wouldn’t take time away from them for myself if I had a chance to be with them. I didn’t start doing week long cycling adventures by myself until my kids were adults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Karen_Cooper_Incident Posted June 11, 2019 Share #46 Posted June 11, 2019 12 hours ago, Square Wheels said: Head home, family is important. Meh... Wilbur, spend time in Italy. That place rocks. Shu Fang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted June 11, 2019 Share #47 Posted June 11, 2019 10 hours ago, Kzoo said: Cheese is never happy. He’s only happy when it rains. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share #48 Posted June 11, 2019 6 hours ago, Page Turner said: ...have you considered finding some hot, younger Italian babe, marrying her, and starting another family over in Italy ? No. I will not marry again. 9 hours ago, Zephyr said: Stay. I have been on the road for lots of different events, including a number of farhers days and wedding anniversaries. We celebrated when I got back. Now looking back with a somewhat more normal schedule, we are no worse for wear for me having missed them. Your family will know your love for Italy and that it is your last free trip. If you were my spouse, I would want you to stay because it would make you happy Likewise. I have missed many birthdays, anniversaries, Hallmark days and the bigger ones like Christmas. My daughters still like to spoil me but that can wait. I will miss my daughters birthday but that isn't a first either. It also isn't my first trip to Italy. It might be the last free trip though. I think our scheduler locked us into the hotel so the decision may already be made. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted June 11, 2019 Share #49 Posted June 11, 2019 8 minutes ago, wilbur said: No. I will not marry again. Likewise. I have missed many birthdays, anniversaries, Hallmark days and the bigger ones like Christmas. My daughters still like to spoil me but that can wait. I will miss my daughters birthday but that isn't a first either. It also isn't my first trip to Italy. It might be the last free trip though. I think our scheduler locked us into the hotel so the decision may already be made. There you go. Sometimes when you have to make a decision and have a hard time deciding it’s nice when the decision is made for you. When I was younger and my wife wasn’t employed outside the home it was tough when offered overtime to decide, we needed the money but I wanted to spend the time with my family. That dilemma was solved when I started working at the forge. They had mandatory overtime, they didn’t ask if you wanted to work, they told you that you were working it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted June 11, 2019 Share #50 Posted June 11, 2019 well, @wilbur what did you decide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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