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FlyByWire

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Fucking insane to me. My oldest turns 18 tomorrow. Such a good kid. Graduates this year and is going into the Army as a combat medic. Wants to follow in my footsteps after that.. which I’m still trying to talk him out of, but since he’s so much like me, it’s not going to work.

We got him a gift, please don’t spoil the surprise:

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His Mom got him a P320 as well.. he’s going to shit.

Cheers, don’t blink.

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DMF

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Congratulations to you and happy birthday to your son!
 

throttle

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Is that a new Super Soaker? 🤣

Great job dad, and happy birthday to him!
 

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Congratulations!

Great gift choice!

Great to see another honorable young man………
 

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Fucking insane to me. My oldest turns 18 tomorrow. Such a good kid. Graduates this year and is going into the Army as a combat medic. Wants to follow in my footsteps after that.. which I’m still trying to talk him out of, but since he’s so much like me, it’s not going to work.

We got him a gift, please don’t spoil the surprise:

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His Mom got him a P320 as well.. he’s going to shit.

Cheers, don’t blink.

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Medic training ahhhhh the fun memories. Ft. Sam June, July, August was hot. They had Quonset hut's set up as classrooms. Nothing but fans inside with temps approaching 100 every day. Guys that fell asleep during instruction concerning blood drawing and starting IV's were paired up...😂😂. Don't do that, pools of blood on the floor.
 

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Congrats and good luck to your son going forward. Well done!
 

JFMFG

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Happy birthday to to your son. Congrats on raising a good one. No matter his career choice after the army you will be proud of him.
 

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This is what I see when I look over at every chippy on the road...they all keep getting younger 😁


Great job Dad👍 raising them is easy, raising them right.. that's something to be proud of! Before you know it your kids will be having kids, Grandpa.
 

HNL2LHC

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Great job and congrats. 🤙
 

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My son always wanted to follow in my foot steps but I always figured something would change that path. Now at 29 he's running my company, literally telling me how to do things LOL. They grow up fast.

Big congrats on raising a good, productive man!
 

rivrrts429

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That’s pretty awesome and you should celebrate just as much as him for raising a good human.

Might want to get a DNA test though…

He looks like he could be deputy John Baker’s kid from the tv show CHiPs 😂😂😂
 

rightytighty

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Congrats!

Now the transition from Father to friend ( who still buys dinner) begins. It's very rewarding and kinda stupid how much I look forward to the phone calls these days.

Nice wrap job, BTW! He'll never guess.
 

Ziggy

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Happy Birthday to your son.😎
Nice wrapping job dad, he'll never guess😂😂
 

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Hell yeh man
Tell him thank you and happy birthday
 

MeCasa16

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Can’t imagine the face he will make when he unwraps that gift and finds his new jello mold! It’s gonna be a hit at parties. Congratulations!
 
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