VV Curly Oak did his first air travel this a.m. with DH. In another hour or so they should be sharing a Bloody Mary (with DH dreaming on that a foxy senorita was "relaxing" with them, too)

. Silver Travel Mini went along for just-in-case.
DH's VVW now has an official name.... "Curly."
After the short episode of self-firing and not sending him back to REO Spa, Curly has been behaving with good manners for a couple of weeks. For DH Curly spent a few days in coffee and came out smelling like
ros.. coffee, for only a few minutes, after I blew all the coffee dust off. I put him upright in a few inches of ground coffee, bottom half and all of door buried, in a tall enough container, with empty bottle on, catch cup covered with self stick plastic wrap, and vv chip area taped up with painter tape. BTW... this is not the first time I've "coffeed" Wood REOs so I know it works.
Handed him over to DH last night with a Boge 2.0 carto on (and extras - extra Pawn DT, too, as he broke one, last week, and had to stove-pipe because he didn't have an extra). We've reduced DH's nic mg down from 18 to near 12, in past week, and he liked the ability to adjust for the TH he wants. Of course he really, really loves the button for his old hands. And he was thrilled to have a WOOD "hand therapy unit" in his grasp, again.
DH did have some issues with feeling the adjustment wheel so I'll mark the wheel with some model paint (this girlie doesn't "do" nail polish) when he comes home Sat night. The on/off switch is so easy to move he wasn't sure he had turned it off when he was got out of car and loaded Curly in his carry on. He'll get used to everything but he was happy that the on/off switch was so easy to operate.
He carries a TR-001 so he'll be able to charge the 14500 and 18350 but I assured him that he probably would return home with the same batteries still going strong and not even need to pull out the extras. (We like to plan for emergencies especially traveling. He was in Toronto for 9-11 and stuck in a Hotel for several days due to grounded flights. Way too far to take ground travel. Hotel gave deep discounts for rates and room service but DH got tired of Hotel food. So he found a grocery, in walking distance, for peanut butter and jelly.

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So loving our VV WOOD Boys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hugs, Feisty Alice