You could say that, he's the son of a good friend of mine.
The first time we met, he was in a similar position on the bow of a Widgeon and I remarked that I really liked the airplane but it had a real ugly hood ornament.
Jr. took great exception to that and ran in the house crying and started packing his bags to go home.
His dad went in and explained I was only kidding and that if he wanted to hang around airplanes he'd better get a thicker skin because the jokes and the business can be mighty rough sometimes.
I apologized to him when he came back out though I don't think he really accepted it at the time.
He eventually got over it and in time became somewhat of a joker himself and got me on a couple occasions later.
Since then it's been sort of an inside joke.
This picture was taken a couple years later.
