Co-pilot gets sick, stewardess helps land airplane
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From: atlieb on 11 Jul 2010 10:43 On Jul 11, 6:41 am, Mxsmanic <mxsma...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > But sitting in > a seat with seat belt attached and looking out a small window that one can > obviously not fit through isn't likely to trigger a fear of falling or > heights. Well of course, you sit in front of a monitor playing MSFS, you are not going to get the fear of falling GET IN A REAL PLANE on takeoff or before landing on a turbulent day and the above statement is as WRONG as you usually are.
From: george on 11 Jul 2010 16:44 On Jul 12, 2:43 am, "atl...(a)gmail.com" <atl...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Jul 11, 6:41 am, Mxsmanic <mxsma...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > But sitting in > > a seat with seat belt attached and looking out a small window that one can > > obviously not fit through isn't likely to trigger a fear of falling or > > heights. > > Well of course, you sit in front of a monitor playing MSFS, you are > not going to get the fear of falling > > GET IN A REAL PLANE on takeoff or before landing on a turbulent day > and the above statement is as WRONG as you usually are. Google rough-landings-at-nz-s-windies.aspx.. An aerodrome I used to fly from :-) Mixedups going to -really- fear flying after this
From: Wingnut on 16 Jul 2010 10:37 On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:32:36 -0700, The Starmaker wrote: > Wingnut wrote: >> >> On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:57:09 -0500, Jim Logajan wrote: >> >> > Wingnut <wingnut45544(a)hotmail.invalid> wrote: >> >> On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:08:58 -0700, Hatunen wrote: >> >> >> >>> On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:04:46 -0500, Jim Logajan <JamesL(a)Lugoj.com> >> >>> wrote: >> >>> >> >>>>Wingnut <wingnut45544(a)hotmail.invalid> wrote: >> >>>>> I'm about as sane as they come. >> >>>> >> >>>>The Wingnut sanity clause. Oh my. >> >>> >> >>> There ain't no sanity clause. >> >> >> >> Nonetheless, I'm about as sane as they come. >> > >> > And one flew over the cuckoo's nest. >> >> If that's intended to suggest that I'm as nutty as that book's >> protagonist, well I hate to tell you this but you're wrong. Sorry. :-) > > What does 'Wingnut' stand for? It's not an acronym; it doesn't "stand for" anything. It's one of these: http://unrepentantoldhippie.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/wingnut- thumb-200x200.jpg
From: Wingnut on 16 Jul 2010 10:38 On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:41:41 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote: > The Starmaker writes: > >> Come onnn already, ...you can feel 'fear of falling' in a "secure >> place?" like "inside an airplane??" > > A fear of falling usually presents when a person is confronted with > railings, open edges, etc.--anything that might conceivably permit him > to fall. I got a new idea for a gory horror movie! Complete with tagline! Troll vs. Troll ... whoever wins, we lose.
From: The Starmaker on 16 Jul 2010 14:41
Wingnut wrote: > > On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:41:41 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote: > > > The Starmaker writes: > > > >> Come onnn already, ...you can feel 'fear of falling' in a "secure > >> place?" like "inside an airplane??" > > > > A fear of falling usually presents when a person is confronted with > > railings, open edges, etc.--anything that might conceivably permit him > > to fall. > > I got a new idea for a gory horror movie! Complete with tagline! > > Troll vs. Troll ... whoever wins, we lose. Just in case nobody knows...people have a fear of falling because once everyone lived on trees like monkies, if you fall asleep on a tree, .... I thought 'wingnut' mean, somebody who is 'nutz' about...wings. Why give yourself a handle with the word "nut" in it? What else is people suppose to think? Have you've ever seen a ...UFO? The Starmaker I don't get a chance to look 'up' all the time, but you guys are 'up there'...you should've seen sometin by now... |