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I clean for a living so when I get home I go outside! Hubby doesn't understand why the pool gets vacuumed way more than the house. I just tell him it's because he doesn't vacuum the house enough
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I mis Mayhem commercials. Those are about the only ones I'll willingly watch.
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This is me!!
I just went and told hubby my Whisky Boo needs a trampoline. He said Aussies don't need trampolines.. she bounces around enough without one. But she'd be so cute with one!!
I need one (or 3) of those!!
I was once on a flight that did exactly that! Landing at O'Hare, stormy summer day. Just as the wheels touched down the wind whipped the plane to a steeper angle than that. I was by the window on the low side. I looked out to see pavement!!! Scared the carp out-a me and everyone else on the plane, could have heard a pin drop. But the pilot brought it back down and landed safely.
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Flying out on an early morning flight from Colorado, the plane starts down the runway, engines starts backfiring (They Call it a COMPRESSOR STALL), they slow down, drive back by the gate and continue on to the start of the run way, Pilot says,"We're going to try that again". As he gives it the juice you can see everyone on the plane praying and I mean EVERYONE!
Me too, on a little ComAir commuter into the Augusta Georgia airport.
I was once on a flight out of DFW (this had to be 40 years ago). A very hot summer day. Well over 100, I think it might have been near record breaking - 110 or something like that. It was ridiculously hot.
The plane pulled out from the concourse, got a little ways, and the engine(s) died. I think the plane was probably a 727 - popular in those days. They had to drive some big truck with a giant blower fan on it to get the engines restarted (at least I think it was a blower fan - that's what the passengers were saying). So off we went again, only to have the engines die again. Back came the blower truck to give us another jump start. After this second event, the pilot came on the intercom and said this would not be a problem for take-off or flying. He said it was due to the heat and the engines running at lower speeds. He said they wouldn't die once he throttled up. I'm still here, so I guess he was right.
The plane pulled out from the concourse, got a little ways, and the engine(s) died. I think the plane was probably a 727 - popular in those days. They had to drive some big truck with a giant blower fan on it to get the engines restarted (at least I think it was a blower fan - that's what the passengers were saying). So off we went again, only to have the engines die again. Back came the blower truck to give us another jump start. After this second event, the pilot came on the intercom and said this would not be a problem for take-off or flying. He said it was due to the heat and the engines running at lower speeds. He said they wouldn't die once he throttled up. I'm still here, so I guess he was right.
+1 on DFW. We were flying out of there on a hot summer day when they were busy.
There was over a half-dozen planes lined up on the taxi-way waiting their turn. Each one inhaling the exhaust of the ones in front of it. All of the engines were backfiring.
I always sit by the window/hatch in the emergency-exit row because I want someone I can count on opening it if need be (me). (you get more leg-room too
)And I can vouch that it is unnerving to look out the window at the engine that you are betting your life on, belching out huge orange fireballs accompanied with a loud boom
.They should serve alcohol drinks beforehand.drink buddy
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I was on a flight that was delayed because of a flat tire! Yes, a flat tire! Too funny. I flew from chicago to atlanta then had to board a smaller jet to fly to Birmingham.
We backed away from the gate, was to taxing out to the runway when we stopped. Someone on the ground noticed a tire had gone flat. We sat where we were, grounds people came out and changed the tire, took about 20 minutes. Then we were allowed to taxi the rest of the way and take off.
Family was waiting at Birmingham... They asked "Why was the plane late?"
They didn't believe me when I said "We had a flat!!!"
But it was true!
We backed away from the gate, was to taxing out to the runway when we stopped. Someone on the ground noticed a tire had gone flat. We sat where we were, grounds people came out and changed the tire, took about 20 minutes. Then we were allowed to taxi the rest of the way and take off.
Family was waiting at Birmingham... They asked "Why was the plane late?"
They didn't believe me when I said "We had a flat!!!"
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I had one flight leg, I think it was from Chicago to Denver, where plane troubles canceled the flight. Most of the passengers scrambled on to other flights, but I ended up getting scheduled on some late night plane. There were like five of us on this plane. I believe it must have been a shuttle of crew/equipment, because there is no way they would fly a 767 from Chicago to Denver with just 5 passengers on board. That was a really spooky flight. You pop your head up, and don't see any other heads on the plane. Except maybe, wait!, I think that's a head up there about 25 yards away! Yea! I'm not alone on this plane! 767's aren't the biggest, but they are still pretty big. Really, really spooky flight.
Let's not talk about DFW i'm flying in and out of there on Tuesday.
747 out of O'Hara in the summer.Storms all around. Pilot told the tower he would "go for it."
If we had landed within the first 20 minutes I would have never flown again. Even the flight attendants were scared.
747 out of O'Hara in the summer.Storms all around. Pilot told the tower he would "go for it."
If we had landed within the first 20 minutes I would have never flown again. Even the flight attendants were scared.
We had just taken off when at around 500' a helicopter took our amphibious floats off with its rotor. My feet were about 18" above the rotor when the SHTF, or more accurately the fan hit us and we were in deep...
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I had one flight that started on the West Coast and had a plane change in Las Vegas,
It was late in the evening and shortly after the plane took off I noticed that the engine cowling was not latched (it opened about 3 inches and closed again as we took off). I thought about it for a minute and was trying to get home after a very long week, so as I was de-boarding the plane I told the flight attendant that it was open (I saw it flapping again when we landed). Her face went blank, kinda pale; But hey I made my connecting flight.
It was late in the evening and shortly after the plane took off I noticed that the engine cowling was not latched (it opened about 3 inches and closed again as we took off). I thought about it for a minute and was trying to get home after a very long week, so as I was de-boarding the plane I told the flight attendant that it was open (I saw it flapping again when we landed). Her face went blank, kinda pale; But hey I made my connecting flight.
Coming into Bethel, AK on a 727 they put us in crash positions. I was sitting in the exit aisle. The stewardess told me to check the engine before opening the emergency exit and if it was on fire to not open that exit.
