Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[Charlie Tango]

Not long-legged enough for a NY to Paris run. Gotta pass on this one.

Aw, really? I had hopes for that thing. Didn't want to be a Gulfstream lemming.

 

[SoulReflection]

Oh, and I should have said "I like to keep my feet dry".

 

[Charlie Tango]

NY to London in 1.5 hours. LA to NY in 1 hour.

Last one of those I saw was in the Udvar-Hazy Center, though.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Thank you, science, for making it possible to spend more time in line for takeoff than the total air time from Boston to Dublin. Time on the ground in which the FAs are not permitted to leave their bench-hard jump seats, nor am I permitted to use the head until we're at cruising altitude. By the time we're airborne the queue for the loo may not complete before the return to seats bell comes on.

Small planes are a problem if you have a code brown. At best you get a curtain. Like travelling on the bus, you purge before leaving home. Never use the washroom in a bus station. I’m holding out for teleportation.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Nice-looking. Their prop planes have a face only a mother could love.

They make a good military trainer.

PC-21 | The Next Generation Trainer | Pilatus Aircraft Ltd

 

[Fat Freddy]

Oh, and I should have said "I like to keep my feet dry".

Try this then........

 

[beans-on-toast]

Try this then........

I always liked this version by Long John Baldry. He was a blues singer in England, both Elton John and Rod Stewart were mentored by him in his band. As were what became the Rolling Stones.

 

[12BitSlab]

Shasta caravans had wings. They would fly down the highway.

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Thanks for that. Brightened my day!!!!

 

[12BitSlab]

More sailing. Last band I was in did this song. We did it with 6 part harmony:

 

[StereoPlayer]

30 minutes to anywhere...

 

[Fat Freddy]

I always liked this version by Long John Baldry. He was a blues singer in England, both Elton John and Rod Stewart were mentored by him in his band.

Yeah......Long John used to babysit my son on occasion.....

 

[Bushmaster]

I never got pranked... Either they were scared of me, or they simply didn't care. I tend to suppose the latter

As for flying, I still prefer a piece written by Dieter Miekautsch, also featuring Norbert Dömling on Bass:

 

[Winslow]

Aim higher. Make your traveling cosmic...

 

[GwenOnBass]

Aim higher. Make your traveling cosmic...

Don't scrimp on the pâté

 

[Winslow]

Don't scrimp on the pâté

Perish the thought!

 

[Deleted member 268085]

I like to dream big. I think that this is the one. It’s around $11M USD, operating costs around $1M a year for 200 hours. I like that it’s overbuilt, comfortable, and high tech. The cargo door is a nice touch.

PC-24 | The Super Versatile Jet | Pilatus Aircraft Ltd

Pilatus makes great airplanes. The PC-12 NGX turbo-prop is another gem.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Pilatus makes great airplanes. The PC-12 NGX turbo-prop is another gem.

Beautiful mountain views flying to the factory in Switzerland.

 

[gtmalone]

Re missing food: In my last job there were two women who were famous for eating other folks lunches. Whenever a bunch of us decided to order a pizza or something we'd go around the office to see who wanted in. They always declined. But... they always managed to hang around the lunch room to try and scarf up any leftovers. One when confronted offered $1. She was refused. If you left anything remotely edible in the fridge it would disappear by the next day.

One of them, if it was a "Bagel Thursday" would fill up a bag with bagels and take them home.

There was a Chinese restaurant with a buffet next to the office in StL. Good food, inexpensive. There were a couple of rather full figured people from our office that went there regularly. The lady that ran the place told them one day "Don't ever come back! You eat too much and don't leave tip!"

 

[GwenOnBass]

Some posit a relationship between excess adipose tissue and buffets. Likely more complicated than that, but sure.

 

[gtmalone]

I like to dream big. I think that this is the one. It’s around $11M USD, operating costs around $1M a year for 200 hours. I like that it’s overbuilt, comfortable, and high tech. The cargo door is a nice touch.

PC-24 | The Super Versatile Jet | Pilatus Aircraft Ltd

No point in stopping there. Might as well go all the way: Boeing: 787 Dreamliner

Although it will cost a little more.