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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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The BAC 111 was also a nice ride. Flew one r/t on TACA between Miami and Belize in '72. My first flight with a drink trolley with full sized bottles that the FAs poured the drinks from. That's when I decided international flying was for me!
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The closer to the front, the better! Loved the way the 7-2 rotated. One quirk with that aircraft was that the First Class lavatory door opened out into the plane instead of towards the flight deck. How's that a problem, you ask?
Well, you gotta feel sorry for the young lady who forgot to lock the door and was holding on to the door handle while "waving it". Unfortunately, a pilot came off the flight deck to use the lav, turned the door handle and pulled. The door opened and pulled the young lady face-first into the aisle while still relieving herself. She locked herself in there for the remainder of the flight. Wasn't funny for her, but for the rest of us? Hilarious!
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Likely I should not be surprised I'm looking forward to my Chicago flights. I find a certain contentment as I'm present to all the preflight checks. All the sounds ... I know what they are and why ... air travel junkie, I swear it. And having noticed an enjoyment in takeoffs, also an equal dread in landings. Not any fear of unanticipated excitement at touchdown 
What makes me not want to land is the historical fact that the moment I'm down I'm walking into a world of pewp. Nobody drops me on site because everything is just wonderful.
Here in retirement (hear that @alaskaleftybass ?) I'm looking forward to these flights. When I land, I'm walking into something really, really good this time
What makes me not want to land is the historical fact that the moment I'm down I'm walking into a world of pewp. Nobody drops me on site because everything is just wonderful.Here in retirement (hear that @alaskaleftybass ?) I'm looking forward to these flights. When I land, I'm walking into something really, really good this time
Likely I should not be surprised I'm looking forward to my Chicago flights. I find a certain contentment as I'm present to all the preflight checks. All the sounds ... I know what they are and why ... air travel junkie, I swear it. And having noticed an enjoyment in takeoffs, also an equal dread in landings. Not any fear of unanticipated excitement at touchdown
Here in retirement (hear that @alaskaleftybass ?) I'm looking forward to these flights. When I land, I'm walking into something really, really good this time
Sorry, I'm calling it:
There ain't a single [bleeping] thing that goes on in a radio station that can be described as "innocent," least of all involving female guests of disc jockeys after business hours.
Mind you, I'm not saying it's wrong, necessarily...
...just not "innocent."
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Likely I should not be surprised I'm looking forward to my Chicago flights. I find a certain contentment as I'm present to all the preflight checks. All the sounds ... I know what they are and why ... air travel junkie, I swear it. And having noticed an enjoyment in takeoffs, also an equal dread in landings. Not any fear of unanticipated excitement at touchdown
Here in retirement (hear that @alaskaleftybass ?) I'm looking forward to these flights. When I land, I'm walking into something really, really good this time
There's a hotel in Chicago called The Gwen.
The Gwen Hotel
A monument
Better during the day is way better than at night. There's one product that advertises gentle relief while you sleep. I don't get why anyone would want that!!
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Not bad rates at all, considering. My business July 28 is pretty well uptown, and I'm staying within walking distance
Super-cute studio in a carriage house
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Sorry, I'm calling it:
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There ain't a single [bleeping] thing that goes on in a radio station that can be described as "innocent," least of all involving female guests of disc jockeys after business hours.
Mind you, I'm not saying it's wrong, necessarily...
...just not "innocent."
Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse by Jean-Jacques Rousseau is my inspiration as I pilot a manual typewriter. There is an LP of The Stripper by David Rose, a microphone, an oscilloscope, and I absolutely do not know who fell through the ceiling of the nurses' uniform shop and left without taking anything. That's not helping my case any.
innocent as the summer day is long
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Not bad rates at all, considering. My business July 28 is pretty well uptown, and I'm staying within walking distance
When I think super-cute studio this comes to mind.
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ah yes well
Don't forget about that poor, innocent Triumph-Adler typewriter, either.Sorry, I'm calling it:
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There ain't a single [bleeping] thing that goes on in a radio station that can be described as "innocent," least of all involving female guests of disc jockeys after business hours.
Mind you, I'm not saying it's wrong, necessarily...
...just not "innocent."
That reminds me-I gotta get my Smith-Corona back from the person I loaned it to-as a prop.Don't forget about that poor, innocent Triumph-Adler typewriter, either.
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