When my brother and dad flew, they had a stop in on some island for fuel. I guess winds were good or something because on my flight, the stop was cancelled 2 hours in.
Honestly, I think I just stopped noticing the hours after about 12.
I gave her everything... jewels, beautiful dresses -- with beautiful girls in them.
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Natter 40: The Nice One
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Nov 09, 2005 7:00:28 am PST #2546 of 10006
Frankenbuddha - Nov 09, 2005 7:07:11 am PST #2547 of 10006
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
If the hunter's dog was a pomeranian, it probably just yapped at them with high-pitched barks until their hangovers forced them to flee.
Heh, this reminds me when we moved my sister from a rustic area of Maine. While we were on her front yard, two deer rather casually strolled by at a leisurely lope, followed several yards away by a very small, yapping (punting) dog who seemed to have convinced itself that it was chasing off the vicious beasties.
Jessica - Nov 09, 2005 7:07:39 am PST #2548 of 10006
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I imagine the dog was all like, "Dude. Those are moose."
If they were anything like the dogs I know, it's unlikely they realized the moose were bigger than they were.
Cashmere - Nov 09, 2005 7:09:47 am PST #2549 of 10006
Now tagless for your comfort.
The first time my dog Mac came into contact with a horse was pure comedy gold. It was like, "Whoa! What's this big thing here?"
Nilly - Nov 09, 2005 7:10:24 am PST #2550 of 10006
Swouncing
Honestly, I think I just stopped noticing the hours after about 12.
My flight to the USA last year was 13 hours to Toronto, a stop for a couple of hours, and then 5 more to LA. I was completely surprised when the plane landed (especially since I didn't sleep, so I thought I'd notice the time flowing by).
The differences in the durations of flights back and forth - do they happen because of the winds?
§ ita § - Nov 09, 2005 7:11:36 am PST #2551 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Someone brought a dog to krav yesterday and left it outside. So while everyone else was doing actual kravvy stuff, I went out and petted it a bit. Very well behaved Alsatian. Because instructors are a disturbed lot, this sparked a "dog defence" discussion, which boiled down to "carry a gun" and "expect to lose a forearm."
Dog was very polite. Just sat and watched the shenanigans around it (well, it moved to sit in the flowerbed at one point) until its owner came and took it with. I hope it comes back. Seemed too sensible to take on a moose.
bon bon - Nov 09, 2005 7:15:28 am PST #2552 of 10006
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
As cute as these dogs?
tommyrot - Nov 09, 2005 7:17:28 am PST #2553 of 10006
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The differences in the durations of flights back and forth - do they happen because of the winds?
Yeah.
§ ita § - Nov 09, 2005 7:17:56 am PST #2554 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
As cute as these dogs?
Considerably, magnificently, tremendously, and absolutely cuter.
Are you doing bad drugs?
le nubian - Nov 09, 2005 7:21:40 am PST #2555 of 10006
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I got a kick out of this (from cnn.com):
In the San Diego mayor's race, Republican Jerry Sanders, a former police chief, defeated surf shop owner Donna Frye, a Democratic city councilwoman who was denied the office last year after a court battle over a disputed election. Sanders will be the city's fourth mayor in the past year, amid a wave of political turmoil that has swept the nation's seventh-largest city.
FOURTH MAYOR? Man. Politicians in San Diego, get your act together!