Wow -- everyone else in that story comes off as extremely reasonable. But what a scary situation for the poor kid! And the flight attendant, I'm sure.
Oh my god. What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing!? Oh right, that would be me. Back to work.
Wash ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jan 21, 2010 6:49:21 pm PST #3420 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Kat - Jan 21, 2010 6:52:35 pm PST #3421 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I think everyone comes across as reasonable. And I think both the flight attendant and the pilot did what they should have done, given the protocol under which they are told to operate. Poor kid, though!
eta xpost.
I am Jesse! But not so tall and with sloppier eyebrows and probably a worse pedicure.
Jesse - Jan 21, 2010 6:54:11 pm PST #3422 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Heh. My eyebrows could use some work. But my homemade pedicure is holding up OK....
Kat - Jan 21, 2010 6:59:04 pm PST #3423 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
My pedicure is a remnant from November, when sara was here. That's BAD.
So this spring, this is what's on my plate in addition to mom and work.
February - Olympics
March - move to a new apartment
April - blessedly free of obligations!
May or June - Grace comes home
June - 20th high school reunion
All of it just seems like stress to me.
Liese S. - Jan 21, 2010 7:02:08 pm PST #3424 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Europium is cracking me up. Also, I love the hive mind.
West coasters need to let me know when it stops raining there so I can tell when we're going to dry out a few days later. They're predicting a foot of snow tonight and another 9 to 15 inches tomorrow. And that's just here at 6010 feet. Over 7500 they might get five feet! I had to rig up a shelter for the birdfeeder using concrete blocks, an inverted sawhorse and a sheet of plywood.
DavidS - Jan 21, 2010 7:07:12 pm PST #3425 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
West coasters need to let me know when it stops raining there
Not raining at the moment in SF. This was supposed to the last of five storms and the next one doesn't come here until Sunday-ish.
DavidS - Jan 21, 2010 7:14:43 pm PST #3426 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Kat - Jan 21, 2010 7:20:06 pm PST #3427 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Still raining here (you get our weather, I think, liese). Rain tomorrow. Clear on Sat and Sun and Mon, rain on Tuesday.
Lee - Jan 21, 2010 7:23:05 pm PST #3428 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Up here, rainy tomorrow, clear Saturday, cloudy on Sunday, rain again on Monday.
Liese S. - Jan 21, 2010 7:29:07 pm PST #3429 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, I think so, Kat. It`s pretty messy here. Our band leader is stranded in Flagstaff; all the interstates are closed. If I were betting, I'd gamble I'm not going anywhere through Sunday.