Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 16:38:10 -0800 (PST) From: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> To: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com> Cc: bright@wintelcom.net, juha@saarinen.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.x and BSDi 4.x binary compatible? Message-ID: <200103170038.f2H0cAo81963@earth.backplane.com> References: <LNBBIBDBFFCDPLBLLLHFEECCJHAA.juha@saarinen.org> <20010316134215.J29888@fw.wintelcom.net> <20010316162930V.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>
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:> Actually, on the same note, I'm planning on flying a 747 jet later
:> this evening, anyone know what I should watch out for? Any tips
:> for a smooth ride?
:
:Yeah, make sure someone else sits in the left front seat. We wouldn't
:want you to total a perfectly good jet aircraft! :)
:
:- Jordan
Ok, this is getting pathetic, guys! Time to pull out the big guns.
-Matt
>From: The Rosenbergs <the.rosenbergs@erols.com>
>To: (Recipient list suppressed)
>Subject: For frequent flyers
>Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 17:18:47 -0500
>
>Occasionally, airline attendants make an effort to make the
>"in-flight safety lecture" and their other announcements a bit more
>entertaining.
>Here are some real examples that have been heard or reported:
>1. From a Southwest Airlines employee.... "There may be 50 ways to
>leave your lover, but there are only 4 ways out of this airplane..."
>2. Pilot - "Folks, we have reached our cruising altitude now, so I am
>going to switch the seat belt sign off. Feel free to move about as you
>wish, but please stay inside the plane till we land...it's a bit cold
>outside, and if you walk on the wings it affects the flight pattern."
>3. After landing: "Thank you for flying Delta Business Express. We
>hope you enjoyed giving us the business as much as we enjoyed taking you
>for a ride.
>4. As the plane landed and was coming to a stop at Washington
>National, a lone voice comes over the loudspeaker: "Whoa, big fella.
>WHOA!"
>5. After a particularly rough landing during thunderstorms in
>Memphis, a flight attendant on a Northwest flight announced: "Please take
>care when opening the overhead compartments because, after a landing like
>that,sure as hell everything has shifted."
>6. From a Southwest Airlines employee.... "Welcome aboard Southwest
>Flight XXX to YYY. To operate your seat belt, insert the metal tab into
>the buckle, and pull tight. It works just like every other seat belt and
>if you don't know how to operate one, you probably shouldn't be out in
>public unsupervised. In the event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure,
>oxygen masks will descend from the ceiling. Stop screaming, grab the
>mask, and pull it over your face. If you have a small child traveling
>with you, secure your mask before assisting with theirs. If you are
>traveling with two small children, decide now which one you love more.
>7. Weather at our destination is 50 degrees with some broken clouds,
>but they'll try to have them fixed before we arrive. Thank you, and
>remember, nobody loves you or your money, more than Southwest Airlines."
>8. "Your seat cushions can be used for flotation and in the event of
>an emergency water landing, please take them with our compliments."
>9. "As you exit the plane, please make sure to gather all of your
>belongings. Anything left behind will be distributed evenly among the
>flight attendants. Please do not leave children or spouses."
>10. "Last one off the plane must clean it."
>11. From the pilot during his welcome message: "We are pleased to
>have some of the best flight attendants in the industry...Unfortunately
>none of them are on this flight...!
>12. Overheard on an American Airlines flight into Amarillo, Texas, on
>a particularly windy and bumpy day. During the final approach, the
>Captain was really having to fight it. After an extremely hard landing,
>the Flight Attendant came on the PA and announced, "Ladies and Gentlemen,
>welcome to Amarillo. Please remain in your seats with your seat belts
>fastened while the Captain taxis what's left of our airplane to the
>gate!"
>13. Another flight Attendant's comment on a less than perfect
>landing:"We ask you to please remain seated as Captain Kangaroo bounces
>us to the terminal."
>14. An airline pilot wrote that on this particular flight he had
>hammered his ship into the runway really hard. The airline had a policy
>which required the first officer to stand at the door while the
>passengers exited, smile, and give them a "Thanks for flying XYZ
>airline." He said that in light of his bad landing, he had a hard time
>looking the passengers in the eye, thinking that someone would have a
>smart comment. Finally, everyone had gotten off except for this little
>old lady walking with a cane. She said, "Sonny, mind if I ask you a
>question?" "Why no, Ma'am," said the pilot, "what is it?" The little old
>lady said, "Did we land or were we shot down?"
>15. After a real crusher of a landing in Phoenix, the Flight
>Attendant came on with, "Ladies and Gentlemen, please remain in your
>seats until Captain Crash and the Crew have brought the aircraft to a
>screeching halt up against the gate. And, once the tire smoke has cleared
>and the warning bells are silenced, we'll open the door and you can pick
>your way through the wreckage to the terminal.
>16. Part of a Flight Attendant's arrival announcement: "We'd like to
>thank you folks for flying with us today. And, the next time you get the
>insane urge to go blasting through the skies in a pressurized metal tube,
>we hope you'll think of us here at US Airways.
>
>Rules of the Air from the "Australian Aviation" magazine:
>
>1. If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger. If you pull the
>stick back the houses get smaller -- that is unless you keep pulling the
>stick all the way back, then they get bigger again.
>
>2. Every takeoff is optional, every landing is mandatory.
>
>3. Flying isn't dangerous. Crashing is dangerous.
>
>4. It's always better to be down here wishing you were up there, than be up
>there wishing you were down here.
>
>5. The propeller is just a big fan in front of the plane that keeps the
>pilot
>cool. When it stops, you can actually see the pilot start to sweat.
>
>6. Always try to keep the number of landing sequel to the number of
>takeoffs.
>
>7. There are three simple rules to a smooth landing. But no one seems to
>know
>what they are.
>
>8. Good judgement comes from experience. Unfortunately, experience comes
>from bad judgement.
>
>9. Helicopters can't fly; they are just so ugly the earth repels them.
>
>10. In the ongoing battle between frail aluminum objects going hundreds of
>miles per hour and the ground going zero miles per hour, the ground has yet
>to lose.
>
>11. It's always a good idea to keep the pointy end of the plane going
>forward
>as much as possible.
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