From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Mar 16 16:38:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from earth.backplane.com (earth-nat-cw.backplane.com [208.161.114.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8208837B719 for ; Fri, 16 Mar 2001 16:38:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon@earth.backplane.com) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by earth.backplane.com (8.11.2/8.9.3) id f2H0cAo81963; Fri, 16 Mar 2001 16:38:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 16:38:10 -0800 (PST) From: Matt Dillon Message-Id: <200103170038.f2H0cAo81963@earth.backplane.com> To: Jordan Hubbard Cc: bright@wintelcom.net, juha@saarinen.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.x and BSDi 4.x binary compatible? References: <20010316134215.J29888@fw.wintelcom.net> <20010316162930V.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG :> 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 >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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