Posted on 01/14/2015 3:45:48 PM PST by EveningStar
I had a 747 window seat for Seattle to London. When I checked in I got moved to the middle of 3 facing a bulkhead. Some Indian family of 12 just had to set together.
Lady on my right wore a Carhart winter jacket the whole trip.
Skinny guy on the aisle had some type of tuberculosis and coughed a lot.
I went back and sat in the crew jump-chair and laid on the life raft cover in the door. Crew let me stay there until just before landing.
Someone must have put a note in my file as I got First Class for the return flight. Window seat looking back at the engines and full recline.
#46 it was Cos....by
Liking Picard vs. liking Kirk is not an either/or situation—you can like them both, or dislike them both. I do like Capt. Kirk, and I also like Janeway and Cisco.
Picard was annoying, in that he was soft, never decisive about anything, and avoided action. Capt. Janeway was far more manly than Picard could ever hope to be.
Of course, that whole TNG series was so politically correct and contained so many uber-socialist pipe dreams that I wanted to scream every time I saw it (which was not often). Poor Warf, it must have driven him nuts to be stuck with such a bunch of pansies.
Should have told him he needs to go to a bank to exchange his Euros so as to get the best rate then print “give me all the money in all small bills” on the back of the withdrawal slip and hand it to a teller. Then just wait. Service will be real fast.
One brought peace, one had a piece...
Standard fare for most annoying people I’ve ever flown with, but the most enjoyable was one flight from Providence to Las Vegas on Southwest.
The flight attendant’s pre-flight speech was hysterical:
“Should we experience a loss in cabin pressure, oxygen masks will descend from the compartment above you. If you’re traveling with children, secure your own mask first, then decide which child has the most potential and secure theirs next.”
and
“Should our Southwest flight suddenly become a Southwest cruise, remember that your seat cushion doubles as a floatation device. Kick paddle kick paddle all the way to shore and we’ll be right behind you with peanuts and coke.”
and the best,
“For those of you traveling with children under the age of two...WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!?!?!?”
You should have engaged him in conversation and gotten his name then taken a picture of him sucking down the JD when he wasn't looking. When you landed and got Internet access gone to Saudi govt. website and emailed the pic to their department of Religious police. With any luck the errant imam would have nice surprise waiting when he returned.
Can’t remember the worst, but will always remember the most interesting seat mate. Was on a flight from Houston to Orlando, got to sit next to Thomas Stafford, Apollo 10 commander. It was 4 or 5 yrs ago... I think he must have been around 80 years old What an interesting trip/conversation. After all of his achievements (Gemini, Apollo) and fascinating life,he and his wife adopted when they were in their 70’s! His son was just getting ready to go off to college in Texas, so he must have graduated by now.
How unselfish is that!?!Talk about living life to the fullest!
LOL... Yeah, I share your observations. I’m usually in the aisle so it’s fun to sometimes see the panic in my companion row when I just sit there calmly as the aisle jumpers spaz out. I’m sensitive to passengers who need to make connecting flights, but generally, people are Pavlovian.
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