The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread SEVEN

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[Inge_CAV]

Unless that thing gets wrapped around the propeller or a wing. Seems like a bad idea to me as too many things could go wrong. If you are flying in a severe storm and have to deploy the chute ... you and the plane could be sucked up several thousand feet aloft until you are a giant 30ft hailstone.

No thanks to parachutes for airplanes, IMHO!

: )

[Rose of Sharn]

I had a 2 hr wait in the airport, 9 hr flight from the UK to Atlanta, 1 hr for customs, 2 hr trip to the house when i got here with a 7 year old and a 1 year old! It was exhausting and the kids were awake the entire flight! : )
All you need is some kids to look after and you'll forget about the flight! : )

[Beaker]

Yes, but if you are really up high you get to scream a lot longer on the way down.......... : )
Hahahaha. True, but Aww geez, Cav... That's a lovely image. Just lovely! :-p

[Rose of Sharn]

LOL you probably get a few more prayers in too!~

[Beaker]

I can canoe till the cows come home, in fact I love it. But open waters I can't do. We used to visit my grandfather up in Canada, and take the ferry from Bar Harbor to Yarmouth Nova Scotia. Ugh. I always thought that "turning green" was just a figure of speech until my first ferry ride.

[Rose of Sharn]

I bet you are looking forward to seeing your son! What a wonderful present for Christmas! : )

[CindyDawg]

I tell Eddie that but he just clutches his heart. I would like to do foster parenting.

[Beaker]

Hehehe. That too. In between the screams of course.

[CindyDawg]

He says all I need is a couple ok drinks and a dolly.

[CindyDawg]

He says all I need is a couple ok drinks and a dolly.

[Beaker]

A friend of mine is over in Japan teaching English, and he's asked me to come for a visit, but I just can't do the plane ride. I get ill at the thought of it.

[CindyDawg]

There is a cruise (grin) Russia way. It's expensive and you need a month off though.

[Rose of Sharn]

turning green

Nope! It works good for me too! Deaconjim doesnt understand that I feel sick to the brim just standing on a boat that hasnt even moved yet! I also feel ill if I am near the sea when it is rough! LOL Guess MO is a good state for me to live in! : ) What was really annoying was "I" was the one reading the map, so I couldnt even blame Deaconjim or the girls for pulling that stunt with the ferry! I just didnt see it on the map! I asked if we could just turn around and drive the extra 70 odd miles but i was out voted big time! I should have just swam across! : )

[Inge_CAV]

I think I would walk or ride a horse before I would fly on a commercial aircraft again. Back when I was in service a few years ago, I loved flying commercial. Boeing 707s/KC-135s, DC3/C-47s, DC-6/DC-7s, DC-8s, I loved flying in them. Not anymore though. : )

Ferrys are ok but not been on one in quite a while.

[CindyDawg]

Those things can move though. There is one that crosses the ship channel in Houston. Many years ago I was in Eddies old truck and the engine caught on fire. What a rush. That thing was hauling.

[CindyDawg]

Yeah, I am. I haven't seen him since Oct. He's going to San Diego. He was going to Washington but they changed his orders.

[Rose of Sharn]

"foster parenting" would be wonderful! Good luck if you decide to go that route! : )
As for cruises, I won a vacation on a cruise once and gave it away. Nothing on earth would make me go aboard one of those things! I travelled to France from Dover once on a ferry, was green all the way there, sick whilst there and ill all the way back. Next time i visited Europe I either went via the channel tunnel or by airplane! : )

[Rose of Sharn]

I've heard of San Diego but dont have a clue where it is! Is it near you?

[CindyDawg]

That stuff has never bothered me. Just open heights. I love roller coasters but get panic feelings riding cable cars.

[Beaker]

Oh no. No Russian cruises for me. I don't even speak Russian. (or Japanese for that matter)