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Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.advocacy Subject: Re: What is going on with 2024 the SCCBC season? Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 20:33:25 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 57 Message-ID: <447619386.742951904.405232.recscuba_google-huntzinger.com@news.eternal-september.org> References: <v5ev3p$1krq8$2@dont-email.me> <v5kg3d$2so01$1@dont-email.me> <v5mjo9$3clpa$1@dont-email.me> <v5nj1v$3iok7$1@dont-email.me> <v69dg2$3cp2n$1@dont-email.me> <v6ca7t$3ucbp$1@dont-email.me> <v6m759$1ur0u$3@dont-email.me> <v6mn1r$21ics$1@dont-email.me> <v73naq$pngb$2@dont-email.me> <v73nnb$oct5$2@dont-email.me> <v75s3i$1988g$5@dont-email.me> <v75ush$19hg7$3@dont-email.me> <v76itp$1dj4b$3@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 02:33:25 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8cb2c375a7eb119288a7cc9e07e4c886"; logging-data="2195475"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18kmO7CdR+OZ3hMevTfW7ijj5IM60bD9jo=" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPad) Cancel-Lock: sha1:u+axWXk25SqjxpMPGKlFbyQeZgc= sha1:BjUcgljlz8nc5Us6Wpoa6OeRYuk= Bytes: 3585 Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote: > On 2024-07-16 07:08, -hh wrote: > >>>>> On Saturday we leave for Vancouver on Air Canada. Looking forward to >>>>> that too. Flying is flying. :) >>>> >>>> That you are "looking forward" to "flying" as a passenger in what is >>>> about the same comfort as a bus says everything I need to know about >>>> your taste. >>> >>> LOL! A bus does not fly and travels at about 10% of the speed of a >>> commercial jet. Not comparable. >> >> Fun fact: a bus on a highway is moving a lot closer to a Cessna's >> cruise speed than a Cessna is to a commercial jet, which makes the bus >> must *more* comparable to the Cessna. >> >> Similarly, the windows on a bus & Cessna are much larger than a 737 >> jet's "porthole", & have more forward views. >> >> >>> What would you take on a long trip that is more comfortable than an >>> aircraft? Car? Bus? Train? Motorcycle? I suppose a ship could be, but >>> very slow. >> >> I'm reminded of and joke that some of my former military (and later 747) >> pilot friends have told me: >> >> One day, a fighter jock pulls up next to a 747 to have a chat. He >> proceeds with a "watch this!", showing the 747 a loop, barrel roll, etc. >> >> Then the 747 pilot responds with his own "watch this". >> >> Time passes as the jock just is watching the 747 cruising along straight >> & level. After 15 minutes, the 747 pilot comes back on the radio and >> says "well how did you like that?". >> >> Jock replies: "how did I like .. what?" >> >> 747 pilot explains: "Well, I switched to auto-pilot, then got up and >> went to the bathroom. Then I stopped & brewed a fresh cup of coffee and >> had that while I stretched my legs..." :-) >> >> Remind us how long the corridor is in a Cessna, Tommy. Oh, and headroom >> to stand up in the cabin too. > > The amazing part for me was Tommie suggesting that flying in economy on > an airliner was somehow something to be looked forward to... > > ...for the FLYING ITSELF! If that really is the case, then he’d better never ever choose an aisle seat ;-P -hh