DYKWIA | 2018 edition
Jun 26, 2018, 2:20 am
#391
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I was boarding a flight when I saw a student of mine (I am an English teacher) piloting the plane. He noticed me on the airbridge from the cockpit and gave me a wave. Once on board a stewardess came to me and invited me to meet the captain. We had a little chat and the stewardess escorted me back to a seat in business class. The woman next to me saw this and mentioned "So you know the pilot?" I replied "yes i'm his teacher". She then said, "I hope you taught him well" obviously thinking i'd taught him to fly 
Jun 26, 2018, 3:48 am
#392
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I was boarding a flight when I saw a student of mine (I am an English teacher) piloting the plane. He noticed me on the airbridge from the cockpit and gave me a wave. Once on board a stewardess came to me and invited me to meet the captain. We had a little chat and the stewardess escorted me back to a seat in business class. The woman next to me saw this and mentioned "So you know the pilot?" I replied "yes i'm his teacher". She then said, "I hope you taught him well" obviously thinking i'd taught him to fly
So he did know who you were...
Rather cool story though.
Jun 26, 2018, 3:50 am
#393
Join Date: Dec 2016
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I was boarding a flight when I saw a student of mine (I am an English teacher) piloting the plane. He noticed me on the airbridge from the cockpit and gave me a wave. Once on board a stewardess came to me and invited me to meet the captain. We had a little chat and the stewardess escorted me back to a seat in business class. The woman next to me saw this and mentioned "So you know the pilot?" I replied "yes i'm his teacher". She then said, "I hope you taught him well" obviously thinking i'd taught him to fly
Was it ESP teaching (e.g. Aviation English) or more general English teaching?
Jun 26, 2018, 5:51 am
#394
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Jun 26, 2018, 7:14 am
#395
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People using them to grout their bathroom tiles ?
Jun 26, 2018, 7:20 am
#396
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Jun 26, 2018, 7:36 am
#397
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Last edited by T8191; Jun 26, 2018 at 8:11 am
Jun 26, 2018, 1:35 pm
#398
Join Date: Sep 2014
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Glad to hear the urologist left no stone unturned while delivering your pet rock from its home!
Jun 26, 2018, 2:26 pm
#399
Join Date: Aug 2006
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FWIW, the Centurion Card doesn’t work on RFID terminals, at least mine doesn’t, hardly surprising. They do helpfully supply an Additional Card for your account which is bog standard plastic, and works on RFID card machines, as does the Apple Pay on my iPhone, where you also get a reassuring Black card displayed on the phone’s screen to make sure you, and everyone in view, still knows who you are.
In the early days, there were problems making the metal card chip & pin work on train ticket machines at stations, and, perish the thought, Waitrose terminals.
In the early days, there were problems making the metal card chip & pin work on train ticket machines at stations, and, perish the thought, Waitrose terminals.
Jun 27, 2018, 2:31 am
#400
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Jun 27, 2018, 2:39 am
#401
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Jun 27, 2018, 3:58 pm
#402
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Nashville,TN
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Posts: 601
Thank you LTNphobia for being a better Wordsmith for me!
We have an epidemic of kidney and bladder stones here in the South-too much iced tea, red meat ,leafy greens like spinach, collard and mustard greens I suppose.
I ask my patients if I can call them "Pebbles" and to stop working in their rock gardens. Usually gets a laugh.
We have an epidemic of kidney and bladder stones here in the South-too much iced tea, red meat ,leafy greens like spinach, collard and mustard greens I suppose.
I ask my patients if I can call them "Pebbles" and to stop working in their rock gardens. Usually gets a laugh.
Jun 28, 2018, 5:32 am
#403
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These bladder stones are painful from what I have seen I have spent many nights in surgery wards seeing people in a lot of pain because of these silly things.
I agree consultants could be better in diagnosing things the health care system would be better.
I agree consultants could be better in diagnosing things the health care system would be better.
Jul 7, 2018, 1:51 pm
#404
In Memoriam, FlyerTalk Evangelist
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Boarding BA 116 JFK-LHR last week. I was in First and went to the gate after boarding was announced in the lounge. I was in the jetway in a line of 15-20 or J and F passengers slowly moving towards the aircraft. A First Class passenger pushed past all of us and walked down the right side of the line to get on instead of joining the small line. I yelled after him "oh you must be REALLY important!" which elicited some laughs.
When I got on the plane he wouldn't make eye contact with me
When I got on the plane he wouldn't make eye contact with me
Jul 7, 2018, 3:18 pm
#405
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 2,235
Boarding BA 116 JFK-LHR last week. I was in First and went to the gate after boarding was announced in the lounge. I was in the jetway in a line of 15-20 or J and F passengers slowly moving towards the aircraft. A First Class passenger pushed past all of us and walked down the right side of the line to get on instead of joining the small line. I yelled after him "oh you must be REALLY important!" which elicited some laughs.
When I got on the plane he wouldn't make eye contact with me
When I got on the plane he wouldn't make eye contact with me