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Originally Posted by ATOBTTR
(Post 26392398)
And while some on here say it's like a Sasquatch citing, occasionally FOs even get upgraded. ;)
cite verb gerund or present participle: citing 1. quote (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, especially in a scholarly work. synonyms: quote, reproduce More 2. LAW summon (someone) to appear in a court of law. "the summons cited four of the defendants" synonyms: summon, summons, serve with a summons, serve with a writ, subpoena "the writ cited four of the signatories" |
Originally Posted by Howste
(Post 26395626)
Which definition were you going for here - quoting a Sasquatch, or summoning one to court? :p Either way, it's pretty rare.
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Originally Posted by Pharaoh
(Post 26400223)
Occasional typos and spelling errors aren't misdemeanors on FT or most fora.
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Originally Posted by Florida Boy
(Post 26390989)
Here's the Louis CK clip. The airplane rant starts around 3:50, but it's all hilarious. I couldn't agree more with his observations.
Louis C K Generation of Spoiled Idiots - YouTube My undergrad degree is Math/Physics. I totally get the theory and concept of how low pressure/high pressure from fluid dynamics work. I can probably still do the dang Bernoulli equations to solve for the pressure differential. But every time I get on an airplane, no matter how many hundreds of times I've done it, I still have at least one moment where the following thought goes through my head: "I'm 6 miles up in the air in an aluminum tube along with 250 other people, going 600 miles per hour from place X to place y. This is just f*ing magic!!!!!" |
Originally Posted by Renes Points
(Post 26391055)
did you get PFB?
But it was limited to OJ, Water, and sparkling wine, so it wasn't any good at all.:p |
Originally Posted by anon2k2
(Post 26406762)
But every time I get on an airplane, no matter how many hundreds of times I've done it, I still have at least one moment where the following thought goes through my head: "I'm 6 miles up in the air in an aluminum tube along with 250 other people, going 600 miles per hour from place X to place y. This is just f*ing magic!!!!!"
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Originally Posted by anon2k2
(Post 26406762)
"I'm 6 miles up in the air in an aluminum tube along with 250 other people, going 600 miles per hour from place X to place y. This is just f*ing magic!!!!!"
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Originally Posted by anon2k2
(Post 26406769)
Why yes, we did get PFB service.
But it was limited to OJ, Water, and sparkling wine, so it wasn't any good at all.:p http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...ding-fast.html And if you grip too much you end up: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...a-stories.html But on a more serious note (well, sorta, kinda anyway), a few years back after the appetizer on an Alitalia flight in Magnifica they ran out of red wine. Now, as I am sure you assumed as well, red wine should run out of the taps on Alitalia but I learned it does not. :( I next assumed, also incorrectly, we would divert to fix this! I mean it was Alitalia after all. I was told I would have put up with* Champagne and white wine. :td: *(did I miss the point of this thread)? ;) |
Originally Posted by anon2k2
(Post 26406762)
I agree with so much of this. Especially the part about the magic of flight.
My undergrad degree is Math/Physics. I totally get the theory and concept of how low pressure/high pressure from fluid dynamics work. I can probably still do the dang Bernoulli equations to solve for the pressure differential. But every time I get on an airplane, no matter how many hundreds of times I've done it, I still have at least one moment where the following thought goes through my head: "I'm 6 miles up in the air in an aluminum tube along with 250 other people, going 600 miles per hour from place X to place y. This is just f*ing magic!!!!!" |
This thread is funny to me because I am the guy the OP talked about. Last year Mrs. Archer had to go to Singapore so we flew MCI-DTW-NRT-SIN. She booked D1, per her company policy. I splurged on a D1 seat as well. I was like a kid on christmas morning waiting to board the 747 in DTW. I took pictures, videos, and all kinds of stuff like I was a blogger reviewing, but it was just for me because I did not know if I'd ever have that chance again. I couldn't begin to express my excitement about flying in the "upstairs" of a plane. Plus that trip pushed me into GM for Delta.
I realized why the GM benefits are great when it came the traveling at Christmas. The Sky Priority check in and security line in DTW made life so much less stressful for the holiday travel. It's all a matter of perspective. |
Originally Posted by ATOBTTR
(Post 26390776)
Everything is a matter of perspective. It's a matter of how far you want to go in that perspective. Your two hour delay due to weather or MX and missing an "important meeting" is insignificant in life compared to a malnourished kid starving in Africa who's been forced to be a child soldier.....What perspective one should take is of course, a matter of opinion and one which is directly and indirectly debated throughout the forum (as evidenced by frequent comments of "first world problem" in many threads).
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