I am of the opinion, if evelution wanted man to fly, we would have wings! I still can't figure out why anyone in their right mind would jump out of a perfectly good aircraft?? Anywho...
As fer me, I get vertigo and a nosebleed from a step stool. But I also know how to fly a (single-engine) plane, and it's just...different. No vertigo. No acrophobia. The fear-of-heights thing doesn't kick in when I'm surrounded by lift-inducing framework.
Although there is something in what Tim says about the perfectly good airplane...
Hobbit! Good ta hear from ya! Where ya been? HNY to you and FA and the Underfoots (I'll bet they've growed some)!
I was in a helicopter in northern BC and the pilot was trying to impress me with the beauty of the place (incredible, I might add). We flew off a cliff.
I thought I was going to have a heart attack.
I was also in a teeny tiny plane in my teens. It was different than the chopper. (Well, we didn't fly over any cliffs, so...)
Yeah...that "flying off the edge of a cliff" is a heart-in-the-mouth moment, isn't it? Even when you're expecting it, there's a conditioned response to seeing the stability of the earth suddenly drop away from under you...
If you have the urge to put a political label on me, I urge you to resist that urge. There is no political label in the world that can be made to fit me.
When I'm in a good mood, I'm a badger. When I'm in a bad mood, I'm a wolverine. Your call...
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Spoken by someone who gets dizzy standing on a chair to change a light bult, not f*ing likely.
Enjoy, and post about it, so I can live vicariously.
Happy New Year!
I am with candace on this one .. I have a panic attack LOOKING at the height of a chair.
(Not really, but it makes good copy)
I am of the opinion, if evelution wanted man to fly, we would have wings! I still can't figure out why anyone in their right mind would jump out of a perfectly good aircraft?? Anywho...
Happy New Years!!
Boy, what a piece of synchonicity! I just discovered Jet Man about two days ago (via a link from MSNBC's "Clicked" blog IIRC).
I love that mad bastard. That's what being human is all about.
Happy New Year to you and yours!
As fer me, I get vertigo and a nosebleed from a step stool. But I also know how to fly a (single-engine) plane, and it's just...different. No vertigo. No acrophobia. The fear-of-heights thing doesn't kick in when I'm surrounded by lift-inducing framework.
Although there is something in what Tim says about the perfectly good airplane...
Hobbit! Good ta hear from ya! Where ya been? HNY to you and FA and the Underfoots (I'll bet they've growed some)!
I was in a helicopter in northern BC and the pilot was trying to impress me with the beauty of the place (incredible, I might add). We flew off a cliff.
I thought I was going to have a heart attack.
I was also in a teeny tiny plane in my teens. It was different than the chopper. (Well, we didn't fly over any cliffs, so...)
Yeah...that "flying off the edge of a cliff" is a heart-in-the-mouth moment, isn't it? Even when you're expecting it, there's a conditioned response to seeing the stability of the earth suddenly drop away from under you...
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