But my 1 hour ride throug hell is now over, and I'm happily back in my apartment and not in a long metal tube full of people I do not like or
do not want to meet! All is good now!
As regular readers of my posts know, I had the unpleasant opportunity
to fly with ryanair, back to my refuge from the wokeness of western
europe.
There was one saving grace... a very beautiful female flight attendant who let me sit next to my wife, so she could decrease my suffering. Before landing she shooed me away so as not to affect the balance of the 737
(BS!) and I said that of course I have to take my bag and coat so as not
to "affect the balance" or else I would be afraid of the plane crashing.
To my great surprise she smiled at my joke, and said, "well, I don't think
it would be that serious".
On 2025-01-11, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
As regular readers of my posts know, I had the unpleasant opportunity
to fly with ryanair, back to my refuge from the wokeness of western
europe.
RyanAir is truly one of the world's worst airlines. With Spirit Air in
the US doing their best to emulate them.
As a libertarian, you should hate them even more, because they do their
very best to milk government subsidies; they like to fly in and out of
tiny regional airports attracted there by regional development agencies
that want to bost that they village airport has international airline service.
There was one saving grace... a very beautiful female flight attendant who >> let me sit next to my wife, so she could decrease my suffering. Before
landing she shooed me away so as not to affect the balance of the 737
(BS!) and I said that of course I have to take my bag and coat so as not
to "affect the balance" or else I would be afraid of the plane crashing.
To my great surprise she smiled at my joke, and said, "well, I don't think >> it would be that serious".
I suspect the weight of your body is more that the weight of you bag and coat, so there may have been some rational thought in her answer, too.
On 11/01/2025 23:54, D wrote:
But my 1 hour ride throug hell is now over, and I'm happily back in my
apartment and not in a long metal tube full of people I do not like or do
not want to meet! All is good now!
Fuck me - a real misanthrope!
Ryanair is the worst airline except for the legendary Braamfontein Airlines - "the only planes with outside toilets"
Feast on this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuLL8g8ena0
On 2025-01-11, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:If it gets you where you want to go at rock bottom prices, who cares?
As regular readers of my posts know, I had the unpleasant opportunity
to fly with ryanair, back to my refuge from the wokeness of western
europe.
RyanAir is truly one of the world's worst airlines. With Spirit Air in
the US doing their best to emulate them.
As a libertarian, you should hate them even more, because they do their
very best to milk government subsidies; they like to fly in and out of
tiny regional airports attracted there by regional development agencies
that want to bost that they village airport has international airline service.
There was one saving grace... a very beautiful female flight attendant who >> let me sit next to my wife, so she could decrease my suffering. Before
landing she shooed me away so as not to affect the balance of the 737
(BS!) and I said that of course I have to take my bag and coat so as not
to "affect the balance" or else I would be afraid of the plane crashing.
To my great surprise she smiled at my joke, and said, "well, I don't think >> it would be that serious".
I suspect the weight of your body is more that the weight of you bag and coat, so there may have been some rational thought in her answer, too.
On 11/01/2025 23:54, D wrote:
But my 1 hour ride throug hell is now over, and I'm happily back in my
apartment and not in a long metal tube full of people I do not like or
do not want to meet! All is good now!
Fuck me - a real misanthrope!
Ryanair is the worst airline except for the legendary Braamfontein
Airlines - "the only planes with outside toilets"
Feast on this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuLL8g8ena0
On 1/12/25 11:15, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 11/01/2025 23:54, D wrote:
But my 1 hour ride throug hell is now over, and I'm happily back in my
apartment and not in a long metal tube full of people I do not like or do >>> not want to meet! All is good now!
Fuck me - a real misanthrope!
Ryanair is the worst airline except for the legendary Braamfontein Airlines >> - "the only planes with outside toilets"
Feast on this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuLL8g8ena0
I think you are factually mistaken, My uncle claimed to have actually used an outdoor toilet on another plane.
Apparently, he had been on a bombing mission in WW2 and was flying back over the North Sea when he had a desperate need for a shit. So he put the plane on auto pilot, opened the bomb door and took a shit through it.
Much relieved, he returned to base. Whereupon his commanding officer met him in front of his plane, and was congratulating him on a successful mission. Apparently halfway through this chat, his commander looked at the plane and became strangely distracted, it was only then that my uncle realised there were long brown smears all along the fuselage...
That is genuine story on my part, if my uncle was bullshitting me, or not, I will never know.
There was one saving grace... a very beautiful female flight attendant
who let me sit next to my wife, so she could decrease my suffering.
Before landing she shooed me away so as not to affect the balance of the
737 (BS!) and I said that of course I have to take my bag and coat so as
not to "affect the balance" or else I would be afraid of the plane
crashing.
To my great surprise she smiled at my joke, and said, "well, I don't
think it would be that serious".
Dear colm:ers and ap:ers,
On 2025-01-12 00:54, D wrote:
There was one saving grace... a very beautiful female flight attendant who >> let me sit next to my wife, so she could decrease my suffering. Before
landing she shooed me away so as not to affect the balance of the 737 (BS!) >> and I said that of course I have to take my bag and coat so as not to
"affect the balance" or else I would be afraid of the plane crashing.
To my great surprise she smiled at my joke, and said, "well, I don't think >> it would be that serious".
I believe the reason is that, if there is an accident, they can identify you as the person listed to be sitting on 17B.
For the record, I love flying.
D <nospam@example.net> writes:
Dear colm:ers and ap:ers,
Please leave COLM to people who actually want to discuss Linux in some
way, rather than hear your random thoughts on unrelated subjects.
Well ............ there's always
BOATS - nice, or cargo ......
If you're rich, private jets - but few
fit that def.
Hmmm ... passage on a cargo ship DOES
have a certain 'romantic' aspect ....
If I was a bit younger .......
On Mon, 13 Jan 2025 20:09:56 +0100
D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
Please leave COLM to people who actually want to discuss Linux in
some way, rather than hear your random thoughts on unrelated
subjects.
No! It seems to cause you displeasure, so I think I will actually do
it more, and specifically target you! =D
Please feel free to killfile me if you like.
I can only conclude that the people who take pleasure in shitting up a computing newsgroup with politics, axe-grinding, and other endless, irrelevant bloviations must suffer from the same fundamental defect of
the psyche as people who expose themselves on public transit.
If I had my own private jet, and my own airport, I might reconsider.
On Mon, 13 Jan 2025, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2025-01-12 00:54, D wrote:
There was one saving grace... a very beautiful female flight
attendant who let me sit next to my wife, so she could decrease my
suffering. Before landing she shooed me away so as not to affect the
balance of the 737 (BS!) and I said that of course I have to take my
bag and coat so as not to "affect the balance" or else I would be
afraid of the plane crashing.
To my great surprise she smiled at my joke, and said, "well, I don't
think it would be that serious".
I believe the reason is that, if there is an accident, they can
identify you as the person listed to be sitting on 17B.
Not necessary. They can do that by other means. Also people are
switching around all the time, so clearly it was a b.s. response. B.s. responses must always be punished to stop them from happening.
For the record, I love flying.
For the record, I hate flying and consider myself being in hell from the moment I step into the airport. It is very difficult for me to imagine a
more denigrating, inhuman and undignified way to travel than modern
travel by plane.
If I had my own private jet, and my own airport, I might reconsider.
Until then, I do my best to never move from the city I am in. Sadly my
wife and father make life very difficult for me sometimes, so that is
when I do move for their sake. But otherwise, I would happily live the
rest of my days next to my beloved fishing lake. =)
Fascinating! I would have used some equipment or a helmet or equivalent,
but to each is own. With a helmet, the story would not have been as
good,
so retrospectively, it was the right choice.
For the record, I hate flying and consider myself being in hell from the
moment I step into the airport. It is very difficult for me to imagine a
more denigrating, inhuman and undignified way to travel than modern travel >> by plane.
If I had my own private jet, and my own airport, I might reconsider. Until >> then, I do my best to never move from the city I am in. Sadly my wife and
father make life very difficult for me sometimes, so that is when I do move >> for their sake. But otherwise, I would happily live the rest of my days
next to my beloved fishing lake. =)
Then you will suffer.
In comp.os.linux.misc D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
If I had my own private jet, and my own airport, I might reconsider.
If you had a private jet, you don't need your own airport. "private
jet" owners use the "not available to mere peons" "executive entrance"
and bypass the entire cattle ranch indignity of the insides of all
airports.
On Mon, 13 Jan 2025 20:09:56 +0100
D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
Please leave COLM to people who actually want to discuss Linux in
some way, rather than hear your random thoughts on unrelated
subjects.
No! It seems to cause you displeasure, so I think I will actually do
it more, and specifically target you! =D
Please feel free to killfile me if you like.
I can only conclude that the people who take pleasure in shitting up a computing newsgroup with politics, axe-grinding, and other endless, irrelevant bloviations must suffer from the same fundamental defect of
the psyche as people who expose themselves on public transit.
On Mon, 13 Jan 2025 10:15:02 +0100, D wrote:
Fascinating! I would have used some equipment or a helmet or equivalent,
but to each is own. With a helmet, the story would not have been as
good,
so retrospectively, it was the right choice.
I saw a nice looking briefcase in a dumpster at a truck stop and thought
it would be good to keep my paper maps in. Moral: never, never open a briefcase you find in a dumpster.
I did find a case for glasses the other day, and thought about taking it
to the lost and found in the mall I was in. My wife, who seems to have learned your lesson, told me to stop messing around and just leave it
were it was so the owner could backtrack and find it again.
On Tue, 14 Jan 2025 21:57:05 +0100, D wrote:
I did find a case for glasses the other day, and thought about taking it
to the lost and found in the mall I was in. My wife, who seems to have
learned your lesson, told me to stop messing around and just leave it
were it was so the owner could backtrack and find it again.
The cowboy wisdom is 'leave shit as you found it'. That's particularly relevant to gates. If a gate is open or closed somebody has a good reason
for it being that way.
On Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:28:10 +0100
D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
I can only conclude that the people who take pleasure in shitting
up a computing newsgroup with politics, axe-grinding, and other
endless, irrelevant bloviations must suffer from the same
fundamental defect of the psyche as people who expose themselves on
public transit.
Maybe. It needs looking into and research. Only that way will we be
able to reach the truth of the matter.
(Pssst, I was talking about you.)
On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 09:56:10 +0100
D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
You are welcome to start the research project. You have a live test
subject right in front of you! ;)
No, I'm going to go back to ignoring you. Ciao.
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