sometimes travelling can bea pain in the butt.
 

Today I had a 1:20 flight to St. Louis, then an hour layover before flying on to Decatur, IL. So we board and we're sitting there waiting for them to close the door. The plane is small, one of t ose kind that have one seat on one side and two on the other. All of sudden the whole plane shakes! It turns out the dang baggage guy has just rammed the plane with his truck. it hit the plane so hard his truck is wedged under the luggage bay door. a whole crowd of supervisors gathers around while they try to decide what to do. finally they pry him lose and discover that the door has a dent in it. so then they make us wait some more while they measure the dent to see if the door is still within design tolerances. of course they end up cancelling the flight. what really chaps my butt is that it took forever to make the decision. then it took forever to get us rebooked. now instead of getting to Decatur at 4:30 i get in at eight something. of course it beats arriving in a corn field, nose first, doing 200 mph because our door fell off.

i'm typing this on my PDA. sorry about the bad typing.

better safe than sorry

[quote="Sgt>Stackem":5475a]better safe than sorry[/quote:5475a]

it would have been a lot faster than 200 mph dont you worry. Did the dude get fired? I mean really now its not that hard to see an airplane in front of you.

Wow. ed:

Wow.... Was it funny to behold, tho? Anything is worth a good laugh

What a moron.

If they would have just broke out a roll of duct tape, then I would have worried

[quote="Unknown_Sniper":bb901] really now its not that hard to see an airplane in front of you.[/quote:bb901]

Be happy you aren't flying on an airline where they don't give a shit about your safety.

do you think planes would ever play final destination as the in-movie flight?

no, nor will they play Lynard Skynard in an airport.

nah, they were just worried they might lose their job biggrin:

i had to sit between 2 50 year old women on a plane yesterday

[quote="Crazy Canadian":6827b]i had to sit between 2 50 year old women on a plane yesterday[/quote:6827b]



Did ya bang em in the bathroom like they do in movies?

Like Air Ethiopia.

Update.....

I finally get on the rescheduled plane and we sit on the tarmac for what seems like forever. Arrive in St. Louis no problem.

Flight from St. Louis to Decatur departs late. It is supposed to be a thirty minute flight. The pilot comes on the intercom and tells us that he has a warning light flashing that means the main door is not sealed properly and that he is going to reduce altitude and turn back to St. Louis. I look at my watch. We have been in the air for about 25 minutes. I'm thinking, "wouldn't it be safer to just land here?" Heck, we had to be right over the Decatur airport. Anyway, we get back to St. Louis and wait for about 40 minutes before they reboard. Turns out it was a faulty warning light.

Finally arrive in Decatur at about 9:30. Stop at McDonald's on the way to my hotel. They make me "pull up" because they are out of fries and they have to cook some more. What a day.

On a couple of positive notes. I saw Bob Costas in the St. Louis airport...and the hotel gave me a free drink in the bar. So it wasn't a total loss.

WHAT THE FUCK! OH MY GOD! ed:

I would have asked for more than just one drink!!

Glad all worked out. Did you talk to Costas?

[quote="Sgt>Stackem":a5576] Did you talk to Costas?[/quote:a5576]

nope. He was sitting off by himself and I didn't see him until he stood up to go board his plane. I see famous fairly often when I'm travelling. I usually don't bother them because I figure they deserve some privacy, but if I would have seen him in time I would have had to ask him one question and asked him for one favor ..... Are you a Hall of Fame voter? and, Please vote for Dale Murphy.

I have a feeling from just seeing him on tv that bob costas would be a huge asshole.

[quote="Unknown_Sniper":51318]it would have been a lot faster than 200 mph dont you worry. Did the dude get fired? I mean really now its not that hard to see an airplane in front of you.[/quote:51318]

too much battefield 2 he must be playing

Of all people, i'm suprised you said that. You know nascar calls duct tape the "200 mph tape". Are you saying you don't use any in the motor home ?


Colonel, i feel your pain. I had a similar shit travel day coming home from Florida last year. We had a connecting flight in Pittsburgh and it started to "thunder" so they cancelled all flights. Bottom line was....i had to stay the night in Pittsburgh. Fuckers called it "an act of God" so they refused to pay for a hotel room. Most slept on the floor at the terminal but not me. I fetched a cab and got a room like a human.

Note to travelers. Make sure you keep a spare pair of underwear and a toothbrush in your "carry on" luggage because you can't get to your main luggage in a situation like that.

see the main problems with this thinking are

1. I'm not a redneck
2. I don't watch Nascar
3. I don't live in a trailer

The way you type, you seem you'd make a fine redneck.

Nyck, i love to break your balls. You're one of the guys here that i like so take that as a compliment. Just like Gerv when i call him "Gerald"....same thing.

That sucks. cry:

I like Nyck too, hes a funny dude.

Suck-up. rolleyes:

[quote="Jin-Roh":4e668]Suck-up. rolleyes:[/quote:4e668]
I actually have a book in my library called "Gai-Jin" oOo:

Get off my planet.

Nobody even knows who you are. Those 400 and something posts were just a total waste with no redeeming value, because noone even accepts the fact that you're trying to involve yourself in our conversation.

You might as well die or leave or both, because you're worthless AND pathetic, which is a very SAD combination. You're also really gay.

Lmao...

ps arkan

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