Hey Greg,
How's all over in your neck of the woods? It must be starting to get cold by now... If you figure out who I am, say hello to the rest of Calgary's session-goers for me
A bit I ago I was chatting with a couple I met in the pub. He was Irish (she wasn't) and though a bit younger than me, appreciably past his first youth, about which he began fondly to reminisce.
"Well, my friend and I saw this plane in a field, so we just got in it, like, and started it up -"
"What, just like that? Did it start?"
"Sure, we took off."
"How old were you then?"
"About twelve. Anyway, we didn't know what to do next."
"So what *did* you do?"
"We just flew it into a lake and got out and left it there".
The matter-of-factness in the way he told this was compelling. I don't believe he was lying. It is entirely consistent with all that I have heard about this guy since!
Though I don't suppose he's been a pilot for Aer Lingus, or even Ryanair.
Gzeg, how are things? I saw some videos from Water Valley 09 and it looked like a good time - wish I could have stayed around for the summer. The pipes are not coming along at all - I got so frustrated with trying to fix reed and bag issues that I just had enough and put them to one side. In the meantime I've totally lost any desire to learn to play them.
I'm starting to become a bit obsessed with melodeons and C#/D boxes, but I'm not sure yet if I want to try learning to play them. Maybe I should just focus on the whistle!
The concertina is fine thanks - I'm getting a few tunes under my belt. Grego says it sounds ok, but I know he's just humouring me after what I said about the banjo.
Taking your bearings
Taking your bearings
For those of you piloting a commercial airliner right now, please cast a glance out the window and make sure you haven't overshot your destination.
(Just in case you got absorbed in the "shoulders of giants" thread or some such thing...)
Thanks for your attention.
# Posted on October 28th 2009 by grego
Re: Taking your bearings
Oops.
Oh, didn't I tell you guys about my part time job?
# Posted on October 28th 2009 by DrSilverSpear
Re: Taking your bearings
Hey Greg,
How's all over in your neck of the woods? It must be starting to get cold by now... If you figure out who I am, say hello to the rest of Calgary's session-goers for me
# Posted on October 28th 2009 by Pat Mustard
Re: Taking your bearings
Hey LowWhistler, we miss you in the Joyce! We did find a replacement, though - a fine fiddler from Clare - so don't feel too bad for us.
Cold - no... Just the usual cocktails by the pool with a warm breeze blowing through the palm trees.
# Posted on October 28th 2009 by grego
Re: Taking your bearings
At least in the Joyce you get kept warm by those giant TVs overhead....
# Posted on October 28th 2009 by Pat Mustard
Re: Taking your bearings
Whatever happened to the good old days of pilots overshooting their destinations because they were p*ssed? Times do change.
# Posted on October 28th 2009 by Jimmy B
Re: Taking your bearings
Blimey. That's got to be the most intriguing thread starter I've seen ever seen here. Wonderful.
Except that if you hijack it, the automated CIA elecronic moles will mark your identity for ever.
AAggh doh ... That's me shagged
# Posted on October 28th 2009 by ...
Re: Taking your bearings
So SS whats the job ?
It's not that high flying job from Boulder is it ?
# Posted on October 28th 2009 by bazouki dave
Re: Taking your bearings
A bit I ago I was chatting with a couple I met in the pub. He was Irish (she wasn't) and though a bit younger than me, appreciably past his first youth, about which he began fondly to reminisce.
"Well, my friend and I saw this plane in a field, so we just got in it, like, and started it up -"
"What, just like that? Did it start?"
"Sure, we took off."
"How old were you then?"
"About twelve. Anyway, we didn't know what to do next."
"So what *did* you do?"
"We just flew it into a lake and got out and left it there".
The matter-of-factness in the way he told this was compelling. I don't believe he was lying. It is entirely consistent with all that I have heard about this guy since!
Though I don't suppose he's been a pilot for Aer Lingus, or even Ryanair.
# Posted on October 29th 2009 by nicholas
Re: Taking your bearings
Just in case anyone missed the reference, here you go;
http://sify.com/news/us-pilots-lose-licence-after-being-lost-on-flight-news-international-jk2o4dcechg.html
# Posted on October 29th 2009 by grego
Re: Taking your bearings
nicholas: "even" Ryanair.
# Posted on October 29th 2009 by grego
Re: Taking your bearings
"At least in the Joyce you get kept warm by those giant TVs overhead...."
so, these TVs are for the giants on whose shoulders you stand?
# Posted on October 29th 2009 by showaddydadito
Re: Taking your bearings
Hey LowWistler! How are the pipes coming along?
# Posted on October 29th 2009 by Gzeg
Re: Taking your bearings
Giant TVs, midget TVs. .. size doesn't matter.
In the end, aren't they all just crossdressers?
# Posted on October 29th 2009 by grego
Re: Taking your bearings
Gzeg, how are things? I saw some videos from Water Valley 09 and it looked like a good time - wish I could have stayed around for the summer. The pipes are not coming along at all - I got so frustrated with trying to fix reed and bag issues that I just had enough and put them to one side. In the meantime I've totally lost any desire to learn to play them.
I'm starting to become a bit obsessed with melodeons and C#/D boxes, but I'm not sure yet if I want to try learning to play them. Maybe I should just focus on the whistle!
Still getting on well with the concertina?
# Posted on October 29th 2009 by Pat Mustard
Re: Taking your bearings
The concertina is fine thanks - I'm getting a few tunes under my belt. Grego says it sounds ok, but I know he's just humouring me after what I said about the banjo.
# Posted on October 31st 2009 by Gzeg