Story time - Flying

rossfingal

Another story.
(Hope I haven't let this one "slip" out, before!)
If I have - "slap me down"!!
(Thank you, may I have another!?!)

Once upon a time -
In a galaxy far, far away - You know, over "yonder" -
over by "dere"!
(The crows don't fly there! - you can't get there from here!)

It was a bright and sunny day! -
It's noisy! - too noisy! -
(Always, a bad sign!)

The natives weren't "restless", at all!
(I think they had too many "libations")!

The silence was deafening -
You could cut the "silence" with a "knife" -
(I usually, use a "Saw-Z-All", with a good carbide blade!) -

As the fog lifted, what to our wonderous, eyes did we see!?! -
Rossi!!
(We're either saved or, in really, deep "doo-doo"!)
(I think I would choose the latter!)

And then! ---

RF

(Hang on, for a moment - I've got a call from "Darth Vader" -
he wants to know about some "tweaks" - for Beef Stroganoff! -
Apparently, the "Force" doesn't work too well with cooking)!!

oh'mike

Well? You snuck this past my radar---details,man,details!

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rossfingal

Sorry "--M--" - I'll get around to it - "Soonest"!
Something came up!

rossfingal

oh'mike

Nice weather--I understand---

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rossfingal

Hi ya-all!

"Mike" -
Weather?!?
Yeah - I think we dodged a "projectile" this Winter!!!
No complaints here!!

(By the way "Darth" says thanks for the Stroganoff recipe!)

So - on with the saga!

It was a dark and stor .... Wait a minute!?!
It was a bright and sunny day!
(Get it right you stupid, "Hack"!)
Jeeesh!!
Can't get good writers anymore!!!

Where do we find our intrepid, hapless, "Hack"?
On a bar-stool, sitting with some companions -
My brother and a friend (we'll call her "Andie") -
Tastefully, partaking, of some beverages!
(Surprise!)
We're at a nice bar, "Fox Valley Mall", Aurora, Ill.
A Saturday afternoon - Summer - late 1980's.

We're just sitting there having some drinks, "b.s."-ing, having a good time.
The subject of "Flying", in jet-airplanes comes up.
My brother and myself both like flying in jet-airliners -
especially - lightly, loaded 2 or 3 engined ones!
Man/woman when they take off, and it's "peddle to the metal"!!
Climbing for the sky!!
Yeah!!!

Well - the beverages "kick-in" -
A "plot" is hatched -
Let's go Fly!!
(We're both armed with credit cards!)
I get on the phone and call a cab.
Off to O'Hare airport!!!

Break time!

rossfingal

BigJim

I can see where this could get good. Do I see a barf bag in the future, drinkin and flyin don't mix well for some folks. :-) (no smilley face on edit)

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Jim

gma2rjc

Why didn't someone TELL me about this!?

Ross, are you on vacation?!

We're waiting with great anticipation of your narration about libation and aviation.

Barb

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gma2rjc

Jim, once you click on 'edit', you can click on 'go advanced' and you'll have the smilies as an option.

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rossfingal

Jim -
Surprisingly (Happily, I might add!) -
No "Barf", bags were harmed in the performance of this escapade!
What's really surprising about that -
I was drinking Scotch - my brother was drinking "T-N-T"s!

Barb -
It's on a "need to know basis" -
Don't ask me!!!
I don't know!!
No, no vacation - long weekend!

Back in a few!

rossfingal

(Hope all is well with your computers!?!)

rossfingal

Well, our courageous (stupid!?!) travelers, arrive at O'Hare airport.
Time to check out the out-bound flights.
Las Vegas is there (too much potential money, out-lay!)
(We weren't that, stupid!)
Kansas City!
None of us has been there -
Why not?!?
We purchase tickets and get ready for a wonderful, "Flying", experience!!
Next -
Take off!!

BigJim

Thanks Barb, I didn't know that. Now talking about that word libation (never heard it before, a southern thing ya know). I asked Judy did it mean something close to liable and she told me what it meant, so I guess they are pretty close to the same, if you are libation, you are liable to wind up on your a$$ hehehe, sorry, couldn't help myself there.

My stars, waaay back when I was real young I tried some of that scotch, nasty nasty not to mention having to sleep using the commode as a pillow. That was back around 19 aught 3 I believe. Hey, this is my lie, I'll tell it the way I want to. Now back to our scheduled program.

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Jim

gma2rjc

....

The only time I'd heard that word was on the 'Cigar Dave' show. I don't smoke cigars, but he talks a lot about politics on his Saturday show and if I'm out driving around, that's the only thing worth listening to at that time of the day.

A spontaneous trip to Kansas City!! This should be interesting!!

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rossfingal

BARB -
I hope you're happy!
You've turned Jim on to "Smilies"!
(I hope he doesn't get "hooked"!)
You may have created a "Monster"!
"sorry, couldn't help myself there" -
See what I mean, Barb -
It's probably, too late!

As far as Scotch goes - When I was much younger; my father was mostly,
a beer drinker.
He did have a bottle of "Cutty Sark" in the "frig", though.
While I was "rifling" the frig for anything I could consume/drink -
You know - food, milk, OJ, pop, kool-aid ...
I noticed this bottle of "Cutty Sark" (Not bad Scotch!)
Being the inquisitive, youth that I was -
I took a "slug"!
YOOOWWW!
This ain't the same as a sip from my father's beer!!!
Over time - I took a few more, "slugs"!
They tasted better!

My most, memorable "exploit" with Scotch was -
3 days - 2 nights
3 bottles "Glenlevit" - straight - non-stop.
(Yes, it was a woman that drove me to drink - I never got to thank her!)
I drank myself "sober".

JIM -
"liable to wind up on your a$$"
No chance, man!
I always, break my falls, with my face!
(Jim - your "clownish" activities have come to my attention - I feel it's
my duty to inform "--M--", there's another "clown" in our midst!!)
(Please Lord help us!! - it's bad enough that "Rossi" is hanging around
here - now apparently, there's another "clown" - "Jim"!)
(Just remember this, Jim - I'm the "Hack", clown - OK?!?!)

We'll be back to our previously, "unscheduled", program in a few!
"Take off"!!
Yeah!! (Rock and Roll!)

"RF - "the dumb a$$"

rossfingal

Well -
Our trio of intrepid, adventurous, travelers are on the plane.
It's just what my brother and I wanted! (There is a "God"!)
It's one of those 3-engined, jets -
Maybe, 1/4 to 1/3 full. (Light-weight)
We're on the taxi-way, in line for take off.
As we're rolling, the pilot is running the engines up -
Got to see if this "birdie", knows how to "sing"!

We turn onto the runway -
The pilot "locks" the brakes, and proceeds to REALLY, run the engines up -
It's "hoppin', skippin', jumpin', chirpin" on the runway!
I think the plane is tired of being on the ground - it wants to do what it
was designed for - "FLY"!!!
I guess everything sounded good to the pilot!
(Sounded/felt good to me! - impending, "Power"!)
Kick It!!!
The engines slow down for a few (Great Expectations!)

Then - the engines kick in!
We're down that runway faster - "than dirt", "lickity-split", "muy pronto",
Just like that we're "airborne"!!!
This is fun!!!
As if that wasn't good enough -
I can feel the landing gear, come up -
Now we're "streamlined"!

All is Well!!
It get's "Weller"!!
I think our pilot must have been an ex-fighter pilot.
He proceeds to stand that "birdy", on it's tail!
We're "screaming" for the skies!
G-Force!
(Throw some more coals on!!)
This is good - more than we had hoped for!!
In the midst of our climb (which was fun!) - he proceeds to bank the
plane.
I'm on the window seat and I'm looking at the city of Chicago, from
thousands of feet up!
Beautiful!!
And, we're "Rockin and Rollin" - "Full, Tilt, Boogey!!
(I wish he could have done an "Emelleman", roll!)
(Sorry about the spelling!)

"RF - "dam", a$$"

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