TLPTPW - The Warped Sense of Humor Edition

David S
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Although Xena finally

Although Xena finally conquered her dark nemesis Callisto, it took her weeks to get the sand out of her leather unmentionables.

David

Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.

Chris S
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similar to patting your head

similar to patting your head whilst rubbing your stomach. I'm actually quite good at that, so.

Hey since age 4, I'm the only one in my family that can do that with aplomb, (or without a plomb if you prefer).

forwardy/backery/lefty/righty/uppy/downy stuff.

The correct sequence apparently is get onny, forwardy, uppity, alongy, downy, stoppy, get offy. That is supposed to apply to ones luggage as well, but sometimes suitcases don't read the manual, and don't get onny. 

Too much reliance on avionics

With A380's if they didn't have modern avionics you'd need 1/2 dozen in the cockpit. Even Concorde had a Fight Engineer, and their panels were almost more complicated than the pilot's ones!

@David - this is the third place you have posted that at!! You obviously have a thing about it :-)

 

Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)

Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now

anniet
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Sand in any unmentionables

Sand in any unmentionables cannot be ignored.

Try it.

You'll see.

 

 

There *

 

* I would normally have blinked there, people *improvise something with nose instead* You probably noticed, but I have one eye occupied with going a bit of a nice shade of bloodshot and it seems a shame to disturb it.

Don't know what I got in it...

Please wait here. Further instructions could pile up at any time. Thank you.

RandyC
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While sand in unmentionables

While sand in unmentionables should not be ignored, they needn't be mentioned either.

Surprised

Wink

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Chris S
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Don't know what I got in

Don't know what I got in it...

Obviously a foreign body. Hey, you haven't found ET have you?

Unmentionables in unmentionables? I dunno the tone is dropping by the moment :-))

Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)

Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now

mikey
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Mike Hewson wrote:Oh. The

Mike Hewson wrote:

Oh. The forwardy/backery/lefty/righty/uppy/downy stuff. Apparently it will do that anyway. I believe the trick is to get it to do that in, for example, a non-random sequence.

Cheers, Mike.

MANY years ago I got to sit in the right seat of a helicopter and watch the pilot do his thing, this was an old CH-47 Navy helicopter so don't know if ll are the same, but his left hand had the uppy/downy stick in it, it's by his left thigh, and the right hand had the forward/back stick in it. The tricky part for me was that his feet were also moving at the same time but in different directions! The left hand stick, the uppy/downy one also has a turn thing on the end of it that does something too. Let's just say it looks very difficult to get the thing balanced and flying smoothly.

Chris S
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MANY years ago I got to sit

MANY years ago I got to sit in the right seat of a helicopter

Are you sure about that?

Helicopter pilot

 

Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)

Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now

Anonymous

Chris S_2 wrote: MANY years

Chris S_2 wrote:

MANY years ago I got to sit in the right seat of a helicopter 

Are you sure about that?

Helicopter pilot

 

I am quite sure of it.  Left seat in a helicopter (and fixed wing) in the US is reserved for the pilot. 

Chris S
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That all changed in 1946 with

That all changed in 1946 with the arrival of Bell’s Model 47, the first civilian-certified helicopter, which featured dual collectives. From then on, dual collectives became standard for side-by-side seating, and a helicopter pilot could fly from either the left or right seat.

Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)

Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now

RandyC
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With all the advances in

With all the advances in autopilot technology, and especially considering how Drone Copters are flown, I'm surprised they haven't simplified Helicopter controls yet.  At least to the level that a fixed-wing pilot would use.

Probably military, rescue, and construction choppers would need the finer control, but traffic and shuttle type helicopters shouldn't.

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