The Random Thoughts Thread

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 9:53 am

For me I'm fascinated and want to look out the window...while being unnerved and slightly terrified

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 10:10 am

Fascinating and always have to watch.

But I do get right with god before the throttle shifts.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 11:35 am

Don’t care about takeoff.

Landing terrifies me to the point of closing my eyes, holding my breath, and telepathically telling my children goodbye and I love them.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 12:24 pm

It's understandable. But why die stressed out over the conclusion of a decision made days beforehand?

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 1:26 pm

Chicat wrote:Don’t care about takeoff.

Landing terrifies me to the point of closing my eyes, holding my breath, and telepathically telling my children goodbye and I love them.

I'm the opposite, it's take off that freaks me out. I get more stressed about flying the more I do it. 10 years ago it was all fun and fascinating. Now I'm uncomfortable and stress out.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 1:50 pm

I had a band landing once. Crosswind hit as soon as we touched down, kicked the right wing up and I thought the left wing was going to dig into the runway and we were going to start cartwheeling. The pilot pulled us up out of the landing and successfully aborted. People were screaming and crying. It was horrible.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 2:43 pm

I've been flying for many decades. But now matter how long, nor how frequent, nothing has made the experience of flying natural for me. I look around the plane and everyone is languid and bored. They all seem oblivious to everything that fills me with wonder and dread.

When I fall asleep on transatlantic flights, I invariably wake up from a dream that we're crashing into the ocean.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 4:48 pm

scumdevils86 wrote:
Chicat wrote:Don’t care about takeoff.

Landing terrifies me to the point of closing my eyes, holding my breath, and telepathically telling my children goodbye and I love them.
I'm the opposite, it's take off that freaks me out. I get more stressed about flying the more I do it. 10 years ago it was all fun and fascinating. Now I'm uncomfortable and stress out.

That’s me as well.

The older I get the more stressed I am about flying.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 5:12 pm

Hit a wind sheer into Denver and we bounced like a basketball off the runway. The pilot pulled us up and we all wondered why and we circled and had to land again. I can tell you that was very uncomfortable

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 8:57 pm

Never have had an OMFG moment in fixed wing flight but my very first chopper ride was mind-altering. Four crew plus pilot in a Bell 206 trying to stick a rock outcrop mountain top LZ in midsummer Idaho 1976. After the fourth abort I asked the pilot if something was wrong. Dude was dripping white as fucking pasta and took a full 20 seconds before he answered...."We're. just. barely. in. the. air." He stuck the landing on the next pass, but I thought my own mind would destroy me first.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 9:09 pm

I once jumped off a tall cliff into a lake. On my way down, it hit me that I hadn’t determined in advance how deep the water was. My emotion: just embarrassment. All I hurt was my arm, which wasn’t straight enough on entry.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 9:09 pm

Also I'm sure being older and fatter makes me more uncomfortable in general. So I have a higher likelyhood to despair about anticipating an engine fire on take off where we nose over and explode.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 10:15 pm

Chi lands at ohare which is the only Airport that’s given me the pucker test multiple times on landing over my lifetime.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 12:24 pm

CalStateTempe wrote:Chi lands at ohare which is the only Airport that’s given me the pucker test multiple times on landing over my lifetime.

But landing at Midway is way, way more harrowing. Short runway.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 3:57 pm

True.

For some reason though the plane always feels like it loses lift and drops 100ft on final final approach into ohare when it gets hit by wind and I always freak about hitting the warehouse roofs on the southern approach.

And yet 2 seconds later wheels touch. It’s crazy.

KaibabKat · Post by **KaibabKat** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 3:59 pm

Remote mountain airstrips in Idaho in the middle of summer are an experience not soon forgotten.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 5:26 pm

ByJoveByJingle wrote:
UAEebs86 wrote:
Those things make me irrationally angry. I have no justifiable reason.

ByJoveByJingle · Post by **ByJoveByJingle** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 5:53 pm

Haha, exactly!

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 10:00 am

CalStateTempe wrote:True.

For some reason though the plane always feels like it loses lift and drops 100ft on final final approach into ohare when it gets hit by wind and I always freak about hitting the warehouse roofs on the southern approach.

And yet 2 seconds later wheels touch. It’s crazy.

ByJoveByJingle · Post by **ByJoveByJingle** » Thu Nov 14, 2019 11:04 pm

I can’t figure out who is trolling here or how, but I let out a sensible chuckle when I saw this thumbnail from WSportsTV—women in sports YouTube channel.

ghostwhitehorse · Post by **ghostwhitehorse** » Fri Nov 15, 2019 6:30 pm

What you do with limited ingredients I guess. . .

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun Nov 17, 2019 1:31 pm

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun Nov 17, 2019 1:54 pm

heard it from a friend who
heard it from a friend who
heard it from another you've been punching a clown.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Fri Nov 22, 2019 9:19 am

What is an acceptable amount of time between reading a card and placing it in the trash?

6 seconds?
10 seconds?
What?

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Nov 23, 2019 10:00 am

Should be a capital offense:

Phoenix man arrested for threatening victim, stealing burrito

https://www.azfamily.com/news/phoenix-m ... 889c4.html

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) -- A Phoenix man has been arrested after police say he stole another man's burrito.

Court documents state that the victim called police when 29-year-old Timothy Bell took his burrito from him while threatening him. The victim stayed on the phone with police and followed Bell until officers arrived at 12th Avenue and Van Buren Street.

Police stopped Bell and found the burrito wrapper on him. He was taken into custody and booked on one count of felony robbery.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat Nov 23, 2019 1:25 pm

If a really edgy hard rock band named themselves 'Luncheon' and then got an enormous following, would restaurants have to stop using the term because it would no longer appeal to old ladies?

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Tue Nov 26, 2019 8:44 am

Walmart 6am is a peaceful and normal experience that ends at 7am.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:26 pm

If the NCAA somehow penalized U of A sports by forcing us to permanently change our colors from red and navy blue to something else, what new color combination would you want us to switch to?

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:28 pm

Longhorned wrote:If the NCAA somehow penalized U of A sports by forcing us to permanently change our colors from red and navy blue to something else, what new color combination would you want us to switch to?

Sage green and silver

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:39 pm

UAEebs86 wrote:
Longhorned wrote:If the NCAA somehow penalized U of A sports by forcing us to permanently change our colors from red and navy blue to something else, what new color combination would you want us to switch to?

Sage green and silver

Yeah easy answer

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:42 pm

I might advocate for something like this -- the Cactus Cooler color scheme:

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Dec 04, 2019 5:36 am

One of the founding members of the indie band Girls was so pissed off that the writers and producers of the HBO show Girls didn’t give him proper credit for inspiring the show that he broke up the band. Beyond the name, there really wasn’t any actual connection either way.

Artists are an interesting bunch...

ByJoveByJingle · Post by **ByJoveByJingle** » Wed Dec 04, 2019 10:03 am

I wouldn’t want to be associated with that shit show anyway. What a horrific car crash, cringeworthy assemblage of Ne'er-do-wells.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Dec 05, 2019 9:44 am

Am I the only one here who keeps trash bags in his car so I can politely accept holiday dinner leftovers and toss it all in the alley trash bin on the way home?

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Thu Dec 05, 2019 9:54 am

Instead of UArizona they should go by: THEE University of Arizona.

CalStateTempe wrote:
UAEebs86 wrote:
Longhorned wrote:If the NCAA somehow penalized U of A sports by forcing us to permanently change our colors from red and navy blue to something else, what new color combination would you want us to switch to?

Sage green and silver
Yeah easy answer

Same here.

If ASU gets penalized they should forced to be called "Tempe Normal" again.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 3:07 pm

It’s crazy to think that 78 years ago, Italy declared war on the United States of America.

Italy!

Fuckin’ Mussolini...

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 3:43 pm

I have some serious ennui today.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 3:46 pm

Chicat wrote:It’s crazy to think that 78 years ago, Italy declared war on the United States of America.

Italy!

Fuckin’ Mussolini...

Sadly almost all the WW2 vets are long gone. Only 2 survivors left from the USS Arizona.

What's even sadder is that many Americans now prefer a fascist government here.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 5:25 pm

Don't think it's a coincidence that once most everyone that remembers the true evil of fascism and autocracy is dead that it comes roaring back.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 5:31 pm

I think humans as a population have a generational memory. Agree with you scum

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 5:38 pm

The Italians voted in the Fascists in, with along other reasons, is that they were tired of the strikes. People wanted their garbage picked up. Don't recall that problem here, outside of a booming economy, a black president and more people getting healthcare.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 5:53 pm

Blood makes the trains run on time.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Dec 16, 2019 12:41 pm

Okay, I’m at the hospital and going under for a planned, minor procedure now. If I never post again, please just know that I went out like Andy Warhol except for the genius part.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Mon Dec 16, 2019 3:06 pm

Longhorned wrote:Okay, I’m at the hospital and going under for a planned, minor procedure now. If I never post again, please just know that I went out like Andy Warhol except for the genius part.

But you have good hair though.

No procedure at a hospital is ever minor!

pc in NM · Post by **pc in NM** » Mon Dec 16, 2019 4:15 pm

Merkin wrote:
Longhorned wrote:Okay, I’m at the hospital and going under for a planned, minor procedure now. If I never post again, please just know that I went out like Andy Warhol except for the genius part.
But you have good hair though.

No procedure at a hospital is ever minor!

Hospitals are more dangerous to one’s health than almost any environment in the country....

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Mon Dec 16, 2019 4:47 pm

pc in NM wrote:
Merkin wrote:
Longhorned wrote:Okay, I’m at the hospital and going under for a planned, minor procedure now. If I never post again, please just know that I went out like Andy Warhol except for the genius part.
But you have good hair though.

No procedure at a hospital is ever minor!
Hospitals are more dangerous to one’s health than almost any environment in the country....

Y'know what's even more dangerous..not going to the hospital

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Dec 16, 2019 5:07 pm

ASUHATER! wrote:
pc in NM wrote:
Merkin wrote:
Longhorned wrote:Okay, I’m at the hospital and going under for a planned, minor procedure now. If I never post again, please just know that I went out like Andy Warhol except for the genius part.
But you have good hair though.

No procedure at a hospital is ever minor!
Hospitals are more dangerous to one’s health than almost any environment in the country....
Y'know what's even more dangerous..not going to the hospital

Or the drive home from the hospital after.

ASUCatFan · Post by **ASUCatFan** » Mon Dec 16, 2019 5:47 pm

Longhorned wrote:
ASUHATER! wrote:
pc in NM wrote:
Merkin wrote:
Longhorned wrote:Okay, I’m at the hospital and going under for a planned, minor procedure now. If I never post again, please just know that I went out like Andy Warhol except for the genius part.
But you have good hair though.

No procedure at a hospital is ever minor!
Hospitals are more dangerous to one’s health than almost any environment in the country....
Y'know what's even more dangerous..not going to the hospital
Or the drive home from the hospital after.

Thank goodness you're back. I thought you had died for sure, on account of you having gone to the hospital for a planned, minor procedure.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Dec 16, 2019 6:59 pm

I'd love to spend a long evening drinking with Amy Schumer and Dylan Moran.

RichardCranium · Post by **RichardCranium** » Mon Dec 16, 2019 9:35 pm

dovecanyoncat wrote:I'd love to spend a long evening drinking with Amy Schumer and Dylan Moran.

Invite Billy Connolly too and I'm there.

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