Amazing Airline Pilot Story...

[belchfire]

uuugh...in need a new 'puter

 

[belchfire]

...I thought Coronet was a brand of paper towel? :nuts:

Er, well, so it is. Coronet was also an offering
of the Dodge Company in the '60's and early
'70's. Then a midsized car (the sedan in '72
grew to about 23 feet long) I am relatively
sure that they weighed more empty than say
a ford explorer.

Had those cool turnsignal indicators on the
front fenders instead of in the panel. Options
included whatever big block and carb you
could afford and (of course) the locking 60
series Dana differential...the station wagon
was capable of 90+mph, less than 17 sec
quarter miles (and that with the 2 bbl carb
on the 383)out of the box. I have no idea
what the 440 and a 4 bbl would have done.

I played the tuba...and left a few twin stripes
of former tire on road outside of town.

hehehe...

 

[Hand Commander]

cool post. I come from a musical family. My dad teaches piano and moonlights playing jazz. My brother is an incredibly talented jazz drummer (watching someone make all four appendages do something different at the same time blows my mind). At one time early in life, I was the proud owner of two electric bass guitars (I think my dad had dreams of me becoming the next Jaco Pastorius), but I didn't have the patience to learn at the time. My brother, on the other hand, has lived and breathed music since he could swing his arms. Although my brother and myself live in two totally different worlds, I see a couple similarities. Both trades require an incredible amount of training and practice, the discipline to always keep learning and get better, and the humbleness to know that a very small part of the general population will even understand or appreciate what you do. Oh yeah, and the likelihood of you ever making any significant amount of money in a timely manner.....um yeah, right.

I guess what caught my attention was the the way the article was titled, like it's amazing that pilots can do more than just fly a plane.

That's why I hate telling people what I do. You're automatically labeled as being one dimensional. whuffos.

 

[richardwaterman]

thank you

Thank you for the replys and the compliments everyone. I too played coronet in high school, that's where I started my musical journey...and yes you are correct, that is also the name of a paper towel or something....

Rich

 

[FN FAL]

The wife went to bed, so I'm playing some Joan Armatrading, Cranberies, Tracy Chapman and Rammstein.

Is anybody else jamming tonight?

 

[mcjohn]

No no no.... I hope your not listening to Tracy Chapman and Rammstein back to back?!
Maybe something like the bag pipe skin flute would be more entertaining to play.
Sorry, it's that Saturday night beer!
(The Cranberries!? )