Monday

  • Work. Pinballed through a few sites today. Even did a little flats processing. We are also beginning to see increased mail volume for Mother’s Day; some crews were called to work overtime tonight.
  • Went to the airport to get Sandi. She’d gone out of town for a couple of days; I was the closest and most readily-available person to pick her up. I picked her up, drove her home and then I….
  • Came home. Cooked spaghetti and Rob’s secret p’sghetti sauce. AND… it minimizes the ‘What am I going to take for lunch’ factor. Bonus!

Talk of the Nation

    The first hour topic focused on whether pilots and flight crews should be armed; I was interested in this since I often fly when I travel. People phoned and emailed comments from both sides of the issue. They also bandied about whether the crews should have firearms or non-lethal weaponry like tasers.

    Someone, I believe that he was a panelist, said that there wasn’t any (or too much) danger to the plane or passengers if a plane’s fuselage or cockpit is pierced by a bullet. HELLO?! No (or little) risk!? Did I miss something? The last time that I checked: An airplane’s cabin is pressurized and the air at 30,000+ feet is… umm…. THIN! And what does that mean, boys and girls? That’s right. Say it with me: “Low pressure.” Why is that important? That’s pretty simple: The air under high pressure will seek a low pressure environment. That’s not usually a problem in-flight since the cabin is sealed. What happens if the seal is broken or an unsecured opening is introduced to the equation? Decompression. I don’t have the aeronautic engineering background to say “the cabin would tear open,” but I am fairly certain that everything in the cabin trying to get out through a hole roughly an inch in diameter is not a good thing. I could be wrong about that… but I don’t think so.

Quote of the Day: Today’s quote comes from King of the Hill.

    Bill: My face hurts.
    Hank: And it’ll match your ass when I get done kicking it!

That’s pretty much the day in a nutshell. Walnut. Macadamia. Almond. Take your pick. Same brand, different flavor.

Peace.