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Getting Ready....

Sith LordSith Lord Member Posts: 480
edited November 2007 in General Discussion
...for 8.00 mass.....will pray for my friends that are ill...Nord, Mike,Dave and all you folks that haven't told us your stories...God Bless...

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  • Sith LordSith Lord Member Posts: 480
    edited November -1
    To go on a plane for the first time. I am not to fonde(sp?) of flying, but I have no choice. I must go to Fort Smith,AR for training. I am leaving Providence,RI at 6:00am to Atlanta,GA
    (est. 3 hours), then from Atlanta to Fort Smith (est. 1 hr 52 min) with a 3 hour lay over in Atlanta. This is HUGE for me seeings that I promised myself I would never get on a plane in my life. Unfortunatally, I have no choice....

    Wish me luck!!![:)]
  • divebombdivebomb Member Posts: 1,161 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I fing hate planes....
    but your going to be fine!
    best of wishes......

    just hold your breath till you get there.
  • spurgemasturspurgemastur Member Posts: 5,655 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Sith Lord
    To go on a plane for the first time. I am not to fonde(sp?) of flying, but I have no choice. I must go to Fort Smith,AR for training. I am leaving Providence,RI at 6:00am to Atlanta,GA
    (est. 3 hours), then from Atlanta to Fort Smith (est. 1 hr 52 min) with a 3 hour lay over in Atlanta. This is HUGE for me seeings that I promised myself I would never get on a plane in my life. Unfortunatally, I have no choice....

    Wish me luck!!![:)]


    Good luck. Statistically, flying is much safer than driving. My parents had me on planes since I was too young to remember so I've never understood the fear that some folks have of flying, but I know it's real.

    I knew a statistician who was deathly afraid of prop-planes. He lived in a small ND town where the only flights out were small prop-planes. This guy would drive 100 miles in a blizzard to get to a larger airport where he could get on a jet plane before he would fly out of his own town. Totally irrational. And as a statistician he must--on some level--have known what he was doing. But that's how phobias are, I guess.

    Again, good luck. Don't try having three drinks to calm your nerves before you get on. Airplanes have very dry air and you'll never get as much water as you want if you've had a couple drinks.
  • CyclonusCyclonus Member Posts: 2,825
    edited November -1
    Your not alone I really hate flying id feel much safer if they kept parachutes on them. Although statistically its still the safest way to travel.
  • MrOrangeMrOrange Member Posts: 3,012
    edited November -1
    Ah, yes, the lay over in Atlanta, the staple of the airline industry.

    Try to relax, those things hardly ever go down.

    One guy in my platoon in jump school was a Georgia boy who got bussed to Ft. Benning. He had never been in a plane before, and after jump school he could say he'd been up in planes five times, but hadn't landed in one yet!
  • spurgemasturspurgemastur Member Posts: 5,655 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by MrOrange

    One guy in my platoon in jump school was a Georgia boy who got bussed to Ft. Benning. He had never been in a plane before, and after jump school he could say he'd been up in planes five times, but hadn't landed in one yet!


    LMAO. That's awesome.
  • Turbo72Turbo72 Member Posts: 432 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Good luck man.[:)]
  • ZebraZebra Member Posts: 5,762
    edited November -1
    Sith, you will LOVE IT!
  • bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just remember if you crash at 600 knots the last thing through your mind will bee your *. [:D]
  • elkoholicelkoholic Member Posts: 5,130
    edited November -1
    I don't mind flying but I hate airports!
  • Sith LordSith Lord Member Posts: 480
    edited November -1
    Thanks guys.

    I have heard about the "very dry air" my mom was telling me they have little fans above your head you can turn on for some sort of flow of air....But I will probly be spending most of my time in the bathroom, hugging the toilet[xx(][xx(][xx(]
  • spurgemasturspurgemastur Member Posts: 5,655 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    You'll be fine.

    That said, let us know how it goes[;)]
  • pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    There is nothing to it.
    It's just a big bus, that gets you there faster.

    Have a good trip.
  • kimikimi Member Posts: 44,719 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Sith Lord
    To go on a plane for the first time. I am not to fonde(sp?) of flying, but I have no choice. I must go to Fort Smith,AR for training. I am leaving Providence,RI at 6:00am to Atlanta,GA
    (est. 3 hours), then from Atlanta to Fort Smith (est. 1 hr 52 min) with a 3 hour lay over in Atlanta. This is HUGE for me seeings that I promised myself I would never get on a plane in my life. Unfortunatally, I have no choice....

    Wish me luck!!![:)]


    You will be just fine Sith Lord. Have a great trip, enjoy the people and the sights, then tell us us all about it when you get the chance.
    What's next?
  • Colt SuperColt Super Member Posts: 31,007
    edited November -1
    Be sure to get your shoes shined at the stand in Atlanta. Great shines, cheap.

    Oh, you're young enough, you'll probably be wearing tennies.

    What the hell...get 'em shined, anyway.

    You will be fine.

    Have the three drinks, and suck on ice cubes.

    Doug
  • JamesRKJamesRK Member Posts: 25,670 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Am I the only one who thinks it's funny. Your using a Star Wars character in your signature line and hate flying. [:D]

    I agree it's a pain in the ka-knee-knee, but you will do fine. Maybe you'll luck out and get a female flight attendant. GOOD LUCK!
    The road to hell is paved with COMPROMISE.
  • Wolf.Wolf. Member Posts: 2,223 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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    The worst part of your flight will be Fort Smith, Arkansas. If it's not the @$$hole of creation, then it certainly is what comes out of it.
  • jwb267jwb267 Member Posts: 19,664 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i have never been on one either. good luck
  • spurgemasturspurgemastur Member Posts: 5,655 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hey! Get a window seat if you can. If you get up into the air and find that you're able to maintain some semblance of calm, then you'll find that looking down on the country-side from the air is pretty cool.

    Most folks go for the isle seat because that way they're not trapped. I ALWAYS go for the window seat, because I like looking at the country from above.

    Eh, maybe if you're nervous and it's your first flight, then you should go for the isle. But if you find that flying isn't terrifying, then go for the window. It's a pretty country we live in! And it's cool to see it from above.
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