How "difficult" is it to fly a transcontinental jetliner, like a Boeing 747 or 777? How much "high tech math" does it take? Isn't it mostly computers and just punching buttons now? (asked in response to 'how hard is it to drive a train'...tongue in cheek)

I think it is easy and possibly fun to fly big, computer piloted jets. I think it's the landing thats going to result in firey death for everyone on board. That is of course assuming we actually survived the take off!

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Are you in doubt of my ability to learn all the aspects of flying this aircraft, 34th st.?
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by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on November 14th, 2009
I don't doubt your ability to learn all aspects of flying this aicraft in the slightest. What I doubt is your cocky attitude and unrealistic time frame!LOL!
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by 34th st. on November 14th, 2009
Well, I do not deny the allegations....I do, however, question the motives of the alligator!
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by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on November 14th, 2009
Alligators? What alligator? I thought we were arguing about wolves! Or we were, sort of!
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by 34th st. on November 14th, 2009
Sung to the tune of "Let me call you sweetheart" , "I'll be your 'howelly howelly' if you be my 'woofie woofie'!".....
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by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on November 14th, 2009
I have no earthly idea what your talking about, but any man willing to be howelly and wants me to be woofie is either a really funny, cool guy or certifiably insane. I'll go with the former! PS Can I look these lyric up on you tube/google?
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by 34th st. on November 14th, 2009
Was that just for me? Or am I flattering myself? Give it to me straight, I can take a hit!
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by 34th st. on November 14th, 2009
"howelly howelly"..."woofie woofie".....HA HA HA! Cracks Me UP!! :):)+6
And What About those Alligators???
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by Sunshine in a COAT of Sunshine on November 14th, 2009
He loves me, He loves me not, He's funny and challenging, He's difficult and time consuming, I'm more trouble than I'm worth, He's more trouble than he's worth. He loves me. He likes dogs
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by 34th st. on November 14th, 2009
He likes cats, too...but he doesn't like alligators....they are ugly...and they bite...real hard.
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by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on November 14th, 2009
Come now, not one but two girls want info on the alligator. I told you my "34th St." story, such as it was. I even told you my real age! I want an alligator explanation and your age!
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by 34th st. on November 14th, 2009
I told you my age....And I had a bad experience with an alligator at a zoo when I was very young. Yeah, I was young and stupid, but how was I to know he was going to try and eat me? I was only six years old. I climbed over a fence. I was a nimble little rascal...and my big sister did not even see me. She was horrified when she saw where I was,..(lol) Poor thing, she still reminds me. Anyway, I caused quite a stir. The "authorities" came running and hauled me out. I had hell to pay for that. I only wanted to feed the alligator....
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by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on November 14th, 2009
You did not tell me your age. If you say 47, I will believe you. I will hate myself for not seeing the obvious. I really hope you are not 47. I loved your alligator story.What Zoo were you at that little kids could end up in the alligator pit?
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by 34th st. on November 14th, 2009
OK, it was in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but it was a new zoo then and they had not gotten all their safety factors installed. (over fifty years ago). And, like I said, I was a nimble little rascal. No-body could have dreamed of what I did. And my age is very plainly stated in my name, hon....(wink). Sorry if I lose my attraction here, but I believe honesty is the best policy, even on the net. I might have been your father...at a different place and time. I am still very young at heart, though. (47 is the year of my birth, Darlin').
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by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on November 14th, 2009
Don't move! don't even think it. You are 62. I've got it!! Yeah, whatever, alligators, Tulsa, hard to be a big sister, nimble kid, still you are 62. Of course you are young at heart, so am I, so are we!
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by 34th st. on November 14th, 2009
"And when you wish upon a star,...makes no difference who you are,..when you wish upon a star,...your dreams come true"__Walt Disney
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by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on November 14th, 2009
What? That Pinnochio is your favorite Disney movie? what are you, Jiminy Cricket?What were you like as a little kid(although I have some clue!) Is your big sister alive and availible? what about your parents? Would you take me home to meet your folks?(I would be on my best behavior!)
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by 34th st. on November 15th, 2009
You have no idea what the original Mickey Mouse club was, do you, you child of the seventies. It was the greatest show on earth for us munchkins in the fifties. It was a great show. Old Walt had a gift. And of course, I ,like millions of other impressionable young twelve year-old males all over the country was totally in love with Annette. It was both joy and misery. "How can I ever get to California and meet her...and confess my undying devotion? If I only could, I know she would return my love".
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by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on November 15th, 2009
And Yes, big sister, all five feet four inches of her, is doing well and still working...at her own business. Sons are all grown and have their own families. My folks have passed...years ago. I have three brothers,also doing well...though retarded...ermm...I mean retired. I am still productive and hanging in. I hope to reap the benefits of a long life of hard work in five years. It seems longer every time I think about it.
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by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on November 15th, 2009
I know the power of the Annette Funicello sweater! I might have been rasied in the 70's, but there is a such thing as Frankie Avalon,Beach Blanket Bingo movies! I can handle your irrational love for the mouse eared siren, she was the shit! And we love Big sissy, she in addtion to not letting you get eaten, has a good life. Sounds like a nice family. Not Funicello nice, but nice!lol
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by 34th st. on November 15th, 2009
Annette would have fit in really well with my family...in all ways but one. She was Italian and Catholic. I never even thought about that at the time...not once. I figured the Italian, but nobody thought about Catholic/Proddy then. But, Oh, lord, 34th st., she was soooo beautiful! Actually, looking back, there were lots of little girls in my class who were as cute or cuter...but, I had known them all my life, see? They were more like sisters. No mystery there...(smile)
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by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on November 15th, 2009
Did I mention I was Jewish? Stick that in my sweater!
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by 34th st. on November 15th, 2009
Yeah, you mentioned that. Well, that was never a thought either when I was a kid. You want to hear something funny? When I was a college freshman and just wandering around in a confused state, there was this beautiful little gal in my humanities class that I was seated next to...It was one of those big classes that the profs wanted to have everybody seated alphabetically. After you were seated you had to stay there...unless there was some horrific problem. Anyway, it was nearly three weeks before I worked up the courage to ask her if she would like to go see this movie with me. We had developed a good rapport and had shared some good jokes, etc. And she looked at me with a kind of funny grin and said..."You are kind of clueless aren't you, Tom?" I said, "wayul maybe, but my momma likes me"...or some stupid thing. She took my hand and squeezed it and said, "You are are a great guy, Tom, for a gentile boy". Then it hit me. She was "one of those!"
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by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on November 15th, 2009
(lol!) 34th st., do you believe there was a time, even late sixties, when Jewish girls, even college age, would not even go to a movie with a "goy boy"? Why? Because one of her friends would see and it would be the ruination of her "reputation". It just wasn't done!
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by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on November 15th, 2009
Tom the new goy boy toy! Yeah no kidding, Even as late as the late 60's Jews were still very insular and clique-like. My Grandparents did business with other Jews, and were very succesful. But when he tried to join a country club, he was turned down for being Jewish. So many problems! My generation is the first that has been able to assimilate, good,bad, and in between.
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by 34th st. on November 15th, 2009
"It's a strange..strange world we live in, Master Jack."
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by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on November 15th, 2009
Look at us! 2 very attractive, highly desirable, youth challenged people,One of whom is wearing a bad hat, lots of greasepaint, rubber waders, and you are getting my trout off my hook for me. Actually, that sounds really nice. I still want some Simon and Garfunkel! LOL
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by 34th st. on November 15th, 2009
If you are going to Scarborough Fair...to buy parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme,...remember me to one who lives there...She once was a true love of mine.....
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by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on November 15th, 2009
My new pretend Uncle, Art Garfunkel, once said to me "Suzanne, life has many troubled waters, but bridges are few and far between. If you build a bridge, know who is waiting on the other side.Art also rhymes with smart!"
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by 34th st. on November 15th, 2009
Like a bridge over troubled waters...I will lay me down....
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by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on November 15th, 2009
I will ease your mind...
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by 34th st. on November 15th, 2009
Ever gentle on my mind__Glen Campbell
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by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on November 15th, 2009

Hahahaha...(Bad Bad Suby!!!)...LMAO!! +6
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by Sunshine in a COAT of Sunshine on November 14th, 2009
+5<LOL>
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by SoulSearcher on November 14th, 2009
My answer was 'first thing that came to the mind' category! Thank you.
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by Suby the Coat on November 14th, 2009
Possibly, Suby. A C-135 is a Boeing 707, however,..a somewhat older model. I have flown on many of them.
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by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on December 16th, 2009

Sounds great. I don't care about knowing how to fly it....I just want to know how to crash it...into the palace in Tehran...I belong to the "Guardians". We go straight to heaven if we die killing Muslims...
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by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on November 14th, 2009
Well we can programme that no problem.:)
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by Firebrand on November 14th, 2009
(lol) Looks like my original comment was quickly rejected by the "Guardians." I was going to add more...very funny stuff,..but, it is just as well. Yeah, I would love to try one out. "Would you like to fly...in my beautiful balloon?...Up, up, and away!...in my beautiful balloon?" Oh! It wasn't rejected! Ha! Paranoid me.
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by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on November 14th, 2009
I sometimes feel I am being watched, Red,...all the time...Ever feel that way?
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by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on November 14th, 2009
No , I do not feel I am being watched , who the heck would want to watch me You are a nutcase :)
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by Firebrand on November 14th, 2009
I would love to watch you. Are you going to shower soon?
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by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on November 14th, 2009
You can sit around a few hours it is just gone 2.00am here.:)
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by Firebrand on November 14th, 2009
Ah yes, the old "time warp". It is "just gone" 8:00 p.m. here. And I thought I had this international time thing figured out! Well, this is about as horny as I get, Red, so I guess by the time you crawl in the sack I will be getting up to go do my laundry, and go out and rake leaves. I love Fall, but everybody's leaves seem to love my place! Why doesn't the wind blow them back onto their lawns? I must take that up with my Guru, Suby. He thinks I have some kind of bad Karma...from a previous existence. Well, all I can say is that I must have been a real rotter in my previous life! I hope I had fun, as I damned sure ain't having much now!
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by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on November 14th, 2009
I certainly know how you feel on that score. I have forgotten how to spell the word.:)
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by Firebrand on November 14th, 2009

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