Should the Worst Ever Happen to Me
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wanpaku
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200 hr whatever. You are either gay or a woman. What is it? I have a had a few friends bite it "at work" "doing what they loved to do". Tell me, what do their wives/fiancees' think about giving the ultimate sacrifice for "WORK", "MY JOB". Holy F@#$# man. Wake up. If I were to die flipping burgers at the local McDonalds, do you think the masses would give a shit? Good luck trying to justify dying as a pilot...... F@#@ I just want to grab you by the neck and eulogize you......
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monkeyspankmasterflex
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200hr Wonder
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Well you guys win.... I am out of here.... it was fun for a while...
I sure as hell hope none of you bite it on the job, but seeing as you are all big macho men, I will just get drunk and piss on your grave anyway, guess you should have been a better fuckin' pilot.
I am out of here.
I sure as hell hope none of you bite it on the job, but seeing as you are all big macho men, I will just get drunk and piss on your grave anyway, guess you should have been a better fuckin' pilot.
I am out of here.
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Mitch Cronin
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200 hr wonder.... Don't let 'em chase you away.
So you tried to wax poetic and it came out sounding a little lame... So what.
More than a few people who, when they're reminded of their true fragile nature, and how easy it can be for everything that once seemed important to suddenly have no meaning at all, have tried to put some words to the feeling. Some do it very well indeed... and some don't quite hit the mark in other people's eyes. So what?
All of us are at times capable of uttering some blubber that another man, who can't quite grasp the emotion from which those words grew, might laugh at... and we've been embarrassed by them later ourselves.
Kripes, I remember seeing - and writing - some truly embarrassing garbage in the days immediately following 9-11! I think we were all checking our priorities then!
When you're thinking of your own death - and in the face of several recent accidents involving small aircraft and death, any pilot who flies light aircraft could be forgiven for allowing the fleeting notion to wander through his mind - I think it's rather understandable that some thoughts might come out that those who like to act tough (you know the kind? -They wear sleeveless t-shirts , or tear the arms off their coveralls, and crush beer cans on their heads while other people are watching... the guys who actually buy that shit about "real men don't have an emotional side")... might laugh and poke fun at it... so what.
If I understood you correctly 200hr wonder... You love flying. That's not something to be embarrassed about. That you can do it is fantastic. If writing about your feelings isn't to be your talent, don't sweat it... leave that poetic stuff to the folks who can come out with lines like "touched the face of god" and make it sound right... Most of us can only read that kind of stuff and nod our heads... Lot's of us can empathize with the emotion that brought that post to your mind...
Flying gives that third dimension of freedom that people have yearned for since they first started watching birds... What's not to love when you find yourself one of the very few that are able to do it on a regular basis?
Sure to some, it's just work... maybe they once had the butterflies dancing in their bellies about it, but have since pushed those feelings aside and fallen into the humdrum, slave to a job attitude?...
I'd hate to die at work! I've asked some of the folks I work with to drag me out of there, if they can, should I happen to give any warning before I'm toast. I think the notion of sacrificing so much of life so you can earn a living really sucks, and it would be a wickedly cruel irony to die at work... But I don't fly!
I've talked with quite a few pilots who lament the loss of that "I can't believe how lucky I am!" feeling about their jobs... (some still have it, but most seem to wonder where it went after a while)... I'd bet a good number of them, if they'd ever contemplated their own demise long enough, might have thought similar things as you expressed... but they either didn't have their keyboard at their fingertips at the time, or they didn't have the courage to even try to express those feelings.
You've done that much. Yep, you might look on those words with some embarrassment later on, but tough. It's how you felt at the time. That's real. The reality of every feeling can't always be written by poets.
No worries mate. Hang tough.
Cheers,
Mitch
So you tried to wax poetic and it came out sounding a little lame... So what.
More than a few people who, when they're reminded of their true fragile nature, and how easy it can be for everything that once seemed important to suddenly have no meaning at all, have tried to put some words to the feeling. Some do it very well indeed... and some don't quite hit the mark in other people's eyes. So what?
All of us are at times capable of uttering some blubber that another man, who can't quite grasp the emotion from which those words grew, might laugh at... and we've been embarrassed by them later ourselves.
Kripes, I remember seeing - and writing - some truly embarrassing garbage in the days immediately following 9-11! I think we were all checking our priorities then!
When you're thinking of your own death - and in the face of several recent accidents involving small aircraft and death, any pilot who flies light aircraft could be forgiven for allowing the fleeting notion to wander through his mind - I think it's rather understandable that some thoughts might come out that those who like to act tough (you know the kind? -They wear sleeveless t-shirts , or tear the arms off their coveralls, and crush beer cans on their heads while other people are watching... the guys who actually buy that shit about "real men don't have an emotional side")... might laugh and poke fun at it... so what.
If I understood you correctly 200hr wonder... You love flying. That's not something to be embarrassed about. That you can do it is fantastic. If writing about your feelings isn't to be your talent, don't sweat it... leave that poetic stuff to the folks who can come out with lines like "touched the face of god" and make it sound right... Most of us can only read that kind of stuff and nod our heads... Lot's of us can empathize with the emotion that brought that post to your mind...
Flying gives that third dimension of freedom that people have yearned for since they first started watching birds... What's not to love when you find yourself one of the very few that are able to do it on a regular basis?
Sure to some, it's just work... maybe they once had the butterflies dancing in their bellies about it, but have since pushed those feelings aside and fallen into the humdrum, slave to a job attitude?...
I'd hate to die at work! I've asked some of the folks I work with to drag me out of there, if they can, should I happen to give any warning before I'm toast. I think the notion of sacrificing so much of life so you can earn a living really sucks, and it would be a wickedly cruel irony to die at work... But I don't fly!
I've talked with quite a few pilots who lament the loss of that "I can't believe how lucky I am!" feeling about their jobs... (some still have it, but most seem to wonder where it went after a while)... I'd bet a good number of them, if they'd ever contemplated their own demise long enough, might have thought similar things as you expressed... but they either didn't have their keyboard at their fingertips at the time, or they didn't have the courage to even try to express those feelings.
You've done that much. Yep, you might look on those words with some embarrassment later on, but tough. It's how you felt at the time. That's real. The reality of every feeling can't always be written by poets.
No worries mate. Hang tough.
Cheers,
Mitch
Wow Mitch thats good stuff you wrote there 
And 200, leave if you want to - but I wouldn't leave because of a bunch of inbread bastards with backwards opinions. Just a thought.
I mean seriously - who cares that you wrote something others found "pathetic". If they have nothing better to do then sit here all day making posts about "how pathetic and gay" you must be then that just shows how pathetic and gay they really are. I honestly wonder how much flying they are actually getting done. I know if I had a serious pilot job (right now I am a student) I certainly would not spend all my hours on here posting every minute - never mind making others feel like Sh*t for their own opinions.
I guess this is just my opinion, I'm sure I'll take heat for this post. Honestly, I have better things to do then care about what someone on a forum has to say.
And 200, leave if you want to - but I wouldn't leave because of a bunch of inbread bastards with backwards opinions. Just a thought.
I mean seriously - who cares that you wrote something others found "pathetic". If they have nothing better to do then sit here all day making posts about "how pathetic and gay" you must be then that just shows how pathetic and gay they really are. I honestly wonder how much flying they are actually getting done. I know if I had a serious pilot job (right now I am a student) I certainly would not spend all my hours on here posting every minute - never mind making others feel like Sh*t for their own opinions.
I guess this is just my opinion, I'm sure I'll take heat for this post. Honestly, I have better things to do then care about what someone on a forum has to say.
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Shady McSly
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monkeyspankmasterflex
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200, don't go. All 200+ of my posts are crap. Maybe not as crappy as yours, but it's not a contest. You took a shot and some ppl liked it. It wasn't bad because it wasn't manly, it was just some weird shiz to say. Let's face it, anyone who takes the time to comment on internet forums, is way too nerdy to be a tough guy. That's right, we're all nerds.
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wanpaku
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Yeah, me too, I am quite nerdy and I ain't that tough either! I have made a couple posts on occasion which after reading them later, sober or after the initial shock of what I just read, and thinking "Man, I am an asshole just like my girlfriend says." Sorry, if I offended you Mr 200 hr guy. Don't go brother, don't go........
ch135146. Good thing you hide yourself behind a prepubescent a bunch of numbers. Criticize sensibility, you may. But put it as a weak trait of character derogatively associated to woman...you may not.
And don't ever forget: YOU MOM WAS A WOMAN!
And wanpaku, you as bad as ch135146!
Wake up!!! This is the modern world dude! Having balls does not make you better than any women!There was a time when this was a man's business. (Which included, speaking as a male feminist, women with figurative balls.)
"Sound off like you've got a pair!" Gunnery Sergeant Hartman
And don't ever forget: YOU MOM WAS A WOMAN!
And wanpaku, you as bad as ch135146!
What is it with you guys? Have you been living in a secluded camp for socially maladapted individuals for the past 30 years or what???? “Macho” is NOT HOT ANYMORE! Get on with the program!You are either gay or a woman.
Joubahop: Wow! You've beaten me up pretty badly with your stellar intellect and mastery of the written word. I'd like to respond in kind, but I've been told I don't suffer fools gladly.joubahop wrote:ch135146. Good thing you hide yourself behind a prepubescent a bunch of numbers. Criticize sensibility, you may. But put it as a weak trait of character derogatively associated to woman...you may not.
Wake up!!! This is the modern world dude! Having balls does not make you better than any women!There was a time when this was a man's business. (Which included, speaking as a male feminist, women with figurative balls.)
"Sound off like you've got a pair!" Gunnery Sergeant Hartman
And don't ever forget: YOU MOM WAS A WOMAN!
And wanpaku, you as bad as ch135146!What is it with you guys? Have you been living in a secluded camp for socially maladapted individuals for the past 30 years or what???? “Macho” is NOT HOT ANYMORE! Get on with the program!You are either gay or a woman.
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BlueSkies12
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Wait, wait, wait. So let me get this all straight. 200hr wonder writes a poem and some people write positive feedback. Then some guys found it to be a strange thing for a pilot to be thinking about. Suddenly it just pisses about 10 people off enough to call him gay and pathetic. Around the 3rd page people start sympathizing with him and feel bad. Now everyone's going after eachother and whoever called 200hr gay, must be gay themselves. Ok, good i got that cleared up.
At least it'll be warm in hell...
