Heavy drinking tonight

[Agmen of Eladesor]

After today, I really, really, REALLY don't care, either.

Had to fly back to Indiana today to after taking the second big Penske rental truck down to Oklahoma since we're moving down there (as I've alluded to in the past). Because of the way the airline routes things, I flew from OKC to BWI to IND - Oklahoma City to Baltimore to Indianapolis, then took a shuttle bus up to Lafayette.

Anyone that's been in the eastern portion of the United States today knows what the weather has been here. The trip from OKC to BWI, the seatbelt sign stayed on the entire 2 1/2 hour trip. The last 45 minutes of the flight, I was concerned we were on an Aeroflot flight instead of Southwest, because I don't think I've ever been in turbulence that bad - ever. And that includes driving cars with bad suspensions over washboard roads.

Seriously - it's one thing to have an minor in-flight emergency. It's another to have the plane skidding sideways through the sky (no joke), shaking and rattling like it was a dog toy, with the cabin lights flickering on and off like we were in a scene from some airplane disaster movie. When the pilot put it into BWI - and he greased the actual landing, even though we felt like we were an ice cube in the blender on the whole approach - everyone on the plane applauded.

Trip to IND was bumpy during landing, and we ended up flying at 42,000 feet instead of the normal 35,000 just to clear the turbulence during the trip west. And of course, here in Indiana it was starting to freeze on the ground, which means when we touched down the plane actually felt like it started to skid sideways on the runway...

Couple that with a van ride from the airport home in a snow squall with the van driver passing everything in sight, driving like a maniac ...

I now have a 24 ounce glass in front of me. I know it's a 24 ounce glass because from experience I know it will hold two cans of pop. In said glass is 16 ounces of Long Island Iced Tea mixed with 8 ounces of Jack. Screw it, I'm getting hammered tonight so I can sleep without worrying about how brown I turned things under my pants today. (I seriously have not been that scared on an airplane since I was on a little ATR puddle jumper going from Atlanta to Birmingham back in the 80's and we flew through a thunderstorm and lost an engine - on a propjet.)

Good night, good luck, and good drinking! Na Zdorovie!

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Oh god... The end of days... Agmen agreed with me.

[Trogdor]

You think that's bad, try getting a Neph through an asteroid field.

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[fencore]

I raise my Jim to your Jack and a forgettable night.

[ryoken]

Try a C-130 through Canada's northern wasteland in a winter blizzard. Come to think about it, probably pretty much the same, except less comfort in C-130,and 0 heat.

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[Trogdor]

I raise my Jim to your Jack and a forgettable night.

Sounds like a sausage party.

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[Crackpunch]

We have an excuse to drink? I'm in.

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[sindroms]

Who needs an excuse?

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[onca]

I saw on the news they had some pretty bad tornadoes, probably contributing to your bumpy trip.

Since we're sharing war stories... how about taking over 24 hours to travel from Vegas to LA, a distance of 250 miles, thanks to having a plane grounded. Initially they had us going via Salt Lake. Finally got a standby direct to LA literally at the last second. Time of flight: 39 minutes.

At least the 15 hour flight back to Sydney was uneventful. Although being crammed in a plane that long non-stop amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.

I love flying... I just hate to fly. (if that makes any sense).

[ryoken]

Come to Canada. We need no reason to drink other then your home.

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[Jansen]

What makes you think that an Aeroflot would be any worse then the others?
Their pilots wont start to panic if they lose an engine or some other important component, they'd shrug that of as 'Oh great, it happened again'

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