I nominate this post worthy of the 182 driver's literary achievement award for avcanada excellence!
How many patches are too many?
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r22captain
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may have been the funniest thing I've read on here..............everfrontside_air wrote:ah i must have missed your house on halloween! i was too lazy to come up with a costume so i just wore my Senny jacket out for trick or treating. after graduation i had four gold braids sewn into the cuffs (got a first year student to do it) and a pair of 6" wings embroidered on it as well so as you can see- there are no real 'patches' on it (ugh, who would fly anything with boots anyways!? *gag*). the rest of my ensemble consisted of my usual gear- dolce&gabbana rose-tinted stunnah shades, an "air canada approved luggage" rollerbag and my flying watch (the citizen smallprickcompensamaster). i set off on the hunt for candy but by the second house i'd developed a blister on my hand from the handle of my rolliebag and started to get cold (usually there's enough gel in my hair to keep my head warm so i didn't think i would need a hat) so i called the fbo shuttle to pick me up and drive me home and tipped the driver a werther's. it was still early and i felt kind of silly for bailing out so soon and heading home. i'd heard numerous times that in order to make it in this business you have to be determined so i steeled my conviction, screwed my courage to the sticking post and decided, "self, don't let this beat you"...xsbank wrote:I've never actually seen a Seneca jacket.
i marched back out the door with the keys to my trust fund, 3-series bimmer, cranked up the "danger zone" and set out to git'er dun like i'd been trained to. it was kind of hard to see at night with my sunglasses on but i found it was a lot easier once i turned my high beams on so i just drove around with them on. i also left the interior lights on so people could see the wings and bars on my jacket and i guess it worked because a lot of on-coming cars would flash their highbeams at me too. after a couple of houses it became evident that it was grossly inefficient to pull into every driveway, shut down, trick or treat, empty the candy into my rollerbag in the back seat, get back in the car, go through the start checks and drive to the next one especially since it takes a minute or so for the heated seats to warm up. i smartened up and found a much more convenient way- i'd just roll to a stop by the curb in front of each house, lay on the horn until the homeowner came out to the car with the candy on a platter for me to pick what i wanted. some households were kind of cheap and only had crappy hardcandy which, having personal standards, i'd refuse outright (i deserve better than that after everything i've been through). anyhow before long i saw some clouds move in and didn't want to risk being caught out with some weather moving in so i high-tailed it home...the last thing i needed was water spots on my bmw (the ramp guy just washed it and i'd feel bad asking him to wash/groom it again so soon but i guess i shouldn't feel bad, if he wants a better job maybe he should have gone to a decent school and gotten himself a jacket too!).
