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ryoder

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Mooneymite
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Hank, that's ridiculous! I throw my shirts under the bed.

Hank
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Can we eliminate putting planes in "hangers"? Those are what I put my shirts on. My Mooney lives in a "hangar."

bonal
bonal

A vasectomy 

Andy95W Grand Master

Andy95W

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Stop calling an airplane an aircraft.  It's like calling a truck a vehicle.  

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Next rant:  how do we get the idiots in the media to stopping saying "Tarmac"?

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Mooneymite Grand Master

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Ha!

I used to work for a company that referred to aircraft as "equipment".  I suspect that mentally management thought of pilots as "units".

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Mooneymite Grand Master

Mooneymite

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Can we eliminate putting planes in "hangers"? Those are what I put my shirts on. My Mooney lives in a "hangar."

Hank, that's ridiculous!

I throw my shirts under the bed.

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Yooper Rocketman Veteran

Yooper Rocketman

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How about "aircrafts"?  Is that really a word?  I hear it occasionally and can't help but wonder if it is even a word?

On a funnier note; when I arrived at boot camp back in the 70's I had a drill sergeant (Drill Instructor or D.I.) respond to a private about his "gun".  First, the whole company had to drop and pound out 50 push ups.  Once we got back on our feet the D.I. explained the difference between a gun and a rifle.  As he stood in front of us newbee  G.I.'s, while grabbing his crotch with one hand and holding his rifle aloft with the other, shaking each hand as he described it, he said "this is your rifle, this is you gun, this is for fighting, and this is for fun".  Needless to say, no one called their rifle a gun again.

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Hank Grand Master

Hank

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How about "aircrafts"?  Is that really a word?  I hear it occasionally and can't help but wonder if it is even a word?

On a funnier note; when I arrived at boot camp back in the 70's I had a drill sergeant (Drill Instructor or D.I.) respond to a private about his "gun".  First, the whole company had to drop and pound out 50 push ups.  Once we got back on our feet the D.I. explained the difference between a gun and a rifle.  As he stood in front of us newbee  G.I.'s, while grabbing his crotch with one hand and holding his rifle aloft with the other, shaking each hand as he described it, he said "this is your rifle, this is you gun, this is for fighting, and this is for fun".  Needless to say, no one called their rifle a gun again.

Ah, the good old days! DIs can't swear anymore, and recruits can raise their flag if they feel threatened . . .

Jeff_S Grand Master

Jeff_S

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How about "aircrafts"?  Is that really a word?  I hear it occasionally and can't help but wonder if it is even a word?

On a funnier note; when I arrived at boot camp back in the 70's I had a drill sergeant (Drill Instructor or D.I.) respond to a private about his "gun".  First, the whole company had to drop and pound out 50 push ups.  Once we got back on our feet the D.I. explained the difference between a gun and a rifle.  As he stood in front of us newbee  G.I.'s, while grabbing his crotch with one hand and holding his rifle aloft with the other, shaking each hand as he described it, he said "this is your rifle, this is you gun, this is for fighting, and this is for fun".  Needless to say, no one called their rifle a gun again.

So the movie "Full Metal Jacket" got it right, eh?

Danb Grand Master

Danb

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Tom, I can assure you its a rifle, in boot camp 1967, I was hit in the head by a Gunny for saying the wrong thing and was unconscious for 5 days in Beaufort Navy hospital, had quite a headache, last time I misspoke. Andy it would be better to just have the media keep there traps shut. Nothing good comes from  there communication.

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Johnnybgoode Collaborator

Johnnybgoode

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Hanger bugs me too.

How about this.  "Aircraft fly's straight"

Unnecessary apostrophes people!

I see an unnecessary y also and it seems to be missing an "ie".

Just an observation from a redneck with a pilot's license, um, I mean  certificate.

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How about "aircrafts"?  Is that really a word?  I hear it occasionally and can't help but wonder if it is even a word?

On a funnier note; when I arrived at boot camp back in the 70's I had a drill sergeant (Drill Instructor or D.I.) respond to a private about his "gun".  First, the whole company had to drop and pound out 50 push ups.  Once we got back on our feet the D.I. explained the difference between a gun and a rifle.  As he stood in front of us newbee  G.I.'s, while grabbing his crotch with one hand and holding his rifle aloft with the other, shaking each hand as he described it, he said "this is your rifle, this is you gun, this is for fighting, and this is for fun".  Needless to say, no one called their rifle a gun again.

What do you call it if it only shoots blanks?

Clarence

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Yooper Rocketman

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What do you call it if it only shoots blanks?

Clarence

I suspect you're joking, but no such thing back then in basics.  All the D.I.'s were fresh back from Nam, so this was the real thing.  We even had to take live fire over our heads while crawling under barb wire.  If you stood up, you would end up in a pine box. We were considered wussy's since we were not going to war (first year after Nam officially over), so were given no mercy.  One thing nice, they hated bringing back live ammo after a session on the gun range, so a few of us always volunteered to "fire it off" at the end of our firing range sessions.  Probably why my small group all qualified as "Expert" on the final shooting tests.  Being a Yooper (U.P. of Michigan resident), I lived in the woods with a rifle, so loved shooting any time I could.

   Now, the time I corrected  D.I. on the proper tear down and reassembly of the M-60 machine gun, in front of a 40 man platoon, is a story for another day.:(

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