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JackBeck
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Sat Jul-26-08 07:53 PM Original message |
Poll question: Do you applaud when the plane lands? |
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bigwillq
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Sat Jul-26-08 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. My boyfriend does. |
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JackBeck
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Sat Jul-26-08 08:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Are you serious? |
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bigwillq
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Sat Jul-26-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Why so? |
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JackBeck
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Sat Jul-26-08 08:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I'd be embarrassed as all get out. |
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bigwillq
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Sat Jul-26-08 08:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I don't fly |
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Redstone
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Sat Jul-26-08 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Is this something new? I flew a lot for business in the 1980s, and never saw it. |
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JackBeck
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Sat Jul-26-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. My thoughts exactly, buddy. |
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Redstone
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Sat Jul-26-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Oh, Gawd. You're someone I trust to tell me the truth, so I'm sorry to hear that. |
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CaliforniaPeggy
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Sat Jul-26-08 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. My dear JackBeck! |
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JackBeck
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Sat Jul-26-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. That's my response as well. |
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FloridaJudy
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Sat Jul-26-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. I once did this |
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Hissyspit
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Sat Jul-26-08 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. Everything that has been passing by me outside the window wasn't directed by Martin Scorsese? |
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Mr. Blonde
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Sun Jul-27-08 06:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
32. Nope |
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DS1
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Sat Jul-26-08 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. When it's extremely nasty outside, with lots of fog and rain and gusts |
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AlCzervik
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Sat Jul-26-08 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
12. no but i always say thank you when i walking out. |
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Aristus
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Sat Jul-26-08 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
13. Only if it was a rough flight. |
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liberaltrucker
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Sat Jul-26-08 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
14. Only if an engine is on fire |
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cwydro
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Sat Jul-26-08 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
15. No |
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jobycom
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Sat Jul-26-08 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
16. I've never seen that, except when something unusual happens. |
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newmajority
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Sun Jul-27-08 02:19 AM Response to Reply #16 |
31. Michael Jackson was the pilot? |
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jobycom
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Sun Jul-27-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
48. Heavens no, it was a woman |
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democracyindanger
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Sat Jul-26-08 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. I boo. |
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Quakerfriend
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Sat Jul-26-08 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. Only when I fly into Colombia, SA. This is considered common |
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yellowdogintexas
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Sat Jul-26-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I can think of a couple of domestic airports where just getting the plane in |
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Quakerfriend
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Sat Jul-26-08 09:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Yes, how true! You just reminded me of a funny story. |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Sun Jul-27-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
42. in india and the middle east as well. |
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Left Is Write
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Sat Jul-26-08 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
19. No, and I can't say as I've ever seen this done either. |
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bridgit
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Sat Jul-26-08 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
20. Other. I applaud the 'wee goody get your tummy' air turbulence until the wings fall off... |
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yellowdogintexas
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Sat Jul-26-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
21. I experienced it twice: Once on a very skillful landing in very nasty crosswinds |
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City of Mills
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Sat Jul-26-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
25. Everyone clapped when we landed in Maui |
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Schema Thing
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Sat Jul-26-08 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
26. like a seal |
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bluesbassman
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Sat Jul-26-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
27. No way! |
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Genevieve
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Sat Jul-26-08 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
29. I did, but just once. |
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Kali
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Sat Jul-26-08 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
30. I think it is also a German or European thing. |
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TZ
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Sun Jul-27-08 06:12 AM Response to Original message |
33. Like others if the flight is bad but the landing good |
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The Velveteen Ocelot
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Sun Jul-27-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Of course it was a perfect landing. |
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DainBramaged
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Sun Jul-27-08 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
34. Only when Barack Obama is piloting the plane |
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undeterred
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Sun Jul-27-08 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
35. In 1979 there was a terrible crash at OHare airport |
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Robb
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Sun Jul-27-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
36. Challenging landings, yes |
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kedrys
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Sun Jul-27-08 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
37. I'm usually too busy trying to get the s.o. to sit the hell back down |
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malta blue
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Sun Jul-27-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
38. I have always given a little clap. |
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WritingIsMyReligion
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Sun Jul-27-08 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
39. No. I might smile to a flight attendant or something if they were especially helpful during |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Sun Jul-27-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
41. yes, its customary to applaud the pilot for landing you safely |
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pitohui
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Sun Jul-27-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. not on any long hauls i've been on, but i've only flown long haul to africa, europe, and japan |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Sun Jul-27-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. its traditional in the middle east and the indian subcontinent |
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pokerfan
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Sun Jul-27-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
45. My favorite landings are the ones that are so bad |
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SoxFan
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Sun Jul-27-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
46. Once |
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quakerboy
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Sun Jul-27-08 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
47. What? |
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InvisibleTouch
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Sun Jul-27-08 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
49. Other: Only if it was a rough flight. n/t |
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