Watched a fantastic lightning storm coming into Miami one night; all the other passengers were closing their blinds, I thought it was GREAT! and nothing you could experience on an electronic device.
Yes, thanks McCoys: I always have a window seat, because A. I’m claustrophobic when I’m not actually flying the plane (flying culverts) and B. Like to watch the outside world, and it’s amazing what you can see, even from 35,000 feet if you know what you’r seeing.
My first “movie flight” the stewardess told everyone to close their shades so people could enjoy the movie. This was pre TSA psychosis, and I asked her how she’d enjoy being thrown out of the airplane when she reached for my shade. A glance at my Cav pin, crew wings, and Disabled American Veterans pin on my cap seemed to catch her attention then and she politely responded with an “odd smile” “Well, Okay then.”…
Which brings to mind our “social mind set” that whenever close quarters are involved, as on trains or planes, Americans are the most “commuter minded”, unwilling to either regard those next to them, or the world they’re passing through, fixating instead on either a book, tablet, or phone that keeps them from seeing the real world.
The same thing now even applies when they visit Zion, the Grand Canyon, or other fantastic parts of that “real world”. They prefer the “quietude” of their personal world, even if it’s not as impressive, or even real, like video gaming while in these environments, or taking the false words of fools, over what they can see for themselves is “reality”.
Dtroutma about 10 years ago
Watched a fantastic lightning storm coming into Miami one night; all the other passengers were closing their blinds, I thought it was GREAT! and nothing you could experience on an electronic device.
Brass Orchid Premium Member about 10 years ago
But then why would anybody look?
pschearer Premium Member about 10 years ago
“Good morning, this is your smart-ass pilot speaking.”
mourdac Premium Member about 10 years ago
If you don’t see it on a screen, then it doesn’t exist anymore.
puddlesplatt about 10 years ago
well said McCoys…thanks!
louieglutz about 10 years ago
but i’m always on the right side of the plane.
Dtroutma about 10 years ago
Yes, thanks McCoys: I always have a window seat, because A. I’m claustrophobic when I’m not actually flying the plane (flying culverts) and B. Like to watch the outside world, and it’s amazing what you can see, even from 35,000 feet if you know what you’r seeing.
My first “movie flight” the stewardess told everyone to close their shades so people could enjoy the movie. This was pre TSA psychosis, and I asked her how she’d enjoy being thrown out of the airplane when she reached for my shade. A glance at my Cav pin, crew wings, and Disabled American Veterans pin on my cap seemed to catch her attention then and she politely responded with an “odd smile” “Well, Okay then.”…
Which brings to mind our “social mind set” that whenever close quarters are involved, as on trains or planes, Americans are the most “commuter minded”, unwilling to either regard those next to them, or the world they’re passing through, fixating instead on either a book, tablet, or phone that keeps them from seeing the real world.
The same thing now even applies when they visit Zion, the Grand Canyon, or other fantastic parts of that “real world”. They prefer the “quietude” of their personal world, even if it’s not as impressive, or even real, like video gaming while in these environments, or taking the false words of fools, over what they can see for themselves is “reality”.