wannabe
"Insignificant Other"
Yes, I’m starting another thread in hopes of lightening things a bit. I just realized that it’s going to be a long time before I ever allow myself to get on an airplane again. I’m sure a lot of people are in the same boat. So, we might as well talk about the good old days. Do you have any stories of any interesting people or conversations that you’ve had on an airplane?
I’ll start. I have two:
The first was when I sat next to another engineer. After finding out that he was a mechanical engineer too, I asked what kind of work he did for a living. He said that he was a professional expert witness on design liability lawsuits. He mentioned that the one that he was working on at the time involved some mechanical rollers that essentially thinned sheets of metal. The employees found that the easiest way to clean the rollers was to just turn it on and wipe the rollers as they turned. Well, that went as bad as one would expect that it would, and an employee eventually got his arm pulled into the machine until he got pulled in far enough to snap his neck. The story was bad enough. The guy had pictures with him of the guy handing dead in the rolling press!!!!
Story #2: Same flight a month later. A beautiful woman ended up getting stuck with the middle seat next to me. I naturally struck up a conversation and asked her what she did for a living. She mentioned that she was a dancer. I replied that I did a lot of dance photography mostly of professional ballet companies and proceeded to show her my portfolio on my iPad. After we take off, she pulls out her laptop to show me pics from random photo shoots that she had participated in. After 5 or 6 pics, we get through an entire set of nudes. The first thought that popped in my head was, “Hmmm, beautiful women never show me nude pics of themselves when I tell them that I’m an engineer...”
OK, let’s hear your stories.
I’ll start. I have two:
The first was when I sat next to another engineer. After finding out that he was a mechanical engineer too, I asked what kind of work he did for a living. He said that he was a professional expert witness on design liability lawsuits. He mentioned that the one that he was working on at the time involved some mechanical rollers that essentially thinned sheets of metal. The employees found that the easiest way to clean the rollers was to just turn it on and wipe the rollers as they turned. Well, that went as bad as one would expect that it would, and an employee eventually got his arm pulled into the machine until he got pulled in far enough to snap his neck. The story was bad enough. The guy had pictures with him of the guy handing dead in the rolling press!!!!
Story #2: Same flight a month later. A beautiful woman ended up getting stuck with the middle seat next to me. I naturally struck up a conversation and asked her what she did for a living. She mentioned that she was a dancer. I replied that I did a lot of dance photography mostly of professional ballet companies and proceeded to show her my portfolio on my iPad. After we take off, she pulls out her laptop to show me pics from random photo shoots that she had participated in. After 5 or 6 pics, we get through an entire set of nudes. The first thought that popped in my head was, “Hmmm, beautiful women never show me nude pics of themselves when I tell them that I’m an engineer...”
OK, let’s hear your stories.