We don’t really worry about storms. They’re just part of the job, and properly managed, the risk of anything untoward happening is small.

Eh. Some crew are total germophobes and wipe everything down. Others, like me, just wash our hands with reasonable frequency but don’t worry so much about it. Anecdotally, I see no clear trend in which groups gets more sick. Planes are dirty but not more than most public spaces. The air is passed through HEPA filters…

I! LOVED! THIS!

I like this expression, “micro talks”. Our strategy, not that we ever sat down and formally formulated one, was always to answer honestly, but in an age-appropriate manner. And not to make a big deal of it.

And more power to you.

That depends on the looseness of the shorts. I live in the tropics. Going commando is pretty much the only way to survive summer.

To paraphrase my ex, “panties end up there [in the crack] anyway so I might as well wear shortcut the process.”

• Know where you are. If you’re in a loud night club with people hanging over the bar desperate to attract the attention of the bartender, keep it simple. Whisky and soda. Gin and tonic. Rum and coke. Beer. White wine. Red wine. Let’s be honest. You’re not there to get a nice cocktail and drink it in a leisurely fashion…

Negroni only really become fashionable in the past 4-5 years. Negroni actually turns 100 this week, but it’s not super well known tbh.

Ori and the Blind Forest.

The Panamera is no better, especially the original...

More like “anywhere out of the way they can put them”. A typical airliner is in the air 10-18 hours a day so there aren’t enough “normal” bays to put all the MAXes.

Canceling flights, and furloughing pilots...

Indeed. AoA vanes, not to mention all the other assorted probes, are rather exposed, and prone to being hit by birds and flying bits of debris.

They are indeed. As Jeremy Clarkson put it, “The Cayenne looks like they too a 911 and backed it into a shed”.

So much this.

So much this.

More like different cultures have different ideas about the value of human life.

Indeed. Because of “Hollywood”, the popular belief seems to be that GPS units transmit their location and can thus be tracked. Which is completely untrue. Apps like “Find my Phone” take location data (from GPS and cell towers) and transmit it via your data plan. The GPS itself is entirely self contained and does not…

Agreed. If the phone is off, no one can ping it. Because it’s off...