I now see your comment (after posting mine). If the manual wasn't on the old "Prelude" device, do you know how they conducted the testing needed to clear the FAA for going electronic with it? Curious...

I actually understand your confusion. I think the main difference is that their manual has finally been approved to go electronic on this device, hence the printing and fuel savings. I don't know why they didn't just do that with their current devices (it would've been on there for all the testing they had to do with…

jez, please tell us when we can but these. Otherwise I will miss it and I will be sad. For this short girl, these are perfect.

I find the opposite. I'm always looking out for super short dresses I can wear with leggings (as I live in the UK and it's hardly ever warm enough to quite go without leggings or tights. Not dependably, all day anyway). You know, the kind of things I'd put back before I broke down and began wearing leggings because…

I'm always a bit concerned, too. "Jews" is absolutely correct (according to my observations), technically, but as a non-Jewish person I'm all "do I need to say 'Jewish person' so I don't sound like I dislike them or something ?" I almost always do say the latter just in case, but I have taken note many many times when…

+10

Just what I was thinking. Thank god she was at a job interview. ANY other story and the some peoples' focus would be how she's a Slutty McTrollop (single mother) "taker".

nope. Not jealousy. One of my dear friend's family sailed around the world for 15 years and I have thing but admiration for their gutsyness! However, they did it when their kids went college. Yes it's adventurous and brave and crazy cool...without infants - never mind sick ones. I don't hate them, but I do think their…

I always drank milk until probably mid-teen years. Lots of it. Did go through a decade of little milk drinking but in the last 5-10 years I'm all about the milk again. I got hubby on it too. Mostly with cereal or coffee, but yes we do drink some glasses of milk EVEN with a meal*.

Funny the stories of you who quit using FB (not funny "be being snarky"; funny "interesting"). I don't find myself saying mean things or feeling bad about what others post. I couldn't give a shit what my SO says or doesn't say on there, etc.

I love how positively frightened some Christians (et al) are of gay people and other totally random shit. But not e.g. guns!

My sometimes-rightwing hubby (he's always a righty but not always a nutter ;) has tried that on me in the past. He likes to say there's never been a righty dictator (and I spit coffee in his face when I laugh). For one I give him Franco who openly despised lefties so...hubs can't even muster anything to that. Anyhow,…

You are too funny for politics, Sir/M'am!

Thank. You. (Your observations seconded from a person whose husband also works in politics and is changing careers for a 45% pay cut because he can't stand it anymore.)

My husband and I have already started calling each other "my dirty little piece of chocolate". [*smirk*]

Yes. Perfectly said: You know who was the real Johnny Depp all along? Brad Pitt

It rather irks me that people are talking about his "supposed" Cherokee...and when it's mentioned that it has always been a part of his claimed identity, we get chat about HOW MUCH Indian he is and crap like that. How much Native American does one have to be to "qualify"? Think of saying that to a black/white mixed…

Jez is not letting me "like" things right now (it keeps thinking I just want to reply). So I'll just reply and say I love your story.

"Let them know you're interested ONLY ONCE" is even true for people who are (in the broad sense) interested. My dear sweet hubby has to be told on a semi-regular basis "Dude I GET it. I'm just not interested right now." LOL. Once is enough.

This is the way flight attendants would really prefer yo join the Mile High Club, if you insist...