stefaneh
onsdag, september 26, 2007
måndag, september 03, 2007
fredag, maj 18, 2007
fredag, maj 04, 2007
tisdag, april 03, 2007
mid-life crisis
When I was married 25 years, I took a look at my wife one day and said "Honey, 25 years ago, we had a cheap apartment, a cheap car, slept on a sofa bed and watched a 10 inch black and white TV, but I got to sleep every night with a hot 25 year old blonde.
"Now, we have a nice house, nice car, big bed and plasma screen TV, but I'm sleeping with a 50 year old woman. It seems to me that you are not holding up your side of things."
My wife is a very reasonable woman. She told me to go out and find a hot 25 year old blonde, and she would make sure that I would once again be living in a cheap apartment, driving a cheap car, sleeping on a sofa bed.
Aren't older women great!!! They really know how to solve your mid-life crisis.
måndag, april 02, 2007
Qantas maintenance
After every flight, Qantas Airlines pilots fill out a form called a
gripe sheet, which conveys to the mechanics problems encountered with
the aircraft during the flight that need repair or correction. The
mechanics read and correct the problem, and then respond in writing on
the lower half of the form what remedial action was taken, and the
pilot reviews the gripe sheets before the next flight. Never let it be
said that ground crews and engineers lack a sense of humor.
Here are some supposedly actual logged maintenance complaints and
problems as submitted by Qantas pilots and the solution as recorded by
Qantas maintenance engineers.
By the way, Qantas is the only major airline that has never had an accident.
(P = The problem logged by the pilot.)
(S = The solution and action taken by the engineers.)
P: Left inside main tyre almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tyre.
P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.
P: Something loose in cockpit.
S: Something tightened in cockpit.
P: Dead bugs on windshield.
S: Live bugs on backorder.
P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent.
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.
P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.
P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
S: DME volume set to more believable level.
P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That's what they're there for.
P: IFF inoperative.
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.
P: Suspected crack in windshield.
S: Suspect you're right.
P: Number 3 engine missing.
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.
P: Aircraft handles funny.
S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious.
P: Target radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.
P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.
P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget
pounding on something with a hammer.
S: Took hammer away from midget.