OT - 'cause some of us need a little break

While coming in to land and park, the seatbelt signs are normally on - all to remain seated until the plane actually stops. This is a very good request to obey. I recall one of the times when the plane I was on was on the runway and the pilot suddenly slammed on the breaks. He had to, his flagman had tripped and fell.

Faeryl Womyn · November 14

She did a damn good parking job for that plane

Catherine3678ab · November 14

I keep drafting a reply and the forums keep timing out so this will be brief. Somebody in the comments referred to the person as he which is why I did. We do have men here who also have long hair.

LeatherGryphon · November 14

Ah, hair. Memories of my youth. '69, about the time I turned Hippie. And yup, I sported a shoulder length Afro.

She asked him why
Why I'm a hairy guy
I'm hairy noon and nighty-night night
My hair is a fright

I'm hairy high and low
But don't ask me why
'Cause he don't know
It's not for lack of bread
Like the Grateful Dead, darlin'

Gimme a head with hair
Long, beautiful hair
Shining, gleaming
Streaming, flaxen, waxen

Give me down to there (hair)
Shoulder length or longer (hair)
Here, baby, there, mama
Everywhere, daddy, daddy

Hair (hair, hair, hair, hair, hair)
Grow it, show it
Long as I can grow it
My hair

I let it fly in the breeze
And get caught in the trees
Give a home for the fleas in my hair
A home for the fleas
A hive for the buzzin' bees
A nest for birds
There ain't no words for the beauty and the splendor
The wonder of my

Hair (hair, hair, hair, hair, hair)
Grow it, show it
Long as I can grow it
My hair

I want it long, straight, curly, fuzzy
Snaggy, shaggy, ratsy, matsy
Oily, greasy, fleecy
Shining, gleaming, streaming
Flaxen, waxen

Knotted, polka-dotted
Twisted, beaded, braided
Powdered, flowered, and confettied
Bangled, tangled, spangled, and spaghettied

Oh, say, can you see
My eyes if you can
Then my hair's too short

Down to here
Down to there
Down to there?
Down to where?
It stops by itself

Don't never have to cut it
'Cause it stops by itself

Oh, give me a head with hair
Long, beautiful hair
Shining, gleaming, streaming
Flaxen, waxen

Now won't you gimme it down to there? (hair)
Shoulder length or longer (hair)
Here, baby, there, mama
Everywhere, daddy, daddy

Hair (hair, hair, hair, hair, hair)
Grow it, show it
Long as I can grow it
My hair (hair, hair, hair, hair, hair)
Grow it, show it
Long as I can grow it
My hair (hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair)
Hair

Catherine3678ab · November 14

Oh I remember those days too lol ...

Here's a cat getting its nails trimmed.

https://youtube.com/shorts/uWkw87LPsGE?si=OVIiXApfI22Em4gH

LeatherGryphon · November 15

Catherine3678ab said:

Oh I remember those days too lol ...

[snip]

Hair, bell bottom pants, rayon paisley shirts, fringed buckskin calf-length boots, the whole enchilada.

Catherine3678ab · November 15

Yup, and those bell bottom pants are a health hazard! "Had" to walk slowly and carefully or the 'bells' would wrap around the other leg and trip a person.

LeatherGryphon · November 15

Catherine3678ab said:

Yup, and those bell bottom pants are a health hazard! "Had" to walk slowly and carefully or the 'bells' would wrap around the other leg and trip a person.

Not to mention when riding a bicycle.

WinterMoon · November 16

LeatherGryphon said:

Catherine3678ab said:

Yup, and those bell bottom pants are a health hazard! "Had" to walk slowly and carefully or the 'bells' would wrap around the other leg and trip a person.

Not to mention when riding a bicycle.

Not bell bottoms, but those really wide-legged early 90s jeans got caught between the wheel and the what's-it-called-in-English, fork? once, when I was a kid, and threw me for an almost literal somersault over the handlebars. Lucky for me, I had a special talent for falling without sustaining any real injuries. I inherited it from my Dad. We're possibly part cat.

"Hair," though! That's some real childhood nostalgia. My Mom recorded it on VHS off TV one night, because she loved musicals. We had all of them: Fame, Grease, Annie, etc. I probably watched Hair 10 times with my best friend, who had a retro-crush (it was the 90s) on Treat Williams who plays Berger. We had debates over whether John Savage (Claude) was ugly or not. She said he was, I said he wasn't. Grease was my favourite, though. The music, anyway.

Catherine3678ab · November 17

Movies really do affect the lives of people. When Grease was playing in the theaters, afterwards there was a teenage gang jumping on top of people's car hoods and acting out ... {not their cars}.

In watching some of the um, "news" ... it came to mind this remedy presented in a sitcom. I sure hope everybody wasn't rushing out to try it, not exactly everybody's cup of tea, "bee tea"

In doing a little research, it would seem that "bee tea" has been in use as a remedy for various ailments at least since the days of the Pharaohs. Didn't find any modern day researched medical data to back up the claims though. However because of the habits of folk to repeat actions seen in film and screen, this might be a good time to mention that this particular "home remedy" really should be used with care as it "allegedly" can render a guy infertile, permanently.

Oh yes, Canada Post is on strike.

Catherine3678ab · 12:02AM

Friendly reminder for those considering getting a puppy soon, they grow up and as they grow they explore their world. They need unconditional love, some more so than others ;-)

https://youtube.com/shorts/9H59kxnZcn0?si=C_JuhhPyUailNX3n

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