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Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <It's a good thing we no longer have keelboats or canoes because who knows what kind of tragedies lousy CMs like yourself could have caused.> <Disney likely averted 3,000 deaths by removing those attractions, so I almost think you should be given an award for your incompetence.> Thanks Spirit. You really do jump to odd conclusions, I must say.
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Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I'll be waiting.>> I'll try not to disappoint. But I do need stupidity to respond to ... or even intelligent posts that can happen too! <<We are supposed to get to around 29 tomorrow night (in Orlando). Brrr. 77/78 is a good temp for me - inside and outside. >> Yeah. I love how some folks who don't live in Florida think that it can't be frigid here. I'd hate to be starting a 3-4 day vacation here now. 29 is cold whether it is here or New Jersey.
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Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<But hey, you came in and took your shot, so go run back to your closet now.>> Wow. You're sinking to new lows in the personal attack front, Spirit.
Originally Posted By nbodyhome >> Yeah. I love how some folks who don't live in Florida think that it can't be frigid here. I'd hate to be starting a 3-4 day vacation here now. 29 is cold whether it is here or New Jersey. << Well, it doesn't happen often. But I know someone who was here from the UK (they left last week) and went to Discovery Cove on a day that it was in the 40's as a low (and the high was maybe in the 50's). That would have been difficult for me. Bundling up in the park, that is okay. Jacuzzi tubs are quite something when you are in them, and get out to 30-some odd degree temps.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <Jim, that post was sarcasm.> Yeah. I guess for me, sarcasm only works when it's funny. Or ironic. Or something. Your post, in response to my true-to-life adventure story, seemed like a dismissal.
Originally Posted By nbodyhome >> also recall being at BW a few years ago when someone slammed a Friendship right into and under the dock doing quite a bit of damage to the boat. << Yes, I remember you IMing me on that one. There are times when it's windy out, or some other weather issue - and it doesn't feel safe to me to have one person in charge of a boat. Not too long ago I had a really speedy boat driver, definitely not slowing down much in the slow-boating zones. I don't know what that was about.
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy << It's an obvious thing that having an extra CM is going to add safety. Just like having 2-3 pilots in a cockpit make flights safer. Would you like to be on a 737 with one person upfront? >> Considering that most planes are flown on auto-pilot these days, and even the landings are largely controlled by computer, I wouldn't mind in the least if they got rid of all the co-pilots. They don't make a bit of difference. Does it make you nervous to ride in a bus that doesn't have an extra driver for safety?
Originally Posted By nbodyhome I like having a co-pilot. If a bus driver has a heart attack, it is fairly likely that someone can go and hit the brake (or drive the bus to safety). If a pilot had a heart attack, stroke, or fell asleep in flight? Someone still needs to bring that plane down.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Hey, I worked on the Jungle Cruise in the summer of 86, and a skipper rammed into another boat so hard that it flipped the boat that he ran into right up onto the dock. A friend of mine worked the Omnibus on Main Street -- early morning shift. Was driving back from the Castle stop -- feel asleep at the wheel -- and woke up as he was running over the curb near The Emporium. Both these stories were back in 'the good old days.'
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy << If a pilot had a heart attack, stroke, or fell asleep in flight? Someone still needs to bring that plane down. >> The secret that the pilots' union doesn't want you to know is that it can all be controlled remotely by computer these days. There's very little reason to have someone in the copilots' seat.
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Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <The secret that the pilots' union doesn't want you to know is that it can all be controlled remotely by computer these days.> What? So no more Karen Black screaming into the two way radio that 'there's no one to fly the plane!!!'??
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Bundling up in the park, that is okay. Jacuzzi tubs are quite something when you are in them, and get out to 30-some odd degree temps. >> You think 30 degrees is bad ... our resident Minnesotan, Roadtrip, loves using his in the cold, snowy, northern winter. I'm sure it feels good when you're in the water, but when you get out ... ouch!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Yeah. I guess for me, sarcasm only works when it's funny. Or ironic. Or something.>> Sorry, I can't be 'on' 24/7. I promise to try harder next time. <<Your post, in response to my true-to-life adventure story, seemed like a dismissal.>> I didn't intend that, but it seems like my threads often take on a life of their own and spread into so many tangents. I understood your situation and appreciate it. There will always be unforseen situations in the real world. It appears you handled yours in a commendable fashion. Everyone doesn't do likewise. There are also circumstances of pure incompetence/negligance and it sounds to me like that is what happened to my pal. If it wasn't, I'll tell him and tell you guys otherwise. But if the kid was clueless and caused the situation, I'll do that as well. I'd also say here that I, personally, would feel more comfortable with someone older being my captain. Just like I'd rather have a surgeon or pilot etc ... that is in their 40s or 50s or 60s and has loads of experience, including when the unexpected happens.
