On 18 Oct 2006 01:26:12 -0700, "Neil Williams"
mangled uncounted electrons thus:
>DevilsPGD wrote:
>> In message <453430ba@news.rivernet.com.au> "glenn P"
>> wrote:
>>
>> >I disagree. I've also dated someone "like that", and it's like a pressure
>> >cooker simmering until that is, the engines spool up......
>>
>> Yeah I guess that's fair, it probably just depends on the person.
>
>It's a good point. I used to be pretty scared of flying (though not to
>the point where I would avoid going somewhere if flying was the only
>feasible way to get there, though I would choose other feasible modes
>of transport in preference, as I really like train/sea travel), and the
>point where I would really take a deep breath was just as you start
>down the runway.
>
>My way out of it was to teach myself to enjoy the adrenaline rush of
>takeoff, and to find out enough about flight to be happy with how it
>works and how safe it actually is, and now I'm flying twice a week on
>business and generally enjoying the experience.
Now *that*, in the present climate of security
paranoia, is simply amazing!
Martin D. Pay
For me, flying is now about as much fun as traveling on that hot,
overcrowded, late-running commuter train to work each morning...
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