Skip to content
Liquid Egg Product

Liquid Egg Product

  • Home
  • Grilled Cheese
  • The other jumpseat

The other jumpseat

Posted on May 13, 2008 By Liquid Egg Product 16 Comments on The other jumpseat
Grilled Cheese, In the News, Uncomfortability, Weaksauce Losers
The Other Jumpseat

An airline passenger discovers there is no joy in being assigned the “other” jumpseat. (Story)

Than Shwe, you held your sham vote instead of helping millions of your cyclone victims. Grats. (Story)

Bank tellers tend to get a little suspicious when you start throwing around 360 billion dollar checks. (Story)


My exercise habits have been very poor. This morning, I discovered I now run a 13 minute mile.

A 13 minute mile.

Now maybe in 30 years, that’ll be something to be proud of. But I used to be able to run one under 7. Nowadays, if you stick me in a race with the 38-ish chessloser and 50-something Polly, they’d be breezing through like a couple of Olympians to the finish line while the crowd starts mocking me as I’m only halfway through, wheezing and gasping.

Post navigation

❮ Previous Post: Happy Mouther Day
Next Post: Eulogy for Edwin ❯

16 thoughts on “The other jumpseat”

  1. Chessaholic says:
    May 13, 2008 at 12:54 pm

    Hahaha gotta love the 360 billion dollar check story… Maybe he should’ve tried 360 million instead, I’m sure that would’ve been much less suspicious.

    Reply
  2. Tacticus Maximus says:
    May 13, 2008 at 1:08 pm
    Reply
  3. Tacticus Maximus says:
    May 13, 2008 at 1:09 pm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0bjMnGQDt8

    Reply
  4. chessloser says:
    May 13, 2008 at 3:19 pm

    no matter how out of shape you think you are in, go down to your local more-than-all-you-can-eat buffet and watch the cattle graze. they can’t even walk a mile, much less walk one in 14 minutes.

    Reply
  5. David K, Seattle says:
    May 13, 2008 at 4:03 pm

    i never thought the day would come that i could accuse another person of having an OCD, but you got some kind of fixation on the airline industry, or your living where you do connected to some major company?? πŸ™‚ maybe it is THEY who has an OCD. its called keeping the public safe, at all cost. see reAssemblers post on Prison Walls, one two posts back, was it?

    Reply
  6. tanc (happyhippo) says:
    May 13, 2008 at 5:55 pm

    You’re out of shape? You should see the horde at a typical day at McDonalds near my place. If those fellas entered the Biggest Loser, Bob and Gillian would’ve kicked them back out of the house.

    Look on the bright side, a 13 minute mile isn’t that bad…… Roger Bannister could only pass you twice. πŸ˜‰

    Reply
  7. annie says:
    May 13, 2008 at 8:45 pm

    a 13 minute mile? bravo! I remember in high school we’d get A’s for running 7 minute miles. a 13 min mile would have been a C. I always hated PE.

    You are actually quite buff. At least your waist doesn’t look like a muffin top. πŸ™‚

    Reply
  8. Derek Slater says:
    May 13, 2008 at 11:29 pm

    Donnie – this is your future self speaking – ignore all the positive comments here and GET SOME EXERCISE. 40 comes early ’round here and it takes no prisoners.

    (- signed, the guy sitting motionless in front of his computer at 11:30pm)

    Reply
  9. Polly says:
    May 13, 2008 at 11:35 pm

    When I was training for the marathon in Spain that I crapped out of, I was running 13 minute miles. I suck at running now. Fortunately I still can bike, walk and I’m doing my Tae Kwon Do. I used to be able to run 7:30 miles, but that’s ancient history. Now I’m happy to be able to walk at 15:00 pace. Exercise in any form is better then totally packing it in.

    Reply
  10. Donnie says:
    May 14, 2008 at 11:23 am

    @Chessaholic: Why cash a check for billions when you can cash a check for…millions?

    @Tacticus: Paul Simon! Am I the only one who prefers his solo stuff over the S&G stuff?

    @chessloser: There’s nothing more rewarding than being able to lord mediocrity over those who are bottom-feeders.

    @David K: OCD? LOL. Well, not yet…I work for an airline so I do have some interest in keeping up with the industry.

    @tanc: What a great way to shoot for a goal. “As of today, Bannister can only lap me ___ times.” Inspirational!

    @annie: Buff? Unless you’re referring to my skin color…not so much. Although I am thin enough to have made this accidental discovery: if I twist my torso just right, it looks like I have a six-pack.

    @Derek: I’m calling you out on the being motionless part. You probably moved your fingers to type the comment.

    @Polly: OK, this is motivating. I want to do a marathon now. And actually be faster than you. πŸ˜‰

    Reply
  11. Tacticus Maximus says:
    May 15, 2008 at 10:04 am

    Me? A Paul Simon fan? Well, maybe. Mostly just call him Simon. I think he looks a lot like his grandpa — a five time world champion.

    Reply
  12. Tacticus Maximus says:
    May 17, 2008 at 10:43 am

    Donnie — you are a programmer and work for an airline? Interesting. I used to do development and consulting for the airline and travel industries…

    Reply
  13. Donnie says:
    May 17, 2008 at 12:35 pm

    Yes, but I don’t do very much programming now, maybe 10-15% of the time.

    Which airlines have you done work for?

    Reply
  14. The Mascot says:
    May 17, 2008 at 4:04 pm

    You are actually quite buff. At least your waist doesn’t look like a muffin top.

    You’re thinking of the wrong guy. That’s me, not Donnie.

    Reply
  15. Tacticus Maximus says:
    May 17, 2008 at 5:15 pm

    I developed the first PC based reservation system in 1984 and did some consulting on same with AA/Sabre. I consulted for SATO, Inc. and SATO Overseas on reservation and accounting systems. We also did some work for EDS which was operating one of the ACH for ATA.

    Reply
  16. Donnie says:
    May 17, 2008 at 10:26 pm

    The first PC reservation system? By yourself? Dadgum.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recent Posts

  • 2020 was so bad, we didn’t make a single post
  • Monday Fighter!
  • King Safety
  • So, no rematch?
  • Estimate how much this cost

Recent Comments

  • Q on 2020 was so bad, we didn’t make a single post
  • annie on 2020 was so bad, we didn’t make a single post
  • annie on One could argue he’d make a poor preacher
  • annie on Monday Fighter!
  • Q on Monday Fighter!

Archives

  • January 2021
  • February 2019
  • November 2018
  • September 2018
  • June 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • March 2016
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • November 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • December 2011
  • November 2011
  • October 2011
  • September 2011
  • August 2011
  • July 2011
  • June 2011
  • May 2011
  • April 2011
  • March 2011
  • February 2011
  • January 2011
  • December 2010
  • November 2010
  • October 2010
  • September 2010
  • August 2010
  • July 2010
  • June 2010
  • May 2010
  • April 2010
  • March 2010
  • February 2010
  • January 2010
  • December 2009
  • November 2009
  • October 2009
  • September 2009
  • August 2009
  • July 2009
  • June 2009
  • May 2009
  • April 2009
  • March 2009
  • February 2009
  • January 2009
  • December 2008
  • November 2008
  • October 2008
  • September 2008
  • August 2008
  • July 2008
  • June 2008
  • May 2008
  • April 2008
  • March 2008
  • February 2008
  • January 2008
  • December 2007
  • November 2007
  • October 2007
  • September 2007
  • August 2007
  • July 2007
  • June 2007
  • May 2007

Categories

  • Babes & Alleged Babes
  • Bad Ads
  • Bad Movie Night
  • Blog News
  • Burning Agony
  • CG
  • Chess
  • Computer-fu
  • Corridors & Creatures
  • Eggony
  • Eggs Vs Humans
  • Entertainment
  • Gaming
  • Grilled Cheese
  • History
  • In the News
  • Mascot for President
  • Mathematics
  • Monday Fighter!
  • North Korea
  • Patently Ineffective
  • Random
  • Religion
  • Science/Technology
  • Snake Oil
  • Sports
  • Tournament of Lepers
  • Uncategorized
  • Uncomfortability
  • Weaksauce Losers

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Copyright © 2021 Liquid Egg Product.

Theme: Oceanly by ScriptsTown