MLT Club Member Jung Roe
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Hi Jurgen, that video cam with the eagle is amazing. Interesting how they are so efficient, rarely flapping their wings, but using the air current to their advantage and gliding. Those ravens are pretty smart working together in packs, didn’t know they could threaten an eagle like that.
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Hi Daryl
Thanks for sharing the story about your friend with MS. I hope you both get to jam together on the guitar. It is so hard when people close to you get ill with a disease that is not curable. All you can do is be there for them.
A few years ago I had a scare with my vision, got up one morning and everything was blurry, so went to emergency. It was scary when the eye specialist could not explain what was happening, and just sent me home with a bunch of special eye drops. For the few days I was down at home and couldn’t do anything, all I wanted was my normal life back, the going to work, the daily grind I use to call it, looked so incredibly good from that perspective. A few days later my sight returned to normal, complications due to dry eyes. That first day when my eye sight was back to normal, I went for a walk, and never felt so wonderful to see the blue sky and beautiful fluffy clouds. Reminded me not to waste my time and all that I was taking for granted and truly appreciate every thing I have, even the most mundane things. When covid hit, it reminded me again of that feeling, how good life really is until your freedom to just be able to go to Starbucks and enjoy a Caramel Machiatto, is suddenly taken away.
Franz Schubert is another great composer who suffered from a big illness, extreme manic depression like Van Gogh, but in his short life (lived to 31), continued to create his music that would stand as some of the greatest in history. Michael J Fox was hit with Parkinson’s in 1998, and yet continued to act and appear in sitcoms and movies for decades, retiring in 2020.
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So incredibly moving…Vincent, This world was never meant for one
As beautiful as you…
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Jurgen, I never knew George Harrison feared flying. That was a nice video and catchy song too, and was that George using John’s head as an ash tray? 😜 Ringo looked shocked too!
I don’t ever recall flying to be that luxurious in my time, although I recall in the 90s and 2000’s I flew quite a few times back and forth between Vancouver and Toronto on business, and flying was quite nice with nice hot meal served, and a movie too. It was an enjoyable time, unlike nowadays where flights are so spartan, all those as low as you can go price wars from the economy airlines killed the little luxury there was in flying. You’re lucky to get a couple of biscuits and a coffee. The longer International flights were still good with some amenities the last time I flew across the Pacific in 2017.
Flying reminded me of this little Bee Gees gem.
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Apparently in Wales there is a place called the Mach Loop that photographers can go to see military training planes doing low flybys through a valley. Sounds like a wonderful place to go with your camera. Looks a lot more interesting than hanging out at your local airport landing strip.
“The Mach Loop (also known as the Machynlleth Loop) is a series of valleys in the United Kingdom in west-central Wales, notable for their use as low-level training areas for fast aircraft. The system of valleys lies 13 km (8 mi) east of Barmouth between the towns of Dolgellau to the north and Machynlleth to the south, from the latter of which it takes its name. The Mach Loop is among the few places in the world where photographers can see combat aircraft flying below them.[5] One popular viewing point is the carpark located on the site of Llyn y Tri Greyenyn.”
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I think Jurgen the argument that times are tough and we can’t offer the level of flight service we once did might work for a while, but the reality is when economy improves and the airlines are back at record profits, if they got away with saving costs by cutting back services to increase their profits more, and the public is not complaining with the spartan service that they got use to, they will just let it ride and continue the poor service. That is what has happened.
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Interesting video Jurgen. I didn’t know the current 737s have been produced since the 60s.
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Hi Jeannette
As always, so eloquently stated! Thank you.
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Also nice singing of Fly Me To The Moon by Julie London, thanks for that.
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Hi Jurgen
Yeah sometimes life just pulls you in many different ways and some dreams get lost along the way. It would be great to learn to fly, maybe at this point in my life, sky diving with the help of a trainer might be more realistic, MJ is certainly up for doing that thrill. Not sure what the requirements are now to learn to fly in Canada. Never say never. Thanks for sharing Sandra’s story about her getting her pilots license, that is inspiring, and kudos to her. Do you get to go up flying with her often?
What a great present from your parents with that flying experience right up there next to the pilot. A small engine plane gives another kind of more connected to the sky experience I think compared to sitting in a sealed jet airliner. I mentioned previously here about the float plane ride I took earlier in the spring that was really fun being able to sit right behind the pilot and his cockpit. I can never get enough of flying, it is always so thrilling.
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I liked Battlestar Galactica, I thought it was a great off shoot of Star Wars. Was sad when the networks cancelled Battlestar Galactica because of the Star Wars copyright lawsuit against Battlestar Galactica that won out. Another big SciFi movie of the late 70s that came out after Star Wars was Alien. Loved the scene of the guy searching for his cute tabby cat in the spacecraft, only to encounter a much bigger and more vicious creature than he bargained for.
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The only other time before Star Wars I got that seat of the pants thrill ride like you are flying was in the cockpit of Steve McQueen 68 Stang, where this slow green beatle keeps popping up.
https://youtu.be/no7XR7s8Z7o?t=69
Sorry, I digress but couldn’t get this scene out of my head after watching the Star Wars trench scene.
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Thomas,
Niice one, one of Steve Millers best. 👍
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Hi Roger
Richard Wagner wrote that piece in 1854, before any person ever flew, but he captured the feel of flight in music, which is impressive. The video is interesting with images of princes and Greek gods on horses in the sky that fit with the music, and then suddenly in one scene you see flying saucers!
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Hi David
Oh yeah I remember that opening scene you see Leah’s fairly large space craft, and then you feel dwarfed by that massive spacecraft chasing it. Never seen anything like it on the screen before, and it became one of Star Wars signature effects. It was a revolutionary movie in space effects and space craft, that looked and felt so real. And what a climactic ending. I don’t think any theater did not fill up with the sound of cheers and clapping like in Star Wars at the end. The only other time I recall that kind of cheering was when Sheriff Brody blows up the giant shark in Jaws at the end. 😁🦈
