Words of wisdom we've heard over Airline PA systems 18

[SantaMufasa]

I got such a laugh out of Golom's post in the "Speed vs. Velocity" thread:

In a few minutes we will be landing in <pick your favorite third-world city>
Please set your watches back 2,000 years.

...that I thought we needed to give some "air time" to other airline gems, without hijacking the other thread. One of my favourites:

"...Should we experience a sudden loss of cabin pressure, oxygen masks will appear above your head. Place the mask over your nose and mouth, and breathe normally. If you normally do not breathe normally, then breathe as you normally would when you normally do not breathe normally.

What others have you heard?


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[KenCunningham]

Good thinking, Batman!

 

[Lunatic]

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MCuthill

Do you listen to Car Talk with Click and Clack the Tappet brothers on NPR? They're a couple of old foggies that have worked on cars for decades and take people's questions.

On of my favorites was a guy calling in and asking if he should speed up in his GeoMetro (sytrofoam box with wheels) if an accident with a semi was unavoidable.

His logic (if you can call it that) was he had heard that things with less mass can survive an impact with things with more mass if they are travelling faster than the larger mass object.

Well 3 or 4 minutes later when they stopped laughing, Click and Clack informed him that unless he could go from 30 to 186,000 (speed of light) in less than 1 second, he should not speed up.

For any of you stateside... I would recommend Car Talk on NPR, its well worth it!
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[AnotherHiggins]

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Lunatic,

Not to nitpick, but the car is probably going 30 mile per hour. Light travels at 186,000 miles per second.

Still funny, though.

I love Click and Clack.

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[SantaMufasa]

John, I'll bet that if somehow the Geo Metro could jump from 30 to 180,000 MPH (instead of MPSec) in 1 second, that &quot;Metro Man&quot; could still avoid the accident. &lt;grin&gt;...but, of course, since Metro brakes are not that great, he'd probably end up in a ditch for not making the curve that he would soon encounter (at 186,000 MPH). &lt;more grins&gt;

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[MallardVHS]

So, er, where does my pickemuptruck fit into all this?

How do I Dodge the big Ram? Cry slurs? I actually WANT some WRECKLESS driving!

Ol' Loch Ness mighta been a Fjord Ranger, but she ne'er got caught. Monster Trucks indeed.

Knee sons and Toy Yodas. Talk about a shin-dig, where Ankle Sam wasn't invited.

GMmee a brake.
Don [confused]



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[KornGeek]

Well, if the guy in the Metro were to be hit from behind by the semi, speeding up would reduce the difference in their speeds, thus making the force of the collision less. Of course, that is probably offset by the fact that he will likley lose control of the vehicle and be travelling at a higher rate of speed when he collides with something else.

Bottom line, you should avoid getting hit. Especially by a semi. Especially especially if you're driving a Metro.

 

[pinkgecko]

Just duck, speed up, and go right under it. I attempted to fit my Corolla under a semi once. Almost made it...

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[AnotherHiggins]

A buddy in college drove a Ford Festiva

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We called it the roller skate.


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[Welshbird]

when I was lots younger my Mum (as her second only car) drove a Fiat 126

which we used to call a 'tonka toy' as it was in a really plastic-looking yellow colour.

It had a small lever underneath the back seat which controlled the heating. On one memorable occasion my Mum was giving our Curate a lift home, and tried to turn the heating on to warm the car a little. He was very concerned that one of his parishoners was trying to 'feel up' his leg...

Fee

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[Lunatic]

Willif,

I think I've seen Pow-Pow-Powerwheels! that are bigger ;p

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=powerwheels&gbv=2

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[gbaughma]

My favorite care was my Fiero (actual pic)

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[kjv1611]

I always thought the Fieros looked pretty cool. When I was first driving, my dad took me to try one of these out, and it happened to be raining. That car seemed to handle horribly in the rain. Don't know if it was just that one, or if it was the car design.

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[gbaughma]

Nah... that car HUGGED the road.

In fact, I had heard a story (unverified) about a guy who took a corner so sharply in a Fiero, that it rolled the tires off of the rims (broke the bead).

That car handled great; it didn't have a lot of go off of the line, but it would out-maneuver just about anything out there.

But you felt like you were going to drag your bum on the road when you drove it. hehe



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[SantaMufasa]

My son-in-law knows why they call it "Fiero"...his burst into flames on I-15 south of Salt Lake City and it took about 4 minutes to become fully engulfed.

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[kjv1611]

Oooo, now THAT'S a fiery Fiero!

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[MallardVHS]

True [red]Pondiacs[/red] never burst into flames. It's just so "unlakely."

don bob walt

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[CajunCenturion]

There was a time when this thread was flying high, but now, it's been driven into the ground.


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[MallardVHS]

sorry, Cajun, I just recalled that Pondiac used to make a veekle named "Firebird." Ironic, i THink.

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[SantaMufasa]

Cajun is an excellent "conscience" for this forum and this thread. I'm hoping that our posts can stay on track for "Words of wisdom we've heard over Airline PA systems"

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[gbaughma]

The fiero did have some major manufacturing issues.

In fact, mine was one that was recalled for new push-rods.

In 1984, the first year that they were made, they had a batch of bad push rods (like 40%!!!!) that made it into vehicles.

Additionally, the car had an electric cooling fan on the radiator in the front (the engine is in the back), and someone on the assembly line made a whole batch of them with the fans on backwards; so they were trying to blow forward against the wind.

The third problem (which is actually a design flaw) is that since the radiator is lower than the engine, if you leak coolant or change it improperly, you would get an air bubble between the #2 and #3 cylinder, cauing the heads to almost immediately warp. To do a coolant change properly on the car, you needed to "backflush" it to get the air bubble out before starting it.

As far as the design and shape of the car, it is a tubular steel construction with steel plates, wrapped with the plastic "shape". While this design never rusted, and looked nice, and was easy to take care of, since the exterior was plastic, combine that with a blown push rod or warped head, and they pretty much burned to the ground. :-(

And now you know.

However, they did make a few convertables, and several "kits", that allowed you to unbolt the plastic body, and replace it with a different one. Pictures at

http://www.fiero.org

Just my 2¢
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