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celticeagle @celticeagle (189819) • Boise, Idaho 21 Feb

He always gets me to thinking odd and unusual thoughts. I quit drinking about 5 years ago. I decided the hangover was not something I wanted to die of. I want to die normally. My head hurting ain't it. But in listening to...

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nervous breakdown

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How did it get to be 6:30 !?!

Stacey @xstitcher (39011) • Petaluma, California 21 Sep

Actually, now it's 6:37 by my computer clock. I had lunch, did some reading, and have been working on a letter, and then I got up to get some water and I looked at the clock on the microwave and thought [i]"How did it get to be...

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The Parakeets are out

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11265) • United Kingdom 4 Jul

We have some wild parakeets living locally….I’m sure that there will be a collective name for them but im not sure what it is. Anyway, said parakeets are green in colour. There is usually a couple of dozen flying around together...

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Wife Will Fly Tuesday & Daughter Attracted Road Rage

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 19 May 24

Yes, she will fly the 350 miles (563K) to Boise, Idaho to visit her sister. Because there is no direct flight from our local airport, I will take the two hour drive Tuesday morning to Portland so she can get there without flying...

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Question of the Day- Your First Airplane Ride

DB @dgobucks226 (37621) 1 Mar 24

Do you remember your first airplane ride? I was about 7 years old when I traveled from New Jersey to North Carolina (U.S.) with my parents to see my grandad and grandma. They were on my mom's side of the family, and I also met...

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your first experience

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Airplanes Flying Overhead

Ruby Hawk @RubyHawk (99367) • Atlanta, Georgia 13 Sep 23

It’s much cooler here today. I went out early for a walk and didn’t break a sweat. Dobbins airplanes have been flying over all morning so low they seem to almost touch the tree tops. They are either testing airplanes or pilots are...

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Cloud nine dream moments

Ebenz @writerjo (2540) • India 2 Sep 23

Hello to all of you ! How are you doing ? I am fine . Today I went with my boss's daughter to drop her in exam centre in an Auto ( Three wheeled Vehicle, a public transport , Linked with Ola ) I visited to meet some business...

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A Visit From a Friend after 30+ years

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 10 Apr 23

In March, I wrote about my old co-worker who wanted to be pilot so much and ended up flying 747s for the last 30 years. When I got up Sunday morning, I had a message on FB that he wanted me to call him since he didn't have my...

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Maybe It's My Drone

Jim Bauer @porwest (112780) • United States 28 Mar 23

A couple of years ago my wife bought me a drone while she was out shopping. I had been wanting one for a while but didn't want to spring for one. Cheap me. It wasn't much. About $20 or so she paid for it. I opened it up, took it...

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A Dream Came True for a Friend

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 25 Mar 23

Many years ago, in the 1980s, interest rates were very high (up to 14%) and the real estate insurance business that I was a manager in was very slow. The board of directors I reported to was unhappy, so they fired me. I took a...

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Travails of Travel

DianneN @DianneN (254949) • United States 31 Jan 23

Last night, our son invited us over for dinner. He served spaghetti with Impossible sausage, a plant based product, since he’s a vegetarian. He grilled it, and it was delicious! It worked out well since we had zero food in our...

back in florida

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Interplanetary Bob is Helping Me Pack

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 3 Dec 22

This little guy is Interplanetary Bob. He's gone with me from classroom to classroom for a good number of years. This year he will be joining the missus and me on our trip to California to see our son graduate from Test Pilot...

travel

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west coast

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Home-made bread is the best

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Jul 22

My husband put his brother on the plane last night. The brother is bound for England and might think he is back in an Australian summer when he gets there. He had to empty his fridge before he went so we were lucky enough to get...

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About to take the plunge

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 19 Apr 22

This peacock was seen roaming around and he later flew up to the water tank and I watched him getting ready to take a plunge. From there he flew to the terrace. No matter how big they are. They fly so easily I have seen them...

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I love to fly

ElicBxn @ElicBxn (64169) • United States 30 Dec 21

I mean in a plane, and I'm not flying it, I'm just the attentive passenger. I think I can safely say that I took my first flight before I was two. I've had some long flights and some pretty short ones. I have never flown on a...

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airplanes

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My Wife was flying on 9/11/2001

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 3 Nov 21

We all remember that day when hijacked passenger planes crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. I was not flying that day but my wife, Anne, was. We didn't meet until a few years later. It...

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Anyone Flying to Visit Over the Holidays?

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 2 Nov 21

I was reading over the last few days about American Airlines and others canceling hundreds of flights each day due to bad weather and a shortage of employees. Passengers were stranded in many cases. Then too, there seem to...

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Fantastic Flight - I Love Flying (and other stories of my antics)

pumpkinjam @pumpkinjam (8876) • United Kingdom 23 May 21

Well hello to you. I do hope that you're all well. After not being able to do much for a while, we seem to have suddenly been caught in a glut of doing stuff all at once. Last Tuesday, my best friend came round with an early...

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Have you ever travel with an helicopter before and how was your experience ?

wildlittlefan @wildlittlefan (4680) • Hong Kong 6 Apr 21

Sometimes, I do think of flying in the sky but my dream has already fulfilled each time when I travel by plane. However, each time when I look at anyone who seems to have fun with the helicopter, I would love to try it as well. It...

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Date Poem: Thursday, November Fifth, Two Thousand And Twenty

Stacey @xstitcher (39011) • Petaluma, California 5 Nov 20

The day, sometimes, seems like it will Never end; each hour crawls by rather than Flying; but I Thank You Lord, That in each hour You help me do All of the things You want me To, whatever the speed time goes. © Stacey...

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