Non-football related stuff that really makes your day

[MiamiTreo3]

Hey bimmer,

There's something on the wing. Some..thing on the wing!

[Delmas26]

Hey bimmer,

There's something on the wing. Some..thing on the wing!

"It was lightning. At first I thought it was animal. Some kind of bird or something. But it was a man! There were flames coming out of the engine, and a flash of smoke. Maybe it was a technician who was caught on the side of the plane when it took off. How could he survive out there? The air's so thin, the blast of the wind. It's so cold."


^What Bimmer may look like on an airplane.

[CGVT]

The original with Shatner was better...

[MiamiTreo3]

The original with Shatner was better...

That was who i was tryin to imitate. Guess i didnt pull it off!

[CGVT]

No, you pulled it off and sent two of us looking for pictures to illustrate...

[Delmas26]

The original with Shatner was better...

I can agree with that. Just showing my "youth".

[bimmer84]

It's all lost on me boys... I watch movies and promptly forget 'em! Wifey on the other hand remembers movies in great detail even though she hasn't seen them for a decade. She amazes me.

[CGVT]

Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" is a 1963 episode of the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_television"]American television[/ame] anthology series The Twilight Zone, based on the short story of the same name by [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Matheson"]Richard Matheson[/ame].Contents

Opening narration

“Portrait of a frightened man: Mr. Robert Wilson, thirty-seven, husband, father, and salesman on sick leave. Mr. Wilson has just been discharged from a sanitarium where he spent the last six months recovering from a nervous breakdown, the onset of which took place on an evening not dissimilar to this one, on an airliner very much like the one in which Mr. Wilson is about to be flown home - the difference being that, on that evening half a year ago, Mr. Wilson's flight was terminated by the onslaught of his mental breakdown. Tonight, he's traveling all the way to his appointed destination, which, contrary to Mr. Wilson's plan, happens to be in the darkest corner of the Twilight Zone.”
Plot summary

Bob Wilson ([ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shatner"]William Shatner[/ame]) is a salesman on an airplane for the first time since his [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nervous_breakdown"]nervous breakdown[/ame] six months ago. He spots a [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlin"]gremlin[/ame] on the wing of the plane. Every time someone else looks out the window, the gremlin leaps out of view, so nobody believes Bob's seemingly outlandish claim. Bob realizes that his wife is starting to think he needs to go back to the sanitarium, but also, if nothing is done about the gremlin, it will damage the plane and cause it to crash. Bob steals a sleeping policeman's [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolver"]revolver[/ame], and opens the window marked "Auxiliary Exit" to shoot the gremlin, succeeding despite the fact that he is nearly blown out of the plane himself. Once the plane has landed, although he is whisked away in a [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straitjacket"]straitjacket[/ame], there is evidence of his claims: the unusual damage to the plane's engine [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacelle"]nacelle[/ame] — yet to be discovered by mechanics — that presumably can only be explained as caused by something that clawed at the structure's airframe.
Closing narration

“The flight of Mr. Robert Wilson has ended now, a flight not only from point A to point B, but also from the fear of recurring mental breakdown. Mr. Wilson has that fear no longer, though, for the moment, he is, as he said, alone in this assurance. Happily, his conviction will not remain isolated too much longer, for happily, tangible manifestation is very often left as evidence of trespass, even from so intangible a quarter as the Twilight Zone.

[bimmer84]

Thanks CG. Ahh, Twilight Zone. I saw a little of that series. Didn't watch much TV as a kid.

[YT]

I loved the original Twilight Zone. And the 2 remakes (80's and early 00's) were pretty good too.

I guess because the remakes re-told some of the stories from the original.

[Sweatpants Murphy]

It's all lost on me boys... I watch movies and promptly forget 'em! Wifey on the other hand remembers movies in great detail even though she hasn't seen them for a decade. She amazes me.

I tend to forget 90% of the movie, but remember some short little moments with no real connection to the plot that I'll throw out in everyday situations

[-Deborah-]

I am the same way.

But that Twilight Zone episode is a classic.

[FVD]

So most of my time in the Poker Room at the MGM Grand this week was spent at the $2/$4 limit hold'em table, but after having a good night on table games at Excalibur (I made a $200 profit on Crazy 4 Poker and Casino War (lol)) I decided to try my hand at $1/$2 No Limit Hold'em.

I've been doing good at the $2/$4 Limit game, grinding for the most part but averaging a $50 profit per session. Its really built up my confidence in my game overall.

So I sat in for $200, didn't see shit forever, then won a decent pot with A6 hearts, made a flush on the turn, then a while later I caught AJ suited. I raised to $12 preflop and flopped trip jacks. I was first to act, checked and smooth called a $20 bet. Checked the turn, she bet $45. I min raised to $90 and she called. I then went all in on the river and she called that too. I turned over the AJ and she mucked, I won a $450+ pot. I won a couple other pots after that and walked out of there with over $500! Yahtzee!

[-Deborah-]

Nice!!!

[bimmer84]

Bravo!