Posted Mon 16 Nov 2009 at 8:15 pm
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Our family members don't fly very often, but when we do, we assume that routine maintenance is being done and that issues reported by the flight crew are attended to right away. The first summer of our married life, I worked for United, cleaning the insides of commercial airplanes at the Detroit Metro Airport. I was surprised to be scolded one evening for attempting to tighten a screw on the back of a passenger seat in the cabin. My co-worker told me that if anyone from the union saw me do that, I would be in deep, dark trouble. I was to report the loose screw instead. Valuable lesson learned, without an official reprimand.
After my wife's recent flights to and from Detroit to see family there, I ran across something in my files that I knew I'd want to share with my readers, especially since so many will be traveling next week at Thanksgiving and then next month for Christmas. Below is an explanation of the title of today's blog post, followed by some squawks and replies.
A "squawk" is a report submitted by a pilot, indicating that a plane has a problem and/or needs maintenance of some sort. Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by US Air Force pilots and the replies from the maintenance crews. It sounds as if all the loose screws are not on passenger seats in the cabin. You've gotta love those witty maintenance crew members!
Before getting to the humor, here's an electronic version of a squawk log:
Squawk: "Left inside main tire almost needs replacement."
Reply: "Almost replaced left inside main tire."
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Posted Thu 12 Nov 2009 at 8:18 pm
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Some laws are so bizarre or dumb that you question whether they are real. In some cases these laws have been on the books for years, but life has changed so much that it seems as if certain laws need to be stricken from the books. At times it's seeing a sign (like the one on the right) or a hearing of a local regulation that gives cause to wonder. Some dumb laws are not old at all — new ones are being made all the time. Today's post highlights both old and new dumb laws.
My dad used to say, "Well, should we watch the 6:00 news and get indigestion or the 11:00 news and get insomnia?" As my wife and I ate dinner this evening, we had the news on the TV, which may not have been a good idea. There was a story about a school in Danvers, Massachusetts where the use of the word "meep" has recently been banned. I don't know all that went into making that ruling, but at first blush, it seems over the top to me. Any readers from that area might be able to enlighten us.
This got me to thinking about dumb laws. On a web site devoted to dumb laws, I found the following laws still on the books here in South Carolina:
Dumb Laws in South Carolina
By law, if a man promises to marry an unmarried woman, the marriage must take place.
Railroad companies may be held liable in some instances for scaring horses.
Horses may not be kept in bathtubs.
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Posted Wed 11 Nov 2009 at 7:27 am
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A huge thank you to each man and woman who has served or is currently serving our nation in the military!
For those of you in the Greenville area, please remember to go by the Campus Store today at BJU to check out our campus son's book Inherited Freedom and to meet the author, Tim Drake. Tell him I sent you. 
Posted Mon 9 Nov 2009 at 5:37 pm
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I greatly enjoy pictures where, whether by contrivance or by serendipity, elements in the picture line up to create a humorous effect. I've done several other posts with such pictures — Can We Believe What We See? and Perspectives.
Today I'm posting some more pictures that have come my way.
These poor people just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time when their pictures were snapped.
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Posted Thu 5 Nov 2009 at 3:41 pm
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What do you think of first when you hear the word apology? Most of us probably think of the expression of regret and asking for forgiveness. I've heard or read the word apology several times this week, but in each case it's been the other kind of apology — the formal justification or defense. Strangely enough, both come from the Greek word apologia, meaning a speaking in defense. I'll discuss both of those in this blog post.
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