tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post7236631935753142092..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: Prior Spaceflight Experience is a PlusAviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-89299465812926855692011-05-16T05:08:18.392+00:002011-05-16T05:08:18.392+00:00Q.Pheevr: Well there it is. I guessed it. From sta...<b>Q.Pheevr</b>: Well there it is. I guessed it. From stagecoach line to spaceline. Cool.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-58075362832838253772011-05-15T19:51:44.803+00:002011-05-15T19:51:44.803+00:00The OED's earliest citation for line in the se...The OED's earliest citation for <i>line</i> in the sense of "a regular succession of public conveyances plying between certain places" refers to stagecoaches; in January of 1786, the <i>Massachusetts Centinel</i> wrote about "the new arrangement ordered by Congress, for the more safe and regular conveyance of the Mails, by the line of stages."Q. Pheevrhttp://q-pheevr.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-44581885506032200742011-05-15T15:20:42.936+00:002011-05-15T15:20:42.936+00:00The first "lines" were probably stagecoa...The first "lines" were probably stagecoach lines, with the word referring to the series of stations from one end of a journey to the other. Each trip from one station to the next was a "stage" in the journey.Anoynmoushttp://anoynmous.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-78798870808682973242011-05-15T09:42:27.239+00:002011-05-15T09:42:27.239+00:00Railway line. You made "a line of rails"...Railway line. You made "a line of rails" by fixing the short lengths end to end so the horses could pull more and couldn't wander off course.<br /><br />Today's verification word is in Portugues.Cirrocumulushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11357630236254664430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-18895444731442165462011-05-14T15:10:59.825+00:002011-05-14T15:10:59.825+00:00Virgin Galactic shouldn't have a problem filli...Virgin Galactic shouldn't have a problem filling those job slots. How cool would that be to drop into a conversation:<br />"So, what do you do for a living...?" <br />"Oh, I get high."<br /><br />I recall when NASA posted real job openings for Space Shuttle jockeys. All the posts went to military pilots, but I knew sooner or later space flight would become something civilians would do. The pilots with the most supersonic flight time in the logbok are still those few lucky souls who flew the Concorde.<br /><br />Nice to know.Aluwingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16518739658424324739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-80504093264023745442011-05-14T06:25:03.282+00:002011-05-14T06:25:03.282+00:00Have you then considered this as your new line of ...Have you then considered this as your new line of work <a href="http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/06/06/lear_jet_repo_man" rel="nofollow">LearJet Repo Man</a>Milosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-59876057443626909772011-05-14T02:37:45.902+00:002011-05-14T02:37:45.902+00:00By the way, I didn't delete anyone's comme...By the way, I didn't delete anyone's comments (well except for that one guy who refuses to respect my request to stop including sunglasses ads in his comments). The blog host had a problem that resulted in a database rollback.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-64695390408237362522011-05-14T00:24:42.955+00:002011-05-14T00:24:42.955+00:00Need IT pilot with extensive experience in servers...<i>Need IT pilot with extensive experience in servers and software to help with our computer system and be in line to move up to be trained as first officer.</i><br /><br />Hmm, is that the same thing as a data pilot? Maybe I should apply. :)DataPilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11478857340951784073noreply@blogger.com