Adventures of an Aviatrix, in which a pilot travels the skies and the treacherous career path of Canadian commercial aviation, gaining knowledge and experience without losing her step, her licence, or her sense of humour.
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Saturday, September 10, 2005
In a Nutshell
"You know so much about so many useless things -- but so many useful things, too."
That's a comment addressed to me, from a flight dispatcher. For me, it's probably the perfect answer to "tell me about yourself."
I frequently rotate a description of myself that resembles the comment from your dispatcher when I'm asked what I do. Other ones I use is "I operate kerosene-burning dog whistles," and "I operate a machine that turns dinosaurs into noise."
That usually gets them turning on their heels pretty quickly.
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Uh oh. The spambots are zeroing in on Aviatrix. Time to turn on word verification.
ReplyDeleteCareful Aviatrix. You have pulled Spam wise and dispatcher wise;-)
ReplyDeleteYeah. I'll give it a week and if I get any more spam, I'll turn on the word verification.
ReplyDeleteLOL at Lord Hutton's "pulling" comment.
ReplyDeleteI frequently rotate a description of myself that resembles the comment from your dispatcher when I'm asked what I do. Other ones I use is "I operate kerosene-burning dog whistles," and "I operate a machine that turns dinosaurs into noise."
That usually gets them turning on their heels pretty quickly.