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Flight Training 01 2016-05-06
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Re: Flight Training 01 2016-05-06
You know that light at the end of the tunnel?
Yeah... it's a bullet. Sorry.
Yeah... it's a bullet. Sorry.
Re: Flight Training 01 2016-05-06
I'm thinking, if Ellen where to draw her wings in tight, that Atsali could land the both of them safely- or visa/versa.
2ndly0 It's a very good assumption, re: mythological flying beings, that they don't actually fly by force of flapping wings but rather fly independently of them, using wings (and tail) for maneuverings and fine guidance.
PS- the likely scenario, based on the text, is that Atsali, upside-down as she was, was to keep flying on the straight and narrow, letting Ellen do the approaching. Seeing the baton, it seems Atsali 'went for it', after all; "It's Just Right There!", and 'boom'...
2ndly0 It's a very good assumption, re: mythological flying beings, that they don't actually fly by force of flapping wings but rather fly independently of them, using wings (and tail) for maneuverings and fine guidance.
PS- the likely scenario, based on the text, is that Atsali, upside-down as she was, was to keep flying on the straight and narrow, letting Ellen do the approaching. Seeing the baton, it seems Atsali 'went for it', after all; "It's Just Right There!", and 'boom'...
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Re: Flight Training 01 2016-05-06
Should not the coach be able to fly? Doesn't seem as if she could get a proper view of what is going on stuck on the ground. Nor can she properly demonstrate technique. It's like a flying instructor in the human world who has never actually flown a plane. Nor does he fly with his students in a dual control aircraft. At the least it seems there should be assistant coaches in the air to do their guidance thing right at the action just like assistant coaches in human sports. Generally speaking, any coach should have had some actual experience at the sport he/she is coaching.
Oh, I almost forgot. If Atsali doesn't right herself before touchdown, there will most certainly be a crack up. Someone had to say it.
Oh, I almost forgot. If Atsali doesn't right herself before touchdown, there will most certainly be a crack up. Someone had to say it.
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Re: Flight Training 01 2016-05-06
Ah... oh... yeah...no...KnightDelight wrote:Should not the coach be able to fly? Doesn't seem as if she could get a proper view of what is going on stuck on the ground. Nor can she properly demonstrate technique. It's like a flying instructor in the human world who has never actually flown a plane. Nor does he fly with his students in a dual control aircraft. At the least it seems there should be assistant coaches in the air to do their guidance thing right at the action just like assistant coaches in human sports. Generally speaking, any coach should have had some actual experience at the sport he/she is coaching.
Oh, I almost forgot. If Atsali doesn't right herself before touchdown, there will most certainly be a crack up. Someone had to say it.
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Re: Flight Training 01 2016-05-06
It is not against the rules, but passing the baton becomes... tricky...Catawampus wrote:Is it against the rules for Atsali to carry the baton in the same way that she carries cookies and phones and remote controls?
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Re: Flight Training 01 2016-05-06
Ever take a look at some of the schlubs who coach college basketball?KnightDelight wrote:Should not the coach be able to fly? Doesn't seem as if she could get a proper view of what is going on stuck on the ground. Nor can she properly demonstrate technique
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Re: Flight Training 01 2016-05-06
Go go Atsali, yeah!Hansontoons wrote: oh no, there goes Tokyo!
hmmm... doesn't quite sound the same though, you think?
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Re: Flight Training 01 2016-05-06
The High School and Jr. High School coaches where I attended, the male coaches were either extra buff or a beer gut like they were carrying twins...AnotherFairportfan wrote:Ever take a look at some of the schlubs who coach college basketball?KnightDelight wrote:Should not the coach be able to fly? Doesn't seem as if she could get a proper view of what is going on stuck on the ground. Nor can she properly demonstrate technique
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Re: Flight Training 01 2016-05-06
Ours was both . . . very fit, and shaped like a barrel. He looked like most of the serious powerlifters I've seen.Jabberwonky wrote:The High School and Jr. High School coaches where I attended, the male coaches were either extra buff or a beer gut like they were carrying twins...AnotherFairportfan wrote:Ever take a look at some of the schlubs who coach college basketball?KnightDelight wrote:Should not the coach be able to fly? Doesn't seem as if she could get a proper view of what is going on stuck on the ground. Nor can she properly demonstrate technique
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Re: Flight Training 01 2016-05-06
Bet he couldn't have played basketball well, though. (That \t is, "well" on a college/semi-pro/pro level.)FreeFlier wrote:Ours was both . . . very fit, and shaped like a barrel. He looked like most of the serious powerlifters I've seen.Jabberwonky wrote:The High School and Jr. High School coaches where I attended, the male coaches were either extra buff or a beer gut like they were carrying twins...AnotherFairportfan wrote:Ever take a look at some of the schlubs who coach college basketball?
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Re: Flight Training 01 2016-05-06
From her build, I'm willing to bet that the coach is a Norse dwarf (folklore type). It would explain her lack of flicght.AnotherFairportfan wrote:Ever take a look at some of the schlubs who coach college basketball?KnightDelight wrote:Should not the coach be able to fly? Doesn't seem as if she could get a proper view of what is going on stuck on the ground. Nor can she properly demonstrate technique
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Re: Flight Training 01 2016-05-06
That depends on Coach Barrel-chest's shoulder width and level of flexibflexibility.AnotherFairportfan wrote:Bet he couldn't have played basketball well, though. (That \t is, "well" on a college/semi-pro/pro level.)FreeFlier wrote:Ours was both . . . very fit, and shaped like a barrel. He looked like most of the serious powerlifters I've seen.Jabberwonky wrote:The High School and Jr. High School coaches where I attended, the male coaches were either extra buff or a beer gut like they were carrying twins...
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Re: Flight Training 01 2016-05-06
I can touch my elbows together in front of me. Do I win a prize?Gyrrakavian wrote:Though I'm not barrel chested, I've got a deep chest and I'm suprisingly flexible. For example, I can rotate both feetback about 110°. I can also hyper-extend my shoulders to point the backs of my elbows forward. Not straight forward, but still about 10° off from straight forward.
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Re: Flight Training 01 2016-05-06
You know how they say that guys can't touch a certain part of their own backs with their hands?
I can't find that spot... I searched all over by rubbing my palm across my back, and I never found it. I must have ran my hand all over my back. Where is it supposed to be?
I can't find that spot... I searched all over by rubbing my palm across my back, and I never found it. I must have ran my hand all over my back. Where is it supposed to be?
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Re: Flight Training 01 2016-05-06
Many people have a spot about halfway up their spine that they cannot reach with the fingers of either hand, either from below or from above.
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Re: Flight Training 01 2016-05-06
I can reach one arm over and behind, and reach the other under and behind... And overlap my fingers.
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Re: Flight Training 01 2016-05-06
SF/mystery writer Anthony Boucher could easily reach around to the small of his back, and created a character whose ability to do the same was the McGuffin in a locked-room mystery
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