AnthillOmbudsman
AnthillOmbudsman t1_irh1xos wrote
Reply to TIL Boeing B17 pilots often accidentally raised the undercarriage after landing, destroying the propellors and damaging the underbelly, due to the undercarriage lever and the flap lever looking the same. by Lkwzriqwea
Hmm, maybe a $2 squat switch on the landing gear would have saved countless hundreds of thousands of dollars.
This is why raising the gear while sitting at the gate doesn't do anything on modern airliners, though if the crew does so it will probably require an underwear change.
AnthillOmbudsman t1_ir0wtav wrote
Reply to comment by IBeTrippin in TIL that the construction of Fort Boyard took so long that by the time of completion it was largely obsolete. Years later it found new purpose as a filming location for game shows. by SilasMarner77
$2 million a night, and you have to take out the trash, vacuum, and wash the windows before checking out.
AnthillOmbudsman t1_iqywsjo wrote
Reply to TIL the song 'Seasons in the Sun' was originally written about a man dying of a broken heart while accepting that his wife cheated on him many times, and was written in a brothel in Tangiers by FarceMultiplier
We had joy, we had fun, we went streaking in the sun
But the cops drew their guns, and they shot us in the buns
AnthillOmbudsman t1_irmssa1 wrote
Reply to comment by Wind_Level in TIL that AT&T was so regimented that there were over 9,000 Bell System Practices, including 3-page 770-130-301 "SWEEPING, GENERAL" by rosecitytransit
My dad worked in a facility like that. Holy crap, the smell... ozone, coffee, and cigarettes, nothing like it (yeah, smoking was allowed, it wasn't a Bell facility). I doubt I'll ever smell that again.