Goodbye, My Good Friend.

Nice story, Doug. I had a friend who upgraded to one of those French
machines after years in DC-9s. I worried that somehow Bill Gates was
responsible for some of the software in them. He said the most frequent
communication with the FO was .. "crap .. why the f*&k is it doing that?".


"Capt.Doug" wrote in message
...
And so we must part again. Economic obsolescence brings despair once
again.
The joy, the inner peace, the relaxing comfort that comes with a familiar
trusted colleague slips away once more. The anxiety of starting over with
a
new partner is facing me, again. The future is daunting.

My first partner was the Cadillac of beauties. Her shape was designed in
the
age of the slide-rule. Slide-rules must have some majic in them. She could
run faster than most any of the young ones running around these days. We
took to each other right quick. She would do anything that I asked of her
and submitted graciously to every nuance of my hands. She made me look
good
every day. I've heard it said that she could be cantankerous, but that
just
isn't true. She was the gentlest love I could ever hope for.

The honeymoon never ended, but eventually my first partner slipped away,
courtesy of Big Corporation seducing Big Government. In an instant, I was
on
the street, never to be with the 3-holed princess again. I still miss her.
She was my first and she is still my truest love, but with three mouths to
feed, she was getting too expensive to feed. With age working it's evil,
she
required ever more maintenance. She just couldn't compete with the young
ones anymore. I hated to leave her, but I had no choice. I had to move on.
We didn't even get to say good-bye.

My next love was a Chevrolet when compared to the Caddilac. She wasn't as
elegant, and she wasn't as fast, but she fulfilled her duties without
complaint. She would embarrass me on occassion, but she never failed me.
She
had some unpleasant habits. She kept me warm in the summer but not in the
winter. She could emit some rather unpleasant odors if she wasn't serviced
properly. Some of her accessories were out of fashion. However these
short-comings were overlooked because she was dependable, reliable, and
trustworthy. We always accomplished what we set out to do.

She brought me many compliments, but she was getting expensive. A power
much
higher than myself decided we had to seperate. She was getting too
expensive. The younger ones may cost more, but they don't eat as much.

We had one last fling together. We woke up on a Caribbean island to
beautiful sunrise. The flight to Florida was smooth. During the entire
flight, she never complained once. She simply did as she was asked, as she
has for many years. Then I said good-bye, managed to keep from letting a
tear show, and walked away. Good-bye, my good friend.

So now I face the future. My next partner has been selected. She is born
to
a younger generation. I face her with scepticism. She may turn out to be
a
good partner, but I doubt she will have the romance of my past loves. I'm
told that she will do what she is asked, as long as I keep my hands off
her.
Just make the mortgage payments on her and she will fufill her
obligations,
but forget about carressing her. My heart aches.

D. (B-727, MD-80, and now a f**king computer with wings)

Doug,

I never flew either one and the way things look . . . I probably never
will. Thank you for affirming that such things are worth a tear (or
more), even if to most, we can't explain why.

Blue skies . . .

John

"OtisWinslow" wrote in message He said the most frequent
communication with the FO was .. "crap .. why the f*&k is it doing that?".

An experienced computer driver says "crap .. why the f*&k is it doing that
AGAIN?"

D.

"Capt.Doug" wrote in message
...
"OtisWinslow" wrote in message He said the most frequent
communication with the FO was .. "crap .. why the f*&k is it doing
that?".

An experienced computer driver says "crap .. why the f*&k is it doing that
AGAIN?"

Often followed by "I thought I fixed that"

Capt.Doug wrote:

An experienced computer driver says "crap .. why the f*&k is it doing that
AGAIN?"

Actually, the way I usually say it is "crap .. NOW why the f*&k is it doing that?"

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 01:00:16 GMT, "Capt.Doug"
wrote:

"OtisWinslow" wrote in message He said the most frequent
communication with the FO was .. "crap .. why the f*&k is it doing that?".

An experienced computer driver says "crap .. why the f*&k is it doing that
AGAIN?"

D.


"It's not a bug, it's a feature!"

Old cliche, but I'm a software developer and I hate testing.

Mike Weller

Mike Weller wrote:

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 01:00:16 GMT, "Capt.Doug"
wrote:


"OtisWinslow" wrote in message He said the most frequent
communication with the FO was .. "crap .. why the f*&k is it doing that?".

An experienced computer driver says "crap .. why the f*&k is it doing that
AGAIN?"

D.



"It's not a bug, it's a feature!"

Old cliche, but I'm a software developer and I hate testing.

If you didn't make so many mistakes, you wouldn't need to test! :-)

Matt (a former software developer)

In article ,
Matt Whiting wrote:

"It's not a bug, it's a feature!"

Old cliche, but I'm a software developer and I hate testing.

If you didn't make so many mistakes, you wouldn't need to test! :-)

Don't care if you don't make mistakes. You still need to verify the correction
operation of the system.

(engineer representing the buyer).

--
Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule

On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 14:52:32 -0400, Bob Noel
wrote:

In article ,
Matt Whiting wrote:

"It's not a bug, it's a feature!"

Old cliche, but I'm a software developer and I hate testing.

If you didn't make so many mistakes, you wouldn't need to test! :-)

Don't care if you don't make mistakes.
You still need to verify the correction
operation of the system.


Well put.

Mike Weller

Mike Weller wrote:

On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 14:52:32 -0400, Bob Noel
wrote:


In article ,
Matt Whiting wrote:


"It's not a bug, it's a feature!"

Old cliche, but I'm a software developer and I hate testing.

If you didn't make so many mistakes, you wouldn't need to test! :-)

Don't care if you don't make mistakes.
You still need to verify the correction
operation of the system.



Well put.

Mike Weller

"the correction operation of the system" is "well put?" Herein lies the
problem.

Matt