She who smelt it.

[Ghoulish Delight]

An American Airlines flight, headed to Texas, had to make an emergency landing in Nashville when passengers began reporting that they smelled the scent of burning matches. Turned out, a female passenger had been farting and was lighting matches to cover the smell.

http://www.nbc4.tv/travelgetaways/10466832/detail.html

[DreadPirateRoberts]

that stinks. Perhaps she was trying to light them. A terrorist plot gone awry?

[Moonliner]

It just points to the increasing number of people that are unequiped to deal with the modern world.

Just yesterday I had a driver in front of me pull into a busy intersection while waiting to make a left. When the light went yellow he just sat there right in the middle of the intersection. It went red and still he just stayed right in the middle while people honked and tired to go around him.... What a moron.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

It just points to the increasing number of people that are unequiped to deal with the modern world.

Just yesterday I had a driver in front of me pull into a busy intersection while waiting to make a left. When the light went yellow he just sat there right in the middle of the intersection. It went red and still he just stayed right in the middle while people honked and tired to go around him.... What a moron.

I wouldn't be so quick to judge that person. We once were driven up to Los Angeles by a friend who had spent basically his whole life in San Diego. By the time he learned to drive, San Diego, like Orange County, had left turn arrows at 99.99999% of its intersections. So when our poor friend, in the middle of West LA, had to make a left turn on a busy street with no left turn arrow...he was utterly lost. "But, the cars just keep coming. If I move into the intersetcion, I'll get stuck there when the light turns red!" Fortunately for him, we were in the car to coach him through it. Otherwise, he likely would have been that guy. He had simply never been trained how to handle that kind of intersection.

[MouseWife]

Ugh, where I live, there are a lot of turn lights that become yield after a few moments~you can still turn left but you no longer have the right of way. Oh how many times have I been stuck behind some moron who thinks they can't go. Look at the sign!!!!

How did she get matches on the plane? Are those allowed?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

How did she get matches on the plane? Are those allowed?

From the article: "You can take up to eight books of safety matches, the paper matches, onto the aircraft."

[Capt Jack]

getting jammed up behind someone stranded in an intersection sucks but sadly, Ive been there...its no fun for those stranded either.

Im far more PO'd by those who stop cold in a lane that is clearly marked "MERGING TRAFFIC KEEP MOVING" and cant figure out why everyone behind them is having a stroke.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I wouldn't be so quick to judge that person. We once were driven up to Los Angeles by a friend who had spent basically his whole life in San Diego. By the time he learned to drive, San Diego, like Orange County, had left turn arrows at 99.99999% of its intersections. So when our poor friend, in the middle of West LA, had to make a left turn on a busy street with no left turn arrow...he was utterly lost. "But, the cars just keep coming. If I move into the intersetcion, I'll get stuck there when the light turns red!" Fortunately for him, we were in the car to coach him through it. Otherwise, he likely would have been that guy. He had simply never been trained how to handle that kind of intersection.

Ahh but your friend while confused was not a moron. The key phrase being "If I move into the intersection". He understood it's an all or nothing thing. You don't pull into the intersection unless you are committed to going and you sure as hell don't stay there through an entire light cycle.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Ahh but your friend while confused was not a moron. The key phrase being "If I move into the intersection". He understood it's an all or nothing thing. You don't pull into the intersection unless you are committed to going and you sure as hell don't stay there through an entire light cycle.

I still would give them the benefit of the doubt that it was likely ignorance rather than stupidity. If you've never seen it, it would be quite confusing. Perhaps he saw someone the cycle before move into the intersection, but make it through before the red, so they followed suit, only to find themselves stranded.

[MouseWife]

Oh my gosh, those turns in downtown L.A.!!! I was so shocked {yes, a San Diegan} when there was no turn lane or light!!! {one or both?} And also the right lane could sometimes have cars parked in it??? I guess there is a time they can? And little tiny intersections, older streets, I guess?

Eh, sorry GD, I didn't read the article.

Around here, I always wonder if they even have a license. I also think not turning comes from being afraid of getting a ticket?

I am making {trying} to be good and stop calling drivers all sorts of colorful names because my son sits next to me.....I am forever apologizing. Idiots. Oh, and I try to be a good SUV driver. I know they don't stop like a car so I leave space. Quit cutting me off!!! And don't ride my a$$ because you don't know if I am going to stop suddenly.

Sorry to 'hi-jack' your thread.

But I don't fly a plane....