Planes, Strains and Automobiles
You know when you hear a great joke and you think about how you can incorporate it into your "routine"? Unfortunately, that happens to me a lot. Any of you who enjoyed the movie "Three Amigos" will know the reference I used.

Visiting a friend in Toronto yesterday, I saw a plane flying overhead close enough that I could read the FedEx logo on its side. Knowing the nature of their business, I pointed and said, "Hey look. It's a mail plane!" They looked and to my delight, one asked, "How can you tell?" I could barely contain my school girl giggles when I said, "Can't you see the little balls?" Sadly, I found this unbelievably funny.

As we drove home from the lovely south-Mississauga neighbourhood, we passed by Lester B. Pearson International Airport. As we neared the airport, I noticed traffic slowing down, but I could still see far enough ahead to know that there was no valid reason for this slow down. As we approached the end of the airport property I asked Ana to look off to the side and see if the shell of the airplane from last week's crash was still there. Sure enough, she could see an airplane tilted down into a ravine. I glanced over and only saw part of it. After we passed it, traffic sped right back up to normal. I guess everyone straining their necks to see the once flaming wreckage slows us all down. Funny how that works.

Regarding that plane crash, there was a good article in the most recent Macleans about how two minutes really is enough time to evacuate an airplane. Good to know. It also included various opinions as to whether it qualified as a miracle or not. Seeing the plane burn and then only later hearing that there were no fatalities, I had no problem classifying it as a miracle.

   [ posted by William @ 6:36 PM ]