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Across the Fence:  Do you have a fear of flying??  |
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
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 Posted - Nov 13 2011 : 8:53:51 PM
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Weelll.... I don't mind flying, per se... It's the idea of the screaming barrel roll as the plane plummets to the earth that really bothers me.
Ever since I was a little girl, every time I've flown there has been a major plane crash, so that really freaks me out.
Ergo I don't fly.
I would fly if I absolutely had to, I suppose, but I'm hoping I never have to. (I wouldn't want to miss out on a trip to, say, Ireland or Israel or France or Greece or Italy, though, so I'm keeping my options open.)
My sister, on the other hand, flies all the time with her job, God bless her, and she loves it - the TSA doesn't even bother her!
I have to say, though, that being above the clouds, seeing all the beautiful landscapes below - those are two of the most breathtaking experiences in the world. There's just nothing like it!
I had heard a televised sermon once in which the priest said it indeed was foolishness and folly to avoid flying. God is in control, and if it's your time, it's your time - you can't avoid the inevitable. My husband's cousin is a retired state trooper and he said that after all the investigations he has performed in accidents of all kinds, he is convinced of the same.
I suppose in the end what really matters is that we understand what our true final destination is, and that we subsequently accept that we are not in control of the when or how, really. It can happen in the blink of an eye no matter how many precautions we take to avoid it...
I'm just not going to be blinking in a blinking airplane when it happens! ;) LOL!
Susan - than you for sharing that poem - it's absolutely beautiful!
Farmgirl Sister #1974
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Okie Farm Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary Beth
McLoud
Oklahoma
USA
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Posted - Nov 14 2011 : 06:39:07 AM
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Nini, I knew we were kindred sisters! :-) And yes, I do believe that God knows the numbers of my days ever before one of them came to be (Psalm 139) but I can't stand the feeling of dropping when you hit turbulence or looking sideways down at the earth when they bank and in a little plane, it is that much worse!! :-)
Mary Beth
www.OklahomaPastryCloth.com
www.Oklahomapastrycloth.com/blog
The Sovereign Lord is my strength - Habakkuk 3:19 |
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
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Annika
USA
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Posted - Nov 14 2011 : 07:36:52 AM
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I used to love flying and even flew my own small plane in my younger years, but since 9/11 every blasted time I've been on a plane there has been some major security problem. I was stuck in central California for 22 hours last time due to some one finding a sharp object in a bathroom and then they for unknown reasons, took my lap top and wouldn't give it back until the end of my airport ordeal. I like that they are trying to ensure safety, but I don't like being treated as a possible criminal. If I need to travel, I'll ride a darned horse! I REALLY want to go visit distant relations living in Europe and travel around the Mediterranean but I don't want to go through another plane fiasco =
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Nov 14 2011 : 07:44:38 AM
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I never have, actually--I was first put on a plane when I was 7, by myself, to go to Chicago to visit relatives. The airline took care of me the whole way and my relatives met me at the gate. I felt so...grown up, I remember :) I love it--love the sound, love take off AND landing--I can get a little bored on an overseas flight. The only thing I'm not a huge fan of is sitting on the wing or near the engine--wing, because you can't see, and the engine, because the noise is just too much and I actually get a headache from fumes. When I went to school near Traverse City, the airport only had one gate, and when I came home 4-5 times a year, it was on a prop plane until I transferred at Midway or Detroit and that's when sitting near the engine was just a little much.
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Edited by - FebruaryViolet on Nov 14 2011 09:10:19 AM |
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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audrey
cheyenne
wy
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Posted - Nov 14 2011 : 09:05:53 AM
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OMG! Yes, I hate to fly. My stomach does flips if I even think of walking onto a plane! If we can't drive or go by train or some other means of transportation I usually don't go. I would probably make an exception if I were ever to get lucky enough to go to England/Scotland but that is my only travel wish. I get the shudders if I watch a plane in the air. And now that they have so many invasive searches just to get on a plane, FORGET IT! I don't need to go that bad!
Audrey
Good boy Hobbs! I love and miss you. |
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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audrey
cheyenne
wy
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Posted - Nov 14 2011 : 09:08:28 AM
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Oh I forgot to add that I've had dreams since I was a young girl that I witness planes falling out of the sky in front of me! Do you suppose those are where my fear comes from, LOL?
Audrey
Good boy Hobbs! I love and miss you. |
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pnickols
True Blue Farmgirl
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Patricia
Parma
Ohio
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Posted - Nov 14 2011 : 11:52:49 AM
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Okie Farm Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary Beth
McLoud
Oklahoma
USA
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Posted - Nov 14 2011 : 11:59:03 AM
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Patricia, well you just need to come down here to Oklahoma and my son will take you up like he did us! He'll even let you fly it! :-) I put pictures up last week at the blog if you are interested.
Mary Beth
www.OklahomaPastryCloth.com
www.Oklahomapastrycloth.com/blog
The Sovereign Lord is my strength - Habakkuk 3:19 |
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pnickols
True Blue Farmgirl
808 Posts
Patricia
Parma
Ohio
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Posted - Nov 14 2011 : 4:26:01 PM
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| seriously Mary Beth I would be down in a heartbeat if I could ! |
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pnickols
True Blue Farmgirl
808 Posts
Patricia
Parma
Ohio
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Posted - Nov 14 2011 : 4:29:16 PM
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| and I loved the pictures you took, I remember how awesome the earth looks from 3000 feet how the farmland looks like squares all lined up in shades of browns and greens. how far you can see with a clear sky, I just loved it |
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Okie Farm Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary Beth
McLoud
Oklahoma
USA
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Posted - Nov 14 2011 : 4:31:36 PM
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Well, Ohio isn't THAT far!! And I can take you to the Cowboy Hall of Fame and to the Red Earth Native American Festival!! You'll get it all. :-)
Mary Beth
www.OklahomaPastryCloth.com
www.Oklahomapastrycloth.com/blog
The Sovereign Lord is my strength - Habakkuk 3:19 |
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