runwayrunway:

I’m going to interrupt my normal posting schedule briefly to discuss naming airplanes. Don’t worry, I’ll post the regularly scheduled Friday review after this, but first I’m going to talk about naming airplanes.

When I say that I don’t mean naming types of airplanes. I mean giving the airplanes names. A lot of airlines do it. Back in the day you had your Clipper This, Flagship That, Star of the Whatsit, so on. Lots of airlines name theirs after places. Aer Lingus names theirs after Irish saints. SAS names their Vikings. FedEx Express gives theirs human names, like Gabriel, Richard, JobEdokat, and Meredith.

The year is 2023 at time of writing. Clipper This, Flagship That, and Star of the Whatsit are now all relics of a distant past where a plane ticket cost more than some cars and airports sold life insurance at kiosks. That age is long past. Delta, United, American…all cowards, their airplanes long unnamed. Though the practice is alive and well elsewhere, for some reason it has largely gone dormant in the United States. There are few exceptions, but there are exceptions, and there is one in particular which stands out from the rest. Just one carrier on a mission and their 289 individually named flying machines.

I would like to present you with a curated selection of things which jetBlue has named their airplanes. There are many more - 289, to be specific. Take a look through them all if you care to. But this is a list of my favorites. Just a bit of appreciation for a true titan of aircraft-naming in an era where the art seems all but lost.

• Roses Are Red, This Plane is Blue (N3104J)
• Aruba, Jamaica, Blue I Wanna Take Ya (N2016J)
• Blue’s That Girl? (N997JL)
• Don’t Hate Me ‘Cause I’m Bluetiful (N996JL)
• Don’t Mind If I Blue (N971JL)
• Blue Kid On The Block (N913JB)
• 1. Fly JetBlue 2. Repeat Step 1 (N807JB)
• Shantay, Blue Stay (N794JB)
• #Follow @JetBlue (N334JB)
• Enough about me…let’s talk about blue (N712JB)
• Big blue people seater (N705JB)
• Bippity, Boppity, Blue (N565JB)
• Blue-yah! (N187JB)
• Badda Bing Badda Blue (N534JB)
• FuhgeddaBlueDit (N3113J)
• Boogie Woogie Bluegle Boy (N3062J)
• My Other Ride is a JetBlue A320 (N329JB, an Embraer E190)
• My Other Ride is a JetBlue E190 (N793JB, an Airbus A320)

And, my personal favorite:

• How’s My Flying? Call 1-800-JETBLUE (N715JB)

(Although if you can read that, you’re probably too close. Incidentally, 'If You Can Read This, You’re Blue Close’ is an A320-200 with the registration N729JB.)

arcan6yo:

robotsandfrippary:

fresh, clean no-terf version for reblogs!

Your mom and aunts aren’t on tumblr.  Please warn them about this as well. 

[Image description: Two smartphone screenshots of a Facebook post by a person named Sheila Toll posted 2 Sep. It is black text on a white background and the post is public. The post reads:

I am a Family Doctor and I want to keep a promise made to a patient. 

Julie was a healthy, post-menopausal woman in my care who came in for a periodic health examination. One of my routine questions, in what is called the “Review of Systems”, was to ask if she had experienced any vaginal bleeding. 

She said “No” but then laughed and added, “Other than when my period came back for a few months last year”. 

All health care professional are taught early on that ‘vaginal bleeding in a post-menopausal woman is Cancer of the Uterus until proven otherwise’. This comment by Julie was, therefore, a red flag (no pun intended) prompting further questions, an examination and an ultrasound of her pelvis. 

Julie was surprised to see me so concerned, especially since the symptoms had not recurred over many months. 

Sure enough, a pelvic ultrasound and tissue sampling confirmed Cancer of the Uterus. 

Julie underwent a hysterectomy and radiation therapy. She is now healthy, cancer-free and is expected to stay that way. 

After all this was done, Julie sat ME down for a talk. She told me she’d had no idea a ‘short return’ of her period after menopause was a danger signal. Furthermore, she addressed the topic with friends over coffee and discovered that, out of 20 women, NONE of them knew this symptom was abnormal! She admonished me to “Tell women this! Don’t assume we know it!”

From that day on, I have kept Julie’s advice in mind when talking with post-menopausal patients. But recently my wife suggested that I should take this to a wider audience. 

So, Julie, this is for you: 

If you are a post-menopausal woman and your period ‘comes back’ or you have even one episode of vaginal bleeding, TELL A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL and insist on having it investigated! 

Wishing you all good health and long lives. End image description.]

chrisdornerfanclub:

starblaster:

“but if you’re pro-union, why are you anti-cop-union?” because cops are not laborers. what cops do is not labor. they are enforcers of the laws that oppress laborers and exist solely to protect capital. don’t bother me with stupid questions.

The police are the shock troops of capital.

bowofbalance:

Chase is one of the funnier characters in House because the writers were trying to make him funny, but in the process made him the most traumatized, messed up, miserable person in all of House. Like the concept of “Catholic priest who has sex” is funny but they had to give him religious trauma and Catholic guilt for that joke, or the dead husband’s sperm thing is funny but it gives him massive trust issues, and just the fact that he’s so pretty that House routinely calls him a girl makes him incredibly insecure about his personality and intelligence. Like how did he not get one single funny trait that didn’t come with Issues??

airbenderedacted:

spiribia:

glados would love making AI art. she would be like heres a picture i drew, for you. thats you falling in that fiery pit. your arm is on backwards . i did that on purpose, as a metaphor for how you’re so backhanded. here, let’s pull up another one. that’s you dying from neurotoxin. oh, dear, your hand’s been replaced with an image of anvil. i also did that on purpose. honestly, youv'e got to figure that one out yourself, you can’t possibly expect me to explain all my symbolism.

AITA for telling my aromantic best friend I’m in love with him?

My best friend and I are FWB and have been for 4+ years. I’ve had feelings for him almost that whole time. He’s aromantic and non monogamous which is something he figured out with my help. (He hadn’t heard of aromanticism before I brought up my thought that he might be.) I support him 100%.

I’ve told him more than once that I’ve had feelings for him and he’s gently rejected me each time. Last time I promised I’d never bring it up again. But the nature of our relationship can cause me confusion often. We’re so close, so supportive of each other, always telling each other how amazing we think the other is and how much we care about each other. We talk about everything and don’t hide things from each other. And when we’re in bed and he’s touching my face and telling me how much he cares about me, I feel like it’s understandable that I get confused. Even knowing he’s aromantic and rejected me in the past.

Would I be an AH if I tried shooting my shot again?

knithacker:

Crochet an Incredible Winged Snake Amigurumi, Designed By Megan Lapp of Crafty Intentions: 👉 https://buff.ly/3yNSblU

cardassiangoodreads:

Which type of natural disaster are you the most worried about/scared of?

Tornado

Hurricane/typhoon/cyclone

Earthquake

Volcanic eruption

Flood/tsunami

Blizzard or ice storm or hail storm

Dust storm/sandstorm/haboob

Wildfire

Other (detail in tags)

You can define this as either which one you consider the overall mostly terrifying, or which one you are the most legitimately anxious about actually happening to you. It’s up to you!

Tag where you’re from and whether you have any experience with the one you voted the scariest! And feel free to elaborate on if you’ve moved and if your views have changed over time, etc.

kocurek1921:

harrytheehottie:

Elliot Page has the chance to do the single funniest thing in the history of Hollywood.

anxioussailorsoldier:

he’s a god, of course he’s into worship

lilybug-02:

captain-price-officially:

I’m dying

seymour-butz-stuff:

posttexasstressdisorder:

qsycomplainsalot:

lalallorona:

does the person you reblogged this from seem like

a big city kid

mid city kid

suburbs kid

small town kid

countryside kid

idk smth else (tags?)

rb for sample size! ive always lived in a big city and i forget ppl grew up elsewhere so. ye