tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11315807.post8262414605589659504..comments2023-10-29T08:58:12.172-04:00Comments on Prone to Whimsy: F3 - Cycle 56 - Shields Up!Jenny Jenny Flanneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621715431584059448noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11315807.post-32127572909728234112011-11-10T12:56:41.240-05:002011-11-10T12:56:41.240-05:00BB: Thank you! And I hadn't heard that story. ...BB: Thank you! And I hadn't heard that story. Too funny/awful!<br /><br />Joyce: I usually never hit the word limit but this time, I found myself exceeding it. But I took the time to trim it down and get to the point. I'm glad it paid off. <br /><br />Thanks, Charlie and CM! It's interesting that this story feels like it was told in a bar. In retrospect, I agree! I hadn't thought of that when I was writing it. <br /><br />Cap'n: ;-)Jenny Jenny Flanneryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621715431584059448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11315807.post-13797799501380407152011-11-10T09:11:08.791-05:002011-11-10T09:11:08.791-05:00Great voice, great personality. I can picture this...Great voice, great personality. I can picture this as part of a collection of stories the pilot tells.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11315807.post-13950818155720278722011-11-10T04:35:49.274-05:002011-11-10T04:35:49.274-05:00Great fast pace. I saw a wisened old pilot telling...Great fast pace. I saw a wisened old pilot telling the story in an intergalatic bar too. Excellent.Charlie Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210253827591256777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11315807.post-77540355529301651262011-11-09T22:57:59.573-05:002011-11-09T22:57:59.573-05:00I really enjoyed this. It really grabs you right ...I really enjoyed this. It really grabs you right from the start and takes you literally on a wild ride. Love the voice. Great job!Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03275503653927579472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11315807.post-45490480696044698032011-11-09T18:43:56.916-05:002011-11-09T18:43:56.916-05:00Great story! Great pace with a nice sense of humor...Great story! Great pace with a nice sense of humor. Could see Han Solo telling a similar story while at some seedy bar on a backwater desert planet. <br /><br /><i>It all started when I was given the launch sequence that would let me leave the space station. Some joker in HQ thought it would be funny to encode them first.</i><br /><br />In a case of fact being stranger than even well written fiction did you hear about the time NASA lost a Mars lander a few years back because someone programed the probe using the metric system but later someone at mission control sent instructions using standard English measurements.<br /><br />The lander slammed into Mars probably making a nice new crater.Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.com