November 29, 2004
real time For those of you who like to fly, here's a gift of real time airport status information...
Oh, I'm a dope. The map zooms in.
If you click on AUS, it lets you know that ORD has LO CIGS (as mrflip pointed out. if you look in the glossary, that means low ceilings). However, Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood FL is delayed due to VOLUME/SNOWBIRD. I didn't realize that was a technical definition.
out of smokes!!?? NOOOOOOOOOOO....
Btw, seems like Tina's coming up on her one year anniversary of kicking the habit. Give her a shout out next time you see her...
I suppose VOLUME/SNOWBIRD is easier to deal with than VOLUME/FREEBIRD.
Freebird!!! I just queued it up, thanks Hand... (track 20). Ever wonder how that all started? Here's an article tracing the origins of yelling Freebird!!! at a show.
How funny the act of yelling "Freebird" can be is inversely proportional to how much the style of the band resembles Skynyrd's. In other words, if you were to yell it at a Jackyl show it wouldn't be funny at all, because they had it slotted for later in the set anyway. ... But if you yelled it at an Interpol show, instant hilarity.
When Skynard plays "Freebird", the roadies bring out a giant gold-plated eagle sculpture and set it on the piano. Then the house lights dim and there's a pause before the band comes out...
FUCKING AWSOME MAN...YEAH!
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That's really cool... maybe someday AUS will make the list. Also of note: right now ORD is under a ground delay program due to "WEATHER; LOW CIGS." So no planes can land if the controllers are out of smokes?
posted by mrflip at 08:56AM CST on November 29