#57 Im sorry but every time i see this thread title i think of this scene, those of you that know will get it
Read More A happy landing and the life to come Posted on June 26, 2026 - Columns Life is a gift, dear friend, and you can go along for days, weeks, absorbed by nonsense and then one day youre on a jet plane, a window seat, as its descending toward LaGuardia through dense cloud cover, the plane bucking and bouncing in the storm, and the wheels are lowered and still no sign of ground and there is a prayerful hush among the passengers, even the baby in row 8 who was crying so hard is silent, and youre thinking of Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper the Day the Music Died, and then suddenly youre zooming low over rooftops of houses, an alley, someones backyard, cars whizzing by on a highway, and then WHUMP youre on the runway and the pilot reverses the engines hard and you are alive, everyone takes a deep breath, life resumes
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