Rodger Pettichord Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Hi all. Last Sunday, our pastor encouraged us to take some time to write out instructions regarding our funeral wishes. He made the excellent point that it's helpful to family and friends if they have some idea of what hymns we might like, what might be included in our eulogy, and so forth. Got me to thinking...in addition to the normal info, what would I like to have inscribed on my tombstone? I decided that "He tried" would fit my life best. How about you? What would your say. Sarcasm encouraged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robrooke Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 like the comedian spike milligan had put on his ( i told you i was ill ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triplane Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 "There are only two things in life, but I forget what they are..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Z Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Just a question mark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 We've left our bodies to scientific research so I don't think there'll be much left to worry about and since neither of us are believers, our descendants can just dispose of what remains any way they want. What a morbid subject Rodger! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 "Thank you for keeping my tombstone clean with your crocodile tears." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumbypickett Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 WHO was he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olderndirt Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 The "Tombstone Epitaph" was actually the local rag in Tombstone, AZ when Wyatt, Doc et al had their contretemps with the Clanton family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triplane Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 The Epitath is still there. They don't publish too often but the museum is a "must see" for anyone in the area.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 No stone for me.. I just want my ashes spread to the four winds, part on my son's farm in Tas, and part here in MS. Teecee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted June 3, 2018 Author Share Posted June 3, 2018 JUst watched the movie "Tombstone" with Kurt Russell. I didn't know that the local paper was called The Tombstone Epitaph, but that seems appropriate considering the body count in the movie. The paper must have been ninety percent obituaries! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingleaf Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 They tell me you can't take anything with you when you "go". So im NOT going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence aldrich Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 Some achieve immortality with their words and deeds. I had hoped to achieve it by not dying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted June 6, 2018 Author Share Posted June 6, 2018 According to an article I read somewhere, the most common last words of pilots about to hammer in are "Aw, sh*t!" For us flight sim folk, maybe the equivalent is "ctrl, alt, delete" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triplane Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 It's not just the pilots. Us grunts on the ground sometimes say the same thing. The last time I said Aw Shiite when going down I was in a pool room in California (Garden City Billiards 1962). Two Toes Tony sank the nine ball on the break. He didn't even leave me gas money to get home.....aw shiite......Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence aldrich Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Rodger Pettichord said: According to an article I read somewhere, the most common last words of pilots about to hammer in are "Aw, sh*t!" For us flight sim folk, maybe the equivalent is "ctrl, alt, delete" ? Did the person writing the article say that he had ever been in a cockpit with a crew about to hammer in ? Could be hearsay...….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted June 6, 2018 Author Share Posted June 6, 2018 lawrence -- maybe so. My memory of the source article is vague, but I do remember that the writer had somehow surveyed ATC comms to come up with their point. On one of the ATC YouTube channels, there is an entry featuring a plane going down and, in fact, one of the cockpit crew says the words in question, whatever that is worth to the discussion. I have not been in those precise circumstances, so I can't say firsthand. But I can verify my thought that perhaps for many of us sim flyers, the last airborne comm is "ctrl, alt, delete." Said it last night just before my Grumman Goose hit the trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Pilot Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 On 6/6/2018 at 4:31 PM, lawrence aldrich said: Did the person writing the article say that he had ever been in a cockpit with a crew about to hammer in ? Could be hearsay...….. Lawrence, One of the reasons they do not release cockpit voice recordings is because of the profanity on them. Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence aldrich Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 While on active AF duty I sat on 2 accident investigation boards. The most memorable one was a B-52 crash at McCoy AFB in Florida. The CVR was clearly working, but with about 10 seconds to go there was only silence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Kane Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Tell his mom to stop crying and the band to keep playing, 'cause the angels are too drunk to fly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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