About a plane ride to Orlando. 
We fly from Ottawa to Montreal from 6:00 to 6:40. This is in lieu of a 2 hour drive, but it’s on one of those really really small Bombardier Dash-8 plane.
Clicking makes the image bigger, but sadly not the plane
Yes, those are freaking propellers. I don’t know if I’m more scared of not making it to Montréal, or simply to go deaf from the sound. I must remember to grab some earplugs for the ride. To paraphrase Alien: In a Dash-8. no one can hear you scream. I said: NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM. Sigh. Just forget it.
We then fly from Montréal to Orlando from 8:15 t0 11:30.
With the luggage pick-up, the rental car pick-up I think we’ll make it to the Altamonte Hilton for 14:30.
And then, the real fun begins…
So, it’s now 19:40 yesterday night. I haven’t packed anything yet, and the hockey game is starting. Tough choice… You might see me naked in Orlando. 
The first plane I ever flew on was one about that tiny. It had propellers on it anyway.
Have fun this weekend! Squeeze Sheila for me because I won’t get too.
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Hey . . . I’ll be naked in Orlando too!
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I will NOT be naked in Orlando and now I am REALLY PISSED.
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Gotta love those Dash-8s. Guaranteed to steal your hearing.
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Please excuse the interruption.
This is a Public Service Announcement from Certifiable Princess:
Hello. My name is CP. I see you are attending Avitable’s Halloween Party
this weekend. I stopped by to introduce myself. Nice to meet you!
Thank you and goodnight.
You may now resume your regularly scheduled comments.
@Sarah: I will. And I will miss you.
@Avitable: One can always hope…
@Sybil Law: Are you pissed about the naked part or the Orlando part more? Sorry.
@CMG: What? (Actually they upgraded the plane! we did OTT-MTL in 20 minutes instead of 40)
@CP: Hey there! Last year I just saw you as I was leaving and didn’t really say hi. I’ll be better at it this year,I promise!
I hate propeller planes. Hate them with a passion! They scare the bejesus out of me and they make my ears hurt.
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This is a bit of a ridiculous (and probably unwarranted) comment, but I couldn’t help it addressing this weird phobia people have with propeller planes: The thrust from the propeller or jet engine isn’t actually the dominant force producing lift, right? That comes from the circulation of air around the wings.
Or put it another way, the difference between a propeller plane and a jet plane is mostly in the speed at which it’ll get you from A to B.
So it’s all good, right?
(Came from NYCWD)
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@Becky: Well, the good news is that the plane had been upgraded to a proper jet! Woot! As a bonus, the 40 minute flight only took 20.
@Phil: Hi Phil, nice to read you.
I’m not that scared of propeller planes, although every time I flew on one we did hit massive turbulence… You know a little writing flourish never hurts. My main beef is really about the infernal noise they make. 