Laughed my whole way through this one Michael ! Wonderful writing. How I would have loved to have been a pesky little fly on that director's lapel as you critiqued his films. Let the swatting begin:). Reminds me of the time my sister and I (in the early early days) decided we wanted to go to Cuba. At the time the only airline that flew there was Aeroflot. Of course, Canada being Canada, we let them fly out of OUR airports but we couldn't fly over American air space. What a palaver that was. A normally a 3.5 hour flight turned into a 7 hour flight as we flew direct from Toronto OUT into the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, then south, waaaay past Florida and then back into Havana. I was a nervous wreck anticipating American fighter planes surrounding us should the pilot have lost his way. The planes were so old, the only thing that separated us from the cockpit was a heavily stained curtain which, once opened, revealed a couple of chain smoking pilots. It was a hoot ! Sort of :-/
Oh my goodness Margaret, that is hilarious, I too remember the "curtain" but never had the chance to catch the 2 pilots hauling on a butt....I'm sure someone could write an entire book on people's experiences with air travel. Hope you are well, give my regards to David and the 2 little ones. Look forward to meeting up again real soon. Michael
Laughed my whole way through this one Michael ! Wonderful writing. How I would have loved to have been a pesky little fly on that director's lapel as you critiqued his films. Let the swatting begin:). Reminds me of the time my sister and I (in the early early days) decided we wanted to go to Cuba. At the time the only airline that flew there was Aeroflot. Of course, Canada being Canada, we let them fly out of OUR airports but we couldn't fly over American air space. What a palaver that was. A normally a 3.5 hour flight turned into a 7 hour flight as we flew direct from Toronto OUT into the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, then south, waaaay past Florida and then back into Havana. I was a nervous wreck anticipating American fighter planes surrounding us should the pilot have lost his way. The planes were so old, the only thing that separated us from the cockpit was a heavily stained curtain which, once opened, revealed a couple of chain smoking pilots. It was a hoot ! Sort of :-/
Oh my goodness Margaret, that is hilarious, I too remember the "curtain" but never had the chance to catch the 2 pilots hauling on a butt....I'm sure someone could write an entire book on people's experiences with air travel. Hope you are well, give my regards to David and the 2 little ones. Look forward to meeting up again real soon. Michael