Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Last Plane Out


Neal in Antarctica posted this picture of the last plane departing with all of the non-essential personnel leaving behind those who will winter at the pole. I thought it was a great picture.

Don't you think Last Plane Out would be a great name for a band?

Edited to add:
While you're over there check out the amazing slideshow at the end of this post.

14 comments:

Tim said...

I always thought "Free Beer" would be a great name for a band. Can you just imagine putting up posters with that name? Another I've liked is "Tuxedocide."

Peace,

Tim

Neal said...

By the time the plane actually took off, most of the crowd had shivered their way back inside. Only about a third of the station was onhand to wave goodbye on the flight deck.
You may be on to something with the band name. You should go out and start one up now.

Laurie said...

Tim - Both of those are great! I think I'll do a post on cool suggestions for band names. Just great!

Neal - I need to call my nephews.

Jack said...

My dad was the officer in charge at old Byrd Station, once upon a time. At the time, the Antarctic service was considered significantly more dangerous than Vietnam. In fact, while he was there, he watched a plane very much like that blow up on takeoff.

Laurie said...

Jack - Your dad stories are amazing. You could dedicate a whole blog to his stories alone.

Jack said...

Yeah, Dad's had some interesting experiences. For instance, while at the South Pole, a penguin presented him with a pebble. Neal probably knows what that means. And if he doesn't, I'm sure Google does.

Laurie said...

Jack - Google did know and that's one of the cutest things I've ever heard of.

OldHorsetailSnake said...

That's practically heavy industry down there at that near-pole.

Lorna said...

I got a comment from Neal, and checked him out, then he pops up in your post---the psychic twin weirdness continues

Laurie said...

Old Horsetail and Lorna - I hope you're reading Neal's blog. He's an entertaining writer and very interesting.

Neal said...

Awww, Laurie, thanks for saying I'm entertaining. I think your site is way better than mine.
I've heard of the penguin and the pebble thing, though there's no penguins here at the south pole to pick up on.

Laurie said...

Neal - I wonder what happens when humans give a pebble to a penguin.

Astrid said...

Are you sure they are not just doing their early morning work-out?

Laurie said...

Astrid - Yeah! I hadn't thought about that one.