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The first one was when some reservist Navy guy was trying to convince me that sky diving was better and less frightening than riding on a submarine. (For the record, I'm not a Submariner (Submarine-er). I'm a Surface Navy guy with some limited experience in advisory control of helicopters.)
The conversation went something like this...
"Submarine? Hell no. The pressure underwater would crush you like a grape." He said.
"Crush you...maybe?" I answered, "but if you step out of a submarine the odds of at least going the right direction are in your favor. Try that on an airplane."
The second, I was sitting on an H46 ready to take off from my ship to go out and take a look at the local shipping picture. The Aircrewman gave a brief that went something like this...
"If it's a controled crash, listen to the aircrew and do what your told. Everyone will get out safely." The Air Crewman then added, "If it's an uncontroled crash, it's everyman for himself."
At which point I looked at the guy next to me, another passenger and asked him under my breath, "Do you understand this controled crash thing?" He shrugged so I raised my hand to get the Air Crewman's attention. "How can you tell if it's a controled crash? Doesn't the whole crash thing over rule the controled part?"
I was promptly advised to sit down, and shut up or exit the aircraft.
Fun opener.
Just a heads up for any who might care. I will be doing an interview tonight on Journal Jabber for BlogtalkRadio: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/journalj...I am going to TRY to mention this GoodReads group among others because, frankly, the A/A genre needs a little pub.
So if you are totally bored and don't have anything else to do, please tune in (yes, that IS how I used to ask women out!).
Splitter
Good to know, thanks. I'll try and listen in.
Ack! Sorry for the double post. The original info on the website was wrong...it is 9PM Eastern.Splitter
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Enjoyed listening to the interview. Frank did a great job being it was his first time. First, I have to say I did laughed out loud when you were telling your listeners about how you wrote the "dog fight" scene and she (sorry can't remember her name) thought you were talking about the scene from your first book. Got a kick out of that!
It makes perfect sense why your characters are so believable, you take the time to develop them before you write your books.
Yes, men can carry satchels!
I have to know. My pick of 9 toes, hair model or sandwich named after you? I'll go with, sandwich named after you. Am I right?
"IS it Deli sandwich, Alex?"BUZZZZZ lol
That is one of my goals in life, though. "The Splitter" would be a cool sandwich name. Maybe someday.
The truth is, when I was a teenager, I was a hair model for a few shows. Who knew they had competitions for hairstylists?
Someone won the prize like 10 minutes after the show. I guess I should have pumped up the whole 8 toes thing.
Cambria is the one who did not know that a "dogfight" meant aerial combat lol. That was one of those honest misunderstandings that leads to laughs.
If you like vampires and werewolves, btw, Frank's upcoming book is very good.
Splitter
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