Sonny Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is "UP." It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP? At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car. At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special. And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP! To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP. When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP. One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so........... Time to shut UP.....! Oh...one more thing: What is the first thing you do in the morning & the last thing you do at night? U-P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donwon Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 You didn't screw UP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizzard Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 anybody remember the old MAC motto- " Gear up, flaps up, feet up"???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Giz I thought that was the loadmasters motto at least thats the way I rember it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizzard Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Giz I thought that was the loadmasters motto at least thats the way I rember it. Where IS your loyalty????????????????????? LOL!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 To many overwater missions for the navs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 In the old airline days It was "Gear up, flaps up, feet up, Here's your coffee Captain" Not anymore! Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 In the old days Bob I had to go get the coffee and than serve it inflight, but in all fainess I guess the eng. served more than I did . also now days wifes doint listen as well as they did than. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donwon Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 When a Duck flys up side down it Quacks UP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizzard Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 In the old days Bob I had to go get the coffee and than serve it inflight, but in all fainess I guess the eng. served more than I did . also now days wifes doint listen as well as they did than. I want to see THAT........................A wife that LISTENS?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry myers Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 In the old airline days It was "Gear up, flaps up, feet up, Here's your coffee Captain" Not anymore! Bob Last week on a Corvette trip I had occasion to have lunch with an American Airlines B757 Captain. Boy, did I get an ear full. He had not one positive thing to say regarding his work or the company. He was especially concerned with how the impending merger would be affecting his seniority. After listening to his almost hour long rant I was so depressed with his take on the state of the business I just wanted to talk to someone, anyone, with positive news about anything. As you eluded to above, I guess the days of, "I can't believe they pay me to do this job," are over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 No Giz......She Listens UP !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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