No kid is going to know what a carburetor is these days. And having moved South prior to getting my license, I’d never heard of carburetor icing. Was that actually a thing?
It’s been so long since I’ve flown a plane, I don’t even remember exactly what carburetor icing is. Though I do remember what a carburetor is, so if I accomplish nothing else with this little essay, I’ve established that I am very very old.
I do remember that the very concept of carburetor icing was terrifying. Not that I couldn’t land a Cessna 150 that lost power. Shoot, their glide ratio wasn’t a whole lot different from my first hang glider. (Nor, it sometimes seemed, was their weight.) But just like Richard Nixon was brought down not by the Watergate burglary itself but by his efforts to distance himself from it, I wasn’t scared of ditching in a field nearly as much as the idea of having to explain to someone that I just landed a plane someplace that wasn’t an airport.
What I’m saying is, it’s not the rime, it’s the owning-up.
Frazz by Jef Mallett for Feb 22, 2018 | GoComics.com
(Notice it only says “Frazz” as a header, nothing else.)
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 6 years ago
Carburetor!? This kid knows from carburetors?
Pocosdad about 6 years ago
The Rime of the not-so-Ancient Michiganer?
StratmanRon about 6 years ago
If he can’t remember, I’d be concerned about a mild concussion. Not a lot of danger, unless they were iceballs or had a rock in one…
nosirrom about 6 years ago
He should take a break, and have something to drink like a nice Rime Lickey.
cervelo about 6 years ago
Not a snowball fight… more like a firing squad. Ruthless schoolyard justice was involved here.
jerrodmason about 6 years ago
Scraped from Reason.com: “Photo Credit: Jeff Malet Photography/Newscom”
He has your “F” and you have his “L” & “T”Maybe an exchange could be worked out.
Seed_drill about 6 years ago
No kid is going to know what a carburetor is these days. And having moved South prior to getting my license, I’d never heard of carburetor icing. Was that actually a thing?
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 6 years ago
Frazz11 hrs ·
It’s been so long since I’ve flown a plane, I don’t even remember exactly what carburetor icing is. Though I do remember what a carburetor is, so if I accomplish nothing else with this little essay, I’ve established that I am very very old.
I do remember that the very concept of carburetor icing was terrifying. Not that I couldn’t land a Cessna 150 that lost power. Shoot, their glide ratio wasn’t a whole lot different from my first hang glider. (Nor, it sometimes seemed, was their weight.) But just like Richard Nixon was brought down not by the Watergate burglary itself but by his efforts to distance himself from it, I wasn’t scared of ditching in a field nearly as much as the idea of having to explain to someone that I just landed a plane someplace that wasn’t an airport.
What I’m saying is, it’s not the rime, it’s the owning-up.
Frazz by Jef Mallett for Feb 22, 2018 | GoComics.com
(Notice it only says “Frazz” as a header, nothing else.)
Stephen Gilberg about 6 years ago
Another sign of C&H influence.