Comments on: Patches: Pirates and Pilots http://rooreynolds.com/2007/02/14/patches-pirates-and-pilots/ What's Next? Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:58:46 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: MiGueL http://rooreynolds.com/2007/02/14/patches-pirates-and-pilots/comment-page-1/#comment-2988 MiGueL Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:06:58 +0000 http://rooreynolds.com/2007/02/14/patches-pirates-and-pilots/#comment-2988 Your talk of "Atom Bomb Pilots" reminds me of the Dr Strangelove scene of Slim Pickens riding the bomb all the way down. :-) Your talk of “Atom Bomb Pilots” reminds me of the Dr Strangelove scene of Slim Pickens riding the bomb all the way down. :-)

]]> By: Roo http://rooreynolds.com/2007/02/14/patches-pirates-and-pilots/comment-page-1/#comment-2962 Roo Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:25:52 +0000 http://rooreynolds.com/2007/02/14/patches-pirates-and-pilots/#comment-2962 What about having to dash below-decks in a hurry. It's dark down there, and waiting 30 minutes (or even 1 minute) may be annoying when trying to find that bottle of rum you stashed. Arrr. What about having to dash below-decks in a hurry. It’s dark down there, and waiting 30 minutes (or even 1 minute) may be annoying when trying to find that bottle of rum you stashed. Arrr.

]]> By: kybernetikos http://rooreynolds.com/2007/02/14/patches-pirates-and-pilots/comment-page-1/#comment-2961 kybernetikos Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:58:36 +0000 http://rooreynolds.com/2007/02/14/patches-pirates-and-pilots/#comment-2961 I hate to go against the well respected Mythbusters, but it doesn't really make sense that pirates would wear eye patches to preserve night vision. <a href="http://www.yorku.ca/eye/darkada1.htm" rel="nofollow">Dark adaption</a> is perfect after about 30 minutes, so there'd be absolutely no point in wearing the eyepatch during the day (unless diminishing your depth perception was thought to be a good thing) - you'd put it on at dusk, and only wear it when you went inside during the night. I don't think I'd bother if I were a pirate king (and it would be a glorious thing, to be a pirate king). I hate to go against the well respected Mythbusters, but it doesn’t really make sense that pirates would wear eye patches to preserve night vision. Dark adaption is perfect after about 30 minutes, so there’d be absolutely no point in wearing the eyepatch during the day (unless diminishing your depth perception was thought to be a good thing) – you’d put it on at dusk, and only wear it when you went inside during the night. I don’t think I’d bother if I were a pirate king (and it would be a glorious thing, to be a pirate king).

]]> By: Roo http://rooreynolds.com/2007/02/14/patches-pirates-and-pilots/comment-page-1/#comment-2960 Roo Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:22:15 +0000 http://rooreynolds.com/2007/02/14/patches-pirates-and-pilots/#comment-2960 I imagine they were involved in test drops? Andy: I have been meaning to upgrade for a while. And yes, I like the clarification that they put the patch on just for the detonation. Since pilots famously need to have great eyesight my claim they they wore pirate style patches probably was a bit much to swallow. :-) I imagine they were involved in test drops?

Andy: I have been meaning to upgrade for a while. And yes, I like the clarification that they put the patch on just for the detonation. Since pilots famously need to have great eyesight my claim they they wore pirate style patches probably was a bit much to swallow. :-)

]]> By: Adrian Spender http://rooreynolds.com/2007/02/14/patches-pirates-and-pilots/comment-page-1/#comment-2959 Adrian Spender Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:56:46 +0000 http://rooreynolds.com/2007/02/14/patches-pirates-and-pilots/#comment-2959 "For that reason, we always looked for a hill to hide behind after releasing the bomb" Always? Just how many atomic bombs did these guys release from the air then? Any more than the obvious two? “For that reason, we always looked for a hill to hide behind after releasing the bomb”

Always? Just how many atomic bombs did these guys release from the air then? Any more than the obvious two?

]]> By: andyp http://rooreynolds.com/2007/02/14/patches-pirates-and-pilots/comment-page-1/#comment-2958 andyp Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:17:37 +0000 http://rooreynolds.com/2007/02/14/patches-pirates-and-pilots/#comment-2958 Hmm. Your version of Wordpress clearly needs an upgrade (I wanna Track Comments in GreatNews!), and/or you need to change the setting that converts smileys to graphical ones. Hmm. Your version of Wordpress clearly needs an upgrade (I wanna Track Comments in GreatNews!), and/or you need to change the setting that converts smileys to graphical ones.

]]> By: andyp http://rooreynolds.com/2007/02/14/patches-pirates-and-pilots/comment-page-1/#comment-2957 andyp Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:16:50 +0000 http://rooreynolds.com/2007/02/14/patches-pirates-and-pilots/#comment-2957 "carried lead-lined eye patches to cover the dominant eye" - so they weren't <em>worn</em> throughout the flight? Cos that would surely upset the depth of vision, which was the primary cause of my skepticism when we talked about this at lunch. We all know that pirates wore patches to avoid gouging their eyes out with the hooks :-P “carried lead-lined eye patches to cover the dominant eye” – so they weren’t worn throughout the flight? Cos that would surely upset the depth of vision, which was the primary cause of my skepticism when we talked about this at lunch.

We all know that pirates wore patches to avoid gouging their eyes out with the hooks :-P

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