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Next time on your flight you will hear the Captain say "hello here from the birthing canal" instead of saying "hello here from the cockpit." On the fake hate crime, think of how many times they probably get away with it.

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They always say "flight deck" anyway like they were upstairs only they're not.

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The origin of the word “cockpit” started with the old English word for “small boat” which was “cock”. There was a pit like area near the aft of the boat where the steering controls were. Eventually, any relatively small enclosed area which contained steering controls for any type of vessel was referred to as a cockpit.

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Watching Biden trying to get down the step was painful. I'm pretty sure it was one step and then a series of stripes.

My late husband had dementia and one of the things I found was that cognitive decline affects the processing of visual input. So Biden probably couldn't discern the step from the stripes, and the glossy floor was confusing for him.

More information: https://www.thegoodcaregroup.com/news/sight-and-perception-in-dementia/

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I just had a jolt because I thought you were saying T had died. Phew!

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Sorry about that! He's fine.

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