I like
Old Smokey's "sometimes" although I rather think he's referring to the way that sometimes threads really do make him want to bang his head, not how sometimes the two take-off choices yield the same safety tolerances
Sometimes, you just get the feeling that the pilot is slightly lost on the ground, or in two minds ...
Rainboe mocks the feeling, as if SLF can't possibly know what is grinding the cogs. I imagine it's the same feeling you get when it's not your usual chauffeur who picks you up and he dithers at how to get around the usual obstacles and jams. Whereas your normal chauffeur just gets on with it before you even dream of looking up from your broadsheet in the back and saying "Don't dither man, get on with it!"
... never been there myself of course
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Besserwisser? Now I'll have to look that up.