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Wot 'e said.
Post #221,418
by
mmoffitt
8/29/05 11:50:00 AM
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Wot 'e said.
bcnu,
Mikem
It would seem, therefore, that the three human impulses embodied in religion are fear, conceit, and hatred. The purpose of religion, one might say, is to give an air of respectibility to these passions. -- Bertrand Russell
Ask the Pilot___nervous, lately?
- (
Ashton
)
- (127)
- Aug. 27, 2005, 05:16:06 AM EDT
I am not big on flying these days.
- (
bionerd
)
- (118)
- Aug. 27, 2005, 11:14:05 AM EDT
Me either!
- (
Nightowl
)
- (1)
- Aug. 28, 2005, 02:01:51 AM EDT
There was going to be a comment here.
- (
pwhysall
)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 11:47:10 AM EDT
Oh, for the love of...
-NT
- (
mmoffitt
)
- (26)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 11:36:59 AM EDT
You cant dispute that an unusually high number of
- (
bionerd
)
- (25)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 02:28:07 PM EDT
Yes, I can.
- (
pwhysall
)
- (9)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 02:51:59 PM EDT
Up 300% over last year
-NT
- (
tuberculosis
)
- (6)
- Aug. 21, 2007, 05:44:47 AM EDT
Need to see number of flights.
-NT
- (
mmoffitt
)
- (4)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 03:02:53 PM EDT
Dunno without checking, but in the millions
-NT
- (
pwhysall
)
- (3)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 03:14:00 PM EDT
Anecdotal is travel is up.
- (
mmoffitt
)
- (2)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 03:26:43 PM EDT
My answer made as much sense as that chart
- (
tuberculosis
)
- (1)
- Aug. 21, 2007, 05:45:18 AM EDT
I got it.
-NT
- (
bionerd
)
- Aug. 30, 2005, 11:08:43 AM EDT
And the year before that?
- (
pwhysall
)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 03:13:40 PM EDT
That chart
- (
bionerd
)
- (1)
- Aug. 30, 2005, 10:56:43 AM EDT
Noticed how "casualty" has morphed to mean "fatality"?
- (
Another Scott
)
- Aug. 30, 2005, 11:01:09 AM EDT
Yes, I can. And you don't get any slack ...
- (
mmoffitt
)
- (14)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 02:58:09 PM EDT
Plane age does figure into it
- (
tuberculosis
)
- (3)
- Aug. 21, 2007, 05:44:50 AM EDT
In theory, I agree.
- (
mmoffitt
)
- (2)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 03:15:36 PM EDT
There *was* that air Hawaii flight where the roof peeled off
- (
tuberculosis
)
- (1)
- Aug. 21, 2007, 05:45:15 AM EDT
Yeah, and then there was this.
- (
mmoffitt
)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 04:16:20 PM EDT
Um...
- (
Another Scott
)
- (2)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 03:51:43 PM EDT
IF... the condition of Omnipresence. Slowww Learners R'us
-NT
- (
Ashton
)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 04:28:47 PM EDT
Heh.
- (
mmoffitt
)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 04:31:25 PM EDT
good lord
- (
bionerd
)
- (5)
- Aug. 30, 2005, 10:53:33 AM EDT
Re: good lord
- (
Nightowl
)
- (4)
- Aug. 30, 2005, 01:02:36 PM EDT
s/propose/purport/
- (
pwhysall
)
- (3)
- Aug. 30, 2005, 02:10:10 PM EDT
Neuroses?
- (
Ashton
)
- (2)
- Aug. 30, 2005, 03:05:06 PM EDT
Note that it's a *foolish* consistency.
- (
pwhysall
)
- (1)
- Aug. 30, 2005, 03:13:41 PM EDT
Well.. methinks that the Great Ones were!
- (
Ashton
)
- Aug. 30, 2005, 03:24:28 PM EDT
Another crash (new thread)
- (
bionerd
)
- Sept. 5, 2005, 11:45:17 AM EDT
Utter nonsense.
- (
pwhysall
)
- (87)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 11:41:43 AM EDT
Wot 'e said.
-NT
- (
mmoffitt
)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 11:50:00 AM EDT
Aye. I often point out
- (
imric
)
- (77)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 12:10:50 PM EDT
Re: Aye. I often point out
- (
Nightowl
)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 02:08:50 PM EDT
And you'd be wrong in that
- (
ben_tilly
)
- (75)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 07:09:16 PM EDT
dunno about safety but comfort factor is 500 miles
- (
boxley
)
- (74)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 07:22:34 PM EDT
Not if you fly yourself ;0)
-NT
- (
mmoffitt
)
- (73)
- Aug. 30, 2005, 11:05:23 AM EDT
Re: Not if you fly yourself ;0)
- (
Nightowl
)
- (72)
- Aug. 30, 2005, 12:59:00 PM EDT
False sense of security
- (
Steve Lowe
)
- (71)
- Aug. 30, 2005, 03:05:17 PM EDT
Well.. occasionally planes manage to run into each other too
- (
Ashton
)
- (1)
- Aug. 30, 2005, 03:16:51 PM EDT
One can do even more in a small aircraft.
- (
mmoffitt
)
- Aug. 30, 2005, 10:41:31 PM EDT
What do I do?
- (
Nightowl
)
- (68)
- Aug. 30, 2005, 07:26:56 PM EDT
Love. It. - poor/smart person's Hummer. Laugh --> bank.
-NT
- (
Ashton
)
- (38)
- Aug. 30, 2005, 08:13:20 PM EDT
Nit: maybe not the bank with gas nearly $3/gal.
-NT
- (
mmoffitt
)
- (37)
- Aug. 30, 2005, 10:43:21 PM EDT
Re: Nit: maybe not the bank with gas nearly $3/gal.
- (
Nightowl
)
- Aug. 30, 2005, 10:46:24 PM EDT
I play a really small violin for thee
- (
pwhysall
)
- (35)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 01:38:08 AM EDT
Pick some up when you pick up the London Bridge.
- (
Another Scott
)
- (11)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 07:58:34 AM EDT
Up to \ufffd1/litre in places.
- (
pwhysall
)
- (6)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 08:01:01 AM EDT
Hey. I wasn't whynghyng. Twas a Q about the changes.
- (
Another Scott
)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 08:19:32 AM EDT
Just wait.
- (
mmoffitt
)
- (4)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 10:09:04 AM EDT
Atlanta has a 7 day supply left and pipelines are off
- (
boxley
)
- (3)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 10:23:18 AM EDT
It's all about the local vacations now.
-NT
- (
admin
)
- (1)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 11:27:24 AM EDT
Detroit, here you come..
-NT
- (
bionerd
)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 11:56:16 AM EDT
Moved early. As of 10am it's $3.29 here.
-NT
- (
mmoffitt
)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 12:59:07 PM EDT
I think Peter's got a point.
- (
static
)
- (3)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 11:37:37 PM EDT
0.88 USD / Liter here now
- (
admin
)
- (2)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 11:44:01 PM EDT
Yes, that's a problem.
-NT
- (
static
)
- (1)
- Sept. 1, 2005, 12:59:32 AM EDT
RE: Your .sig: Hey, how'd you make the Reversed "d"?
- (
folkert
)
- Sept. 1, 2005, 09:38:26 AM EDT
But is your commute over 30 miles each way?
-NT
- (
ben_tilly
)
- (22)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 12:43:10 PM EDT
What's that got to do with the zen of cucumbers?
-NT
- (
pwhysall
)
- (5)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 12:44:20 PM EDT
economic pain = price*quantity
- (
ben_tilly
)
- (4)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 12:54:31 PM EDT
That'd be your choice, then.
- (
pwhysall
)
- (3)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 12:56:40 PM EDT
Yes, it would. As I said up front.
- (
ben_tilly
)
- (2)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 01:12:35 PM EDT
Any remote chance: a ride-pool sorta thing, given 'hours' ?
-NT
- (
Ashton
)
- (1)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 03:17:52 PM EDT
Nope. I have odd hours. And they move a lot.
-NT
- (
ben_tilly
)
- Sept. 1, 2005, 12:33:50 AM EDT
Mine's 57 miles each way.
- (
mmoffitt
)
- (15)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 12:57:44 PM EDT
Gocha beat...63 miles each way
- (
jb4
)
- (14)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 06:10:21 PM EDT
I'd say both of you ought to consider relocation
-NT
- (
tuberculosis
)
- (2)
- Aug. 21, 2007, 06:01:32 AM EDT
Heh.
- (
mmoffitt
)
- Sept. 1, 2005, 11:28:17 AM EDT
In this housing market,
- (
jb4
)
- Sept. 1, 2005, 06:29:09 PM EDT
Pshaw
- (
bepatient
)
- (10)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 08:58:36 PM EDT
Wanna borrow my cycle?
- (
Ashton
)
- (9)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 09:21:53 PM EDT
I've been thinking along those lines
- (
bepatient
)
- (8)
- Sept. 1, 2005, 12:55:07 PM EDT
I had fewer problems on TPK and GSP
- (
imric
)
- Sept. 1, 2005, 01:07:29 PM EDT
Just bought one
- (
Steve Lowe
)
- (3)
- Sept. 1, 2005, 01:08:05 PM EDT
Synchronicity!
- (
Ashton
)
- (2)
- Sept. 1, 2005, 09:04:20 PM EDT
Rode it some tonight
- (
Steve Lowe
)
- (1)
- Sept. 1, 2005, 11:48:09 PM EDT
Oh Yeah: Always renew!
- (
Ashton
)
- Sept. 2, 2005, 06:32:46 AM EDT
Not sure you'd wanna ride 2 wheels in a NJ winter...
- (
jb4
)
- (1)
- Sept. 1, 2005, 06:30:54 PM EDT
I did it one Cleveland winter
- (
hnick
)
- Sept. 2, 2005, 07:35:52 AM EDT
So had a co-worker
- (
ben_tilly
)
- Sept. 2, 2005, 02:14:01 AM EDT
COAST
- (
pwhysall
)
- (4)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 01:48:49 AM EDT
That's GOOD!
- (
Ashton
)
- (2)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 05:28:16 AM EDT
COAST in depth, by a UK trafpol from another forum:
- (
pwhysall
)
- (1)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 07:38:38 AM EDT
Saved for distribution.
- (
Ashton
)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 03:41:18 PM EDT
CRAP
- (
tuberculosis
)
- Aug. 21, 2007, 05:55:34 AM EDT
Oh lovely, it runs in the family.
- (
CRConrad
)
- (23)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 07:35:02 AM EDT
Yeah, I wondered about that.
- (
pwhysall
)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 07:41:00 AM EDT
especially the car he was driving
- (
boxley
)
- (20)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 09:04:34 AM EDT
Re: especially the car he was driving
- (
Nightowl
)
- (19)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 12:05:22 PM EDT
Feh.
- (
pwhysall
)
- (18)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 12:48:48 PM EDT
I beg to differ
- (
Nightowl
)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 01:01:38 PM EDT
You didn't drive much when you were here, did you?
- (
drewk
)
- (16)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 01:03:24 PM EDT
So?
- (
pwhysall
)
- (14)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 04:03:50 PM EDT
You've never driven the Southfield Freeway, either.
- (
admin
)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 05:41:43 PM EDT
So?
- (
Nightowl
)
- (12)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 06:10:11 PM EDT
I mean a different thing, it seems.
- (
pwhysall
)
- (11)
- Sept. 1, 2005, 01:34:39 AM EDT
Re: I mean a different thing, it seems.
- (
Nightowl
)
- (10)
- Sept. 1, 2005, 03:16:27 AM EDT
Shiny things. Look in them occasionally.
- (
pwhysall
)
- (9)
- Sept. 1, 2005, 05:01:14 AM EDT
That's what I'm telling you
- (
drewk
)
- (7)
- Sept. 1, 2005, 10:11:40 AM EDT
Exactly
- (
Nightowl
)
- Sept. 1, 2005, 12:44:21 PM EDT
Some of the worst one *I* know about...
- (
folkert
)
- (5)
- Sept. 1, 2005, 01:56:54 PM EDT
I'm thinking PA Tunrpike
- (
drewk
)
- (3)
- Sept. 1, 2005, 02:04:39 PM EDT
Buncha wimps
- (
broomberg
)
- (2)
- Sept. 1, 2005, 02:10:12 PM EDT
Might just be Darwin in action...
- (
jb4
)
- Sept. 1, 2005, 06:33:59 PM EDT
There are multiple evolved strategies for this problem
- (
ben_tilly
)
- Sept. 1, 2005, 09:08:22 PM EDT
Hmmm - spent a couple summers at 119-14 Union Tpke
- (
Ashton
)
- Sept. 2, 2005, 07:00:18 AM EDT
Bikers in all-black on black cycles should be banned.
- (
static
)
- Sept. 1, 2005, 09:21:08 PM EDT
That depends on area
- (
ben_tilly
)
- Sept. 1, 2005, 12:35:42 AM EDT
Actually, no
- (
Nightowl
)
- Aug. 31, 2005, 12:08:06 PM EDT
Maybe there IS something to be said for roundabouts...
- (
jb4
)
- (5)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 01:55:59 PM EDT
Re: Maybe there IS something to be said for roundabouts...
- (
pwhysall
)
- (4)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 02:14:35 PM EDT
trouble is all those dam cars going the wrong way
-NT
- (
boxley
)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 02:29:52 PM EDT
OMFG! "Magic Roundabout"
-NT
- (
drewk
)
- (2)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 03:31:34 PM EDT
Designed to trap Americans, I think
- (
pwhysall
)
- (1)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 03:34:00 PM EDT
"Look kids! Big Ben! Parliament! Look kids! Big Ben! Par..."
-NT
- (
Meerkat
)
- Aug. 30, 2005, 06:43:47 AM EDT
Re: Utter nonsense.
- (
Nightowl
)
- (1)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 02:22:17 PM EDT
Five whole accidents?
- (
pwhysall
)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 03:02:09 PM EDT
I'm not afraid!
- (
imqwerky
)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 11:45:15 AM EDT
Don't forget
- (
imqwerky
)
- (2)
- Aug. 27, 2005, 04:53:57 PM EDT
Similar, yet not
- (
scoenye
)
- (1)
- Aug. 28, 2005, 08:32:38 AM EDT
Thanks for the update
- (
Nightowl
)
- Aug. 28, 2005, 09:03:02 AM EDT
Love.It.__Predictable statistics rants, Guys
- (
Ashton
)
- (4)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 04:23:21 PM EDT
And in English?
- (
pwhysall
)
- (3)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 04:35:00 PM EDT
Yes, there is that, too..
- (
Ashton
)
- (2)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 04:38:24 PM EDT
And the current direction /is/ down...
- (
pwhysall
)
- (1)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 04:59:21 PM EDT
Reminds of a WW-II story
- (
Ashton
)
- Aug. 29, 2005, 05:13:49 PM EDT
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He's dead, Jim.
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