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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 18, 2022 12:01:14 GMT
Southern Rhodesia?
San Remo?
Slovenian Russia?
Spanish Reykjavik?
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 18, 2022 14:24:58 GMT
Siem Reap.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 24, 2023 12:56:56 GMT
Catherine Deneuve turned 80 two day ago. Then again, she stopped doing nude scene a bit after turning 60.
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 14, 2023 10:17:38 GMT
I hope that the Saudis are doing this to help drain excess tourists from Paris. I don't know if it will work. The bottom of the giant tarp is very well done.
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Post by bjd on Nov 14, 2023 11:50:02 GMT
"Together for a foresighted tomorrow" What is that supposed to mean?
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 14, 2023 11:54:51 GMT
I figure their advertising agency told them that the word foresight was positive.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 2, 2024 22:46:19 GMT
As I wrote in my summer travel tale when I was given a jump seat next to the rear exit leaving Bangkok, the flight attendant instructed me about my role in case he had to deploy the emergency slides ("block the passengers temporarily if they try to stampede before the slide is down"). Although I took him seriously (because he was dead serious), I nevertheless had a little thought at the time about "ha ha, how likely is that to happen?"
After what happened in Tokyo today, I will definitely take such instructions even more seriously if I am ever given a jump seat again on a totally full flight. So far in my life, as an airline employee, I have been given a jump seat four times over the years as well as countless emergency exit row seats.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 3, 2024 1:03:52 GMT
Earlier today I read an article lauding the performance of the flight attendant at exit 4L. The article also mentioned that the evacuated passengers on the tarmac had no luggage, meaning they followed correct protocol & didn't gum up the works trying to bring their stuff with them.
I always try to score the exit row because of the leg room, the fact that it's often empty, and because no kids, so I've perused the instructions several times. One thing to keep in mind is that the door weighs forty-three pounds and must not only be opened, but lifted out of the way.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 6, 2024 15:29:17 GMT
I always try to score the exit row because of the leg room, Looks like me might have to watch out in those emergency exit rows, too, after what happened to Alaska Airiines yesterday.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 6, 2024 16:46:32 GMT
Yes, saw that in my Breaking News email this morning. I've put a different photo by a passenger in the spoiler below. (photo is huge) It appears the plane was assembled by the pop-bead method. From the NYTimes article: "Within hours, the company said that it was grounding all 65 of its Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft until it could inspect each plane. ... The Association of Flight Attendants at Alaska Airlines said that the decompression was “explosive,” and that one attendant had sustained minor injuries. ... Ms. Le said no one was sitting in the window seat next to the missing fuselage, but that a teenage boy and his mother were sitting in the middle and aisle seats. ... The boy appeared to have lost his shirt, and his skin looked red and irritated, she added. ... The cause of the midair problem was unclear as of early Saturday. Keith Tonkin, the managing director of Aviation Projects, an aviation consulting company in Brisbane, Australia, said that an excessive difference in the air pressure inside versus outside the cabin could have caused the wall to break off. Passengers were probably able to breathe normally even when the plane was at its highest altitude, Mr. Tonkin added. The plane was new, having been certified in November, according to the F.A.A. registry of aircraft. It entered commercial service that month and has since logged 145 flights, according to Flightradar24, another flight tracking site." www.nytimes.com/2024/01/05/business/alaska-airlines-flight-portland-landing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Lk0.urBy.BrQ1qecEn9sa&smid=url-shareA photo provided by a passenger showed a portion of the wall blown out on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 Max after it had safely landed.Credit...Elizabeth Le
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Post by onlyMark on Jan 6, 2024 19:10:31 GMT
Do we know that was an emergency exit row? Reports don't seem to mention that. Just that a window panel blew out. If it is, I'd be asking the kid in the middle seat if he played with the handle.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 6, 2024 20:38:01 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 6, 2024 22:31:32 GMT
And, from my link above ~
While the F.A.A. has yet to publicly discuss the cause of the incident, in its grounding order to the airlines, it asked that they inspect what it called a “mid cabin door plug.” Some of the Boeing 737 Max 9s are configured with fewer seats and, therefore, do not need all the emergency exits originally designed for the plane. The unneeded exits are filled with a plug.
Alaska Airlines confirmed in a statement on Saturday afternoon that it had started inspecting the door plugs and cleared 18 of its 65 Max 9s to return to service. The airline said it expected to complete the inspections in the next few days.
Told you it was pop-bead technology!
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 6, 2024 22:38:10 GMT
Anything called a plug can spring a leak.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 13, 2024 18:11:55 GMT
The year of the dragon is considered by the Chinese to be the most favourable time for having a child. That confirms what a few of us at Anyport already knew.
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