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rob smith    Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22651 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 
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Definitely a miss-placed flat-earther discovering that the earth spherical. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
 zoom3+1=4  Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 66502 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 
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Yeah, the earth's an oblate spheroid, I think it moves 10,000 mph at the equator. Enough gold near the core to plate the entire earth 3' thick, at least that's what I read once. Plus there is a lot of water down there bound with subducted sea floor. CA HSR built a foundation, is laying Track! PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550 Loco, US's 1st HST 
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Dr Who Fan  Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3385 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4
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‘Offensive’ Tattoos and Revealing Clothing Are Now on Spirit Airlines’ No-Fly List The airline clarified (somewhat) the attire and appearance that might prevent passengers from being allowed to board or remain on a plane, a move that goes a step further than other major U.S. airlines. |
Admiral Gloval  Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 21517 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0
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You got to draw the line somewhere. I see the clothing issue as needing more coverage or appear to be painted on. The tattoos might make them some more money as bandages and coverup make up can be purchased from the air carrier.  
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W-K 666  Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19480 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67
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Lucky. Driver and passenger survive as tree falls on car Two people escaped unhurt when a tree fell on to their moving car during Storm Éowyn. |
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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13881 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 
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Lucky.Un-believably un-lucky to be there just at that time. And un-believably lucky to have gotten away with so little injury. If that parked car hadn't been there, i doubt they'd have been nearly as fortunate... Grant Darwin NT |
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Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 21517 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0
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I do like the last one about the London Underground. Chinese engineers didn’t get he traffic light idea right.
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Scrooge McDuck  Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 1330 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54 
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Visibility of max speed signs is overrated: Elizabeth line train caught at double speed limit An Elizabeth line train jolted causing some passengers to lose their footing after travelling at almost twice the speed limit, the rail safety investigator has revealed.  |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21532 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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Ridiculous! And total uncaring jobsworths for having that silliness come to be. AND a total failure of supervision and checks. The accident report needs to insist upon procedural/management changes... Another one of those "Should never have happened..." ... Stay safe folks? Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22651 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380
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Not Work, Fail - a somewhat derogatory branding of part of the UK's rail "management" infrastructure, the higher levels of which are manned by those who have been promoted beyond the level of their incompetence. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22651 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380
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Martin might enjoy this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v62kzDb_DW0 "Infective communication"...... Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
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Scrooge McDuck Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 1330 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54
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"Infective communication"......Whatever communication may was "ineffective"... The root cause is the pipe. It should have never been allowed in the first place to install such a temporary rubber pipe (with snap locks, attached with clamping rings!!!) immediately below rails through the track's ballast bed. If there would have been a larger diameter protective steel tube instead, drilled horizontally, deeper below the rails through the embankment which then would have encapsulate the temporary pipes, a leak could not have damaged the embankment. Yes... the costs... and time... |
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Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3385 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4
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This is an ongoing investigation and will be some time before we know details of the who, when, why what caused this. Everyone aboard an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter is feared dead Updated 11:30 AM CST, January 30, 2025 wrote: All 64 people aboard an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter were feared dead in what was likely to be the worst U.S. aviation disaster in almost a quarter century, officials said Thursday. |
Gary Charpentier  Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31110 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32
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This is an ongoing investigation and will be some time before we know details of the who, when, why what caused this.We know cause, eyeballs are fallible. Both aircraft were operating visually in good weather, tower verified with helicopter that they saw the jet and they would stay clear. Obviously they didn't. Line one of the report; "Failure to see and avoid." The majority of the report will attempt to explain why the eyeball didn't see or misidentified what it did see. Then there will be a section, a frequent repeat section, on how to reduce the chances of it happening again. Of course the Army will also produce a report with an eye to finding someone, still alive, to court-martial. |
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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 66502 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49
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I have a nominee for court martial, in theory, but I can not say here. |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21532 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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For ATC, the pilots, or the flight path planners?... Note that there were two fixed wing aircraft in sight plus a third nearby... Which plane did the helicopter pilots think was the "CRJ"? ... And ATC gave them less than one minute to understand, identify, and act upon... That was an overly busy far too confined conflict situation that was too dangerous to survive... Fly safe folks? Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22651 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380
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Flight path planners.... Vertical separation is normally 1000ft, but there are allowable exceptions..... In this case there were two flight paths, more or less perpendicular to each other, the lower at a maximum altitude of 200ft and only for helicopters, with the higher approach to the runway, at 400ft. So the two should have missed, but it is being reported that the helicopter was climbing beyond its permitted 200ft...... Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
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Scrooge McDuck Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 1330 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54
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Flight path planners....??? ...but it is being reported that the helicopter was climbing beyond its permitted 200ft......So, the heli pilot is to blame. |
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Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14686 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874
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with the higher approach to the runway, at 400ft.??? But CRJ was was on final approach for landing. He wouldn't approach at a level 400' until he reached the runway, and then drop vertically: civilian passenger jets can't do that. That's the error Trump made in his press conference - he looked at the scene in only two dimensions. I'd like to see a vertical profile for the standard glide-path on final approach to runway 33: how far out over the Potomac does it cross that 400' floor? |
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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 66502 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49
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Pres Harry Truman said the Buck stops here, in his office. CA HSR built a foundation, is laying Track! PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550 Loco, US's 1st HST
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