... You could combine those two and call it the Ostrich room. JtheC ____________________________________________________________________ List Site:...
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Corkrey, David
dcorkrey@...
Sep 4, 1998 1:17 am
We're in the wrong echo for novels and fiction. [Dave] I knew that<snicker>.. Eyup, shuda guessed.. He'd at least be with his kind of people, and the snoring ...
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John A. Smith
jthec@...
Sep 4, 1998 5:45 pm
... . ... You don't suppose he's the programmer for MS Power Toys, do you? ... Haven't seen all of it yet, having felt a need to regourgitate after the first...
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Larry DeFilippi
prof@...
Sep 4, 1998 6:13 pm
Just checking to see if I'm connected to this newsgroup. ____________________________________________________________________ List Site:...
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Russ Haag
rhaag@...
Sep 5, 1998 5:32 am
... You're here - and welcome :-) Russ __ _____ \ \ / / _ ) http://www.virtualbrewton.magbelle.net \ V /| _ \ http://users.net1inc.net/tlc \_/ |___/...
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Ben
bensmailbox@...
Sep 5, 1998 7:35 am
... and ... You volunteering? :-) ____________________________________________________________________ List Site: http://www.findmail.com/list/cnchat/ To...
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Russ Haag
rhaag@...
Sep 6, 1998 4:35 am
CHChat Poll: Is airline travel safe? Have you used it before and do you feel safe using it today? __ _____ \ \ / / _ )...
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Ben
bensmailbox@...
Sep 6, 1998 6:22 am
... Very safe! I have flown about a half million miles in my life time and my father who travels the Duplicate Bridge Tournament circuit has traveled maybe...
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Franz Scheurer
wizard@...
Sep 6, 1998 12:45 pm
... Due to the nature of my busieness and Australia's size, I do use air travel all the time. Do I feel safe using it? NO! I feel distinctly uneasy and "not...
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Lehn Lambert
aldot@...
Sep 6, 1998 2:28 pm
... I flew twice last year, from Montgomery, AL to St. Louis. That made a total of 3 times that I have flown. I agree with Franz....I didn't feel safe, even...
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John A. Smith
jthec@...
Sep 6, 1998 4:09 pm
... Having spent most of my life both as passenger and in the driver's seat, I can honestly say I've never been really terrified until I got on an Interstate...
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Mike Pittman
pittman1@...
Sep 6, 1998 6:01 pm
... Airline travel is statistically safer then driving your car to work. The problem lies in the numbers. Every day, several thousand people are injured or...
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Russ Haag
rhaag@...
Sep 7, 1998 1:52 am
... The stats comparing airplanes to cars are hardly fair: there are many more cars on the road than planes in the air. Even so, I think it a reasonably safe...
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John A. Smith
jthec@...
Sep 7, 1998 2:44 am
... I think you will find the stats are based on passenger miles, not numbers of cars vs aircraft. With 5600 hours of stick time, I still get wet palms during...
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Franz Scheurer
wizard@...
Sep 7, 1998 5:56 am
. Amazing! I like to fly but am wary ... It's funny, you know; as I hate airtravel, but have to on a regular basis, I hate take offs, I hate being "up there"...
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Ben
bensmailbox@...
Sep 7, 1998 7:56 am
... My wife works for Las Vegas Airlines and she and I went to the Grand Canyon a few weeks ago. I was really quite amazed from sitting in the co-pilot seat...
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Russ Haag
rhaag@...
Sep 7, 1998 2:06 pm
... Exactly right, and that was my point. Fewer people are killed or injured in plane accidents but there are fewer planes in the air than cars on the ground,...
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Russ Haag
rhaag@...
Sep 7, 1998 2:09 pm
... Got a friend who is a motivational speaker and lives on commercial flights as he works in a different city every day. His doctor tells him it is affecting...
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Russ Haag
rhaag@...
Sep 7, 1998 2:16 pm
... Yow! <lol> Something we'll all be thinking on our next flight, wondering if the pilot is awake :-) My first flight was in a small, 1 1/2 seater. I got the...
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Russ Haag
rhaag@...
Sep 7, 1998 2:28 pm
... So that was YOU behind tailgating me! <howl> Russ __ _____ \ \ / / _ ) http://www.virtualbrewton.magbelle.net \ V /| _ \ http://users.net1inc.net/tlc ...
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Lehn Lambert
aldot@...
Sep 7, 1998 6:18 pm
... Get with the program, Russell. What do you think makes the props spin on a plane? The pilot and co-pilot are peddling. But on a jet plane, it takes a ...
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John A. Smith
jthec@...
Sep 7, 1998 6:24 pm
... Had to stay behind you because I was reloading. Jthe.38 ____________________________________________________________________ List Site:...
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John A. Smith
jthec@...
Sep 7, 1998 6:40 pm
... LMAO! In Air Force fighters we used squirrels. LOTS of squirrels. JtheC ____________________________________________________________________ List Site:...
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Lehn Lambert
aldot@...
Sep 7, 1998 6:45 pm
... Just like the gov'ment. They use BIG squirrel cage fans and call 'em jet turbines. HA HA! ...Lehn ...
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John A. Smith
jthec@...
Sep 7, 1998 11:20 pm
... Isn't the name for that, uh, Congress? JtheC ____________________________________________________________________ List Site:...
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Russ Haag
rhaag@...
Sep 8, 1998 12:21 am
... Never taken off from the Andalusia International airport. Having read your report, I doubt I ever will <lol> Russolini __ _____ \ \ / / _ )...
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John A. Smith
jthec@...
Sep 8, 1998 3:14 am
... Considering the number of aircraft they've bashed in and around the Canyon, some of those guys HAVE to have been asleep. Trans- Pacing an F-100-D to...
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Corkrey, David
dcorkrey@...
Sep 8, 1998 11:10 am
... No, but he probably will wish he was<snicker>. We had a nice joke going around work the other day. Hillary and Bill were retired for the evening. She,...
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Corkrey, David
dcorkrey@...
Sep 8, 1998 11:10 am
... using ... Humph, airline travel is safe as it ever was. It is the people who scare me. Especially now since they have guns that can't be detected in their ...
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Corkrey, David
dcorkrey@...
Sep 8, 1998 11:10 am
... Now there is a good topic for discussion<snicker>. Road rage? Is this some California idea that is sweeping the nation? If half the drivers that got their...
