catbox wrote:I wrote a letter to god once. My step dad still beat me and and my dog died. Actually I'm still waiting for a reply.
I went to http://www.stopoilspeculationnow.com/
cube wrote:If Uncle Sam bans all Americans from speculating anywhere / everywhere, I will have nowhere to run and no where to hide.
Snowrunner wrote:So looks like certain industries (including oil) are getting desperate in trying to get the price of oil down.
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Sometimes I get this paranoid feeling the "true" reason why the internet was invented was to spread mis-information to keep society perpetually in the dark.MrBill wrote:...
I said it once today, but its worth repeating. Ignorance is still our biggest enemy. Even in this age of information! Or disinformation as the case may be? ; - ))
eastbay wrote:It's part of a PR campaign designed to soften up Congress as the airlines prepare to tap into some public money as a short-term fix.
The twin-propeller Dakotas, first built by Douglas Aircraft Co. in 1935, have a maximum altitude of 20,800 feet and top speed of 192 miles an hour, about 30 percent slower than the world's fastest car. In Europe, the model became famous for carrying paratroopers to France from England on D-Day, in 1944, and dropping supplies during the Berlin Airlift, in 1948 and 1949.
``After the war, DC-3s were the backbone of airlines around the world,'' said historian Henry Holden, the author of two books on the aircraft. ``It is an easy airplane to fly, `forgives' many pilot errors, and its reputation has been passed down from generation to generation.''
Fuel costs and soaring commodity prices are also making the upkeep of vintage aircraft more difficult, Parr said. Air Atlantique's DC-6, on display at the Farnborough International Air Show, takes 11,000 liters (2,905 gallons) of aviation fuel.
Aaron wrote:I fly frequently all over the globe for work.
I wore a bruise on my right side for a few weeks, from a 3 hour flight next to an obese man in the seat to my left. He took up almost half my seat because he overflowed his. Towards the end of the flight I couldn't help involuntary wincing when I shifted in my seat.
As we exited the plane, he quietly apologized for crowding me.
I was torn...
One the one hand, I doubt very much his weight represents a deliberate choice to be overweight. On the other hand, why should I be physically punished for a stranger's physical condition? Should the stranger be punished for either a genetic condition causing his obesity, or a lack of will-power in avoiding overeating?
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