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I foresee a lot of swordfish and chicken being served and the newlyweds will be using leftover souvenir goblets as everyday drinking glasses for the next decade.
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Krispy Wafer posted:I foresee a lot of swordfish and chicken being served and the newlyweds will be using leftover souvenir goblets as everyday drinking glasses for the next decade. The goblets are drop-shipped straight from the manufacturer to respondents' homes using Amazon fulfillment
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Sep 17, 2020 20:59
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I foresee a lot of angry social media posts when the couple alienates the remainder of their social circle after a majority of them send only regrets on the RVSP.
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Sep 17, 2020 21:08
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Sep 17, 2020 21:16
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Wedding update: We didn't meet our stretch goals, so we are unable to provide chairs and cutlery for every place setting. Those rewards will only be for our top backers
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Remember how the thing everyone misses about travelling is the experience of being on the plane? Qantas has got you covered.quote:Growing number of airlines offer ‘flights to nowhere’ as international travel remains stalled https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/09/17/growing-number-airlines-offer-flights-nowhere-international-travel-remains-stalled/ I've barely set foot outside this week due to forest fire smoke partially caused by climate change, good to know a contributing factor is spoiled folks who just can't bear the thought of not flying through the sky aimlessly.
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Sep 17, 2020 21:45
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It's BWM and bad for the planet, but scenic airliner flights are an innovative idea.
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Sep 17, 2020 21:55
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Aren't (weren't?) a ton of airplanes just taking off and landing with no one aboard so that airlines could keep their gate privileges or something weird?
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Inner Light posted:It's BWM and bad for the planet, but scenic airliner flights are an innovative idea. Not always: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Erebus_disaster
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Sep 17, 2020 21:58
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"Controlled flight into terrain" is a very clinical way to say whoopsydoodle, the mountain just came outta nowhere
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Sep 17, 2020 22:01
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Scenic flights are not a new idea, people have paid for scenic flights over stuff like the grand canyon and the coast of Hawai'i in 4 or 6 or 8 seater planes (and helicopters) for a long time. Why someone would pay for a scenic flight where the scenery is out of the teeny oval window of an airliner is beyond me.
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Sep 17, 2020 22:04
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Inner Light posted:It's BWM and bad for the planet, but scenic airliner flights are an innovative idea. Don't forget BWP (Bad With Pandemic). alnilam posted:Scenic flights are not a new idea, people have paid for scenic flights over stuff like the grand canyon and the coast of Hawai'i in 4 or 6 or 8 seater planes (and helicopters) for a long time.
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alnilam posted:Scenic flights are not a new idea, people have paid for scenic flights over stuff like the grand canyon and the coast of Hawai'i in 4 or 6 or 8 seater planes (and helicopters) for a long time. I did one of those in Kauai and it was awesome. Saw several famous film locations, the waterfalls from Jurassic Park, a dozen swimming humpback whales, and the picturesque Na Pali coast. I even got to sit in front! Extremely good with money and good with vacation.
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canyoneer posted:I did one of those in Kauai and it was awesome. Saw several famous film locations, the waterfalls from Jurassic Park, a dozen swimming humpback whales, and the picturesque Na Pali coast. I even got to sit in front! I backpacked all 11 arduous miles out along that coast and nearly died, you were one of the bastards making helicopter noise all drat day  (I'm sure it was awesome, I hope you played the "welcome to Jurassic Park" fanfare)
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alnilam posted:I backpacked all 11 arduous miles out along that coast and nearly died, you were one of the bastards making helicopter noise all drat day Not me! We boated along the coast in one of those cool Zodiacs, then hiked it (Alakai Swamp trail), then did it by air (fixed wing) It was a great vacation. And yes, the pilot did play the Jurassic Park theme over the headset.
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Aren't (weren't?) a ton of airplanes just taking off and landing with no one aboard so that airlines could keep their gate privileges or something weird? they put a stop to that pretty fast
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What's a good rate for rim loans?  GoGoGadgetChris posted:Aren't (weren't?) a ton of airplanes just taking off and landing with no one aboard so that airlines could keep their gate privileges or something weird? Slot usage requirements have mostly been suspended due to covid. Airplanes are still flying half empty though since the government has subsidized them to do so via the CARES act.
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Sep 17, 2020 23:00
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KodiakRS posted:What's a good rate for rim loans? I recently learnt that you can rent rims.
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Moo the cow posted:I recently learnt that you can rent rims. Fools. I lease-to-own my rims.
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Aren't (weren't?) a ton of airplanes just taking off and landing with no one aboard so that airlines could keep their gate privileges or something weird? I thought it was the slots, but poster above says that they've been suspended. Do pilots have to do a certain number of hours a month to keep current? Angrymog fucked around with this message at 23:43 on Sep 17, 2020 |
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crossposting from the gip idiots threadcanyoneer posted:Someone was telling me the base facebook spouse groups have been blowing up with "how do I not spend the money? If it's there, it's getting spent" and it feels a lot like the SNL sketch of "Don't buy things you cannot afford" First part of next year is going to be a horrorshow of enlisted folks with tight budgets being totally broke.
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Angrymog posted:Do pilots have to do a certain number of hours a month to keep current? For airline pilots it's 3 landings every 90 days. After 90 days pilots have to do some training in a simulator before they can go fly again. How much training depends on how long it's been since they've flown. Running extra flights to keep pilots current basically never happens at airlines unless they can't do the training in a simulator for some reason. canyoneer posted:
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Sep 18, 2020 00:49
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I definitely know people that think money IRL works like money in an RTS and any money not spent is "wasted". To the point that after their monthly expenses are paid, they'll go to Walmart and spend exactly what is left of their paychecks on slow cookers and air fryers and poo poo, knowing that they'll return them later. One friend has bought and sold a Nintendo Switch five times now since launch as new games that interest him come out, because "it's money sitting around wasted whenever I'm not playing it!"
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Sep 18, 2020 02:16
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KodiakRS posted:Airplanes are still flying half empty though since the government has subsidized them to do so via the CARES act. Most of the flights I've been on in the past couple months have been mostly or completely full. There's been a lot fewer flights to choose from, of course.
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Aren't (weren't?) a ton of airplanes just taking off and landing with no one aboard so that airlines could keep their gate privileges or something weird? According to the Broadway musical "Come From Away", which is about all the grounded airplanes that landed in Gander, Newfoundland, on 9/11, airplanes are not designed to be parked for long periods of time and it can really damage them.
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My redneck neighbor has had an F-15 sitting on our front lawns for years now that he swears he's going to get running again someday but I have my doubts.
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Moneyball posted:My redneck neighbor has had an F-15 sitting on our front lawns for years now that he swears he's going to get running again someday but I have my doubts. To be fair, repairs and maintenance on fighter jets are pretty dang expensive, not to mention the hourly operating cost. Very BWM.
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Moneyball posted:My redneck neighbor has had an F-15 sitting on our front lawns for years now that he swears he's going to get running again someday but I have my doubts. That's rad as gently caress if you actually meant the air superiority combat aircraft. Lame if it's just the ford truck though. e f b
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Moneyball posted:My redneck neighbor has had an F-15 sitting on our front lawns for years now that he swears he's going to get running again someday but I have my doubts. A Chevy dealership near Seattle had an ex-Czechoslovakian MiG-21 up on blocks for a decade or so. They bought it at the fall of the iron curtain as a publicity stunt (the place was named Jet Chevrolet) and kept it around until the early 2000s. They didn't ever get 'er runnin' right, but considering they got 10 years of an I-5 landmark for probably not much more than one of those giant inflatable gorillas, the whole thing was still pretty GWM.
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A restaurant in my neighborhood had a B52 bomber out front on columns for a gas station that they also used to operate until a few years ago when they took it down to restore with a goal of getting her flying again. They closed down recently and I blame the decision to get rid of the plane. Also the terrible food.
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Moneyball posted:My redneck neighbor has had an F-15 sitting on our front lawns for years now that he swears he's going to get running again someday but I have my doubts.
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:According to the Broadway musical "Come From Away", which is about all the grounded airplanes that landed in Gander, Newfoundland, on 9/11, airplanes are not designed to be parked for long periods of time and it can really damage them. Ask me anything about living in Gander! (it sucks)
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Guinness posted:To be fair, repairs and maintenance on fighter jets are pretty dang expensive, not to mention the hourly operating cost. Very BWM. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_v._Pepsico,_Inc. I wonder what would have happened if someone really got 7,000,000 Pepsi Points instead of 15 points and $0.10 a point for the remaining 6,999,985 points, and a $10 shipping and handling fee.
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Electrical Fire posted:Ask me anything about living in Gander! Is it like living in a Donnie Dumphy video?
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Moneyball posted:My redneck neighbor has had an F-15 sitting on our front lawns for years now that he swears he's going to get running again someday but I have my doubts. how
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Moneyball lives in Kuwait. It's a relic from Desert Storm.
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:According to the Broadway musical "Come From Away", which is about all the grounded airplanes that landed in Gander, Newfoundland, on 9/11, airplanes are not designed to be parked for long periods of time and it can really damage them. The less than a week that the planes were stuck on the ground in Gander isn't really a big deal. There may have been a minor issue or two that would be an unusual pain in the rear end because getting a company mechanic or parts to an island in far eastern Canada immediately after 9/11 would be tricky. The 737 max on the other hand, those are going to have issues for months after they start flying again. It's just going to add insult to the $18 billion injury Boeing gave themselves. Jeremey Clarkson, the British equivalent of a redneck, just used a flatbed truck. He strikes me as the kind of person who would be very BWM.
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KodiakRS posted:The less than a week that the planes were stuck on the ground in Gander isn't really a big deal. There may have been a minor issue or two that would be an unusual pain in the rear end because getting a company mechanic or parts to an island in far eastern Canada immediately after 9/11 would be tricky. The 737 max on the other hand, those are going to have issues for months after they start flying again. It's just going to add insult to the $18 billion injury Boeing gave themselves. I'm no aerospace economist but I don't understand how Boeing is still able to function for so long building planes that may never fly or be sold. I don't think they're sitting on a giant cash pile.
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