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Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
29th Oct 2009, 16:12
Replies: 30
Views: 3,368
Posted By ArthurBorges

CAT?

I've been paxing on and off since age 12, which is 49 years ago.

When seated, I buckle up mostly because it's a carryover from driving.

Captain or F/O warned everyone of turbulence in good time...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Oct 2009, 12:51
Replies: 54
Views: 6,739
Posted By ArthurBorges

Col. Evgeny Khruschev's most recent take.

Agent provocateur | Friendly Fire | Blogs, RT info | RT (http://www.russiatoday.com/About_Us/Blogs/Friendly_Fire.html)
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
29th Oct 2009, 08:42
Replies: 35
Views: 12,002
Posted By ArthurBorges

Exezy

I don't know if I'm amazed or amused by your posting.

Everything of substance I read says the US is trying to inflate its way out of its debt not just to China but to the entire rest of the world....
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Oct 2009, 08:15
Replies: 54
Views: 6,739
Posted By ArthurBorges

Low Flier & All

And who has the logistical capability to ship out all those tonnages?

Think 'bout it.
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Oct 2009, 07:57
Replies: 93
Views: 45,780
Posted By ArthurBorges

Well Folks,

I've followed Flyboy 738's link and the only observation I find of note, as a non-techie, is a philosophical one by French Parliamentarian Odile Saugues, sourced from "Journal de Dimanche", a decent...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Oct 2009, 07:36
Replies: 93
Views: 45,780
Posted By ArthurBorges

Yggorf

Just like every other news medium.

However, when it comes to such interference, postponement of release of an item, or simple direct archiving without release, a grrrrreat distinction is made...
Forum: Cabin Crew
28th Oct 2009, 12:52
Replies: 3
Views: 1,067
Posted By ArthurBorges

Thomas18107

Um, I understand you teach and want to fly.

I wanted to fly and ended up teaching.

Maybe we can relate here.

My friends at AF and elsewhere wouldn't recommend an airline career, because, as...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Oct 2009, 11:11
Replies: 93
Views: 45,780
Posted By ArthurBorges

Terry Robinson

Re your first statement: Yes, mate, I have seen the difference between what we put out at Reuters and what some dailies twisted it into. Spot on!

Re your second: Nope. Fear is exactly what they...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Oct 2009, 10:55
Replies: 93
Views: 45,780
Posted By ArthurBorges

Yikes, Air France ain't what it used to be

FlyBoy737800, AF has been "partially privatized", a term we were not allowed to use at Reuters, because we would get a phone call from the Elysée Palace ("French white house", so to speak) every time...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
26th Oct 2009, 17:35
Replies: 5
Views: 1,549
Posted By ArthurBorges

Hmm...

My experience of Air Asia is that ground staff try to intimidate you into booking onward travel and return tickets at premium on-the-spot prices on the theory (and occasional practice) that anybody's...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
23rd Oct 2009, 15:50
Replies: 24
Views: 3,204
Posted By ArthurBorges

Snoop Doggy Dog is right on target

Everything depends entirely on who handles your a/c.

Every HKG bank is well versed in the subtleties of working internationally, but the quality of the customer interfaces varies from branch to...
Forum: Questions
23rd Oct 2009, 15:39
Replies: 17
Views: 1,719
Posted By ArthurBorges

Denti

You are being de-civilized.

What pressures are these unfree otherwise likely civilized folks suffering from that renders them so draconian about how you run your ship?

Prithee tell.
Forum: Questions
23rd Oct 2009, 15:35
Replies: 17
Views: 1,719
Posted By ArthurBorges

411A

(Just passing through this thread, but I like your sense of elegance when it comes to plain hospitality.)
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Oct 2009, 07:05
Replies: 54
Views: 6,739
Posted By ArthurBorges

Mucklace

Shortly before her death, Ms. Benazir Bhutto was interviewed by David Frost. She added in passing that bin Laden had been for two years -- and Mr. Frost went directly into his next question without...
Forum: French Forum
18th Oct 2009, 10:59
Replies: 459
Views: 101,135
Posted By ArthurBorges

Airbua-Nana

Certes, mais vous étiez partie dans un sens bien précis et le clou de votre post demandait si l'aero-industrie française n'arrivait pas à la fin de ses jours. Par association, si Airbus tombait,...
Forum: French Forum
18th Oct 2009, 10:54
Replies: 459
Views: 101,135
Posted By ArthurBorges

Ohhhhhhhhhh WilyB

C'est bô les rapports passionnels.

Pour ma part, je trouve sympa que quelqu'un se sente concerné par ce qui me concerne.
Forum: French Forum
18th Oct 2009, 10:52
Replies: 459
Views: 101,135
Posted By ArthurBorges

Airbua-Nana

On va se retrouver dans des mélodrames dignes de plaidoiries devant la OMC : le Boeing 707 a été mis au point à partir de la technologie mise au point pour le B-47 -- et payé par le contribuable US....
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
18th Oct 2009, 10:32
Replies: 26
Views: 3,850
Posted By ArthurBorges

Hey Gals & Guys

My definition of a police state is Myanmar. I was first off the flight from BKK at something like 2330LT and hit this desk with three middle-aged female officers knitting and chatting behind this...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
18th Oct 2009, 10:01
Replies: 14
Views: 5,075
Posted By ArthurBorges

BCGallagher

Still sad to learn the world community will have one less DC-3 from this day forward.
Forum: Questions
18th Oct 2009, 09:57
Replies: 31
Views: 3,930
Posted By ArthurBorges

I like this

Tritanic and Tristarasaurus Rex are lovely new words for me. In a spirit of reconciliation, I'd dare merge the two into Trtanasaurus Rex.

If one gets legal, the ticket is a contract, so both...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Oct 2009, 09:29
Replies: 23
Views: 11,168
Posted By ArthurBorges

Pedras

What's the problem?

Assume they're as intelligent as you, connive and use the standard Soviet answer: "Agricultural machinery parts."
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Oct 2009, 03:42
Replies: 25
Views: 4,671
Posted By ArthurBorges

The root issue is our indifference to the...

The root issue is our indifference to the suffering of others, or even our ability to feel joy and superiority in their suffering.

We can't all take this lad flying.

We can however sharpen our...
Forum: French Forum
16th Oct 2009, 16:32
Replies: 459
Views: 101,135
Posted By ArthurBorges

Airbuanana

Euh, Airbus n'est pas français.

En tout cas, AMDBA persévère, merci !
Forum: Medical & Health
16th Oct 2009, 16:21
Replies: 15
Views: 5,071
Posted By ArthurBorges

Altselgreen

Physicians have all manner of means to panic you into purchasing their services.

Get a second opinion if needed -- if you fly through CDG, try the oncology department in a local public hospital.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Oct 2009, 11:05
Replies: 83
Views: 12,916
Posted By ArthurBorges

Wader

So this is about getting stuck thinking inside the same box?

Sorry, but I have a hard time believing in the irrational madman with a leer on his face every time he fingers a bright red button....
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Oct 2009, 10:41
Replies: 25
Views: 4,671
Posted By ArthurBorges

Gawd

I'd forgotten such mindless uncaring idiots existed.

Hopefully, the Royal Army takes better care of its vets than, um, other armed forces do.
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Oct 2009, 13:30
Replies: 17
Views: 1,828
Posted By ArthurBorges

Um

Unlikely anyone will be shooting nukes in the next biggie.

It'll be biological.

A few Trident subs for diplomatic eye candy, um, sure: it's needed.

Western armed forces are principally...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Oct 2009, 13:19
Replies: 14
Views: 2,183
Posted By ArthurBorges

Gosh Folks

You really oughta read and digest some Col von Clausewitz.

For the few who may not know him, he was just a lowly staff officer -- but no general who had him on his staff ever lost a battle.
...
Forum: Medical & Health
15th Oct 2009, 13:09
Replies: 15
Views: 5,071
Posted By ArthurBorges

Immunocompetence

Tonsils are an integral part of your immune system: do not have them removed. When they flame up, they're just doing their job.

Too many folks have been indoctrinated with the idiocy that the...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Oct 2009, 12:20
Replies: 83
Views: 12,916
Posted By ArthurBorges

Carnage Matey

It's only fair the author's own website: 1434 Gavin Menzies | 1421 | Chinese Voyages | Renaissance history |medieval history | maritime exploration |Chinese Exploration | Admiral Zheng He | Chinese...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Oct 2009, 11:49
Replies: 83
Views: 12,916
Posted By ArthurBorges

Manuel,

Columbus sailed to Hispaniola (DR+Haiti today) in 1492; the maps date from 1421 onward.

It is indeed argued that he used copies of Chinese maps.

What I don't grasp is how, if he had such a...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Oct 2009, 13:25
Replies: 83
Views: 12,916
Posted By ArthurBorges

Manuel de Vol

China cottoned on a long time ago. Read the books "1421" and "1434" by Gavin Menzies, incidentally ex-captain of a RN Polaris submarine, where he describes the naval expeditions of Adm. Zheng He and...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Oct 2009, 13:18
Replies: 83
Views: 12,916
Posted By ArthurBorges

Glad Rag

I understand that France and the UK jointly developed the Chevaline warhead.
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Oct 2009, 13:14
Replies: 83
Views: 12,916
Posted By ArthurBorges

847NAS

One serious advantage is that subsurface systems have complacent neighbours: fish don't lobby MPs and Congressmen to dig the silo someplace else.

Land-based missiles make local populations...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Oct 2009, 09:38
Replies: 22
Views: 4,438
Posted By ArthurBorges

While on vintage hijackings...

There is Leila Khaled, subject of a recent film that featured at the Sundance Festival

Background
G2: Profile of Palestinian fighter Leila Khaled | World news | The Guardian...
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