I'm not sure how old he is, but I heard him use the word 'newfangled' one time, so he's gotta be pretty far gone.

Dawn ,'Beneath You'


Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


DavidS - Feb 24, 2010 6:40:45 am PST #10384 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Waits for our resident Bubblegum Music expert to make an appearence.

Looks like it's covered already.

I do have to write a set of liner notes for a Bubblegum reissue, though.

tommyrot, I am sad to report that you are old and decrepit and your limbs are going to just start falling off at this point. You might want to keep a tape gun on you at all times.


megan walker - Feb 24, 2010 6:41:32 am PST #10385 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

English dictionary at home says split is often splits but no other info. French-English dictionary gives "to do the splits" as the translation for "faire le grand écart". Interesting. Can't wait to check at work. (Note to self: I really should get to work).


Gudanov - Feb 24, 2010 6:43:11 am PST #10386 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

what kind of plane is that really big Qantas plane that's, like, 8 stories tall?

Airbus A380


msbelle - Feb 24, 2010 6:46:10 am PST #10387 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

My parents would rather call then email and only my demanding it has resulted in them getting a text plan for their cellphones (since we are all going to be on one plan now). I am going to lose my web access via phone at least for a little bit. I may move to my own plan in order to get it back, but it depends on cost.


tommyrot - Feb 24, 2010 6:48:29 am PST #10388 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Airbus A380

Yep.

The A380 has two levels for passengers for the entire length of the fuselage. But did you know that in 1949, Convair tried to sell a double-decker passenger plane to the airlines?

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It was the XC-99, a development of the B-36.


Gudanov - Feb 24, 2010 6:50:07 am PST #10389 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

The B-36 was a freaky airplane.


§ ita § - Feb 24, 2010 6:50:49 am PST #10390 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Airbus A380

Thanks, Gud. Some of the guys here are strangely obsessed with it. But it just looks like a plane! Now if it looked weird, I'd get it.


tommyrot - Feb 24, 2010 6:54:13 am PST #10391 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

But it just looks like a plane!

An ugly plane, IMHO.

The B-36 was a freaky airplane.

Yeah. It was powered by 6 quadruple-row 28-cylinder piston engines and four jet engines. Missions could last for 30 hours or more. The Air Force invented TV dinners for the crews of the B-36.


§ ita § - Feb 24, 2010 6:59:45 am PST #10392 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

An ugly plane, IMHO.

I lack the subtlety of discernment to distinguish that. On the other hand, my belt is quite fetching.


Gudanov - Feb 24, 2010 7:00:58 am PST #10393 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

I think the only reason it's interesting is that it's big. This is a picture that has some cars for comparison.

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Also sort of famous because a Saudi prince brought one for private use.

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