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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I lack the subtlety of discernment to distinguish that.

Because it's a double-decker, the fuselage is relatively short. So the proportions look wrong to me. Some have compared the A380's fuselage to a watermelon.

I am wanting to find thin cotton bedspreads like I remember having in the 70s. They had like raised stripes on them, were solid colors. I have searched for "solid twin bedspread", "solid twin coverlet", "vintage twin bedspread" and various combinations. any ideas?

They had like raised stripes on them, were solid colors. I have searched for "solid twin bedspread", "solid twin coverlet", "vintage twin bedspread" and various combinations. any ideas?

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My former tech coworkers were also fascinated by that plane. But it made sense because we worked for Boeing.
 
So, arthritis. My family all has it so I figured I`d get it eventually too. Now I have (mild, twingy) joint pain and stiffness periodically, mostly in my hips and knuckles. At first it was strongly associated with my menstrual cycle, and came with the weird joint looseness. When it`s that, it`s mild until it`s suddenly, briefly, very intense hip pain. Like can`t stand up pain. And then it`s gone. This cycle there was nada. It was fine.
 
So I`m confused. What is that? Does it sound like early arthritis? Is there anything I can do about it?

I am wanting to find thin cotton bedspreads like I remember having in the 70s. They had like raised stripes on them, were solid colors.

I had a bedspread like that in the 70s. It was from Sears.

I have no opinion on the Airbus or any other plane, but as a born and bred (4th generation) Californian, I had never heard of a singular split (except, as Tep notes, related to champagne) before this conversation. I grew up knowing tons of dance students and actors working hard to become double or triple threats, and since it was a big-deal flexibility goal we talked about it a lot, and it was always, always "the splits."

not chenille, like pintucks. heavy cotton like a totebag weight.

I'm from the Midwest and say do the splits. Which sounds funny now that i've read it 18 times! But I'd only heard "a split" in reference to champagne.

MsBelle, I used to buy exactly that at Cost Plus World Market. But limited colors; I always got a taupe.