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- Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:17 pm
- Forum: Computer Chatter
- Topic: Desktop Won’t Wake Up
- Replies: 9
- Views: 398
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Re: Desktop Won’t Wake Up
Finally decided to bite the bullet and take unresponsive desktop to the computer doctor. Turned out to be a failure of the graphics card. :(( Wallet lighter but slowly getting everything reconnected. Wound up buying a used Surface Pro 4 and dock to use for travel, should I get back into that habit. ...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:25 pm
- Forum: Airline Rumours, Gossip and Chat
- Topic: Don't Get Any Ideas Woody
- Replies: 1
- Views: 54
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Don't Get Any Ideas Woody
$14.5M gold heist from Toronto airport results in charges for airline employee and 8 others Peel Regional Police said Wednesday that 6,600 gold bars worth more than 20 million Canadian dollars ($14.5 million) were stolen, the biggest gold theft in Canadian history. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/worl...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:03 pm
- Forum: Airline Rumours, Gossip and Chat
- Topic: Passengers Behaving Badly
- Replies: 93
- Views: 13724
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Alaska Airlines passenger captured by FBI after repeatedly groping woman on flight Prosecutors say Desmond Bostick covered his hand with a blanket while groping the woman throughout their flight from San Diego to Seattle https://www.foxnews.com/us/alaska-airlines-passenger-captured-fbi-after-repeat...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:00 pm
- Forum: Airline Rumours, Gossip and Chat
- Topic: Passengers Behaving Badly
- Replies: 93
- Views: 13724
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'Drunk' airplane passenger fined for reportedly urinating in cup during delay at Australia airport The man was removed from the plane after the incident, Australian Federal Police said https://www.foxnews.com/world/drunk-airplane-passenger-fined-reportedly-urinating-cup-delay-australia-airport A 53...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 3:55 pm
- Forum: Non-Airline Rumours, Gossip and Chat
- Topic: Boom Supersonic Demonstrator rolled out
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5230
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Re: Boom Supersonic Demonstrator rolled out
FAA Clears Boom For XB-1 Supersonic Tests https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/safety-ops-regulation/faa-clears-boom-xb-1-supersonic-tests?elq2=1229ee592b8d49beacd0347681cec259&sp_eh=4daed18820c515290aa2e1600a47f3ab01f81fe1ed4d051ea33dca6de6d6fe93 In what the FAA has termed “a major federal actio...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:47 am
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: More Boeing Bad News
- Replies: 1044
- Views: 49193
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Boeing’s problems just cost United $200 million https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/16/business/boeing-cost-united-200-million/index.html United Airlines was pushed into the red by Boeing and its ongoing quality issues, the airline said Tuesday. The company took a $200 million hit in the first quarter afte...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 6:15 pm
- Forum: ATC & Met
- Topic: Dubai Airport Underwater After Torrential Rains
- Replies: 1
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Dubai Airport Underwater After Torrential Rains
https://twitter.com/i/status/1780234638645919804 A year’s worth of rain plunges normally dry Dubai underwater https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/16/weather/dubai-rain-flooding-climate/index.html A year’s worth of rain unleashed immense flash flooding in Dubai Tuesday as roads turned into rivers and rushing...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:41 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
- Replies: 19651
- Views: 1044284
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Just received a text from my neighbor informing me that her 80 something year old mother had died. She and her late husband were some of the first homeowners in this subdivision, having bought the house while it was still under construction, some 45+ years ago. I had known them for the 22 years that...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:33 pm
- Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
- Topic: A grave mistake
- Replies: 486
- Views: 35914
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There appears to be an awful lot of secret intra-governmental horse-trading and blunt threats going on behind the scenes. https://twitter.com/snarwani/status/1780199469172113877 The United States expects that Israel’s military response to Iran’s strikes will be limited in scope, a senior administra...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:23 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
- Replies: 19651
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Hey G-C, best of luck with the polyp. Assume it will be with a proctoscope ? Over quickly, and then it will be examined... Good luck from here as well. :-ss A week and a half ago I had a consultation with a G-I doc new to my medical practice. I had been scoped a little over a year ago by another do...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:22 pm
- Forum: Space Related (& Freight) Ops
- Topic: Duck and Cover
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1460
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NASA confirms origin of space junk that crashed through Florida home / The 1.6-pound metal object should have burned up in the Earth’s atmosphere. https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/16/24131804/nasa-confirms-iss-space-station-junk-crashed-into-florida-home NASA has confirmed suspicions that the strang...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:44 pm
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: More Boeing Bad News
- Replies: 1044
- Views: 49193
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Boeing defends its planes’ safety ahead of whistleblower hearing https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/business/boeing-defends-planes-safety/index.html Boeing on Monday scrambled to address safety and quality concerns about its planes ahead of a whistleblower hearing in the Senate on Wednesday. A briefing...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:26 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Electric Cars II - Not Silly!
- Replies: 841
- Views: 47167
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A Cybertruck owner says his accelerator got stuck while he was driving Some Cybertruck purchasers said their deliveries had been put on pause. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/cybertruck-accelerator-stuck-driving-issue-tesla-recall-musk-rcna147832 A federal vehicle safety regulator says it ha...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:38 pm
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: Bearhawk Patrol experimental aircraft crashed Oct. 29, 2022
- Replies: 0
- Views: 52
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Bearhawk Patrol experimental aircraft crashed Oct. 29, 2022
Pilot fell out of aircraft and hit tail, causing deadly 2022 crash that killed 2, NTSB says The Bearhawk Patrol experimental aircraft crashed Oct. 29, 2022, at a farm in Pennsylvania, according to a report from the National Transportation Safety Board. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pilot-fel...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:55 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The Capetonian WOE Thread
- Replies: 4905
- Views: 155285
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread
Didn't look...just a guess thanks to the clue.
OH as I have nothing ready.
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OH as I have nothing ready.
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- Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:12 am
- Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
- Topic: A grave mistake
- Replies: 486
- Views: 35914
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Didn't let the popcorn go to waste but... (-| War cabinet says it's ready to respond to Iran's attack but delays immediate action. Here's the latest: https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-04-14-24/index.html The hours-long Israeli war cabinet meeting ended Sunday night...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:11 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The Capetonian WOE Thread
- Replies: 4905
- Views: 155285
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Elba?
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- Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:21 pm
- Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
- Topic: A grave mistake
- Replies: 486
- Views: 35914
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Re: A grave mistake
Do the drones count towards "Acedom"?
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- Sun Apr 14, 2024 6:19 pm
- Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
- Topic: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war
- Replies: 5820
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Re: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war
One hopes so.. The package of US aid to Ukraine will be put to a vote this week and will pass with an overwhelming majority of votes, Chairman of the Intelligence Committee of the US House of Representatives, Mike Turner expects. https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/112270699302028879 :-ss PP
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 6:18 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
- Replies: 19651
- Views: 1044284
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Your optimism is admirable.Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:18 pmJust planted two Black Walnut trees, hoping to see them grow to maturity!
Hoping the same.
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