Spaceman
- 28 Jan 2005 23:56
CLOSED - THANKS to all customers for the last few years
STORMCALLER
- 30 Aug 2005 23:01
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G'night Bunny,
edit, oops and opto
STORMCALLER
- 31 Aug 2005 00:30
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Oh, and it's goodnight from me too..:-)
jeffmack
- 31 Aug 2005 09:32
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Good morning. Long old day at work yesterday, 7:30am to 9:00pm. Started from home this morning at 6:00am, hopefully out by 7 tonight.
Weather is too damn good to be in the office
This_is_me
- 31 Aug 2005 11:03
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Jeff you will need another 'holiday' in New York next week to recover.
stockbunny
- 31 Aug 2005 11:15
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Don't encourage him T-I-M!
;>)
One long cool drink on its way up to Jeffie office.
Now where's my danish?
stockbunny
- 31 Aug 2005 11:15
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Don't encourage him T-I-M!
;>)
One long cool drink on its way up to Jeffie office.
Now where's my danish?
stockbunny
- 31 Aug 2005 11:15
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I'm repeating -repeating myself-self LOL
jj50
- 31 Aug 2005 11:31
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Morning all!
Hope the ceiling/wotsit/leak looking better today, bunny! One day off and they have you in a pie here ....... lambykins had better watch out!
Quick coffee for me, then I shall be back in later.
stockbunny
- 31 Aug 2005 11:34
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Hi JJ!!!!
:>)
Well I'm ok with it, not a perfect speciman of a ceiling but safe and clean,
mind you the feeling is not shared with everyone so I doubt this will be the
end of the ceiling saga...
Danish JJ?
stockbunny
- 31 Aug 2005 11:52
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Going to grab some lunch and hope the afternoon carries on positively.
Ears crossed...
chocolat
- 31 Aug 2005 13:45
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Especially for Jules.. ;)
After every flight, Qantas pilots fill out a form, called a "gripe sheet," which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems, document their repairs on the form & then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight.
Never let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humor. Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by Qantas' pilots (marked with a P) and the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance engineers.
By the way, Qantas is the only major airline that has never had an accident.
P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.
P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.
P: Something loose in cockpit.
S: Something tightened in cockpit.
P: Dead bugs on windshield.
S: Live bugs on back-order.
P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute
descent.
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.
P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.
P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
S: DME volume set to more believable level.
P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That's what they're for.
P: IFF inoperative.
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.
P: Suspected crack in windshield.
S: Suspect you're right.
P: Number 3 engine missing.
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.
P: Aircraft handles funny.
S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious.
P: Target radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.
P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.
P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget
pounding on something with a hammer.
S: Took hammer away from midget
stockbunny
- 31 Aug 2005 14:13
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Great love it! :>)
Socrates
- 31 Aug 2005 18:36
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I'm here at long last. Finally managed to extricate myself from the bath. Thunder and lightning down here in Cheltenham, flash, bang, wallop.
Maggot
- 31 Aug 2005 19:43
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Rarely look into this coffee house. Very, very funny, chocolat :-)))))))))))))))))))))
Spaceman
- 31 Aug 2005 19:49
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evening all. Quick swing in the hammock and a southern comfort then its a DVD for me seeing as my freeview box has just died !
by the way it isnt true that qantas has never had an accident although it was sort of true for a long while and I am sure qantas would like us to believe that it still is.
Maggott good to see you in the coffee house..
chocolat
- 31 Aug 2005 20:40
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I did wonder about that bit Spacie - but as you can see I just cee'npeed it.
After all, there's no u in humor and the tire didn't look right ;)
Glad to brighten your day Maggot :)
Can't believe I'm going somewhere wetter then here tomorrow :S
Spaceman
- 31 Aug 2005 22:26
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what wet place you going to Chocky? its not thialand time already is it?
Qantas are a very safe airline but they have a smaller number of take offs and landings than most others as they fly some very long routes and that makes their stas seem better than other safe airlines, as far as I know they have not had a fatality for many years however they lost a 747/400 in Bangkok in about 1999 but that was their first accident for many years.
stockbunny
- 01 Sep 2005 09:15
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Morning Folks - rise and shine!!
:>)
Piptrader
- 01 Sep 2005 09:57
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According to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas#Incidents_and_accidents Qantas have never had a fatality with a jet aircraft.
There were no fatalities or serious injuries in the Bangkok incident, and the aircraft was repaired.
Spaceman
- 01 Sep 2005 10:16
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Piptrader, i havnt checked but that sounds right, but the claim was they have not had an accient and that isnt true and in fact wasnt true before. They are very very safe but their profile is safer than a lot of airlines and they are not very big.