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Jim, you still don't seem to get the idea that this is a diy group, for people who are trying to do *something* (however obscure these days in many cases) themselves, it isn't your personal blog site?

So OOI, how many airports do you think are running a normal service and where they would put those aircraft that weren't flying? They can't just park them in the sky you know?

Me on a flight with Jim ...

PA: "This is your captain speaking. Unfortunately, one of our 4 engines has failed so we will now be 1 hour late arriving at our destination."

PA: "This is your captain speaking. Unfortunately, the second of our 4 engines has failed so we will now be 2 hours late arriving at our destination."

PA: "This is your captain speaking. Unfortunately, the third of our 4 engines has failed so we will now be 3 hours late arriving at our destination."

Jim turns to me and says: "Let's hope the last engine doesn't fail or we will be up here all night!"

Cheers, T i m

You obviously don't understand this is a DIY group.

Perhaps you should ask questions in a less cryptic way. You might also find yourself killfiled by many here because your posts typically have little or no substantive content.

And you think *your* highly random but mostly OT contributions are helping?

At least have the decency to mark your posts as OT.

Are you really totally bereft of friends you could phone (or Skype) if you are so desperate for contact ... or is your being here part of your 'care in the community'? Heehee.

Cheers, T i m

He's killfiled because of his scat and cross-dressing interests.

One reply from me - and the definition I have seen for a shop hung door (I looked it up before I posted) is one supplied pre-fitted with hinges, latch/lock and frame. Maybe there is another definition, but the door I referred to definitely fits that one.

SteveW

In message <ON3eG.37176$ snipped-for-privacy@fx11.am, at 14:34:22 on Mon, 23 Mar

It was said after 9/11 that about half the world's airliners are [normally] in flight at any one time, so you only need enough tarmac to accommodate the other half. Start grounding most of them, and you have a problem. I'm not surprised they are parking them wherever they can.

Those were the days - when what was effectively a level crossing went straight across the runway.

Remember 1999? And Eyjafjallajökull in 2014? Both times when the difficulty was finding the space to park up large numbers of aircraft. At least Boeing had the forethought to ensure they didn't contribute further 737 Max to the fleets.

Aww, now welcome to our world ...

Cheers, T i m

No, nor do we now you are such a key part of it.

Now, I get it you don't know how to restrain yourself, or respect others or even start a post or reply with a capital letter, but as others have mentioned, if you actually *want* replies to your posts, and it's not just Usenet Tourettes, let go the TX key for a while and actually try to stay on topic (or at least mark it as OT:).

I mean, you don't seem 'nasty' as such but you sure are confused. ;-(

Cheers, T i m

Exactly.

How old are you (supposed to be) again? I'm guessing 12?

Cheers, T i m

Or Sumburgh

Or, at a slower pace, Brighton racecourse - in two places. Between races.

It is interesting as many planes are only leased, and I wonder what the people who funded the purchases will be doing to preserve their value. I'd have thought somewhere in a desert with covers over the engines might have been better. Brian