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    General Transportation Question

    Okay, you got us having given away the most salient clue. Haven't ridden one since 2/12/24.
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    General Transportation Question

    I would have to say rail.
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    Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun resigning

    We may see the needed change coming at Boeing as a consequence of this. I certainly hope so. The company needs to do whatever it takes to resolve its assembly problems with the 737 and 787 and also needs to resolve the ongoing saga of gaining type certification of the Max 7 and 10 as well as the...
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    Alaska 1288 - collapsed landing gear at SNA

    Maybe so, but it seems to me that either the strut punches through the wing or it breaks the spar. I read this in reports of the BA accident at LHR involving a 777 that lost power and came down hard short of the runway that Boeing had mounted the gear on rafts remote of the spar that would fail...
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    Morals and working with the public

    While I appreciate what the OP is saying, I can't see a moral or ethical problem with offering something to a retail customer at any given price. It is up to them to agree to it or not. That customer also has internet access and can decide for themselves whether a markup is worth it to them...
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    Effects of T-Mobile Cell Data on Distance From Cell Tower

    We get good speed with our TMobile 5G router. Obviously YMMV.
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    Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore) hit by Cargo Ship and Collapsed

    Very sad for those who died this morning and for their families. This will create years, maybe a decade, of economic damage to the Baltimore area and may result in Baltimore as a port never coming back long term. Things don't always go to plan, even though they do 99.9% of the time, and...
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    The continuation of being dumped on in Restaurants needs to end.

    It really depends upon how you define the restaurant experience. If you consider a meal out to be a special occasion, there are actual good restaurants everywhere, and their prices reflect this. Most areas also have some pretty decent local family dining type places. If all you want is to sit...
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    Another 737 mishap

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/25/business/boeing-ceo-calhoun-leaving/index.html The needed changes may be happening even as we wish for them.
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    Flight documents show MH370 was ‘buried in an ocean trench by pilot’, says Boeing expert

    Whatever became of this flight, can anyone think of a convincing innocent explanation for its having gone down somewhere in a vast area with the remains not found after ten years? Yeah, lighter pieces may have been fragmented in a crash into the sea, but the engines would have remained largely...
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    Back yard find, any ideas on what..

    Sieve placed inside of a larger vessel, like for a clam boil?
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    "Park Outside" Recalls Are Soaring

    I've learned to be very careful in using words like "always" and "never".
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    Musk Says Tesla ‘Dug Our Own Grave’ With The Cybertruck

    The Cybertruck has a certain doorstop aesthetic that I find hideous. It does stand out, though, which is probably what Tesla intended, while a Rivian looks very much like a conventional pickup.
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    "Park Outside" Recalls Are Soaring

    In that post you contradict yourself. You state that vehicle fires always have an electrical cause, but then you later state that "something flammable leaking on hot exhaust parts" could cause a fire as well.
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    Have you ever spoken a eulogy?

    I did speak at my father's funeral mass. I recounted his life with my mother and his children and that he had seen every one of them earn degrees and marry, with some delivering grandchildren. I opened by speaking of how my father loved summer and that he would not see another. I spoke...
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