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Nimda-free in DC.
-juice
TWRX "Think Different"
-juice
-Colin
-juice
I can't make tonight's chat; in-laws are visiting from Boston (!).
..Mike
..Mike
Bob
Will try to make the chat tonight, but I have a rehearsal till 9 and it is 30 minutes from my home. We shall see....
Chat! Let's see if I can remember tonight!
Cheers!
Paul
Not to sound paranoid or anything, but has anyone heard where this thing started? From what I understand, it only affects network servers thus hitting corporate users. 1 week to the day after New York? I'm sure it's just some whiz kids warped version of a joke, but this is the worst time for it. We've gotten so used to being kept up to date on world happenings via our PC's, I had to dust off the radio on my desk.
As Juice says, rant off.
See/chat with you all tonight!
Patti
What wine, Lucien? Hope to catch you at the chat.
Reminder time, Paul. We start in 5 minutes...
-juice
TWRX
BBC News
ZDNet/UK
KarenS
Host
Owner's Clubs
The following email was sent to a colleague at Morgan Stanley in New York. She forwarded it to the firm and I feel it's worthy of sending on as well, particularly if you have to get on an airplane anytime soon.
_______________________________________
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 4:41 AM
The following is from a letter by a professional friend and her return flight to D.C. this week.
"I just wanted to drop you all a note and let you know that I arrived safe and sound into Dulles Airport tonight [9/15] at about 6:00. It was an interesting flight. No one was in line for the security check point when I got there so that went fairly quickly, just x-ray of my bags and then a chemical test to be sure nothing explosive was on them. Then I waited 2 hours to board the plane. What happened after we boarded was interesting and thought I would share it with you.
The pilot/captain came on the loudspeaker after the doors were closed. His speech went like this: First I want to thank you for being brave enough to fly today. The doors are now closed and we have no help from the outside for any problems that might occur inside this plane. As you could tell when you checked in, the government has made some changes to increase security in the airports. They have not, however, made any rules about what happens after those doors close. Until they do that, we have made our own rules and I want to share them with you.
Once those doors close, we only have each other. The security has taken care of a threat like guns with all of the increased scanning, etc. Then we have the supposed bomb. If you have a bomb, there is no need to tell me about it, or anyone else on this plane; you are already in control. So, for this flight, there are no bombs that exist on this plane. Now, the threats that are left are things like plastics, wood, knives, and other weapons that can be made or things like that which can be used as weapons.
Here is our plan and our rules. If someone or several people stand up and say they are hijacking this plane, I want you all to stand up together. Then take whatever you have available to you and throw it at them. Throw it at their faces and heads so they will have to raise their hands to protect themselves. The very best protection you have against knives are the pillows and blankets. Whoever is close to these people should then try to get a blanket over their head-then they won't be able to see. Once that is done, get them down and keep them there. Do not let them up. I will then land the plane at the closest place and we WILL take care of them. After all, there are usually only a few of them and we are 200+ strong! We will not allow them to take over this plane. I find it interesting that the US Constitution begins with the words "We, the people" that's who we are, THE people and we will not be defeated. With that, the passengers on the plane all began to applaud, people had tears in their eyes, and we began the trip toward the runway. The flight attendant then began the safety speech. One of the things she said is that we are all so busy and live our lives at such a fast pace. She asked that everyone turn to their neighbors on either side and introduce themselves, tell each other something about your families and children, show pictures, whatever. She said "for today, we consider you family. We will treat you as such and ask that you do the same with us."
Throughout the flight we learned that for the crew, this was their first flight since Tuesday's tragedies. It was a day that everyone leaned on each other and together everyone was stronger than any one person alone. It was quite an experience. You can imagine the feeling when that plane touched down at Dulles and we heard "welcome to Washington Dulles Airport, where the local time is 5:40". Again, the cabin was filled with applause. Last night I saw a program with college students where one of them said that at their campus there are no more hyphenated titles, i.e., African-American, etc., everyone is just an American. No one will ever be able to take that pride away from us. "
Bob
Dave
Marianne and I are flying to Chicago next week from W. Palm Beach. Thanks for sharing your note.
It does give one pause to reflect that together, we can overcome an awful lot. We're flying to Chicago where Marianne will undergo breast surgery for cancer. She says there are things other than highjackers which can be frightening.
Our lives must go forward, even those of us who are in our later years.
Don
I know this subject has been touched before. I am curious if anyone makes a sort of lap belt that can be used to attach a car seat to the lower anchors. I would think this is available somewhere. Just a plain adjustable belt that we could attach to the anchors. Anyone know if it does exist? Would be great. Thanks.
Bob
Ron
If we start a "collection" or "gathering" of our thoughts, you will have a lot of positive energy for the _entire_ journey.
Best regards,
Frank
I've seen two slightly different versions of the same letter.
While it's good advice I'm afraid I think it is yet more email address harvesting SPAM.
-Colin
Bob
-Frank P.
Bob
http://www.snopes2.com/travel/airline/pilot.htm
..Mike
..Mike
Bob
..Mike
we have an aunt who basically forwards every email she gets. 99% of them are ones mentioned in the urbanlegends site. I once told her about that site and how to check the truth of an email, but she still continues to pass along everything she gets sent, junk and all. oh well.
Time to go have some fun on the rain soaked roads of SE WI (honey, I'm going grocery shopping...)
-Brian
Jim
Love,
Patti
I heard it on the radio this AM. The important thing is that air passengers feel empowered by what is says, and there's no way they'd sit back and let this happen again, not ever.
Do you feel safer flying now? I would.
I picked up my dad and step mom on Saturday, who were in Belize the whole time. Their flight was early, uncrowded, and pleasant.
Blackout dates are being removed, restrictions gone. I say it's a great time to book a flight if you need/want to travel soon.
It's a BOY! My brother-in-law and his wife had a 10.5 pound baby boy at 2AM, Michael Alexander Sansur. No c-section. Go call your mom! I couldn't talk him into "Dave". ;-)
That may move our road trip up a bit. Maybe we'll fly this time. :-)
-juice
Don
Greg
Mother and baby are fine. My wife is dying to go up and visit.
Instead of spanking him to get him to cry, the doc just told him the Blitzen was not offered for sale in the USA...WAAAAAH! ;-)
-juice
Juice: congrats on the new HUGE baby in the family!
Don (yellowbike): wish you luck, and my thoughts are with you.
Silvius turned 21K miles (those commuter miles add up fast). Now he can drink and smoke, right? Yet another rock hit the windshield, leaving 2 cracks, but I did not feel all that upset... Somehow recent events put everything in perspective.
Don: tell the wife to hang in there. We wish her the best.
Hmm, yet another Mike. They're catching up the Daves, lately. Any Michael Davids or David Michaels out there?
Maybe if we have a 2nd and it's a boy...but the wife would kill me if she found out why so it's our little secret, k?
-juice
-mike
juice: I've noticed a few more Eds popping up on the boards, too
Ed
is this the type of auto-x that you run solo and try to get the best time? if it wasn't, I can just imagine you bumping WRX's out of the way!
-Brian
Saw your post, Ed. Now it's time to clean your intake air filter. Lots of sand in mine, oops!
Autocross is a solo, timed event around a "circuit" laid out by cones. If it were full contact, I think he'd take his Trooper with the rhino bar. Actually, if he were pushing those pesky little cars out of his way it would technically be a "Civic Bar".
-juice
I do not usually check gas milage, I can usually tell whether it is good or bad by the hit on my wallet but I was curious given the wild extremes as reported by some owners on this board.
31 miles per gallon is acceptable given the weight of the car AWD. with its associated mechanical losses, plus the fact that measuring gas milage is subject to a lot of variables.
Cheers Pat.
23.8 mpg going about an hour from Sesame Place to Pine Barrens, and then driving off road for about 20 miles (I got gas there). Not bad at all. She actually spent more time off road than on, with lots of idling.
25.6 mpg coming back, all highway. Kind of bizarre, since we were much lighter than our trip to the OBX, yet our mileage was not nearly as good.
I guess I was driving faster because there was less traffic and the speed limits are higher on that route. Sandy does better at 65mph than she does at 78mph, by far. The square shape?
-juice
Sorry about that!
Patti
Patti: can they consult with me before picking next year's date? ;-)
-juice
so 31 imperial is how many u.s gallons? guessing it's about 27-28? that's decent.
-Brian
Burns' win puts him in 3rd overall. Subaru is a distant 3rd in the manufacturer's race:
http://www.swrt.com/frameset_championship.htm
I'm happy they're back to their winning ways.
-juice
-mike
The last time I had this problem was with a Celica with no power Steering. The steering wheel on my new OB vibrates at 70 mph +. I hate that. It doesn't need an alignment. I checked the tire pressure and all 4 wheels are the same. I just rotated the tires and no change. Does anyone know about this? How do I get rid of it? I have a feeling that it is just the type of the tire. Please let me know. Thanks
-mike