Daniel

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2025-10-10 11:16:12 GMT

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rokko-san? We saw lots of people hiking when we drove up in Jan. I was amazed by how keen they were.

2025-06-12 13:14:26 GMT

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The 737-MAX I avoid. 787 I’ve been happy to fly on, so I’m very keen to learn what happened in this accident. Might take some time to find out. Could be a combination of things like weight, runway length, downdraft…. All speculation. Could be a Boeing fsck up or not their fault at all.

2025-06-12 13:14:17 GMT

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reading this could restore your faith somewhat. Incredibly bad luck, so many small chance things all occurring. But still nobody died.
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/2013/atsb-releases-report-into-qantas-a380-engine-failure
Fly A380 or A350 or the new smaller airbus airliners. They’ve been good for a long time now

2025-05-13 21:30:52 GMT

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not a great movie, but a soundtrack I still listen to
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/114/502/654/221/092/789/original/36917c99c3c9a27e.jpeg
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/114/502/654/242/565/818/original/c5322a3800e25d55.jpeg

2025-05-13 21:28:51 GMT

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strange days
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/114/502/646/349/896/600/original/762d30119ff5aaa5.jpeg

2025-04-16 11:45:01 GMT

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gah, so not fair. 😭

2025-04-16 11:33:37 GMT

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it’s a bit of a long story. Military aircraft are difficult to convert to civilian use. It’s based on a DC-10, but heavily modified. There’s no civilian equivalent. It’s probably never been type certified. To get that done would only be worth it for a new design that’s going to be mass produced. Even if it was type certified, the ongoing maintenance and running costs for those would be eye watering.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_certificate

2025-04-06 22:48:12 GMT

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“not all English speakers” 😝

2025-02-26 09:26:42 GMT

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you and me both! My short list includes The Crow, Trainspotting and, strangely, Spawn (bad movie though)
Oh and x-files. Tv series soundtrack, so not really what you asked for
I forgot Donnie Darko

2025-02-10 11:49:14 GMT

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music is easier to import than food.

2025-02-05 08:52:18 GMT

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most people ARE idiots. Frank Zappa “dumb all over”

2025-01-15 07:34:49 GMT

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that’s not right , that’s some april fools joke