Re: Was a possible A340-300 re-engine ever studied?

A340 out of Bogota to Central Europe can be an issue in fact. Lufthansa usually uses A340-600, which usually is fine, but can have a problems, if there are really bad weather conditions (strong rain, contaminated runway). I've heard stories from pilots, that turned around while taxiing due to chang...

Re: Citation Crash - Baltic Sea - No contact for hours

It's surprising that modern planes do not have alertness detection systems (or, for that matter, consciousness detection systems) when even cars have them (e.g., counting eye blinks as a fatigue indicator). I'd say that pilot consciousness should be easily detectable. From then on, a pre programmed ...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

It's always disturbing if players behave in such a way that they do not tolerate if others behave in a similar manner. Yeah, B-52's. What about this: Imagine NATO would assemble 100.000 troops around Kaliningrad, claiming it was just training and that it is none of Russias business what is going on...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

There's a B-52 right now flying over Poland eastbound near Warsaw, looking as if it's headed into Belarus. That ought to give em something to think about. It's always disturbing if players behave in such a way that they do not tolerate if others behave in a similar manner. Yeah, B-52's. What about ...

Re: Buffalo Chicken PizZa and CalZones

Mmm... my favorite. I just had a great slice from DWDC in Eastie with lettuce and blue cheese saus yum ::lick::! How were you first introduced to this marvelous taste bud excitement combination.? EDIT: To be Clear, I prefer buff chix calzones to 'za, but hey i'll take either Grandpa Rabenschlag fee...

Re: Finally Got My New Car

This is my current ride (since 2014): Citroen C5 berline, 2.2 HDI Exclusive (not my actual car in the picture) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/2010_Citroen_C5_2.0_Comfort_HDi_Saloon_%288602856730%29.jpg/2880px-2010_Citroen_C5_2.0_Comfort_HDi_Saloon_%288602856730%29.jpg Dies...

Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

Wow. A German telling us we must stick to ze rules. Hello, another friendly Hun speaking here! Just for the purpose of enlightenment: Does that wow signal offence or admiration? In other words: Do you think 21'st century Germans are particularly bad or good at inventing, understanding and/or enforc...

Re: Virgin Atlantic drops Flying Lady

What about obese people? Will there be a person in a wheelchair? What about really old people? Terminally ill. They have a right to be included too. Also, I would like to see pictures of right-wingers. Just for inclusion purposes. Yeah, why not a skinhead version to go along with a punk version? And...

Re: What are your tips for losing weight easily?

I agree on the limited role of exercise, especially cardio. I guess one often overestimates the number of calories one burns off. But after workout your body tells you to eat, and your mind tells you: I deserve it, and I can do it because I worked out. For general fitness, of course, it is important...

Re: Brexit part 4: Until the last Tory Standing

I sincerely hope that Britain, once it is even greater after brexit and freed from continental interference, will re-start Vickers and make them build a modern VC-10. It is such a sleek plane, and what can be better than the last BOAC livery? That being said, I also have a taste for V bombers. As th...

Re: The Anglophone Privilege

You chose us. We didn’t force you to speak our language. It’s the market of ideas at its finest. Yeah, but together, we could make a change. I think it is part of the American spirit to compete in a fair and equal way. So, in a globalist effort, a truly global language could be created that does no...

Re: The Anglophone Privilege

Why is it unfair? Losing two world wars has consequences. Yes, consequences. But that does not necessarily mean that these consequences are fair. And especially not if I compete with an, lets say, American of my age (born in the 1970ties), and she has an edge because of language issues. Heck, she c...

Re: The Anglophone Privilege

Those who whine and bitch about white privilege are too nutless to step up and pave their own way forward. Yeah, but this thread is about the privilege of English being a dominant language in some realms of professional interactions, creating an unfair advantage of those who are native speakers. Ma...

The Anglophone Privilege

Hi peeps, I'm working in a business where social justice is taken fairly serious. So, we talk a lot about white privilege, male privilege, heterosexual privilege and so forth. But, here is the big but, we rarely talk about language, and at the same time, it matters a lot. Write a business proposal, ...

Re: How populist are you?

Nonpopulist centre, qualified by:

You're most similar to: Emmanuel Macron
You're least similar to: Donald Trump

Makes sense to me.

Re: Words in your language that mean completely different/gross/disgusting things in another

Hyundai also has a small SUV called the Kona, that it sells globally, but luckily enough their importer in Portugal convinced them to change the name of the car, so in the Portuguese market it is called the Hyundai Kauai. Oh, I remember the Mitsubishi Pajero to be sold under a different name in Spa...

Re: Words in your language that mean completely different/gross/disgusting things in another

The German word dick roughly translates to fat/obese. And then there is even the German word Dickmilch, which translates to soured milk in English but, for some, triggers rather different interpretations. Also, it took me a while to understand why English speaking colleagues would pronounce the Prus...

Re: Brexit part 4: Until the last Tory Standing

And that is what the UK need. The status of every foreigner living in the UK needs to be re-checked and most should be thrown out. Only a selected number of useful, highly qualified and high tax paying individuals should be allowed to stay. I thought long (well, not that long) and hard about whethe...

Re: Brexit part 4: Until the last Tory Standing

In the 21st century, sovereignty means something else than what it meant in the 19th century: today it means you have a seat at the negotiating table and are able to influence the common decision... walking away from that table just means you'll have no other choice but to accept whatever others de...

Re: Brexit part 4: Until the last Tory Standing

Make Britain British again!! Makes me wonder what to do about the RAF Eurofighters. Will they be possible renamed? Freedomfighters? Britanniafighters? Or must they be abandoned and replaced by a truly British product? At least they should be painted blue and entitled to fly on the left side of airw...

Re: Poor Americans, huge problem for Wendy's, McDonalds

Does anybody realize how much of the poor population have no access to fresh healthy foods. Has no one ever figured out why every fast food corporation heads for the poor neighborhoods. Come on, use your common sense. They refuse to build grocery stores, but they sure do build fast food places. The...

Re: Poor Americans, huge problem for Wendy's, McDonalds

Mortyman wrote:

Go to Burger King instead. The King of fast food burgers ! More expensive, but better quality.

Re: Poor Americans, huge problem for Wendy's, McDonalds

I always thought that McDonalds (and every other industrial food chain for that matter) is incredibly expensive, not measured by my income, but by other food offers around. In Germnay, a burger, fries and softdrink combo typically costs just above 6€. And this is warmed up prefab food handled by uns...

Re: LH introduces revised livery