Re: AA Passenger Unable to Stow Bag in Overhead Bin - Gets Offloaded

The passenger really had to be a pain, I can't believe no other PAX would help stow the bag. But what if the other PAX got injured? Note the union rule someone mentioned! It's not okay for the cabin staff to get injured, but okay for the PAX to do this and get injured... Hmm... As a passenger I wou...

Re: Major Earthquake in Turkey & Syria Feb. 6-7.8 level-1000's dead

Some historic landmarks are gone completely, just rubble left. It's a very bad earthquake.

Re: Qantas, Air France in talks over direct Australia-Paris flights

The fastest and easiest option would be SYD-DXB-LYS then train to Geneva. If you fly to CDG you'll have to catch the train from CDG to Lyon then Lyon to Geneva. Seems I may as well just fly my existing way to Geneva with Emirates (SYD-DXB, stop overnight then DXB-GVA) then I get my transfer from Ge...

Re: Qantas, Air France in talks over direct Australia-Paris flights

This could sway me, but I'm normally flying Emirates. Direct flight, then Paris to Geneva on the train? Is it better than SYD-DXB-GVA though... That is a stopover but GVA is closest to my destination. The fastest and easiest option would be SYD-DXB-LYS then train to Geneva. If you fly to CDG you'll...

Re: Qantas, Air France in talks over direct Australia-Paris flights

This could sway me, but I'm normally flying Emirates. Direct flight, then Paris to Geneva on the train?

Is it better than SYD-DXB-GVA though... That is a stopover but GVA is closest to my destination.

Re: Chinese Spy Balloon

Why missiles? Wouldnt make it more sense to use guns? Wasn't it up at 80,000ft, or was it only 35,000ft? Can the F22 reliably get to 80,000ft (if the balloon was that high), or is it just a ballistic zoom climb then down it goes again once it gets there? I do remember the SAAB Viggen did go higher ...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Aren't the Polish Mig-29s ex-Luftwaffe ones and therefore they would need German government approval to send them to the Ukraine. Some are, not all though. Which are ex-Soviet, so how far back along the line do you go with this government approval needed? Just deliver them if they are needed… They ...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

TheSonntag wrote:

Aren't the Polish Mig-29s ex-Luftwaffe ones and therefore they would need German government approval to send them to the Ukraine.

Some are, not all though.

Re: 10% of all new new vehicles sold were EV's

I would like to see more EV's as buses, small to medium commercial vehicles, especially mail, package and freight delivery, in cities and suburban areas. The limited range needed, easier supporting recharging infrastructure, overall reduction in air pollution, slow speeds, stop/go driving condition...

Re: 10% of all new new vehicles sold were EV's

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/electric-vehicles-made-up-10-of-all-new-cars-sold-last-year-11673876862?mod=dist_amp_social And this was without the sub-20k car that would be announced by Musk on Investor Day 1st March 2023. That will drive nails in many a company. Add to that Musk announcements ...

Re: Pelosi Husband Attack Video

Sick, twisted psycho, radicalized by the internet. He's sorry he didn't kill more, he "spent all of his time uncovering their corruption on the internet until they shut [him] down." Lots of lines about tyranny and he's one step away from saying "water the tree of liberty with their b...

Re: Samsung Galaxy S23 Series

Still have an old iPhone. It’s enough and I’ll keep it going for as long as possible. Work phone is an iPhone 13 which is very good so far so I’d definitely look at one of those if I need to replace the old phone. Otherwise it just gets crazy (expensive) replacing phones just to stay with the latest...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/krieg-in-der-ukraine-80-kampfpanzer-sollen-aus-europa-geliefert-werden-a-512428ea-fbf2-44a9-8cee-e8598f821bfa Some more background information: Der Spiegel reports Europe will send up to 80 tanks. One Batallion will consist of German, Dutch and Spanish Leo...

Re: Rotating ads are annoying

Because of this you end up navigating to the wrong place endlessly on mobile browsers. Just then - instead of going to forum index, I end up on login to view a user profile I have no interest in. Waste of time and bandwidth of mobile. Site owners don’t even care. They were told the fix (and what fil...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - January 2023

Unless it really wants to add a flight in what is the curfew period at SYD, I am not sure I see the need for them to fly into SWZ. SYD will still have capacity during the operating hours and will likely have more availability when SWZ opens. As for next steps, the only market I see them potentially...

Re: NZ PM Arden to Resign

Three waters has been a mess but that's hardly a damming indictment. She led Labor through some pretty bumpy unexpected disasters like Covid and the largest mass murder in NZ history. Overall the economy is solid with problems that are endemic in the OECD and not NZ specific. She has put up not jus...

Re: NZ PM Arden to Resign

Good! She's NZ's version of "Wonderboy" Justin Trudeau. Their style of woke politics are hurting New Zealand and my own (Canada). Proof for that assertion if NZ is not your country? Unless you are living there? What exactly has she done to you? By the way, this woke nonsense term has to d...

Re: NZ PM Arden to Resign

Title says it all. PM Jacinda Arden will not seek re-election and will leave office next month. She says she is exhausted. Didn’t see that one coming. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/jacinda-ardern-quits-as-prime-minister-labour-must-decide-on-new-leader/N64AC3RI65DNDAOG55Z6GHGU4Y/ Prominent...

Re: 4Yr old seen waving a gun.

readytotaxi wrote:

At this rate they are going to be coming out of the womb clutching a pistol.

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

I think part of the German reluctance to send their own tanks is that they now realize that they've let things get so bad that they won't have enough if they need them. What possible use does German have, or might have in the mid- to near future, for tanks. Short of a Klingon invasion, their only p...

Re: Biden admin Ban gas stoves?

I don't know what the latest ones are like, but my ceramic induction cooktop (5 hobs) from around 2016 I think it was is still excellent. It wasn't that expensive to be honest. It doesn't generate as much heat in the kitchen as the old electric stove did and the elements don't get red hot so it's m...

Re: Biden admin Ban gas stoves?

I've heard the professional induction units are significantly faster and cheaper to run than gas. Unfortunately, most people are used to old induction cook tops, coil burners in apartments, etc., so don't put much stake in the technology. If you use a 3-4 year old, entry-market induction top, you p...

Re: I now have home Internet service - security measures?

Is switching over Win 10.Win11 as seamless/bug free as is claimed? I also pay for 365 which includes the whole package of common programs, plus I think a little more security. The later is about a hundred a year. I did the upgrade on my Mac Pro tower from windows 10 workstation version to 11 workst...

Re: New defence pact AUUKUS

The post above questions the validity of the AUKUS alliance. Especially if it's just to dump old submarines onto someone else. That someone else probably doesn't want them either because they are old. Australia should have got its own nuclear capability a long time ago back when everyone else was r...

Re: Biden admin Ban gas stoves?

I wish that NYPost site wouldn’t hijack my back button. I don’t care about the spammy adverts it has.

I don’t have a gas stove and it causes no dramas. I love the electric ceramic induction cooktop I have. Very fast and simple.

You can boil a big pot of water with it so fast.

Re: Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, RIP

Your link doesn’t say anything about his death. The link was in reference to a Royal Commission (a years long official inquiry) into Child Sexual Abuse in Australian Institution, primarily the Catholic Church. It was not a criminal trial but overseen by types like lawyers and judges. It found the r...

Re: Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, RIP

Hot off the heels of Ratzinger’s passing is the news another prominent Catholic leader George Pell, up to his neck in the child sexual abuse scandals, has just passed away. In Australia there’s not too much sadness at his passing…… https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/may/07/george-pell-...

Re: New defence pact AUUKUS

The post above questions the validity of the AUKUS alliance. Especially if it's just to dump old submarines onto someone else. That someone else probably doesn't want them either because they are old. Australia should have got its own nuclear capability a long time ago back when everyone else was ru...

Re: New defence pact AUUKUS

More American support for the submarines: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/aukus-can-lift-all-boats-us-politicians-rally-behind-pact-in-letter-to-biden-20230111-p5cbqb.html (open in private window) https://www.smh.com.au/interactive/hub/media/tearout-excerpt/13075/AUKUS-letter.pdf 9 members o...

Re: Car dependency

My country is in the same predicament- too much development is car dependent and with so many cars on the road the traffic is horrendous and so people spend sometimes 3 hours per day in traffic commuting to and from work. It’s not sustainable, but public transport (especially trains) is evil sociali...

Re: Dassault Mirage IV Documentary/Information