Recent content by mortong

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    Cessna lands on NJ Turnpike

    You'd be surprised, really. The landing speed on a Cessna 152 is pretty close to freeway speed. As long as you're going with traffic, it's really not much different than a lane change. People will usually see you coming down and make space for you to merge. Nope, I've never done it, but...
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    THEY'RE HERE!!

    What's in the box?
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    Do you think that I'm being used by my dormmates to incite a fight?

    It's possible that they are messing with you, but not in the way you think. They see you as (and I'm going to be honest with you here - not rude or disrespectful) a pussy. They probably see that you'd rather run home to your parents and hide rather than talking to the people you live with...
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    Stupid things you've overheard in public

    Wow... with limited information you jump right to conclusions. Nice. I wish there was truth to your comment, but no. These guys... well, there were some other clues that they weren't the smartest guys ever. The dog/dawg argument got rather heated, and I thought might come to blows.
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    Stupid things you've overheard in public

    Two guys at a store discussing a "Big Dawg" tee-shirt. One guy is pointing to it telling his friend, "See, I told you, dog is really spelled d-a-w-g. Didn't you go to school?"
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    So . . . why does one tablespoon of Olive oil have almost 200 calories - but apparently olive oil cooking spray has none

    Ingredients 1/4 cup unpopped popcorn 1 tbsp trans-fat free butter substitute (I use the olive oil based stuff because it tastes olive oily) Curry Powder to taste Directions Melt the curry powder into the butter Air-pop the popcorn Mix & serve with a little salt The taste is 10x...
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    JUST ATE a 1 week old egg roll.

    It's a week old... those things are so loaded with sodium, you'll be fine. (I'd have eaten the whole thing, then followed it up with the fresh one)
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    Sweet, I found a guitar!

    Did I come to the wrong site? Is this Yahoo Answers?
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    $)(*$)* Discover Card Services

    That reminds me of Capital One's response to this sort of thing, "No we can't put you on a do not call list. It's not spam, it's valuable information that we cannot deprive you of." Link/Source
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    why are commercial pilots salary so low?

    Exactly... the wages for entry level pilots are lower than the norm. As someone mentioned earlier, it's because there is a relatively large population that loves flying, and will accept crap wages to build up time to move on to flying for one of the big carriers. AOPA's Student Pilot...
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    why are commercial pilots salary so low?

    Nope, it's true. Captains in command for the big airlines make decent money, but it takes more flying experience at a smaller airline to even be considered for a first officer position. While building experience, most pilots fly in the small regional airlines at fast-food wages. A career in...
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    Got burned/jacked/disrespected....

    It would not be unproffesional for you to: 1) Wipe the system they had you set up, and give it to them the way they gave it to you. 2) Take down the website you're hosting. 3) Make absolutely sure everything is in good working condition, and all software, cds and documentation gets...
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    Can't turn back the clock...once it's gone...it's gone....

    Not implying that you're an idiot... that's a bit of a stretch. Maybe jaded or bitter. Maybe you have had a rough go of it, but this post isn't about you... it's about a woman in Russia. In reading that article, I have a hard time seeing how she manipulated or took advantage of him. He...
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    Do beer enthusiasts care about anything other than level of hop flavor?

    Depends on the person. Good micros aren't just about lots of hops, though, and there are lots of styles that are very well balanced and very very good. My neighborhood pub has 36 constantly rotating beers on tap, but the owner is a major hop head - to the point of losing site of what his...
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    Can't turn back the clock...once it's gone...it's gone....

    Wow. Really? That's what you got out of this article?