Jeez louise -- I have been slightly aggravated with an unavailable coworker all week, but then I heard she had had "a medical emergency" on Monday night, and has been "working from home" since, so I thought, OK. Then I just heard she was in a car accident, so I thought that was the emergency, but no! Turns out she's been having gall bladder problems all week and THEN had the car accident today. Yikes!
The count of three isn't a plan. It's Sesame Street.
Buffy ,'First Date'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jan 15, 2009 12:10:45 pm PST #1480 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
msbelle - Jan 15, 2009 12:16:28 pm PST #1481 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
mac and I were on the westside with a million emergency vehicles whizzing by - now I know why. I am glad everyone seems to be ok. Crashes into water don't have a great record for survivals.
sumi - Jan 15, 2009 12:23:04 pm PST #1482 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
They cancelled night classes tonight.
I bet we're back in the office tomorrow though.
lori - Jan 15, 2009 12:24:40 pm PST #1483 of 30000
This looks like the first pic of the plane-boat posted to flickr, before any rescue boats showed up. Crazy!
Sheryl - Jan 15, 2009 12:56:46 pm PST #1484 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Happy Birthday msbelle!
Kathy A - Jan 15, 2009 12:58:58 pm PST #1485 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
That happened to me with TWA 800, which was my standard transatlantic for years.
I found out from my mom several weeks after it crashed that the youngest sister of one of my childhood friends was on that flight--she was going to Paris to study for a semester. I never knew her, they moved before she was born, but it was startling to see Mrs. Becker on the tv when they would interview family members (she was one of the more vocal of those wanting answers as to why the plane crashed).
Cashmere - Jan 15, 2009 1:03:20 pm PST #1486 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Happy Birthday, msbelle!
flea - Jan 15, 2009 1:27:01 pm PST #1487 of 30000
information libertarian
A colleague in Grad school was on TWA 800 - or whatever replaced it - the next day. I am sure it was a hoot.
SailAweigh - Jan 15, 2009 1:39:51 pm PST #1488 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
They're saying they hit a flock of geese, and an expert pilot on the air said Canadian geese can do a lot of damage. That ... surprises me.
A good picture of the damage a bird can do to a jet engine: [link]
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Burrell - Jan 15, 2009 1:48:54 pm PST #1489 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
That crashed plane is an amazing story, all 155 survived. Amazing.
I had heard once that a single bird could take down a plane if it got caught in an engine, which seemed like crazy talk at the time because I thought "Dude! Planes fly in the air. Birds fly in the air. Planes must take out birds ALL THE TIME." But I guess it's true. Seems like a serious design flaw, doesn't it?