Stevo985 Posted July 3, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted July 3, 2014 With driving a car, at least you have control over what you are doing and so you have a sense of safety. Of course you that doesn't stop the BMW driver who's tailgating you from trying to overtake on a blind corner but at least with your own car, you know what you are doing. Yeah that comes into it too. And I'm sure a plane in the hands of a pilot is way safer than a car in my own hands. But having control over your own fate gives you a sense of security, even if it's a false sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 When I die I want it to be peacefully in my sleep, not screaming in terror like my passengers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Was listening to a podcast this morning that discussed the conspiracy theory of Paul McCartney dying and being replaced by a lookalike. Does anyone agree with it or is it a load of nonsense? Jesus, is that still doing the rounds? You couldn't make it up. Oh wait, somebody did. There can't be two people who look like that, are equally up their own arses, and capable of writing songs as terrible as, When I'm Sixty-Four and The Frog Chorus, can there? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Ram has its moments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 (edited) I've just discovered who Ann Coulter is, after reading about her opinions on football and other topics. I don't know if she believes the stuff she says or she's the world's best troll. I had a long discussion with one of my American friends about this woman when she came out with her bullshit about the World Cup. It's not a stretch to imagine that there are idiots out there who genuinely think like this, but after doing some reading up on her background, and even from the way she writes and the position she holds now, I can't imagine she is anything but one of the world's best trolls. Then the discussion went into the morality of this. If she genuinely believed everything she wrote, then she's a complete moron and it's scary, but at least she believes in it and is honest. If, on the other hand, she is a troll then in some ways I think that's worse. If she's a troll - or performance artist as I saw a few of the more pretentious writers describe her as - then I think she's despicable. I have no issue with people playing a role for entertainment purposes, but this woman would be purposefully antagonising a lot of people for attention, fame and millions of dollars. Not only that, but she has a lot of power and influence over small-minded idiots - of which there are plenty across the world in my experience - which means she is only exacerbating their idiotic beliefs and that could be a very powerful and dangerous thing. To be honest, I think she's scum whatever the truth is. I can't stand her. Edited July 3, 2014 by Ginko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 3, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted July 3, 2014 Ann Coulter writes: "We're all on tenderhooks..." Death penalty, now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted July 3, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted July 3, 2014 I am a bit more nervous of planes nowadays especially after 9/11 and everything. I admit that I have a little look around to see who's on the plane with me when it's taking off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted July 3, 2014 Administrator Share Posted July 3, 2014 I am a bit more nervous of planes nowadays especially after 9/11 and everything. I admit that I have a little look around to see who's on the plane with me when it's taking off You should contact the security services. If you can detect a bad guy by just looking around then you can save us all a lot of money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 It smells like dirty nappies outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 I am a bit more nervous of planes nowadays especially after 9/11 and everything. I admit that I have a little look around to see who's on the plane with me when it's taking off Anyone with a beard and looks a bit foreign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 We go again Boarding the 17:50 flight to Istanbul shorty Wish me luck....http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/british-airways-flight-istanbul-turns-7365275 British Airways says there is 'nothing to worry about' after flight to Istanbul was forced to return to Heathrow sparking talk on Twitter of a technical or medical emergency. Concerns were raised on Twitter this lunchtime after a British Airways flight en route Instanbul suddenly announced it was returning to Heathrow Airport. Twitter sprung into life at about 11am today (Thursday) with talk of a technical or medical emergency on board the squawking 7700. Continues... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 It smells like dirty nappies outside. Hopefully not adult nappies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 New one for me 45 minutes ago I took off from Heathrow I'm now back at Heathrow as we suddenly turned around whilst over the English Channel Seems we had a small fire in the cockpit Crew were top notch if they had any fears they didn't show it , of course we knew something was wrong but not the what , which made every bump and turbulence interesting So ... Time to find another plane and hope I get my connecting flight in Istanbul I definitely would have defecated myself in that situation. At what point were you told about the fire? Once we landed I felt that we'd had a bit of an incident ( hard to explain it really maybe just something you feel after so many flights but I knew we'd dropped rather than climbing to our cruising altitude and we also seemed to have done a series of small but subtle turned ) and I did that look around to see if I'd imagined it or had everyone else spotted it ....nobody really seemed to notice , even my mate sitting next to me said don't be daft ... So you think maybe it's just me About 5 mins later people started looking out the windows as we were flying indeed quite low and then we heard the pilot call for the chief steward and then I knew something was up They just said technical fault at the time and then told us about the fire once we landed , fire tracks running alongside us as we landed but I believe that is standard Talking to the stewardess now and it seems a few sick bags were filled No bravado from me I just have a lot of confidence in planes and pilots , there was a brief "oh **** " moment went through my mind as the plane bounced along a few times , to me it felt like we had some hydraulic failure as the plane was juddering a lot but ultimately there isn't a lot you can do but either land or crash ... Just glad mrs h and the kids weren't on the plane as it may have been different For a moment there, I was hoping the story was going to turn into something similar to this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 At least one plane will crash this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Someone is going to be taking a lot of drugs in west bromwich over the next few days. I posted that I had my stihl cutter robbed which was worth 600, anyway that same day the plumber had his van broke into and over a thousand pound of stuff was taken. Anyway today the ground workers have had 24k worth of gear robbed, the scallies actually came onto site during lunch hour on bikes and robbed the stuff. Some of them ran after them but could not catch them, they did the same about two month ago, they came on and robbed 20k worth of stuff from the ground workers. Some of the new builds have been broken into and the copper piping has been ripped out. Yesterday the site manager parked his car infront of this blokes house, the bloke who's house it was went up into the offices and said you've got one minute to move your car or I'm going to smash it up,and if you park it there again I'll make one quick phone call and I'll have it robbed. I didn't know the people of west bromwich were so lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 It smells like dirty nappies outside. Hopefully not adult nappies... I once watched a show (Sexcetera?) that featured people with Nappy fetish. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 I am a bit more nervous of planes nowadays especially after 9/11 and everything. I admit that I have a little look around to see who's on the plane with me when it's taking off Anyone with a beard and looks a bit foreign? Roy Keane looks capable of anything, really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Sexcetera! That's a show from the past 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 I am a bit more nervous of planes nowadays especially after 9/11 and everything. I admit that I have a little look around to see who's on the plane with me when it's taking off Me and the missus were talking about this earlier after hearing about these new threats coming from 2 countries the yanks hadn't invaded yet... What's the obsession with planes? If they attacked a shopping centre or a sports venue or a concert then I'd be worried, can you imagine if they went after shopping centres at Christmas? But instead they (supposedly) keep trying to attack something that has a ridiculous amount of security? Don't get me wrong I'm not exactly of the terrorist mindset but it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, and for that reason flying never bothers me, it seems illogical that they are still going after planes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Just seen a story about magaluf girl, was all over twitter earlier apparently, in a bar playing drinking games, she had to have a gobble on 24 dicks to get a free drink... The drink was apparently worth £2 too In your best spanish accent "you English pig" what a rotter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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