mike carey

David, I would love to accept your invitation. I'll be at Inndulge so I should be able to get details from Eric, but if not I'll shoot you a message or call you.

In my rural area today E10 was 143.9c/l and diesel 149.9c/l ($US 3.87 and $US4.03 / US gallon respectively).

I haven't been able to nail it down exactly but it's clearly behind my local time (Australian eastern standard time). As near as I can work out it's UTC (but perhaps European standard time). (The way I've tried to work it out was to note how many hours ago a 'last on line' time was, and try to see when it trips over to a specific time.)

IIRC they don't display contact details between midnight and 6am.

When I was in Philly I was looking at one of the kitchen staff in a restaurant where I was having dinner and thinking it unusual to see a Polynesian in that part of the US. I realised after a moment that he was Latino. So when I first looked at the profile I didn't immediately dismiss the idea that he could have been a Kiwi.

Yes, I'll be in Palm Springs for the whole weekend, and at both events. I enjoyed meeting you for those few drinks in DC in January.

Some escorts do that so well!

That was pretty damn good.

Ok, so this is a completely different tack than the recent serious posts in this thread, but it's a cute story. This 10 year old boy sent a hand written letter to the CEO of Qantas asking for advice on running an airline. I had seen a response to him from Alan Joyce on social media but the airline invited him to Sydney and put out a proper press release on the 'meeting'. https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/media-releases/qantas-hosts-10-year-old-ceo-for-airline-executive-summit/

I think a Bundeswehr uniform would be just as effective.

Come from Away opens in Melbourne in this winter (in July). This story was in the Good Weekend magazine in The Age and the SMH. Some of it recounts aspects of the video posted in the other thread, but I thought it was worth posting. https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/the-tiny-town-behind-a-heartwarming-9-11-tale-20190326-p517pe.html

To watch you work out perhaps? I'm not cynical, of course!

I think that is what I was saying. But without expert knowledge on the subject.

Yep, I knew that, I should have said that its accuracy was perhaps ironic! Max seems more an expert than me, so I'll wait for him to chime in again.

My understanding is that the MCAS affects the aircraft's attitude when sensors indicate that the attitude is making the aircraft unsafe. (The problem is that the sensors have been wrong, and instead of correcting a problem [that in fact didn't exist] it created a different, and catastrophic one.) The problem identified in this South West aeroplane was about engine function, and that is unrelated to the MCAS. From that perspective, your comment that there was nothing to see here was in fact accurate. It was unrelated to the factors that resulted in the 737 MAX fleet being grounded. Whether it turns out to be a systemic fault or just a one off incident remains to be seen.

Not like you to do that!

You deserve it TB. Now all I have to do is work out how to meet you.

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@WilliamErickson look forward to seeing you again in Palm Springs.

He's a lovely guy, although I have only chatted with him over a beer, not hired him. If you search the forum you will find more info. https://rent.men/WilliamErikson

Yep, it's funny.

It appears Lion Air had a similar incident the previous day in which the crew were able to shut down the MCAS. https://www.canberratimes.com.au/business/companies/pilot-who-hitched-a-ride-saved-boeing-737-max-a-day-before-it-crashed-20190320-p515sq.html (The article was sourced from Bloomberg.)

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Last week there was a dog attack on a man walking two therapy alpacas on a Canberra bike path, resulting in one of the animals being euthanised. This week there has been a happy sequel to the incident. The dog and its owner have not yet been identified. https://www.canberratimes.com.au/canberra-news/gift-baby-alpaca-for-the-man-who-lost-therapy-animal-to-dog-attack-20190318-p5157b.html

There are genuinely split views on Pell but Anning's support is limited to extremists. I'm not sure how many of them there are, but I haven't seen any sympathy for him over his being egged yesterday (there were principled objections to the use of any violence against him but no sympathy for his views that were the trigger for the egging).