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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-24-08 10:45 PM
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Do you think about brain tumors when you're on your cell phone . .

Anyone know anyone who has gotten a brain tumor lately --- ?

Truthfully a woman in our town just died after having suddenly become ill a few years

ago --- from healthy, active person to surgery candidate, etc.

Of course, Jackie Kennedy had a tumor, didn't she, but --- aren't hair dyes suspected?


Are more Dems than Repugs getting brain tumors . . . ???

Aaarrrghhh....







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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-24-08 10:46 PM
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1. i think about O-rings failing in some compression system in the airplane engine or to some fuel line
connection sparking a chain reaction of the plane falling and crashing.

i always imagine this during landing or take off.
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-24-08 10:52 PM
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2. Well. . . I do, too . . . so . . . ?
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-24-08 11:01 PM
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3. I, uh, actually know a lot more about TWA 800 than most people do. And here's the truth:
It wasn't a missile, errant or not.

It was EXACTLY as reported. Misplaced and under-specified wiring that suffered an insulation failure because of inadequate engineering. Spark led to fire.

Sorry, tinfoilers, but you're going to have to trust me on this one. It was indeed a classic "accident waiting to happen."

And I know this because, well, it's part of my job to know.

Just like the Alaska Airlines horizontal-stabilizer failure, and the Boeing 737 rudder problems that led to the Colorado Springs and Pittsburgh crashes, among others. Engineering and/or maintenance failures, each and every one of them.

No conspiracy; sorry to disappoint you. Not in ANY of the above cases.

Redstone
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-24-08 11:03 PM
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5. what in god's freakin' name are you talking about
i'm talking about fantasizing about random fatal equipment failures on commercial jets and you're grinding some weird axe and getting your nasty all over me.




i can haz mommee now?
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-24-08 11:16 PM
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8. What "nasty?" I thought I was backing you up, there. But apparently you didn't
get that...I was trying to reinforce your stance that "random fatal equipment failures" do indeed happen.

Ah, fuck it. Try to help people, and what do you get?

Redstone
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-24-08 11:19 PM
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9. my mistake
i'm kinda out of it
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-24-08 11:08 PM
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6. Well, I want a sweet roll . . .
and sorry but there was a missile and red paint across three of the seats proves it ---

But "O" rings were a long sign of trouble on the Challenger --- and ignored.

Too much NASA stuff is privatized ---

$$$ but no accountability ---


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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-24-08 11:03 PM
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4. I never think about it.
If it's going to happen, it's going to happen.
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-24-08 11:09 PM
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7. I try to limit the time I spend on cell phones -- but sometimes I forget -- !!!
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