GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Officials say a U.S. team is expected soon in the South American nation of Guyana to probe the crash of a Boeing 737 jetliner that all 163 people aboard survived.
Authorities so far have given little idea about the cause of Saturday's crash. The Caribbean Airlines plane ran off the end of a runway at Guyana's main airport and broke in two. About 30 people had to be treated at a local hospital, including the pilot.
The airline is largely owned by the government of Trinidad and Tobago and its prime minister has visited the crash site. Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she is worried that the accident will hurt tourism to the Caribbean, a region that depends heavily on the industry. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Einstein 159: :-)
You wear your moron badge with pride, don't you? I never said an airliner can break in half mid air. Only break UP! Yes I used the word "this" as a general term describing accidents of "this" kind due to possible age and lack of proper maintenance. I just gave you guys some undue credit for having enough intelligence to understand what I meant. And THAT, my idiot friend, was my mistake.
thanks for the clarifiction frankie. Hey while we're on the topic what's your IQ? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Einstein 159: :-)
You wear your moron badge with pride, don't you? I never said an airliner can break in half mid air. Only break UP! Yes I used the word "this" as a general term describing accidents of "this" kind due to possible age and lack of proper maintenance. I just gave you guys some undue credit for having enough intelligence to understand what I meant. And THAT, my idiot friend, was my mistake.
Frankie, you are wrong. You said "this" and accompanied it with a picture of a plane broken in half lying on the ground. You didn't mention "breaking up" in the air, you said "this' and had the pic. Any intelligent person would look at the header, look at the pic, and put the two together and deduce that you were saying that it is scary to fly because "this" could happen in mid air. I understand what you are saying now that ;you have told everyone that you are saying "something like this" in reality. If you want to end this debate, you should simply state that maybe you should have put a better picture of a plane that has had mid air damage, rather than one that broke in half on the ground. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RedNeckRaider:
You got screwed! They guaranteed me an additional 20 points if I scored over 600 on my credit rating (waiting on report so I can update my Chiefsplanet profile)
Hey, I noticed your avatar is a scene from "Cool Hand Luke". One of my favorites. Remember the scene where Newman gets his ass beat over and over and over by George Kennedy, only to get up time and time again? Then everyone in the prison gains respect for him out of the ass-kicking he took but never gave up?
Originally Posted by tooge:
Frankie, you are wrong. You said "this" and accompanied it with a picture of a plane broken in half lying on the ground. You didn't mention "breaking up" in the air, you said "this' and had the pic. Any intelligent person would look at the header, look at the pic, and put the two together and deduce that you were saying that it is scary to fly because "this" could happen in mid air. I understand what you are saying now that ;you have told everyone that you are saying "something like this" in reality. If you want to end this debate, you should simply state that maybe you should have put a better picture of a plane that has had mid air damage, rather than one that broke in half on the ground.
NO! FRANKIE CAN NOT BE WRONG! EVERYTHING THAT FRANKIE TOUCHES TURNS TO GOLD! EVERY THREAD THAT FRANKIE POSTS IN GOES TO THE HOC! [Reply]
Originally Posted by tooge:
Frankie, you are wrong. You said "this" and accompanied it with a picture of a plane broken in half lying on the ground. You didn't mention "breaking up" in the air, you said "this' and had the pic. Any intelligent person would look at the header, look at the pic, and put the two together and deduce that you were saying that it is scary to fly because "this" could happen in mid air. I understand what you are saying now that ;you have told everyone that you are saying "something like this" in reality. If you want to end this debate, you should simply state that maybe you should have put a better picture of a plane that has had mid air damage, rather than one that broke in half on the ground.
I've come to the conclusion that rather than being humiliated like any normal person would be, Frankie is absolutely loving all of this attention...while the rest of us consider this a beat down, Frankie is thinking "Hey, I'm pretty popular". [Reply]
Originally Posted by fan4ever:
Hey, I noticed your avatar is a scene from "Cool Hand Luke". One of my favorites. Remember the scene where Newman gets his ass beat over and over and over by George Kennedy, only to get up time and time again? Then everyone in the prison gains respect for him out of the ass-kicking he took but never gave up?
I sometimes tag along with my neighbor to a spot out in the desert where he goes shooting with his many exciting and seemingly automatic weapons. There are old water heaters, refrigerators, couches, etc.
Last time we went we unloaded everything on an old fridge til it was so full of holes it was unrecognizable, 3/4 of it was gone.
That's what I picture Frankie looking like in this thread. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pants:
Frankie, the sooner you realize that people thinking you're an idiot has NOTHING to do with your ethnicity, the better off you'll be.
People pile up on idiots here all the time. You're the only one claiming that it's due to you being foreign.
Well, let's see. I was born in the ME. I have lived here 40 years, more than enough times to see the difference between bigots and open-minded Americans. I was fired from my job of 25 years after 9/11, forced to go through 3 years of litigations to prove my ex-boss a "bigot" (actual term used in the court documents) and regain my employment. I watch the news all the time to know racism is still alive and well here. :-)
No my friend, you are right. No one is a bigot. You know why? Because THIS IS AMERICA dammit! [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pants:
Ahhh, the old "I WAS JUST TROLLING YOU GUYS" routine. I remember billay did that a couple of times. I'd say you're both equally smart.
Originally Posted by fan4ever:
I've come to the conclusion that rather than being humiliated like any normal person would be, Frankie is absolutely loving all of this attention...while the rest of us consider this a beat down, Frankie is thinking "Hey, I'm pretty popular".
No, Frankie doesn't see this as a beatdown. In his head, he has been right the whole time and we're all just idiots ganging up on him. In his head, Frankie has never lost an argument on CP.
EDIT: That should have been "bigoted idiots." [Reply]
Originally Posted by Einstein 159:
Well, let's see. I was born in the ME. I have lived here 40 years, more than enough times to see the difference between bigots and open-minded Americans. I was fired from my job of 25 years after 9/11, forced to go through 3 years of litigations to prove my ex-boss a "bigot" (actual term used in the court documents) and regain my employment. I watch the news all the time to know racism is still alive and well here. :-)
No my friend, you are right. No one is a bigot. You know why? Because THIS IS AMERICA dammit!
I am so not surprised you are one of those guys. You ever get the feeling the coffee at work tastes a little bit like piss? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Einstein 159:
Well, let's see. I was born in the ME. I have lived here 40 years, more than enough times to see the difference between bigots and open-minded Americans. I was fired from my job of 25 years after 9/11, forced to go through 3 years of litigations to prove my ex-boss a "bigot" (actual term used in the court documents) and regain my employment. I watch the news all the time to know racism is still alive and well here. :-)
No my friend, you are right. No one is a bigot. You know why? Because THIS IS AMERICA dammit!
There are bigots for sure. Some of the people piling on you may be bigots. But bigotry is clearly NOT the reason for this pile on.
