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 Donger:
I have reviewed this thread. I cannot find where I wrote "I don't believe you" in this thread, other than when I asked help to find it.
Oh I forgot. With you it has to be exact words so you can understand. Otherwise it might tax your brain. :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts:
This thread has jumped the fire.
I was trying to find out what that meant (I didn't remember even though I know it was mentioned on The Planet) and I found a delightful website that explained the whole process. Here's a snippet (emphasis part of original article):
But tonight, a sweet coworker named Saba invited me to her home to share in a tradition she holds on to from her own days in Iran. I had no idea what to expect, but I'm so glad to have experienced the warmth of the fire and of Saba's hospitality.
For me, tonight was a whole new way of doing Persian. In my head, the associations with Persian events are words like overdone, super-fancy, formal, and stuffy. But, tonight, the setting was Saba's cozy-artsy apartment in Franklin Hills, and the event was much more personal.
Not that the spread was not impressive: Saba's home is peppered with accents from the old country, all with a unique touch. Her gorgeous old silver tea set was a find at an antique shop in Tehran, and the beautiful but quirky miniature painting of a dainty Persian dancer in traditional baggy pants standing on her head? Saba painted it herself, natch
And, oh the company! As we sat on Saba's deck watching the fire burn, she and her friend Asal (Persian for honey) -- a San-Francisco-based artist in town preparing for an opening in Tehran -- fed my endless hunger for stories of current life in that city: this world of thrift store shopping, daily protests in the streets, conversations with cabbies, tea made from leaves freshly picked, pimps decked out in their finest standing on street corners in the middle of the night, and a youth population perfectly well versed in sex, drugs, and rock and roll -- all the delicious details CNN does not cover. I got to speak Persian (nothing new, but lately it's been especially fun), and these lovely women even complimented me! All the while, Asal's husband Bijan kept the vibe going as our DJ for the night.
Originally Posted by listopencil:
I was trying to find out what that meant (I didn't remember even though I know it was mentioned on The Planet) and I found a delightful website that explained the whole process. Here's a snippet (emphasis part of original article):
But tonight, a sweet coworker named Saba invited me to her home to share in a tradition she holds on to from her own days in Iran. I had no idea what to expect, but I'm so glad to have experienced the warmth of the fire and of Saba's hospitality.
For me, tonight was a whole new way of doing Persian. In my head, the associations with Persian events are words like overdone, super-fancy, formal, and stuffy. But, tonight, the setting was Saba's cozy-artsy apartment in Franklin Hills, and the event was much more personal.
Not that the spread was not impressive: Saba's home is peppered with accents from the old country, all with a unique touch. Her gorgeous old silver tea set was a find at an antique shop in Tehran, and the beautiful but quirky miniature painting of a dainty Persian dancer in traditional baggy pants standing on her head? Saba painted it herself, natch
And, oh the company! As we sat on Saba's deck watching the fire burn, she and her friend Asal (Persian for honey) -- a San-Francisco-based artist in town preparing for an opening in Tehran -- fed my endless hunger for stories of current life in that city: this world of thrift store shopping, daily protests in the streets, conversations with cabbies, tea made from leaves freshly picked, pimps decked out in their finest standing on street corners in the middle of the night, and a youth population perfectly well versed in sex, drugs, and rock and roll -- all the delicious details CNN does not cover. I got to speak Persian (nothing new, but lately it's been especially fun), and these lovely women even complimented me! All the while, Asal's husband Bijan kept the vibe going as our DJ for the night.
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?
Yeah, not so much for Frankie.
"Luke: Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand"
In this case not so much~ [Reply]
Originally Posted by Donger:
have offered Frankie multiple times in this thread a way to gracefully bow out
Thank you your majesty. Donger the great is a legend in his own mind. :-)
Donger, I said it before in this thread, you're not all that. Oh I did not say it in those exact words, but it's true. This emperor is naked. You have a high opinion of yourself and that makes you quite the little insecure creature. Especially when it comes to admitting that there just may be folks out there who might have tested out higher than you in intelligence. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Donger:
I have reviewed this thread. I cannot find where I wrote "I don't believe you" in this thread, other than when I asked help to find it.
You made the claim, Frankie.
So, where did I write that in this thread?
Just before Einstein proved this could happen in the air. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Einstein 159:
Thank you your majesty. Donger the great is a legend in his own mind. :-)
Donger, I said it before in this thread, you're not all that. Oh I did not say it in those exact words, but it's true. This emperor is naked. You have a high opinion of yourself and that makes you quite the little insecure creature. Especially when it comes to admitting that there just may be folks out there who might have tested out higher than you in intelligence.
I've no doubt that there are people here who are more intelligent than I.
Now, what "own sentence" were you referring to when you wrote this, Frankie?
"You aren't smart enough to catch my using your own sentence (in this very thread) back on yourself. THAT... is a shock!" [Reply]
