https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...pedestrians-mowed-U-Haul-truck-Bay-Ridge.html

At least eight people are injured including a police officer and multiple moped drivers after a U-Haul truck driver went on a 30-minute rampage in Brooklyn.

The driver, was named by police sources cited by NBC as Weng Sor, a 62-year-old Asian man with ties to Brooklyn.

His motive remains unclear, but police sources described him to DailyMail.com as being 'emotionally disturbed' and homeless.

 

Just caught that on the evening news. Strange stuff.

Ron

 

Brand new Boeing 747 scrapped after 16 flights


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In 2017, orphaned from its original purpose, the plane went up for sale for $95 million – down from an original list price of around $350 million, according to Diver. It was still empty and advertised as “ready for conversion” in a brochure that can still be found online. But it never sold.

 

Brand new Boeing 747 scrapped after 16 flights
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"The plane is a BBJ" BOEING!

 

 

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Pilot thought instructor who died inflight was ‘just pretending’

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Shortly after takeoff, the instructor’s head rolled back. As the two pilots knew each other well, the co-pilot thought his companion was “just pretending to take a nap” while he completed the circuit, the report said.

 

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I've seen it before and while not in an aircraft a cardiac arrest can be sudden. My wife Kathy's brother was doing just fine in his mid 40s. Right till he keeled over one day. Autopsy revealed he was likely dead before he hi the ground. No warning and for all purposes a healthy 40s male. Then bang and party over, Wife called me and we both left different workplaces for the hospital where we met. When you walk in and they isolate you to a small room to wait on an attending physician you know Uh Oh this can't be good. Nice woman doctor told us they did all they could. Sometimes we just don't know.

WoN

 

I've seen it before and while not in an aircraft a cardiac arrest can be sudden. My wife Kathy's brother was doing just fine in his mid 40s. Right till he keeled over one day. Autopsy revealed he was likely dead before he hi the ground. No warning and for all purposes a healthy 40s male. Then bang and party over, Wife called me and we both left different workplaces for the hospital where we met. When you walk in and they isolate you to a small room to wait on an attending physician you know Uh Oh this can't be good. Nice woman doctor told us they did all they could. Sometimes we just don't know.

WoN

Honestly, I can't think of a better way to go. Quick and painless, and surrounded by loved ones.

 

Honestly, I can't think of a better way to go.

How about not at 40?

 

How about not at 40?

Ok ... other than being too young to die ...

 

Yup, my partner at work had his wife get out of bed one night and figured she was headed for the bathroom until he heard her collapse. Dead as a doornail in her mid 50's.

 

Honestly, I can't think of a better way to go. Quick and painless, and surrounded by loved ones.

Aortic Aneurism. Mom was 92 and doing fine. One day she just didn't feel well. One of my sisters too her to the hospital. She had an aortic aneurism which with a 92 year old woman you can't just crack her chest and fix. You peacefully fall asleep permanently. She died very peacefully with my sister holding her hand. At 92 she had a great run. Doctors say if you are going to go it's the best way to go.

Ron

 

Yup, my partner at work had his wife get out of bed one night and figured she was headed for the bathroom until he heard her collapse. Dead as a doornail in her mid 50's.

My doc's clients have aged over the years ahd his practice has been drifting from general practitioner to elder care. He's seen a great number of chronic conditions and terrible quality of life. He has very mixed feelings about treatments to extend life vs improve quality vs let nature take its course while managing pain. His conclusion, the best way to go is any way that allows you to go down mid-stride and mid-sentence.

 

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1628727831391010818

 

It snowed yesterday and all last night. The snowplow cleared my street this morning by putting its snow in everybody's driveway.
Many delivery trucks have no problems driving on my street. No cars are parked on the street.

 

Heh, on our uphill side of the street in Maine we had a 10' wall of plowed snow. Had to keep the opening to the steps up to the house shoveled open.

 

Heh, on our uphill side of the street in Maine we had a 10' wall of plowed snow. Had to keep the opening to the steps up to the house shoveled open.

What fun is that? People in Portland love driving in snow.

 

A SOUTHERNER MOVES NORTH ...

Monday: 5:00PM. It's starting to snow. The first of the season and the first one we've seen in years. The wife and I took our hot buttered rums and sat by the picture window, watching the soft flakes drift down, clinging to the trees and covering the ground. It was beautiful. So relaxing and peaceful.

Tuesday: We woke up to a lovely blanket of crystal white snow covering the landscape. What a fantastic sight. Every tree and shrub covered with a beautiful white mantle. I shoveled snow for the first time in years and loved it! I did both our driveway and our sidewalk. Later a city snowplow came along and accidentally covered up our driveway with snow from the street. The driver smiled and waved. I waved back and shoveled it again.

Wednesday: It snowed an additional 5 inches last night and the temperature dropped to around 11 degrees. Several limbs on the trees snapped due to the weight of the snow. I shoveled our driveway again. Shortly afterwards the snowplow came by and did his trick again. I wonder about that guy. Why's he always smiling?

Thursday: Warmed up enough during the day to create some slush which turned to ice when the temperature dropped again. Bought snow tires for both cars. Fell on my ass in the driveway. $145 for the emergency room visit but nothing was broken. More snow and ice expected.

Friday: Still cold. I sold my wife's car and bought a 4X4 in order to get her to work. Slid into a guardrail and did a considerable amount of damage to the right rear quarter panel. I had another 8 inches of white crap last night. Both vehicles were covered in salt and crud. More shoveling in store for me today. That damn snowplow came by twice today, smiling bastard.

Saturday: 2 degrees outside. More efing snow. Not a tree or shrub on the property that hasn't been damaged. Power was off most of the night and some pipes burst in the basement. Tried to keep from freezing to death with candles and a kerosene heater which tipped over and nearly burned the house down. I managed to put out the flames but suffered 2nd degree burns on my hands and lost my eyebrows. The brand new 4X4 slid on the ice on way to the emergency room and was totaled.

Sunday: damn mother-efin' crap keeps coming down. Have to put on all the clothes we own just to get to the efin' mailbox. I think the son-of-a-bitch that drives the snowplow hides around the corner and waits for me to finish shoveling and then comes down the street about 100MPH, grinning from ear to ear, and buries our driveway again. efin' asshole! If I ever catch him, I'll shove a cane pole up his ass and mount him in the front yard as a warning to the next snowplow driver! Power still off. The toilet froze and part of the roof has started to cave in.

Monday: Six goddamn more efin' inches of erin' snow and efin' ice and God knows what other kink of white efin' crap fell last night. My wife left me. The car won't start. I think I'm going snowblind. I can't move my toes. I haven't seen the sun in weeks. I wounded the efin' snowplow asshole with an ice ax but he got away. More efin' snow predicted. Wind chill minus 35 efin' degrees. I'm going back to Georgia!

 

The list is long ... Long ... LONG ....

Abbreviations‌ in the aviation industry

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From Erika Armstrong's LinkedIn account:

When you key the mic to talk to ATC, you have 5 seconds to communicate who, what, where, when and how. As a result,the industry has learned how to communicate with brevity, often 2 to 4 letters, and the result is a mindboggling list of abbreviations and acronyms. Not just the ATC side, but each MRO, flight department and airline has their own acronyms. For new hires, it's a humbling experience. But don't worry, Yankee Oscar Uniform, Golf Oscar Tango, Tango Hotel India Sierra. CAVU.