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Everyone seems to be wondering why Muslim terrorists are so quick to commit suicide. Let's see now... No Jesus No Christmas No television No cheerleaders No Nude Women No car races No football No soccer No pork BBQ No hot dogs No burgers No chocolate chip cookies No lobster No nachos No Beer nuts No Beer !!!!!!!! Rags for clothes and towels for hats. Constant wailing from the guy next-door because he's sick and there are no doctors. Constant wailing from the guy in the tower. More than one wife. You can't shave. Your wives can't shave. You can't shower to wash off the smell of donkey cooked over burning camel dung. Your bride is picked by someone else. She smells just like your donkey. Then they tell you that when you die it all gets better! I mean, really, is there a mystery here?

Obviously,they ruled out explosives also.And search to continue until July 10 for CVR and FDR (no,not the former President). And "experts" said no life jackets were found inflated,which they attributed to the psgrs having no time to prepare-except for the agonizing minutes to crash vertically.Also,I understand that the life jackets were not to be inflated inside that acft at any time. http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/02...rss_mostpopular

PARIS, July 2 (Reuters) - The Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic last month with 228 people on board was not destroyed in mid-air but hit the water intact and at high speed, French investigators said on Thursday. Flight AF 447 went missing during a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on June 1. The exact cause of the disaster is not yet known. "The plane was not destroyed while it was in flight. It seems to have hit the surface of the water in the direction of flight and with a strong vertical acceleration," said Alain Bouillard, who is leading the investigation on behalf of France's BEA air accident board. Bouillard said control of the flight was supposed to have passed from air traffic controllers in Brazil to their counterparts in Senegal, but that never happened. He said the pilots of flight AF 447 had tried three times to connect to a data system in the Senegalese capital Dakar, but had failed, apparently because Dakar had never received the flight plan. "This is not normal," he said, adding that investigators were also trying to find out why it took six hours after the plane disappeared before an emergency was declared. He said the search for the flight recorders, or black boxes, from the Airbus A330 aircraft would continue until July 10. The recorders emit a signal for a limited time. He also reiterated that France had not yet been granted access to autopsy reports on bodies taken to Brazil. (Reporting by Tim Hepher, editing by Tim Pearce)

A few months back,I booked a "free" trip on Air Asia.Including taxes ad fees,it came to under 3k.Now,their admin and fuel surcharges are no longer in effect,so the price will drop drastically between Macau and BKK.Keep an eye out for their specials-get on their e-mail list. In fact,I didn't use my ticket for travel last week,June 25-28,since I'm back I'm back in World.

Gabor is their proofreader.

Where did you read they buy for prestige?

nid-I'll start with MenU as an example of not turning a profit-they can barely service debt IIRC. If those smaller clubs went public as some minor league baseball teams have here,that may be an option.I know at least 1 small club went public in GB.

Paging villayoungster,white page phone.......

I'm glad someone remembered that song!

You are right. They won.

To be clear once more,I don't use that word.I just cut and pasted an e-mail I rec'd from a BLACK friend regarding no longer being able to use the phrase,"niggered something up",and offered replacent phrases,IIRC;obviously in reference to the president of the US.No one was called that word,it wasn't used in a derogitory manner,ect. I'm still waiting on an admission by sinkfast that he failed to send a PM both prior to and after the warning,thereby failing in his responsibilities as a moderator. And MM or sinkfast,once again,time to man-up and post that horrible ditty I posted.And MM,I know you have to back your mods right or wrong,but step up here and post it to show how wrong he was.Or take the easy way out.....

Or gee-an American idea-salary cap. Otherwise,the rich get rich and the poor get poorer,to paraphrase a very old tune.

You're confusing "involved" with "saved",at least at some clubs.

Just about everything confuses you,huh?

Keep laughing sinkfast because you've got a plenty of ass to go!

I "believe" I remember the post now.Not word for word,but the crux of it was about using the term"niggered it up",sayig we could no loger use that term because we have a black President,IIRC.I never used the term in a degrading manner-it was just in the context of the joke It was a cut and paste and was humorous.I would NEVER use that term,either spoken or ritten.And surely not off-color-no pun inteded. And since you refuse to tell the whole story,I will,regarding my 2nd PM. "2. The second PM is a very long rant about Arab women in burkas on a flight trying to touch his child and an air marshal upgrading him to business class".It was an example I used to show your lack of consistancy in moderating.The above was NOT my post,but from someone else on this forum.So surely your memory is poor or as you stated earlier,and I quote,"I just don't care". As a matter of fact,the cut and paste I used was from an e-mail from a BLACK friend of mine.He surely didn't think it was off-COLOR! And once again,after 7 years,my 1st warning of any kind,especially racially oriented. Since you originally could not remember the offending term and MM came to your rescue by providing the offending term,hopefully you'll extend the courtesy of a PM in the future as,I quote once again,"To those who have never recieved a warning, they come with a message explaining the reason for the warning". Gee,I must have missed that PM,sinkfast. The LEAST I expect from a moderator is consistancy.You've failed miserably. Why don't you or MM man-up and post the offending one liner here for all to judge?Thought so. Next.

Just so we're clear here-I DID NOT EVER say or write ,"somebody else said something worse".If I did,I honestly don't remember. NO,I did't deserve it ,MM.Because neither he or you can give anyone here,including me,what I posted that was out of line.Strictly arbitrary on your/his part. So I guess you're taking the easy way out and not answering the requests (above replies) for guidelines.Figures. BTW,stick your warnings.

Please,your Highness,do post the "crap" you're referring to which I sent.Unlike you,I have nothing to hide. You really are thick.How could I come to you and say,"hey,I was out of line",when I have no clue what you're referring to?Duh! Next.

I received my 1st warning-25%-after 7 years here beacuse I posted,in his opinion,a racist remark. Here's his reply: You made a post that broke the rules. I deleted it and sent gave you a 25% warning. You seem to be asking me to explain a post that you made. Sorry I can't do that. If you are looking for a quote of your post, sorry, I didn't save it. I sift through hundreds of posts a week and don't remember them all exactly, nor do I care to. Feel free to contact anyone you choose. If Martin wants to remove the warning he will. I'm just a moderator, he makes the ultimate decisions and I encourage you to contact him if you feel I have treated you unfairly. If you feel I made a mistake, or someone posted under your handle, or you made a comment you regret for whatever reason then we can discuss it. If you simply made a stupid post that deserved a warning, then so be it. The warning is not the end of the world and it will go away. Regards, Sailfast. Gee,if I indeed made a racist remark,I'd surely like to see what qualifies,but,alas,I can't! And my favorite part of his lame retort,"nor do I care to". Well excuse me,I guess you cared enough to slam me with NO evidence. Having a bad day,were you wasted,or just a wanker? I do feel free and have contacted MM already. You should be excused from the moderator position because obviously you're doing a poor job. (1st time I've used that smilie-seems appropriate,doesn't it?)

LONDON -- ESPN will broadcast live Premier League matches for the first time in Britain after gaining rights from financially troubled Setanta Sports. The Premier League on Monday announced that ESPN, owned by The Walt Disney Co., will televise 46 matches next season and 23 in each of the three seasons from 2010-11 in its first major contract to broadcast live sports in Britain. "Premier League football is one of the world's most sought after sports properties," said Russell Wolff, ESPN International's executive vice president and managing director. "This move demonstrates our commitment to British sports fans and our ongoing commitment to delivering football to fans around the world across a variety of media." Neither party released financial details, but ESPN is reportedly matching the revenue due from the previous deal by paying 130 million pounds ($212 million) next season, followed by 159 million pounds in the subsequent years of the contract. ESPN already has two channels in Britain, one with American sports and another with archived action. A third channel is to be launched for the start of the season on Aug. 15. ESPN is also interested acquiring Scottish Premier League rights, lost by Setanta on Monday after it failed to make a 3 million pounds ($5 million) payment. The rest of Setanta's portfolio of rights, including some England national team games and the FA Cup, could become available if the network collapses after a potential rescue package fell through last week. As a result, the company failed to meet the payment deadline last Friday with the Premier League. "The timescale of our process was tight to say the least, and it is to the great credit of ESPN that they committed themselves to adding Premier League football to their already impressive portfolio of sports rights," Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said. Sky Sports, part of Rupert Murdoch's broadcast empire, has the rights to air the majority of Premier League matches live in Britain. U.S. rights are held by Fox Soccer Channel, part of Murdoch's News Corp. FSC sublicenses some to Setanta US. Earlier this year, ESPN was outbid by Setanta for rights to air the 23 live matches each season between 2010-13. ESPN channels showing EPL games will be part of packages retailed by Sky. Central to Setanta's decline was its need to sell subscriptions to its own channels - and it has only sold 1.2 million while teetering on the brink of administration, short of the reported 1.9 million it needs to break even. Under existing deals, Sky will air 92 matches next season and in the following three seasons 115, including 38 first-choice matches and a large majority of the second-choice games

The catch is 2 people must travel together.

Well since the fin basically detached in 1 piece on 447,I guess they used the wrong glue or the "new and improved" bolt system failed. Pretty much confirmed by more autopsies that acft broke up in flight.

Yes,that's the incident.Also,the autopsies of the bodies on AF 447 have shown (so far) that the acft broke up in flight.

Or the De Havilland Comet-make those windows round. It's an issue that needs to be addressed sooner than (fatally) later.

I retired 4 years back-gee,do you think things may have changed in that time?