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"What's New Pussycat?"
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Dean Martin was in "Goodfellas"? His songs where played during the film, but did he actually appear in the film? He made his last movie in 1984. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Martin
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Unless it was an uncredited role, I don't think Dominic Chianese appeared in "Dog Day Afternoon."
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looking for nice hotel with pool
Samsonite replied to jones's topic in Hotel and Accommodation Questions
"Sunshine Hotel & Residences Soi 8 will go under construction from now till July 31, 2011. However, Sunshine residences wing and Sunshine Hotel wing (8 storeys building) will be operated as normal but there might be some noise disturbance from the construction nearby." http://www.sunshinepattaya.com/ -
Airbus and Boeing products running behind schedule
Samsonite replied to BigDUSA's topic in Idle Chit Chat
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looking for nice hotel with pool
Samsonite replied to jones's topic in Hotel and Accommodation Questions
http://www.sandyspringhotel.com/room.html At the above link they list their "deluxe room" which is their "sea view" rooms at 1,900 Baht. -
looking for nice hotel with pool
Samsonite replied to jones's topic in Hotel and Accommodation Questions
Didn't The Sandy Spring recently raise their price to 1,900 Baht a night? Did the new mall destroy the good views from the 11th and 12th floors of the Sunshine Residence on Soi 8? -
Airbus and Boeing products running behind schedule
Samsonite replied to BigDUSA's topic in Idle Chit Chat
Airbust has a large number of new orders "pending," all for the A320 or the A320NEO (re-engined A320), along with a cancellation of 10 A380s by a major leasing company. -
After Sandy Weill took control of Citibank (he has since retired) it became, and still is, one of the most predatory banks in the business. He is also partly responsible for the repeal of the Glass–Steagall Act which, in turn, is partly responible for the current financial mess. "The repeal enabled commercial lenders such as Citigroup, which was in 1999 the largest U.S. bank by assets, to underwrite and trade instruments such as mortgage-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations and establish so-called structured investment vehicles, or SIVs, that bought those securities.[17] Elizabeth Warren,[18] author and one of the five outside experts who constitute the Congressional Oversight Panel of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, has said that the repeal of this act contributed to the Global financial crisis of 2008–2009.[19] [20] Others have debated what role the repeal may have played in the financial crisis. [21] [22] [23] [24][25] The year before the repeal, sub-prime loans were just five percent of all mortgage lending.[citation needed] By the time the credit crisis peaked in 2008, they were approaching 30 percent.[citation needed] This correlation is not necessarily an indication of causation however, as there are several other significant events that have impacted the sub-prime market during that time. These include the adoption of mark-to-market accounting, implementation of the Basel Accords and the rise of adjustable rate mortgages.[26]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass–Steagall_Act
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Airbus and Boeing products running behind schedule
Samsonite replied to BigDUSA's topic in Idle Chit Chat
Airbus and Boeing Orders for 2011, as of 14 April: Airbus Firm AirAsia X - 3 A330-200 Asiana Airlines - 6 A380-800 Cathay Pacific - 15 A330-300 GECAS - 12 A330-300 Private Customers - 1 A319, 1 A319 SkyMark Airlines - 4 A380-800 Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia A/S - 12 A321 TUI Travel Aviation Finance Ltd - 2 A330-200 Turkish Airlines - 10 A321, 3 A330-200F Cancellations 43 - A320, 1- A330-200, 12 - A330-200F and 12 - A350-900 Totals Gross 69 Net 1 Boeing Firm Aeroflot - 2, 777-200ER. 6, 777-300ER. Alaska Airlines - 2, 737-800. 13, 737-900ER. American Airlines - 2, 777-300ER. BDS USAF Tanker - 4, 767-2C BBJ/VIP Customers - 1, 737-700BBJ Cathay Pacific Airways - 10, 777-300ER El Al Isreal Airlines - 4, 737-900ER Etihad Airways - 3, 777-300ER FedEx - 4, 777F GECAS - 10, 777-300ER ILFC - 33, 737-800 Korean Air - 2, 747-8F LAN Airlines - 3, 767-300ER Qatar Airways - 2, 777-300ER TAM - 2, 777-300ER Turkish Airlines - 10, 737-800. 5, 737-900ER Unidentified Customers - 1, 737-700. 12, 737-800. 11, 737-900ER. 5, 777-300ER. United States Navy - 6, 737-800 Cancellations 35, 737. 12, 787 Totals Gross - 153 Net - 106 The Fiji cancellation is included in these figures. -
" Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace."
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Joe is correct on this one. The main OpenOffice developers split shortly after Oracle acquired Sun and started Libreoffice. They have been joined by the developers of Go-OO, another fork of OpenOffice, in an effort to turn Libreoffice into a serious competitor to ms-office. There have been three releases so far and it is looking very good.
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Ah, but reality is the exact opposite, i.e., no one would really expect a microsoftie to understand anything other than the ms-gospel as written by bent billy and his accomplices. BTW, wasn't he once quoted as saying the Internet was a fad?
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"Roxanne" (His best movie, IMHO.)
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And, if whomever you're taking about is using a proxy?
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Now, now, Forrest. You may be a microsoft software savant, but repartee is way, Way, WAY beyond your grasp.
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Airbus and Boeing products running behind schedule
Samsonite replied to BigDUSA's topic in Idle Chit Chat
One takeoff and landing equals one cycle, and that particular 737-300 is over 15 years old and has over 39,000 cycles. One news outlet said that is 7.4 cycles a day. By comparison, a 747-400 or 777-300ER that travels from Asia to the West Coast of the U.S. flies 10-13 hours to the West Coast, sits for a few hours (one airline keeps theirs at the gate for 6 hours) while it is refueled, cleaned, and restocked, and then turns around and flies 12-13+ hours back to Asia, so it does about 1 1/2 cycles per day. Regardless, that doesn't excuse Southwest from inspecting and properly repairing their aircraft. -
Airbus and Boeing products running behind schedule
Samsonite replied to BigDUSA's topic in Idle Chit Chat
How many times, that we know about, has an Airbus lost power to the cockpit? 10? 15? 20? "7:16:10: UA 497: (alarms blaring) We've lost all our instruments right now and we're going to need (radar directions to the airport)." This happened on Monday, 4 April 2011, http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2011/04...tower_conv.html
