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Skriven 2009-03-26 18:44:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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 ML> bicycles and I
 ML> do not get along - the things try to throw me whenever I get
 ML> on one.
 GJ> "Throwing a rider."  It's something a bicycle never forgets how to do.

Amazing those machines. On the eve of Y2K, I did stoke a tandem
7 miles (11 1/4 km) each way with my b-i-l to the banks of the
Potomac, where we watched some rather unspectacular fireworks
and heard, dimly at a distance, some political chatter of no
probable significance. I am told I nearly body-languaged us
into a bridge abutment, though.

 GJ> I think United in particular, on Channel 9, as recommended by MLoo.
 ML> United is the only airline that has this.
 GJ> A pity, as often that channel provides the best in-flight
 GJ> entertainment. 

It's a major reason why I fly that airline above all others.
SK, aka SAS, has nosecam, though, which can be quite amusing,
especially on landing.
 
 ML> Knots it is.
 GJ> Knots for the wind, and other units for the flying machine.

Not so, one climbs and maintains flight level two eight zero,
speed three hundred knots. Channel 9 is my lullaby, and I have
heard this song hundreds of times. Flight level, by the way, is
in feet, which sometimes makes an oddity, in some parts of EU
airspace, along the lines of "maintain flight level three two
eight" - which is 10.0 km.

 GJ> Sometimes the pilots think they can do better than the automatics, and
 GJ> crash, like the new Airbus which crashed while being demonstrated a
 GJ> few years ago in France.
 ML> Which one? There have been several, some of them apparently
 ML> contributed to by improper behavior of the autopilot.
 GJ> I was thinking of the new model A320 (?) being demonstrated at the
 GJ> Paris air show, when the pilot turned off the automated safety
 GJ> warnings so he could do an impressive low level pass over the show,
 GJ> but miscalculated and made a large ball of fire instead.

The hated Wikipedia (which is good for this sort of thing,
because there are both many passionate enthusiasts but relatively
little controversy) article on the Paris air show lists but two
accidents, a Tu-144 in 1973 and a MiG-29 in 1988. You may be
thinking of AF296 back in 1988, where the pilot was convicted of
manslaughter ... but according to the Internet sources, there is
some question about the evidence brought to trial: this of course
can mean that the French judicial system is suspect (surprise,
surprise) or that the Internet is suspect (surprise, surprise).

Alaria-Cucumber Salad
cat: vegan, salad
servings: 3

1 cucumber, thinly sliced
1/2 ts sea salt
12 in dried Alaria, soaked in fresh water
2 Tb vinegar or lemon juice
2 1/2 ts soy sauce
1 ts water

Sprinkle sliced cucumber with salt, toss gently, and set aside.

Blanch Alaria briefly. Remove any tough ribs and
cut into bite-sized pieces.

Gently squeeze excess water from cucumbers and Alaria, and combine
them with remaining ingredients. Eat as is or on a bed of lettuce
garnished with radish slices and sprouts. Serves 3.

Jan Bellame, Cooking with Japanese Foods - adapted
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