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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/14/2010 10:04:57 PM

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Just got back from watching the film "Unstoppable", after scoring free tickets for me and a buddy. Not a bad film, but it helps that the tickets were free...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/14/2010 10:34:07 PM

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Yes!� Finally finished Monaco on F1 2010�� Started 20th on the grid but finished 2nd after a nice pile-up in the first corner cos of the rain�

Meanwhile, Sebastian Vettel wins the F1 Championship...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/14/2010 10:43:29 PM

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Yes!� Finally finished Monaco on F1 2010�� Started 20th on the grid but finished 2nd after a nice pile-up in the first corner cos of the rain�

Meanwhile, Sebastian Vettel wins the F1 Championship...

Warspite1

He probably deserved it too on balance over the season so congrats to "baby Shumi". Poor Mark Webber just wilted under the pressure over the last few races. Suspect that's his best chance gone.....

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/14/2010 10:54:06 PM

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Just got back from watching the film "Unstoppable", after scoring free tickets for me and a buddy. Not a bad film, but it helps that the tickets were free...

Seems like I remember a seeing a movie made several decades ago that was also about a runaway train. Wonder if this is a remake ?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/14/2010 11:00:25 PM

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Just got back from watching the film "Unstoppable", after scoring free tickets for me and a buddy. Not a bad film, but it helps that the tickets were free...

I'm a train geek, so I know I'd enjoy this one.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/14/2010 11:00:46 PM

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Just got back from watching the film "Unstoppable", after scoring free tickets for me and a buddy. Not a bad film, but it helps that the tickets were free...

Seems like I remember a seeing a movie made several decades ago that was also about a runaway train. Wonder if this is a remake ?

What? Hollywood in unimaginitive film idea shocker!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/14/2010 11:01:49 PM

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Good night gents

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/14/2010 11:02:27 PM

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Just got back from watching the film "Unstoppable", after scoring free tickets for me and a buddy. Not a bad film, but it helps that the tickets were free...

Seems like I remember a seeing a movie made several decades ago that was also about a runaway train. Wonder if this is a remake ?

I don't think so. I'm pretty sure this movie is based on a real runaway train "incident" a few years ago, out in California.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/14/2010 11:02:54 PM

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Good night, Per.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/14/2010 11:04:03 PM

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Home from our 3rd hockey game of the weekend and a chance to have a family dinner with my wife.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/14/2010 11:05:35 PM

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Turn in my inbox - Tithe.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/14/2010 11:08:26 PM

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Yes!� Finally finished Monaco on F1 2010�� Started 20th on the grid but finished 2nd after a nice pile-up in the first corner cos of the rain�

Meanwhile, Sebastian Vettel wins the F1 Championship...

Ay, he's had a good season. I have to say that other than Button (or Hamilton) I would've wanted Webber to win, but Vettel has done well.

Wonder if Red Bull are going to have the same success next year? It's good to see another team up at the top challenging Ferrari and Maclaren. I'd like to see Lotus do well next year, for old time's sake (even if they are Malaysian now)

Has anyone else played F1? Some of the tracks (Spain) are ******* hard! Monaco was a nightmare as well, a real car killer, I wrecked my car in practice and smashed it up during qualifying

Those damned walls are hard and close to the track and my car is so flimsy

I actually did better in the rain but still finished 8 seconds behind Button (and about that far ahead of Petrov).

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/14/2010 11:16:09 PM

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Just got back from watching the film "Unstoppable", after scoring free tickets for me and a buddy. Not a bad film, but it helps that the tickets were free...

I'm a train geek, so I know I'd enjoy this one.

This is what I was thinking of:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_Train_(film)

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/14/2010 11:24:19 PM

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Just got back from watching the film "Unstoppable", after scoring free tickets for me and a buddy. Not a bad film, but it helps that the tickets were free...

I'm a train geek, so I know I'd enjoy this one.

This is what I was thinking of:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_Train_(film)

Ah, of course. Rebecca De Mornay.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/14/2010 11:37:41 PM

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ORIGINAL: stuman

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ORIGINAL: USS America

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Just got back from watching the film "Unstoppable", after scoring free tickets for me and a buddy. Not a bad film, but it helps that the tickets were free...

I'm a train geek, so I know I'd enjoy this one.

This is what I was thinking of:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_Train_(film)

Ah, of course. Rebecca De Mornay.

Yes, quite

From what I remember it was a good flick. But it doesn't sound liike the new movie is a remake per se.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/15/2010 12:21:02 AM

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Just got back from watching the film "Unstoppable", after scoring free tickets for me and a buddy. Not a bad film, but it helps that the tickets were free...

I'm a train geek, so I know I'd enjoy this one.

I didn't know that Mike! You'll have to come out and visit us then. This place is train city (literally). Union Pacific's HQ , with 3 or 4 train museums nearby.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/15/2010 12:46:25 AM

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Late tithe, now to my turn.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/15/2010 2:55:24 AM

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Just got back from watching the film "Unstoppable", after scoring free tickets for me and a buddy. Not a bad film, but it helps that the tickets were free...

I'm a train geek, so I know I'd enjoy this one.

I didn't know that Mike! You'll have to come out and visit us then. This place is train city (literally). Union Pacific's HQ , with 3 or 4 train museums nearby.

Oh, yeah, I am. I took a long weekend drive by myself from MN out to the Powder River Basin in Wyoming just to see all the huge coal mines and all the trains.

I've also stopped on a trip back from CA to MN and spent the night intentionally at North Platte, just to check out the UP's Bailey Yard, which is the world's largest railroad classification yard.

I've not seen the museums around Omaha yet, but will enjoy it when I do visit.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/15/2010 2:55:53 AM

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Good night - Tithe.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/15/2010 3:26:17 AM

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Just got back from watching the film "Unstoppable", after scoring free tickets for me and a buddy. Not a bad film, but it helps that the tickets were free...

I'm a train geek, so I know I'd enjoy this one.

I didn't know that Mike! You'll have to come out and visit us then. This place is train city (literally). Union Pacific's HQ , with 3 or 4 train museums nearby.

Oh, yeah, I am. I took a long weekend drive by myself from MN out to the Powder River Basin in Wyoming just to see all the huge coal mines and all the trains.

I've also stopped on a trip back from CA to MN and spent the night intentionally at North Platte, just to check out the UP's Bailey Yard, which is the world's largest railroad classification yard.

I've not seen the museums around Omaha yet, but will enjoy it when I do visit.

We'll look forward to the visit!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/15/2010 5:13:22 AM

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ORIGINAL: stuman

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ORIGINAL: USS America

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Just got back from watching the film "Unstoppable", after scoring free tickets for me and a buddy. Not a bad film, but it helps that the tickets were free...

I'm a train geek, so I know I'd enjoy this one.

This is what I was thinking of:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_Train_(film)

Ah, of course. Rebecca De Mornay.

Yes, quite

From what I remember it was a good flick. But it doesn't sound liike the new movie is a remake per se.

Not a remake at all.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/15/2010 7:19:31 AM

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/15/2010 7:34:07 AM

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HI all,

Good morning!

Leo "Apollo11"

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/15/2010 8:17:38 AM

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Morning guys.

What did i miss this week end on The Thread!!! ?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/15/2010 8:18:48 AM

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Just got back from watching the film "Unstoppable", after scoring free tickets for me and a buddy. Not a bad film, but it helps that the tickets were free...

I'm a train geek, so I know I'd enjoy this one.

This is what I was thinking of:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_Train_(film)

From what i remenber, a good movie !!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/15/2010 8:23:48 AM

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i understand that it was considered a design failure (on the A380), not so much because the engine failed but because when it did, it was not contained in the "armored box" of the engine, but punctured the wing when it blew out...

So, not so much that the engine failed but rather that it might have taken out a wing as well... iirc, wing failure on an aircraft is not good!

My brother learnt to fly; from what i recall, he never talk about wing failure being a problem

I seem to remenber that Tocaff in his AAR on old Witp forum gave a few rules about flying planes, and there was the same that my brother told me:

- nobody ever had accident colliding with the sky
- nobody is known to have win a contest against the floor when colliding with it

and the one that scared me the most (because i was at this time in the small plane that my brother borrowed):
- a good landing is just a controlled crash

!!

(edited so that the ironical joke is more easy to see)

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/15/2010 8:28:59 AM

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Snows almost gone, and just tried out our new expresso machine..........wowwwwwwww, tooooooo muchhhhhh caffine!!!!!!!!
USS America would definately approve!

just out of curiosity (and being a bit ironical here, just to kindly taunt my american brothers), i would really like to compare the "too much caffine" you had, and the one i drink

OK guys, we already had a debate on coffee maybe a year ago on the Thread, but i still believe euro are drinking a stronger coffee than americans buddys

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/15/2010 8:29:59 AM

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ok, this post make 1/6th of a faber, and now i really must start to work