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jordos1
11/27/09

In reply to Read Your In-Flight Magazine and Save Journalism
Jesus, where were the above pictured passengers flying? Cheeseburgerville to Raw Cookie-Dough City?
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garbanzo314
11/27/09

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So this company, one of the leaders worldwide in terms of the number of titles it publishes, made less than $50 million in revenue and $4 million in profit? Hmm, that's about the size of a smallish newspaper or a midsize single title consumer magazine. Sounds hopeful, for sure.
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drunkexpatwriter
11/27/09

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Airplanes in America still have in flight magazines? Fuck, in Europe some of the airlines now charge you to use the toilet. Seriously, my girlfriend was on a plane a little while ago and to get in the toilet you had to insert either a two euro or two pound coin. If they gave you a magazine they'd probably charge you five bucks for it.
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basket548
11/27/09

@drunkexpatwriter: No offense, but sounds apocryphal. A quick google search reveals nothing about airlines actually charging, and only Ryanair seems to have considered it (and even then, Ryanair has a long history of making noise for noise's sake). What airline / when was this?
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Claire Buoyant
11/27/09

@drunkexpatwriter: You just be glad the toilets at least work.
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drunkexpatwriter
11/27/09

@basket548: RyanAir.

I think they were testing it out (as they seem to do with all their "brilliant" ideas on the Montpellier route. )

I think they use us to see how pissed off people will get because we don't get a lot of traffic.

They are also talking about testing out their smoke free cigs on flight on our route.
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
11/27/09

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That also explains the month I saw What Women Want six times.
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Lysergic Asset
11/27/09

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It's also amazing how all the useless, overpriced crap in Sky Mall seems incredibly innovative, reasonably priced and essential whenever I forget to bring a book to read on a flight.
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Unsolicited Advice
10/20/09

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Man, being a resident of a Huxleyan hierarchical state seems way better than tooling around in one of them totalitarian jobbies. #iran
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Perhaps Not
10/20/09

@Unsolicited Advice: Less physically taxing, certainly. #iran
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Jeangenie
10/20/09

In reply to Iran Frees Newsweek Reporter
My distributor handles the book he co-edited with Malu Halasa, Transit Tehran. You guys might remember seeing Mr. Bahari as one of Jason Jones' interview subjects in a cafe in Tehran before the election. We are so glad to see him released and able to get out of the country. #iran
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zombies.like.lattés.too
09/01/09

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taking into account those who sit at home drinking alone and crying in front of their computers (3%) and those who drink in 12 x 19' dorm rooms (5%), that leaves 60%.What about the people who stay home to drink? There IS a recession on, y'all....or are boyfriend and I the only ones who binge drink at home specifically so we don't have to drive home - or so we can smoke some doobage while we enjoy our beers?
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shostakobitch
09/01/09

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but what song are they listening to while they drunk drive? and does it matter?
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meechybee
09/01/09

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I always felt a little safer living in the city as drunk walking or cabbing is always better than driving. Then I see all the B&T assholes jump their cars.
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BxgrlJeri
09/01/09

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I know a 25 year old who wrapped his car around a tree while being drunk and texting. The fool walked away and now brags about it. Next time it will be a family with little kids that he wipes out.

No brains. No regard for the lives of those who never did anything to deserve being mowed down by a drunk in a car.

just ask Martin Heigden what jail feels like after a binge results in the death of two people. we need more drunks being tried for murder.
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The One
09/01/09

@BxgrlJeri: I wish I could heart you a million times for this post!

Why is it almost(?) always the innocent victims who wind up with the most physical damage and not the drunk drivers?
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homoviper
09/01/09

@The One: because their bodies are so loosey goosey from the alcohol (and reaction time so slow) that they don't get hurt as bad by the crashes.
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StonedAndDethroned
09/01/09

@The One: Studies show drunk drivers are less likely to become injured in crashes because they are (wait for it....) drunk! Something about their bodies being loose after all the sweet, sweet alcohol, and the intense impacts don't cause as much damage.
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The One
09/01/09

@homoviper: Very unfair!
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The One
09/01/09

@StonedAndDethroned: Actually, I know that, but as someone who has been in cars hit by drunk drivers on more than one occasion, I happen to resent that I was injured far worse than the drunks were.
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partypants
09/01/09

@BxgrlJeri: Blah blah blah oh the drunks should take responsibility for their actions. WTF about the so called victims? If a family of four is driving around at 2 am when the bars close then they know the risk. Wait until a decent hour to pack your toddler in the backseat or shut the hell up about your crippling disfigurement/death.
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NoelleBlue
09/01/09

@partypants: If this wasn't sarcasm... then you are a sad, sad soul. People can not always have complete control over when they're on the road, and all drunk driving accidents do not happen at 2:15 AM.

But maybe you're kidding! If so, ha! Got me.
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SybilDisobedience
09/01/09

@partypants: Wait, what? You don't acknowledge that there might be a legitimate reason for a family to be out that late (emergency, long road trip, etc)? Or is my sarcasm meter broken?
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The Lone Scout
09/01/09

@partypants: I think you busted the sarcasm meter indeed with this one, but, what about when it's closer to 2:00 p.m. than 2:00 a.m.?

Seriously, I try to avoid driving between midnight and 6:00 a.m. for the reasons you've stated.
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BxgrlJeri
09/01/09

@partypants: I believe thatt katie Flynn was coming home from a wedding where she was a flower girl. yeah, her family sucks for being out and having her in the back of a limo. I think it was about 10 pm.

Do you know how fast you have to be going to hit a limo dead on and kill someone in the backseat?
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partypants
09/02/09

@NoelleBlue: Obviously I fail at sarcasm if there was a question about it :/
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RheaPollstry
09/01/09

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I never drive home after binge drinking. I usually wake up in a stranger's bed.
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misslinda
09/01/09

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Having recently been to a bonfire in the hillbilly part of New York State with drunken 20-somethings bragging about their DUIs and all the times they drove off the road, or into trees, or into fields...I believe Hamilton's guestimate is a bit on the low side. Those kids were wearing drunk driving as a badge of honor. It was sad and frightening.
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gabrielsong
09/01/09

@misslinda: The Hillbilly part of NYS? Isn't that everything north and west of NYC? You weren't in Dogtown, by any chance (Rte 8 by Gore Mtn)?
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misslinda
09/01/09

@gabrielsong: western new york, it's all farms just on the other side of lake ontario. They like their pick-up trucks, motorcycles, and booze, and church on sundays. They don't like their books and learnin' much.
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ceilingFANBOY
09/01/09

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If I've had too much, I'll just sleep in my car until I'm sober enough to drive. At the same time as getting a drunk driver off the road, it gets one more tired driver off the road.
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Midwesterner in NYC
09/01/09

@ceilingFANBOY: Just make sure not to do that in the driver's seat. You can still be charged.
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homoviper
09/01/09

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When I still had my car I drove drunk more than I care to mention. No more car though! The roads of NYC are a little safer with me off them.
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