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Quartus · October 5, 2001, 04:44 PM

You guys are missing something.

Choppers are extremely dangerous on the ground. If you don't have either a cleared landing place (they didn't) or a very good reason (they didn't) they should not have put that bird on the ground.

Not to mention the noise factor at 1 AM.

I don't think it's worth firing anyone over, though.

$100 bucks a minute? He got off easy. My daughter had to be airlifted. A 12 minute flight was $4200. That's $350 per minute.

BTW, on the Krispy Kremes. I heard all the hype. I heard of people driving 500 miles and standing in line to get one. I couldn't believe anyone would be that stupid. And I could NOT believe that any donut could be that much better than other donuts.

Then I had one.

October 5, 2001, 04:44 PM	#14
Quartus Senior Member Join Date: May 8, 2001 Location: Virginia Posts: 3,823	You guys are missing something. Choppers are extremely dangerous on the ground. If you don't have either a cleared landing place (they didn't) or a very good reason (they didn't) they should not have put that bird on the ground. Not to mention the noise factor at 1 AM. I don't think it's worth firing anyone over, though. $100 bucks a minute? He got off easy. My daughter had to be airlifted. A 12 minute flight was $4200. That's $350 per minute. BTW, on the Krispy Kremes. I heard all the hype. I heard of people driving 500 miles and standing in line to get one. I couldn't believe anyone would be that stupid. And I could NOT believe that any donut could be that much better than other donuts. Then I had one. __________________ . Better to know what you don't know than to think you know what you don't know.