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I remember going through the 707 when it was new. They brought one to Regina and parked it in front of the terminal and let people walk through just to have a look at it.

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funnily enough i just don't seem to have tracked my airbus flights in the same way.
smallest thing I've flown in is a Cessna 172 of course :)

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I had a friend in high school who had his pilot's license at 17 (he was an avid Air Cadet) and we'd skip school and go flying. He'd rent a Piper Cherokee 140 from the flying club for $32/hr and take me along to take aerial photographs. We did this 3 or 4 times but I didn't tell my mom until I was about 45. Up north joyrides with bush pilots were often in Cessna 172 or 180 Skywagons. We got freight in Canso amphibians but I never got to fly in one. Secondary airlines like Ilford Riverton or Saint Andrews Air had old 1950's and 60's twin Beechcraft with folding seats along the sides and I flew in those.

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Part of my flights back in the late 90's to early 2000's was simply due to also wanting to fly certain planes before they were retired.

Those were the good old days, always had something to do, bored, hop on a flight somewhere. I wish I had the same freedom today. Even if I had a job around planes again.

On the Boeing side I have flown
737 series from 200's up to 900 and soon will fly on a Max 8 (the airline I worked for retired the one 737-100 we had before I had a chance to fly on it, may have been the last 737-100 in North America, don't recall anyone else flying one in 1999, it was one loud plane though.)
744
767-200 & 300
727
757-200 and 300
717
(not likely to ever get a 777 but maybe a 787 one day)

Airbus side nothing fancy just A319/320/321 series.

Ebrarer

E-175
ERJ-145
EMB 120 Brasilia turbo prop

Bombardier

CRJ 200/700/900
Dash 8 100 as well as Q400

McDonnell Douglas
MD-80 series
MD-90
DC-10
DC-9 series
MD-11

Cessna 152

Did not get to fly it but got to ground handle L-1011 back in 1998 that came in as a charter to San Diego on occasion.

If I had been shorter I would have tried being a flight attendant, but in the 90's and early 00's all the airlines had a 6'0 cap on height some are up to 6'2 but I am still too tall.

Found a video of the 737-100 we had, N708AW taken out of service December 29, 1999 and scrapped in 2000.

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If we manage to sell our house and excess vehicles for what we would like to (a conservative estimation) then it looks like we can either afford a knackerd in need of renovation home in the Niagara Region or with a small mortgage in line with the job offer OH has a very nice little home in the UK that has been done up already. Doesn't make my argument for Ontario very convincing anymore.

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There's an update on the convenience store robber getting smacked with the bananas, and a video!
https://globalnews.ca/news/4923863/m...-banana-video/
This is pretty good, as well:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=...source=twitter

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Forget the subject, this is funny writing

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...g-birth-to-him

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Lager....To me it all tastes bland and carbonated. Ale and real ale is the way to go....the more hops the better.

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Are you into trad jazz as well? ;)

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Good one.

more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_fusion than trad jazz.

Also like espresso, podcasts, NPR, hiking but don't have a man bun, a tattoo and don't like lager.

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I think we've all just been witness to the Oink taste buds finally hitting maturity! :rofl: :drinkingbeer:

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Earls?

Bitch, I took you for a hipster.

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It was wing Wednesday with $3 pints plus I go with a sense of irony and I wore a wrinkly shirt.

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This is what I like about San Diego.

You can go from this on the coast

https://www.reddit.com/r/sandiego/co.../scripps_pier/

https://www.reddit.com/r/sandiego/co..._of_san_diego/

and only an hour away can go to the top of mountains,

https://www.reddit.com/r/sandiego/co..._of_mt_laguna/

and 90 minutes from the coast be in full on desert

https://www.reddit.com/r/AnzaBorrego...il_oc_highres/

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CBC broadcasts PRI's The World which I understand is on NPR too. I sometimes catch it at 1.00 am on my bedside radio.

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Trudeau and a Montreal Irish association lobby on behalf of junior hockey in the Republic of Ireland and get a result: I knew about the Elite League in NI from reading about the Belfast Giants but never thought about the south. Either in Nat Geo or Equinox I read about a pick-up hockey team called the Dubai Penguins, who kept ice to play on at great expense and had no real opposition. People love iced hockey.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montr...lved-1.5007982

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My wife is trying to get home from work, but there is some sort of police incident and road is closed so bus driver kicked everyone off the bus, so now she is stuck and not sure how to get home, translink has not yet posted any detours for the routes affected.

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Can she ask any of the other bus passengers what they are doing to get home?

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I recall driving from Ottawa to Toronto late at night and listening to that.

In my car radio I can usually pick up NPR from northern New York state.

They also have lots of great podcasts.

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Repeated mopping is as good a workout for your arms as 'arm day' at the gym. My biceps are burning after a couple of hours of mopping water yesterday.

on the plus side, we have replaced our water pressure tank thingy ourselves, it's not leaking and we have water!

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I wonder if other citys do this as well? Edmonton sends out bills after a building fire if you have used certain insulation.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada...zpcuucSJ6zUrj4

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This video someone took from their apartment overlooking the street Sunday during the snow, free entertainment for her....

https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/c...aos_of_tragic/

Its snowing again, translink has already basically said they will suck so at least they set expectations low...lol

My wife is going to attempt a taxi tomorrow to work, bus if taxi doesn't show, she is going to leave 90 mins early, takes 30 mins on a normal day.

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Nice, laughing at people struggling to go about their lives in dangerous conditions. What a brainless, smug little twit. Hope she goes arse up next time she goes out.

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Wife had heck of a time getting to work today, she called and arranged for a taxi last night but never showed which isn't unusual, Vancouver taxis are unreliable on a good day, eventually a bus came, but it wasn't able to get all the way to where she works, so she ended up having to walk the last half.

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Anyone in Toronto find a couple of broken chairs in the street?

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Stupid bitch, fancy uploading it to the internet.

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Price reduction in West Vancouver real estate, price dropped a cool 4 million.

https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/c...ncouver_these/

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Airbus is ending A380 production, appears the last plane will roll off the line in 2022.

Qantas recently cancelled their remaining orders, and Emirates slashing their remaining orders by a large margin, Airbus really has no other choice.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/14/busin...tes/index.html

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He may actually have eaten a hamster but he was pretty funny sometimes

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Ever since a restaurant and a coffee shop went into the commercial spaces below the residential units, the building has had a problematic mouse problem, the strata is spending pretty decent coin on pest control, but damn mice seem to be unstoppable.

Getting quite sick it seems, if not better by Tuesday will need to cancel my trip home, can't travel while ill.

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Would be fun to have a job where one could fly alot.

Currently on an airplane. Lucked out and got the whole row to myself.

Downside to first row of coach, no TV screens like the other rows have but a ton of leg room.

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I think there's a vacancy for Superman.

A row to yourself, leg room...what downside? ;)

I don't like TV on a plane. Too many interruptions.

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It was a good flight. Delta and the comfort plus rows are pretty good for leg room. Costs a bit extra but well worth it.

I was thinking more along the lines of flying in planes so not sure superman will work lol

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I assume you aren't sick anymore since you're taking the trip. Keep us posted, pics, etc... you know, "Having a wonderful time, wish you were here." :lol:

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just some sniffles but otherwise good.

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How is this for a sketchy and untidy house. I hope the real estate agent isn't getting the normal commission for this. Maybe shovelling the driveway would be a good start.

https://www.royallepage.ca/en/proper...46/mls1138780/

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Have a wonderful time! :)
Glad you were well enough to at least get the flight - and that the snow didn't stop you!
:D