tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post2690794647456221585..comments2024-03-28T16:31:27.365+00:00Comments on call me ishmael: HOLIDAY OF A LIFETIME, TEN YEARS AFTERcall me ishmaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-24859145000252768022010-02-08T00:34:48.268+00:002010-02-08T00:34:48.268+00:00I don't think it is a terrible thing to say; l...I don't think it is a terrible thing to say; life being what it is one dreams of vengeance and all these people that you mention are an affront not only to Decency and Modesty but also to the muse who sometimes sneaks-in with rock 'n' roll. These people are part of GlobaCorp Infotainment, part of skymadeupnewsandfilth and nothing they say or do has any value, other than coin.<br /><br />Fuck 'em, 'plane crash, overdose, AIDS, any dream will do.<br /><br />The opening comment here was interesting, that had never occurred to me, that the Paris crash slew the White Elephant. Got me thinking, also, that the Concorde Story, supersoniuc flight, might have been different if Uncle Sam hadn't blocked mach 1 overflights of the US. I suppose it was pique. Uncle Sam had been to the Moon after all and now here were the Frogs and the Brits doing all this clever shit. Considering the poison which GlobaCorp feeds folks in the Home of the Brave it is difficult to think that the Concorde ban was anything to do with the health of the nation.call me ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-56210475501113503222010-02-06T13:39:42.227+00:002010-02-06T13:39:42.227+00:00i suppose, if you were fated to go in an air crash...i suppose, if you were fated to go in an air crash then maybe that was the one to go for." I agree just a pity it wasn't the usuall suspects crossing the Atlantic. A terrible thing to say but how many tears would be shed if Bonio, Sumner and his poxy wife, Reg Dwight and his current husband I leave it up to you to fill in the rest of the passenger list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-29825562960728405222010-02-06T02:00:14.793+00:002010-02-06T02:00:14.793+00:00A beautiful machine. She still looked futuristic a...A beautiful machine. She still looked futuristic at the end. I heard the supersonic booms during testing, it was '69 or '70. For safe operation maybe it would have taken a quick runway inspection before each Concorde take-off. And the way BA scrapped them, rather than allowing Branson to buy them. pure dog-in- the-manger. <br />that was a poingnant little poem, too. still, i suppose, if you were fated to go in an air crash then maybe that was the one to go for.richardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-57041558910846468112010-02-05T17:25:11.840+00:002010-02-05T17:25:11.840+00:00Always looked alive to me, a synthesis of bird and...Always looked alive to me, a synthesis of bird and metal.call me ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-4370570764250985222010-02-05T14:54:36.184+00:002010-02-05T14:54:36.184+00:00Lovely aircraft, Mr Ishmael. We used to see it fly...Lovely aircraft, Mr Ishmael. We used to see it flying into Heathrow all the time.<br /><br />If memory serves passenger miles per gallon of fuel was Concorde - 16, 74-whatever of the time - 160... And that was all she wrote.mongoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173341928744479143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-865035353768389052010-02-05T10:38:25.597+00:002010-02-05T10:38:25.597+00:00Thanks. I don't know the outcome or if establi...Thanks. I don't know the outcome or if establishing facts rather than guilt or innocence is the purpose of criminal trials but if there was stuff to be learned I'm sure it has been by now; as you say, mr anonymous, it is a highly regulated and highly skilled industry. I don't know if there is any merit or any consolation in singling=out one or two as culprits, save that the insurance companies can shift the load around a bit.<br /><br />My point was, forgive me, to do with the poetry of it all, it's emblematic quality rather than with the technical stuff, although that is, of course, important.call me ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-41238379170439112292010-02-05T10:24:19.131+00:002010-02-05T10:24:19.131+00:00What do you think the outcome of the trial will be...What do you think the outcome of the trial will be? Some elderly men since retired, a couple of mechanics who were supposed to put a piece of taitanium as a repair that was against regulations on the Continetal plane. This is not some 1975 Morris Marina being done up on the cheap by bodgit and scarper motor engineers but by probably the most regulated industry there is. As luck would have it the trial is taking place in France not the UK or the USA so you never know your luck you might actually find out what happened.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-20658274801444940792010-02-05T05:24:39.153+00:002010-02-05T05:24:39.153+00:00To me it seemed a Godsend to BA and Air france tha...To me it seemed a Godsend to BA and Air france that this happened an easy way to stop the service. Just as well they didn't ground every 737 and take them all out of service when one crashes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com