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And this is exactly why the ambulance service and A&E are so overburdened. The problem lies with demand at source. Since the GP's went off radar during the pandemic, everything changed regarding getting a face to face consultation.

The closure of the General News topic has made this place so much less interesting and lively. Shame.

Following the sad death of Brian Wilson and reading the tributes I have listened to Pet Sounds for the first time. Paul McCartney said you don't know music until you've listened to this album and George Martin said the Sgt Pepper album wouldn't have happened without it. I have to agree. It's quite remarkable. I don't know how I have missed it before now.

I agree. Boeing is American. MAGA... At all costs. It might be controversial but, the world population knows that corruption is what runs most countries and their economies. It's hidden in plain sight and there's feck all that us, the little people, can do about it. It's been the same for centuries. I imagine when the human race was developing there would have been stronger and dominant people or tribes, tribes that would have a feared individual that would have then have almost unilateral power over that tribe. Extrapolate that theory to the present day and the world and humanity and cultures and the powerful "leaders" aren't that far from prehistoric man. It's just that now, rocks and slings have now become the sophisticated tools of warfare and aggression. This may be my simplistic thoughts.

Clearly, Boeing and the FAA didn't learn anything from the issues that they surely knew of regarding Boeing and particularly this type of aircraft. They must have been aware of the repeated return by various airlines and the similar faults of each, mainly engine failures on test. I guess what you're saying is that it's a type of "publish and be damned" approach by Boeing. If it turns out that some failure on the aircraft caused this tragedy and it can be traced back to poor practice, then IMO Boeing should have the most severe sanctions and legal penalties such that it goes bust.

Even so. The most likely explanation in my view is that the aircraft hit the ground, broke apart and he was jettisoned away from the plane before the explosion.

In which case he may have been able to undo his seatbelt and make it to the exit in front of him. But the aircraft was in the air for a couple of minutes and for anyone to realise what was about to happen and then act, is a remarkable feat. And yet as I said earlier: And if you're sitting in your seat expecting a routine take-off how do you, in a split second of realising what was happening, leap out of your seat, get to the exit door and unwind the locking wheel in time to then force the door open outwards against the pressure generated by the airflow over the fuselage and the jump? This thing was airborne for seconds before it crashed.

True, I remember the incident. But that was, IIRC, a pre-planned action not someone panicking and trying to escape a stricken aircraft. And if you're sitting in your seat expecting a routine take-off how do you, in a split second of realising what was happening, leap out of your seat, get to the exit door and unwind the locking wheel in time to then force the door open outwards against the pressure generated by the airflow over the fuselage and the jump? This thing was airborne for seconds before it crashed.

No, you can't actually. All the doors on an aircraft are deemed emergency exits. the only dedicated emergency exits are over the wings and this in case of a landing on water. Once the take off procedure has started all doors are sealed. Only when the aircraft is stationary can the emergency exits be opened. Also, the aircraft was only at 650 feet so the seatbelts would still have been fastened. Anyway If what you say is possible, why did nobody else jump? And his seat position was not next to the aisle. How did he get past the other 3 passengers in his row, make his way to the emergency door

He's from Leicester, apparently.

News reporting is generally shite and sensationalist when things like this happen.

And in a residential area. Loss of life could be enormous.

Happily, legends of music, art literature etc. but particularly music, have such a rich and wide popular legacy that means they live on through their work. I could go and see the Mona Lisa and other great works once. And I'm done, seen it, it was amazing just for being so famous. The same with the Sistine Chapel and Michael Angelo sculptures and others. Music, I could listen to several times and still come back for more of the same.

Mods have locked the most popular topic in Gen News yet again. Freedom of discussion is a tricky line to walk on a non-political football forum but IMO it's the diversity of the various topics, in particular the news topic that makes FT quite unique, especially when compared to other football forums that have nothing like we do on FT. There's been lots of insight and often intellectual expression of views on so much that affects us and the world in general. I made a point of reading the news topic and comparing my views and opinions against those expressed by regular posters and learning things as a result. So much will be lost by the removal. I understand mods have to be careful and it must be difficult and time consuming and Mark does a great job of giving us this means to express our views on so many things. Some posters behave badly and draw controversy but it'll be sad loss if we can't regenerate a topical conversational section.

The musicians and other figures we admired in our generation are now of an age where they will shuffle of this mortal coil. More to come.

Do you seriously believe this? I assume you understand the concept of revenge?

Well, personally I don't give any weight to the likes of Dawn ( I used to be famous) French or Mourinho or any lightweight, flouncy, vapid so called "personality" and I probably wouldn't give much weight to the views of blokes down the pub either. It's their opinion. The sad thing is Dave doesn't have access to an agent or a publicist like French and Mourinho and others do to progress that opinion into the media world. For the press to get hold of it and publish their views, there must have been a deliberate act to do so.

Actual line judges at world tennis tournaments: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiwsJCCxeeNAxUcZ0EAHY8gLPEQFnoECBYQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.atptour.com%2Fen%2Fnews%2Felectronic-line-calling-release-april-2023&usg=AOvVaw06CfbJYy8rLI1HtBDwYxKt&opi=89978449

Not many people know Dave and his opinion goes largely without mention because he's not a "personality" outside and away from the pub.

I had a car with holes in the floor pan. When it rained my feet got wet.

I once bought Ford Sierra (in Hinckley) which I thought was a bargain and a decent car until the cracks literally started to appear and when I reached under the wheel arches and into the wing panels I pulled out a load of filler and newspaper. Did you ever sell a Sierra whilst living on Wykin Road?

They were a lovely coat. Smart, well made and reasonably affordable IIRC.

Not real Grebos as I knew them back in the day. This lot aren't as scary. Great band names though.

I was never sure how it worked or what it was supposed to do. I think it was to restrict air entry into the engine when it was first started up from cold and as it got hotter the choke had to be gradually released.