TV (was Re: Weekly Chat Reminder)

2009-04-28 Thread William Goodall


On 22 Apr 2009, at 19:32, Alberto Monteiro wrote:




The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over ten
years. (...)


BTW, about the chat we had two weeks ago, I think I know the
confusion about Heroes. What I was calling Season 4 (not aired
nowhere) was the Book 4. Book 3 finished a long time ago, I
think they are showing Book 4, but I missed all episodes, since
I thought they were reprising.



I got my satellite DVR upgraded to HD just before we went to Prague  
last week so now I'm watching Heroes, 24, Bones, Lost and others in HD  
with Dolby Surround Sound. Very nice.


On the first leg of our journey (to Paris) we flew on an Embraer 190  
which was very comfortable and quiet. The Air France stewardesses were  
very nice and the sandwich was smoked salmon. The second leg (Paris -  
Prague) was on a Czech Airlines 737-400 which was cramped and noisy  
and the sandwich was cheese, turkey and cabbage.



Not sauerkraut Maru

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Re: TV (was Re: Weekly Chat Reminder)

2009-04-28 Thread Alberto Monteiro
William Goodall wrote:
 
 On the first leg of our journey (to Paris) we flew on an Embraer 190 
  which was very comfortable and quiet. (...)

Really? But that's not its streght. Surely you have heard about the
airplane collision that happened over Brazil a few years ago?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gol_Transportes_A%C3%A9reos_Flight_1907

The huge Boeing 737-8EH SFP (c. 40,000 kg) collided with 
an Embraer Legacy (c. 16,000 kg). The Boeing dissolved in the air
and crashed, while the Embraer landed successfully with its seven
occupants uninjured.

These planes are reputed for their resilience.

Alberto Monteiro


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Re: TV (was Re: Weekly Chat Reminder)

2009-04-28 Thread William Goodall


On 28 Apr 2009, at 17:33, Alberto Monteiro wrote:


William Goodall wrote:


On the first leg of our journey (to Paris) we flew on an Embraer 190
which was very comfortable and quiet. (...)


Really? But that's not its streght. Surely you have heard about the
airplane collision that happened over Brazil a few years ago?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gol_Transportes_A%C3%A9reos_Flight_1907

The huge Boeing 737-8EH SFP (c. 40,000 kg) collided with
an Embraer Legacy (c. 16,000 kg). The Boeing dissolved in the air
and crashed, while the Embraer landed successfully with its seven
occupants uninjured.

These planes are reputed for their resilience.


So, spacious (2+2 seating instead of 3+3), comfortable (wider seats,  
more legroom), quiet and built like a brick house? Mrs Wife (who  
has travelled more than I) said the Air France flight was the best  
she's been on.


Last time we went to Prague it was British Airways via Gatwick on  
737-400s and the stewards were comically gay. Their demonstrations of  
the oxygen masks and life jackets were quite hilarious.


Stereotypes Maru

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