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On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:10:58 -0400, wrote:
On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:51:21 -0500, " wrote: On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:18:42 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:26:51 -0500, " wrote: On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:39:56 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:48:48 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: wrote: On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:47:52 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: Phil Hobbs wrote: Dave wrote: On 22/08/2010 02:08, Michael A. Terrell wrote: It was a fast plane, but a poor design. Fast it was, but poor design NO. They spent wads of money to build and maintain them, then junked the entire fleet. It was noisy and very fuel inefficient. As is any super fast jet. I should know, I spent many years working in that environment. That forced the fares so high that they weren't able to compete with better planes from multiple countries. Lots of passengers enjoyed the fact they could spend the day shopping in another continent and be home for tea. Dave Oh, come on. Anything designed in England in the 1960s has to leak oil. Even their lightbulbs. Many years ago in a previous life, radio host Don Imus brought me his Triumph Motorcycle to look at because the headlight as in fact, leaking oil! Long story short: Bad oil pressure sending unit had it's wire lead encased in a plastic spaghetti tube that ran up along the frame to the headlight housing. Oil was running up through the spaghetti tubing and collecting in the headlight housing. When he parked, it would drip out. One look at Imus, and you knew it wasn't hair oil. ;-) He was very well lubricated, himself, back when I knew him. But not with oil. He used white, dry, "lubricant". THat was when he was funny. He was drinking copious quantities of vodka in those days, and he wasn't all that funny in person. In fact, he was quite rude and unpleasant. His then wife, Harriet, however was a sweetheart, and some of his friends were fun to be around. I don't doubt you at all. That was the scuttlebutt around NY. I think the cocaine was probably just to perk him up so he could drink more. I didn't really like him very much, as he spent most of his time scowling, and being very rude to everyone. The upside was that his "posse" included some interesting and fun characters. Among them was a fellow named Ben McGowan, who was in (Kawasaki Lets the Good Times Roll) advertising. He was a real character, and always on board for adventure. Another was a young and relatively unknown sports writer named Mike Lupica. He's since become very well known. IIRC, Mike Lupika was already a sports writer for the NY Post when he was on IitM. He went up from there, but hardly an unknown in the NY area. I always thought Charles McCord was the brains in the outfit. Imus was too stoned. I remember the time he, on a break, went into the janitor's closet, thinking it was the men's room. He was so blotto never knew any better. McCord had to go find him. I think that's when he got the "opportunity" in Cleveland. |
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" wrote: On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:10:58 -0400, wrote: On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:51:21 -0500, " wrote: On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:18:42 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:26:51 -0500, " wrote: On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:39:56 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:48:48 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: wrote: On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:47:52 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: Phil Hobbs wrote: Dave wrote: On 22/08/2010 02:08, Michael A. Terrell wrote: It was a fast plane, but a poor design. Fast it was, but poor design NO. They spent wads of money to build and maintain them, then junked the entire fleet. It was noisy and very fuel inefficient. As is any super fast jet. I should know, I spent many years working in that environment. That forced the fares so high that they weren't able to compete with better planes from multiple countries. Lots of passengers enjoyed the fact they could spend the day shopping in another continent and be home for tea. Dave Oh, come on. Anything designed in England in the 1960s has to leak oil. Even their lightbulbs. Many years ago in a previous life, radio host Don Imus brought me his Triumph Motorcycle to look at because the headlight as in fact, leaking oil! Long story short: Bad oil pressure sending unit had it's wire lead encased in a plastic spaghetti tube that ran up along the frame to the headlight housing. Oil was running up through the spaghetti tubing and collecting in the headlight housing. When he parked, it would drip out. One look at Imus, and you knew it wasn't hair oil. ;-) He was very well lubricated, himself, back when I knew him. But not with oil. He used white, dry, "lubricant". THat was when he was funny. He was drinking copious quantities of vodka in those days, and he wasn't all that funny in person. In fact, he was quite rude and unpleasant. His then wife, Harriet, however was a sweetheart, and some of his friends were fun to be around. I don't doubt you at all. That was the scuttlebutt around NY. I think the cocaine was probably just to perk him up so he could drink more. I didn't really like him very much, as he spent most of his time scowling, and being very rude to everyone. The upside was that his "posse" included some interesting and fun characters. Among them was a fellow named Ben McGowan, who was in (Kawasaki Lets the Good Times Roll) advertising. He was a real character, and always on board for adventure. Another was a young and relatively unknown sports writer named Mike Lupica. He's since become very well known. IIRC, Mike Lupika was already a sports writer for the NY Post when he was on IitM. He went up from there, but hardly an unknown in the NY area. I always thought Charles McCord was the brains in the outfit. Imus was too stoned. I remember the time he, on a break, went into the janitor's closet, thinking it was the men's room. He was so blotto never knew any better. McCord had to go find him. I think that's when he got the "opportunity" in Cleveland. The FCC is one thing, but you don't want to mess with the Janitor's union! |
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