trinacriabob

coat

mummy

Right, it will need one helluva production run to make counter these delays and make it pay off. Theoretically, they should sell a lot of them because of the versatility of this plane. It's sort of a the same niche that a reasonably sized mid-size sport sedan occupies.

Yes, the composite material is the one I've scratched my head about... Fly-by-wire less so, since it's already been done, even if it isn't them...the Airbus 340 (4 engines) debuted in 1995...a long time ago

disorganized

Yeah, but what's the conundrum based on? Is this whole plane just too new and uncharted?

Boeing just announced another major delay in their launch of the new 787 Dreamliner...a single-story twin-aisle versatile jetliner that replaces the 757/767 combo. These will be able to service LA to Denver....or LA to London. The concept is great. However, they have halted the production of the fuselage for re-design. I am wondering: - is the snag in their all-over-the-map production scheme? - or is it in the revolutionary change to composites? I don't think the first 747 saw this kind of bumbling. Pan Am signed the launch customer agreement in 1966 and its historic flight took place in Feb. 1969. Have you been following the 787 Dreamliner saga?

sugar high

could say Cleveland, but, response to thread: Persimmon (favorite color for 1975 Olds Cutlass Supreme)

within range

blanks (as in vesectomy)

accurate

gestation period

I love fish sticks, but I also know they aren't good for you, so I have them once every two weeks in the form of "Fish and Chips" at a greasy-spoon cafe near where I work. They give you a lot of fish, greasy fries and that oh-so-necessary tartar sauce. As for cooking them, or anything else, I can't cook...and I'm Italian. But I can eat....

9-1/2 weeks (1984 movie with Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger)

grizzly bear

clunker

I had intended to "save draft" and work on it later... to tone it down. I don't write many drafts on e-mail accounts for social communications, because e-mail accounts with friends usually feature "healthy" communication. I hit "send" prematurely. I felt bad...because it wasn't toned down. I ignored the rule "don't react when you're mad." Someone who constantly tries to find things for you to buy or people to date is sick. Most friends don't do that. During the first 5 or 10 years of knowing her, she was mildly annoying. As her marriage soured, she got less sex, and got more dumpy, her trespasses increased with frequency. I wanted to toss this out for input in case I get more attempts to re-start our friendship, and not to be criticized. Croc, thanks...I hear what you said. I am using the "ignore" tactic for as long as I can hold out.

Banging can have consequences. On top of that, her acquaintances are very average - no interesting, attractive chick would hang out with the architect chick. She doesn't know anyone worth banging. Unless I am given some paper bags. I was looking for an answer as to how to get this skank out of my life.

Hey, I had this friend going back to the mid-90s. She's actually a licensed architect, but she is ROUGH around the edges...more of a construction trailer lady than an architect in an office. I only befriended her because we had work things in common..and our paths would have never crossed had it not been for that. Even though she is ROUGH, she is married, but her marriage is very screwed up from what I can see. It's like a roommate marriage. Here's the basic problem: when she heads for lower ground, I tend to straighten her out (if she asks me advice or tells about her ridiculous predicaments). That is, I told her to take her stupid licensing exam, to fight for the right pay and correct expense reimbursements at work, and stuff that would lift her to a higher perch. On the other hand, she tries to knock me off my perch. She has tried to set me up with chicks that no white collar guy would look at, as well as constantly send me ads for houses/condos she thinks I should buy. This happened last in July 2008 when, instead of hitting the "save draft" button, I hit the "send" button in reply to a message, telling her off and bordering on being cruel. I felt bad...but there it went! In it, I told her how little I thought of her and how I had lost respect for her over the years. Thinking I would never hear from her again and thinking "whew, what a relief," I check my e-mails last Friday and she sends me an e-mail (a) providing me with a general update of her whereabouts and changed work situation, and (b)...drum roll...that she told an acquaintance of hers about me, this chick's (list of attributes), and that she wants to meet me. Her crossing of "boundaries" in the last few years was the END of the friendship. She tries to come back around and has the same M.O. I think she is really dense. She is so shut down, she must have been abused as a child. What would you do? Have you had this happen to you? I have chosen to ignore her, but am asking what to do if she persists with e-mails. Any similar stories? Why does someone who was so strongly told off come around again? There are so many 'effed up people out there.

Ambien..................................................kerplunk!

What's my Regal doing in the church parking lot? And who painted it white? LOL.

Thanks, Joe, I was sort of thinking the same thing about the chicken/egg conundrum. Also, I know if anyone around here knows their way around the 3800, you would be at the top/toward the top of that list!

extremely

Beautiful....so is the one that Dodgefan mentioned. Nice work. I had a friend who worked as a consultant that got a fairly long assignment in Helena. She really liked it... and she's very East Coast-big city. They supposedly have a really interesting Catholic church/cathedral there. Funny that names like Virginia City and Nevada City show up there...there is one in NV and CA, respectively. I go to CA's Nevada City every now and then...except that it's a mecca for granolas who work in the funky stores/restaurants.