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Re: How big is to big?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 17 Jul 2000 14:03:19 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > Wow. Can you get...nevermind.
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> Sadly, Virgin has exited the condom business, per an article in the most
> recent but one Fortune magazine on the world's working billionaires (Branson
> being the top or among the top from the UK).
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> It seems the marketeers were having some trouble with slogans. :-)
I bet.
> As an aside, remember, planes are way safer than autos on a per passenger mile
> basis. It's just that when they crash, it's news round the world. Ma and Pa
> Jones buying it in a fiery crash on the NJ turnpike doesn't typically make
> headlines in Essex UK, just Essex NJ.
I bet an accident on the NJT that killed 500 people would make international
news!
Chris
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| (...) So, (...) He's a corporate flack? :-) Seriously, bigger planes do mean some changes required at the gates to load/unload but also, since the number of slots is fixed unless you build more runways and since runways cost a lot more to build than (...) (26 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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