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No. I have no desire to produce on a scale required to do that. I sell to a winery in the area. Growing grapes is extremely labor intensive.

I do that on a much smaller scale, 1000 vines, Bordeaux grape. Its a lot more work than people imagine, depending on location.

No problem with your post except these two items. Jumpseat or cabin, time deadheading is duty time and governed by duty time restrictions. Overbooking, as you sate, has been going on for decades. People would be shocked to see the complexity of the algorithms used in these yield management programs, down to the city pairs, day of the week and time of departure, and how incredibly accurate they are, based on thousands and thousands of examples. Further they keep costs down because of the relative ease of being a no show and not having to pay.

Not legal on two fronts. First, contractually. Airline flight crew contracts prohibit this type of thing for very good reasons. Second, FAA crew duty regulations. You can't bus a crew for five hours then expect them to shower up and fly multiple legs the next day. There are extremely strict crew duty time regulations, and they are rigorously complied with, and just as rigorously enforced.

It was the last flight to Louisville that night. If the airline needed to get a flight crew to Louisville to operate a morning flight the next day, that flight would have cancelled unless they got there and got to their hotel. That situation happens, and when it does, revenue passengers get displaced. Regarding having a boarding pass and a seat, there are scores of situations that effect this type of thing, like someone getting hung up at security, or a late connection that looks like it isn't going to work and suddenly does, presenting the agent with any number of passengers that were not expected. Its a lot more complicated than it looks, but they could have solved the whole thing by offering more money with a hotel voucher and a guarantee next day.

They do have priority. They usually wait until the end of boarding to assign those seats, but the are priority to the point of bumping revenue passengers. I believe it was a United Express company. The agents screwed up by not bumping the payoff to a point that avoided the issue.

Because taking out a runway means real airplanes and real bombs. Penetrators appropriately fused. Cruise missiles are a very poor choice for runways, almost useless. This was more of a message strike than a tactical decision to take out an airbase, and it makes perfect sense because using what would have been required would have involved infinitely more risk.

It doesn't matter. Atlanta won the popular vote.

I would never wish the man harm, but Aaron Williams has become one of my favorite Bills. I think he's a difference maker, and I really hope he's OK to come back.

Don't post when angry. Again, don't post when angry. First year I did not renew Sunday Ticket. Promised myself I would not pay for it as long as Rex Ryan and the bad clock management flag parade continued. It did. I didn't. Listened to the season on WGR radio, when games weren't televised where I live. On the first day of the year, trying to look at the positive. Today wasn't one, but being rid of this Ryan nonsense is a plus.

This isn't that hard. There are organizations that are permitted to carry. There are restrictions that go with that. The Captain has the ultimate responsibility. Not complicated.

It isn't stupid if you understand the program, which I'm not going to explain in detail. You can figure it out for yourself. Pilots carrying weapons is for cockpit defense, and they are trained to do this in great detail. They don't wear shoulder harnesses while flying, ex below 10,000 feet, and it is but a second to undo it, and I would bet the chances of overcoming one as near zero, given the new door changes. Ex that and air marshals, you have to have a need to carry on a flight. Simply being a law enforcement individual from an agency that is permitted, doesn't get it done. Pilots in the cabin for commuting to work who are authorized to carry also have weapons. Ultimately, the captain decides,.

Not quite true. A passenger has to check it and it is placed in the cargo compartment. That much is true. There are lots of folks besides air marshals who carry on airplanes, including pilots. law enforcement officials among others.

This is a pattern for Virginia offensive linemen. UVA recruits are pretty smart guys who have other options. Brad Butler D'Brickashaw Ferguson Eugene Monroe. Do well, Play the game. Make your money. Get out. Smart guys. Good players.

My first ever Bills game. Sep 22, 1963. I had never been to any pro sporting event. My first memory was how good the hotdogs being cooked over charcoal smelled, and how that smell was everywhere. We had really good seats and sat behind Chief's wide receiver Chris Burford's parents. Game ended in a tie. Last time I went there was before they had nets in the end zone, and I jumped and caught an extra point. Wilson J5-V was with me for years. I remember going to the floor in the fetal position to protect it while getting repeatedly kicked for a minute or so, and a policeman telling me to hide it on my way to our car or I'd get killed. Really bad neighborhood. Bison games with that incredibly short right field fence were a hoot.

OJ.

Butch Byrd's Utica Club commercial. Worst ever.

If anyone has tickets and can't use them, I'd be very interested. I can fly for free, so I can wait until the day prior.

Pips pummel Pats.

Two minute warning time out. Bills up 10. 70k chant in unison: "Pips....Pips.......Pips."

That article is precisely why the Patriots are so despised. It is dripping with over the top arrogance. I'd love to see the headline over Shaughnessy's next Monday effort state "Pips demolish Pats."

After week one, I would love to see the draft gurus of the early spring address their opinions. Who was cut, who survived, who did well vis a vis their draft slot, who made an impact. Funny, they never comment on actual performance once the season starts We seemed to do OK, in spite of low appraisals. Darby? Karlos Williams? What a nonsense faux industry that pays idiots for opinions.

I grew up listening to Van. I'll never forget his call when Calvin Murphy dropped 68 against Syracuse. The best.

If you are going to put a time line on it, you should have done it in your original claim, and not agreed to the point on an issue that is well beyond ten years ago. You are quite correct. in your post claiming Eagle Claw was directly the result of inadequate equipment and training . That post is in direct conflict with your original claim, that no such example existed. Further, the entire nonsense in the Middle East in that time frame was the direct result of the US military being weakened. Failure is a relative term. The US military was woefully under supplied under Carter, and it took years to fix. Even Grenada shows limitations and cost lives. DC Tom is quite correct in his assessment.

None of our military shortcomings have been due to the military or a lack of air craft carriers, but the Commander in Chief(s). Somehow I think we can limp by with the air craft carriers we have. As far as Commander in Chief, that's a whole other deal. If you are claiming that none of our military failures were due to inadequate material being available, you are grossly mistaken. There have been many such instances in our past.