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From: S'mee on 9 Aug 2010 11:06
On Aug 9, 4:30 am, darsy <dar...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 7, 7:19 pm, Wicked Uncle Nigel <w...(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk>
> wrote:
>
> > People still run out quite regularly though.
>
> or irregularly.
>
> The Gimli Glider comes to mind.

good call...very vaguely familiar.

From: platypus on 9 Aug 2010 11:43
On 9 Aug, 11:30, darsy <dar...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 7, 7:19 pm, Wicked Uncle Nigel <w...(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk>
> wrote:
>
> > People still run out quite regularly though.
>
> or irregularly.
>
> The Gimli Glider comes to mind.

It makes me think that LotR could have been wrapped up in a half-hour
sitcom if they'd had a sensible means of transport.
From: Jim on 9 Aug 2010 11:48
On 09/08/10 16:43, platypus wrote:
>>> People still run out quite regularly though.
>>
>> or irregularly.
>>
>> The Gimli Glider comes to mind.
>
> It makes me think that LotR could have been wrapped up in a half-hour
> sitcom if they'd had a sensible means of transport.

Whilst chatting on their mobile phones running Android Frodo.
From: TOG on 9 Aug 2010 11:59
On 9 Aug, 16:06, "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 9, 4:30 am, darsy <dar...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Aug 7, 7:19 pm, Wicked Uncle Nigel <w...(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk>
> > wrote:
>
> > > People still run out quite regularly though.
>
> > or irregularly.
>
> > The Gimli Glider comes to mind.
>
> good call...very vaguely familiar.

The Transat flight that ran out completely over the mid-Atlantic was
better, mind.
From: Pip Luscher on 9 Aug 2010 13:23
On Mon, 9 Aug 2010 08:43:16 -0700 (PDT), platypus
<monotreme(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>On 9 Aug, 11:30, darsy <dar...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Aug 7, 7:19�pm, Wicked Uncle Nigel <w...(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > People still run out quite regularly though.
>>
>> or irregularly.
>>
>> The Gimli Glider comes to mind.
>
>It makes me think that LotR could have been wrapped up in a half-hour
>sitcom if they'd had a sensible means of transport.

"Reports are coming in that a pair of Fundamentalist Hobbits have
hijacked an airliner and crashed it into the east face of Mount
Doom...."

--
-Pip
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