Iowa Aviation Weather...en Espanol

Jose wrote:
A procurement offer goes out to all
instrument makers for instruments that can measure Spanish rain,
....

The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.

The planes in Spain fly mainly in the rain.
(Dubious aviation reference added to keep this post topical.)

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:02:02 -0800, Jay Honeck wrote
(in article .com):



If the government would do more raids on businesses that knowingly
hire illegals (like the Swift Meat Packing raids last month),

That was an egregious miscarriage of justice. Swift was engaging in a
volunteer program to help Immigration find illegal aliens. Then when Swift
found some illegal aliens and duly reported them, Immigration raided the
corporation, closed it down for several days, and threatened fines and prison
terms.

Bet that encourages the rest of corporate America to look for illegals, eh?


--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:49:57 -0800, LWG wrote
(in article ):

I thought we missed the opportunity of a lifetime when the Berlin Wall came
down. Why couldn't we have shipped it -- brick by brick -- to the US.

They practically did. Lots of people have Berlin wall paperweights.

--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:40:36 -0800, Jay Honeck wrote
(in article .com):


http://www.crh.noaa.gov/forecast/Map...=121&map.y=125


(or http://tinyurl.com/39s8j5 if that URL wraps...)

Does anyone else find it disturbing that the National Weather Service
in the United States is paying out taxpayer money to a government
employee to create a foreign-language web page?

Well, it appears to be a 50/50 split here. Some of us think it is a waste of
money; the rest of us do not. I cannot think of a single decision made by
anyone, in government or out, that everybody will be 100% happy with.

Beyond a certain level, the NWS has to be able to manage its operations as it
sees best. It is never going to make either Jay Honeck or me happy all of the
time -- and both of us are going to be unhappy with different things. And we
are not going to put the content of individual web pages up for a national
referendum.

But, if enough people complain about this horrible waste of money, then there
will be a Congressional investigation, which only costs about $20 million a
day...

So, I guess the question then becomes, just how far do you think people
should go in trying to micro-manage the Weather Service? I have no doubt that
people still call them up to complain about the weather.

--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
But, if enough people complain about this horrible waste of money, then
there
will be a Congressional investigation, which only costs about $20 million
a
day...

I saw a job posting on craigslist for an offshore (posted in Peru) Systems
Manager that paid $5/hour. Maybe that's all they paid to have the website
translated.

Recently, C J Campbell posted:

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:02:02 -0800, Jay Honeck wrote
(in article .com):



If the government would do more raids on businesses that knowingly
hire illegals (like the Swift Meat Packing raids last month),

That was an egregious miscarriage of justice. Swift was engaging in a
volunteer program to help Immigration find illegal aliens. Then when
Swift found some illegal aliens and duly reported them, Immigration
raided the corporation, closed it down for several days, and
threatened fines and prison terms.

Bet that encourages the rest of corporate America to look for
illegals, eh?

Perhaps it better sheds light on the government's *real* position
regarding illegals.

Neil

That was an egregious miscarriage of justice. Swift was engaging in a
volunteer program to help Immigration find illegal aliens.

????

That's hilarious! Swift -- along with every other meat-packing plant
in Iowa -- were willingly (and knowingly) hiring illegal aliens. They
have been for years.

Swift should be shut down, not just fined. THAT would stop illegal
immigration...in about a week.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

C J Campbell wrote:

That was an egregious miscarriage of justice. Swift was engaging in a
volunteer program to help Immigration find illegal aliens. Then when Swift
found some illegal aliens and duly reported them, Immigration raided the
corporation, closed it down for several days, and threatened fines and prison
terms.

Sorta like that Congressman that was on film stuffing cash down his
pants when offered by an Arab "Sheik" in a sting operation some years
back. His defense was that he was conducting his own 'investigation'.

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:07:11 -0800, Jay Honeck wrote
(in article .com):

That was an egregious miscarriage of justice. Swift was engaging in a
volunteer program to help Immigration find illegal aliens.

????

That's hilarious! Swift -- along with every other meat-packing plant
in Iowa -- were willingly (and knowingly) hiring illegal aliens. They
have been for years.

I guess you know more about it than the lawyers and "The Wall Street
Journal."

--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

Martin Hotze wrote:
Flydive schrieb:


English is the main language in aviation, but local language is accepted
in most Countries


English, French and Russian are the official ICAO languages, IIRC.

Yes, but English remains the mainly used language.

In most places in Germany you us English, only on some smaller airfields
you speak German. Same goes for France, I believe.

#m

In Italy, France, Switzerland, Greece, Spain, etc, you often hear the
local language spoken at major airports and enroute, even by airliners.