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Old October 7th 07, 12:36 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Andrew Sarangan writes:

I once saw a car that had a numeric RPM display. During accelerations
all digits were moving so fast you could not make anything from it.


During accelerations you should be looking out the window.
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Old October 7th 07, 12:43 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Mxsmanic wrote in
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Andrew Sarangan writes:

I once saw a car that had a numeric RPM display. During accelerations
all digits were moving so fast you could not make anything from it.


During accelerations you should be looking out the window.




How would you know? How fast does the chair in your bedroon go, fjukkwit?


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Old October 7th 07, 05:46 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Bertie the Bunyip writes:

How would you know?


I'm a licensed and very experienced driver with some extra training. That
kind of credential seems to impress pilots with respect to airlines, so it
should work the same magic for cars ... right?
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Old October 7th 07, 05:54 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Mxsmanic wrote in
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Bertie the Bunyip writes:

How would you know?


I'm a licensed and very experienced driver with some extra training.



Bull****.



That kind of credential seems to impress pilots with respect to
airlines, so it should work the same magic for cars ... right?


You could get an astronaut rating and it wouldn't impress me.

Fjukwit.


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Old October 7th 07, 06:17 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Bertie the Bunyip writes:

You could get an astronaut rating and it wouldn't impress me.


I'm not sure why I would want to impress you.
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Old October 7th 07, 06:19 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Mxsmanic wrote in
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Bertie the Bunyip writes:

You could get an astronaut rating and it wouldn't impress me.


I'm not sure why I would want to impress you.




I don't either, but you seem to feel the need to.

Bertie
 




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