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Has anyone had to totally change careers because of Covid?
I ask this because I had a painter and decorator paint my house and whilst chatting to him I was amazed to discover that this time last year he was an airline pilot but now he was doing this to make ends meet.
And just in case you’re wondering, he did a fantastic job on the landing.
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The airline industry has its ups and downs.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: has its ups and downs.
and crash and burns.
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Takeoff - optional.
Landing - mandatory.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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There's an old adage in the world of flights which I extended (Italics):
A good landing is when you can walk away from it.
A great landing is when you can use the plane again.
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You know that big fan on the front of the plane is just to cool the pilot, right?
Just watch him sweat if it stops.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Is that a real question, or just a setup for the joke? 
Cheers,
Vikram.
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Everything is trash.
Except hanging off the back of the truck. That's pretty dope 
I'll get my coat...
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Luckily I am not affected in this way. But I know a couple of cases and it is not nice.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Some years ago I had to take a job as a butcher. So for a while was able to easily make ends meat.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: So for a while was able to easily make ends meat.
But not the middle?
(I've seen sausages like that...  )
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Due to COVID outbreak I stopped working for good.
Now I have a Career of evil - Blue Öyster Cult[^]
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Yay!
I was going to say that I can't wait, but there is one teeny problem ... 2021-10-28
So I'll have to wait, won't I?
It's a pity Amazon are stopping after Season 6 as well. Just the one more to go.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I wonder how they'll do season 6 - skip the idea of a time jump? Or just cram books 7-9 into the season?
TTFN - Kent
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Gawd I hope not.
One of the things that makes the TV series so good is not cutting out half the books ...
Look at the mess they made of "Ender's Game" by "trimming" it to movie length. 
If they leave the later books, there is always a chance they will get picked up by another production company if Amazon aren't going to finish it.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I suppose it's the time jump, easy to do in text, not quite so easy on film. As people don't get to age the same also Amos's fate while cool and totally do-able will/might be missed...
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I suppose it's the time jump, easy to do in text, not quite so easy on film. As people don't get to age the same also Amos's fate while cool and totally do-able will/might be missed...
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I noticed that when i put it in the calendar! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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We've had the release date for a while now - my Amazon pre-order was placed last October. 
(I was sure I mentioned it on here somewhere, but I can't find the message now.)
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Hopefully this isn't a leslie, but I've been streaming NASA's "EarthLive" via Roku.
It has a bunch of animated views of the earth weather from space, but the neat stuff is the live real time view of the earth from the ISS. Looking out the window at over 17,000 mph. I did some quick tours of Australia, particularly the Outback, whilst sipping coffee.
Now, if you do this it takes a certain amount of patience. As often as not, obviously, it's over a nighttime side of the earth. When in the daylight, much below it is sea and clouds - but a little map in the lower left shows you progress for part of the (ca. 53° NE) orbit trip (line wobbles as we project a circle around a sphere on a plainer representation of earth). Sometime, you see it coming, and you can travel over things like the Rocky Mounties in clear weather. At night, with some luck, you fly over major cites and see the lights (NE corridor of US looks neat for it's few seconds). I've had much less luck with Europe and Asia, a bit of luck with North Africa, including a dramatic crossing into the Mediterranean Sea). Now and then, the image is replace by text - it'll go in a few minutes. Loss of ground contact. This is the HD view; there's a lower resolution wide view wherein you can see the earth's curvature. Also, a good navigational aid at time as it give you a look-ahead (or behind, or sideways). On the HD version, you're moving to the left, which is either NE or SE, depending upon where your are in an orbit.
The endless varities of clouds over blue waters - it's both calming and addicting.
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W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: at over 17,000 mph
The only way to see the Australian outback.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Even funnier than seeing it: Reading about it! Bill Bryson: Down Under[^]
That book got me really hooked on Bill Bryson, and also really made me want to visit Australia!
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Australia is a wonderful place, we have managed to keep the majority of the population in the cities so there are some fantastic wide open spaces. Despite it's rep for nasty little buggers that will kill you we don't have bears, wolves, puma/tiger/lions and all those African beasties that will EAT you.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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