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FormerFF
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 Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 5:36 pm Post subject: Did I Lie? |
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Neilsen Media Research (the TV ratings people) called me tonight, and asked if I'd take part in a survey. I did, and one of the questions they asked was if I owned or leased a private aircraft. Naturally I said YES. Did I lie?  |
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Wingspan34
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| Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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Naaaahhhhhhh. They may not think a hang glider counts, but we know better! 
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knumbknuts
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| Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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| well done, Former Form Falsifier. |
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FormerFF
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| Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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| knumbknuts wrote: |
| well done, Former Form Falsifier. |
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David W. Johnson
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| Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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It is a craft which flies through the air. It is about as private as it can be. I assume it is not a tandem.
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spekkinout
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| Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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here in Canada, a hang glider is classified as an "aircraft", and referred to as such in Transport Canada documentation. You own yours, hence it is privately owned.
Regardless, you did not lie, as far as I can tell one generally uses an aircraft to fly (rocket boots notwithstanding  ) |
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JDyer
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| Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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you took part in a survey? you understood the person on the other end? unreal!
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HangDiver
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| Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| No, you didn't. But you probably did some other time so SHAME on you anyway. |
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Wingspan34
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| Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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The next thing I write will be true. The last thing I wrote was a lie.
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tokyoDirk
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| Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Wingspan34 wrote: |
The next thing I write will be true. The last thing I wrote was a lie.
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More easily said as:
This statement is false.
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danG
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| Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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| mooncricket wrote: |
More easily said as:
This statement is false.
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Ah, a recursive paradox!
Better known to electronic circuit folks as a ring oscillator 
or...
The next statement is false. The next statement is false. The first statement is false.
Just start with the assumption that the first statement is true, and follow the logic around. Each statement alternates between true and false. fun! |
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CHassan
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 1:12 am Post subject: |
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 DBL post!
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CHassan
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 1:13 am Post subject: |
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Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire!
Since they are defined and "regulated" by the FAA, one has to believe they are indeed aircraft.
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 6:52 am Post subject: |
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The FAA thinks you speak the truth...
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 7:03 am Post subject: |
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| David W. Johnson wrote: |
| It is a craft which flies through the air. It is about as private as it can be. I assume it is not a tandem. |
Wadaya mean private? You're hanging out there exposed for the whole world to see. What's so private about that? Maybe that's why the pod harness was really invented? I thought I've seen some pretty fake looking arms and hands protruding from pods on HGs whose pilots were smiling just a little too much.  |
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AIRTHUG
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 7:08 am Post subject: |
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a local pilot had a bunch of paragliding stuff stolen out of her garage, and her homeowner's didn't cover it because they considered it "aviation equipment"... and that's PARAGLIDING stuff...
so yea, I say by those standards hang gliders definitely qualify...
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feathered1
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 10:19 am Post subject: |
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| blindrodie wrote: |
| The FAA thinks you speak the truth... |
Free flying? The FAA regulates "unpowered ultralights". According to those regs the only right of way that must be legally afforded us is over "powered ultralights" this reg also dictates that if you've been in the whispy's YOUR BUSTED.....I'll take the reds maaaan
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