This is how to go out!
01-22-2008, 05:09 PM
#21
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Be carefule out there
Originally Posted by kronan
Depends,
what are your odds of finishing a bottle of whiskey before hopping on the horse.
But, I'd bet the probability is 100% of at least one fall. Unless the horse your'e riding is your high horse
what are your odds of finishing a bottle of whiskey before hopping on the horse.
But, I'd bet the probability is 100% of at least one fall. Unless the horse your'e riding is your high horse
This horse has a mean kick !!
01-22-2008, 07:14 PM
#23
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Originally Posted by stinsonjr
I forget the exact name of the theory...but math tells us that your odds of getting struck by lightening a second time are exactly the same as they were prior to being struck the first time...
(Wow! 2 yrs of grad school just paid off!!)
Last edited by DLax85; 01-22-2008 at 07:25 PM.
01-23-2008, 04:21 PM
#24
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Originally Posted by fedupbusdriver
Personally, at this point, I would rather see a nonmember retire, than a member stay past 60.
01-23-2008, 04:38 PM
#25
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Originally Posted by DLax85
They're called Independent Identically Distributed Random Variables....I believe.
(Wow! 2 yrs of grad school just paid off!!)
(Wow! 2 yrs of grad school just paid off!!)
I know that if you throw a rock into water it sinks.
01-23-2008, 05:36 PM
#26
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Originally Posted by PicklePausePull
So, you are more upset at the guy who free-loaded for a few years, and didn't pay a few thousand dollars into ALPA National's slush fund, vice a guy who just cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars (and quality of life) by delaying your ability to upgrade for 3-5 years, or more?
If he didn't...Then we'd have a non-member staying after age 60!
01-23-2008, 05:58 PM
#27
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Originally Posted by PicklePausePull
So, you are more upset at the guy who free-loaded for a few years, and didn't pay a few thousand dollars into ALPA National's slush fund, vice a guy who just cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars (and quality of life) by delaying your ability to upgrade for 3-5 years, or more?
Having a nonmember retire at sixty is more appealing than any crewmember staying past sixty. I am just glad to see retirements.
Last edited by fedupbusdriver; 01-23-2008 at 06:07 PM.
01-23-2008, 06:30 PM
#28
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Originally Posted by fedupbusdriver
Let me rephrase ----
Having a nonmember retire at sixty is more appealing than any crewmember staying past sixty. I am just glad to see retirements.
Having a nonmember retire at sixty is more appealing than any crewmember staying past sixty. I am just glad to see retirements.
I have a higher opinion (by far) of the GC that just retired than the GC out on medical.
01-23-2008, 10:35 PM
#30
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Originally Posted by PicklePausePull
So, you are more upset at the guy who free-loaded for a few years, and didn't pay a few thousand dollars into ALPA National's slush fund, vice a guy who just cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars (and quality of life) by delaying your ability to upgrade for 3-5 years, or more?
