Im gonna be unloading for a while! yeah were bringing several 40 foot 18 wheeler van trailers over there to the airport
How is Katrina affecting you?
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Originally Posted by polarbear
re: farmers. Forget fuel costs for a moment- how do the crops get shipped out? There aren't enough railcars in the world to replace the port of New Orleans.
He side stepped the answer.
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From: peggs, oklahoma
gas prices for one...3.09 in oklahoma..no rain from it dang
family vacation home...under water in kinner ( i believe its in neworleans or near it) in laws in kinner as well..there alive and well
weve owned that house since the early 70s
we arnt rich we just picked up dirt cheap back then...
family vacation home...under water in kinner ( i believe its in neworleans or near it) in laws in kinner as well..there alive and well
weve owned that house since the early 70s
we arnt rich we just picked up dirt cheap back then...
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Originally Posted by koalamazed
hey, heres an idea! maybe the oil companies can donate the increase in gas prices to the relief effort!
yeah right! lol
as for the public having spare money to donate, well, were all broke being whipped at the pumps to have money to donate. so its a win/win situation, right? maybe the big oil CEO that got 500 million dollars severance pay for retiring and a 5 million/yr pension can afford to donate in my honor. thanks oil dude!
yeah right! lol
as for the public having spare money to donate, well, were all broke being whipped at the pumps to have money to donate. so its a win/win situation, right? maybe the big oil CEO that got 500 million dollars severance pay for retiring and a 5 million/yr pension can afford to donate in my honor. thanks oil dude!
I think Bush was asked that very same question by a reporter; "why don't the oil companies donate 20% of their profits to aid in the relief?"
He side stepped the answer.
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From: fort dodge iowa
the thing thats affecting me is the price of gas..i run a lawn mowing business i didnt want to but i had to raise my rates....i filled truck this am and 3 gas cans it cost me 70.00 we do need some rain up here in iowa and lots of it the grass all of a sudden turned all brown......
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My son is going over in the morning with a crew to assist cingular into getting wireless back up. I don't have a problem with the oil giants just so I don't have to hear them having record profits again this quarter. Yall are right the greed got them and now they are caught with there pants down.
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I´m pretty sure they meant a C5 and not a C4, the C5 Galaxy is the biggest military cargo plane in the US, used to transport, AH-64 attack choppers and even M1 Abrahams MBTs (i think it can carry 3 of those, totalling more than 150 tonnes).
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From: Caracas, Venezuela
Originally Posted by parks911
Why don't they just charter the Antonov.
It is much larger then any US military aircraft.
It is much larger then any US military aircraft.
Last edited by Encho; Sep 2, 2005 at 11:10 PM.
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I think the 225 is retired. If I remember correctly only a few were built and a couple had crashed.
The AN-124 is just a little larger then the C-5. It is chartered every year by the US to run christmas presents to the under priveliged children in foreign countries.
The AN-124 is just a little larger then the C-5. It is chartered every year by the US to run christmas presents to the under priveliged children in foreign countries.