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If I may be permitted to interrupt the name calling and my wotsit's bigger than your wotsit for a moment, may I just ask the following ?
Aren't aircraft meant to have suppression systems to protect them from electrical strike ?Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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Says the chap whose "logic" got a whipping on the thread.Originally posted by Menelaus View PostSure you're not an enterprise guide user?

Bet you struggle with Enterprise Guide.
Hard Brexit now!
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Yes aircraft are designed to cope with a lightning strike and it's not uncommon. So there's more to it than we're bing told.Originally posted by Board Game Geek View PostAren't aircraft meant to have suppression systems to protect them from electrical strike ?Hard Brexit now!
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I blame Greenpeace!Originally posted by sasguru View PostYes aircraft are designed to cope with a lightning strike and it's not uncommon. So there's more to it than we're bing told.
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You make it sound like a conspiracy...Originally posted by sasguru View PostSo there's more to it than we're bing told."See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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Indeed I admit that my arse got handed to me through a misapplication of logicOriginally posted by sasguru View PostSays the chap whose "logic" got a whipping on the thread.
Bet you struggle with Enterprise Guide.

but I'm a base SAS user, alongside S-Plus, MATLAB, R (clunky-but-free) and the deep joy that is Peltarion Synapse.
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What, revenge for the Rainbow Warrior?Originally posted by Churchill View PostI blame Greenpeace!
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Originally posted by Moscow Mule View PostYou make it sound like a conspiracy...
Didn't mean to. Should have said "more to it than a lightning strike...". The reports say it suffered a shirt circuitHard Brexit now!
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What, that the pilot ran copper around his gilet?Originally posted by sasguru View PostDidn't mean to. Should have said "more to it than a lightning strike...". The reports say it suffered a shirt circuitComment
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