Which aircraft maker is your favorite? - Page 2

MDPilot · July 28th, 2004, 16:04

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What's up with this question? Back to airliners.net, you!

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I have also noticed an increase in these types of "fluff" posts. Don't particularly care for them.

SteveC · July 28th, 2004, 22:58

It started as a "Boeing vs Airbus" post, later edited. This is a little bit better.
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Doug Taylor · July 29th, 2004, 02:48

Speaking of "Gulfstream" we had a Continental Express jumpseater that told me a joke:

"How do you get 21 paying passengers on a Beech 1900?"

mtsu_av8er · July 29th, 2004, 03:13

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"How do you get 21 paying passengers on a Beech 1900?"

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Hire them?

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Doug Taylor · July 29th, 2004, 03:15

I forgot the punch line but you get the jist! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] (SteveC, would that be "gist"? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] )

Slip · July 29th, 2004, 04:45

Grumman, home of the tomcat

SteveC · July 29th, 2004, 08:45

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I forgot the punch line but you get the jist! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] (SteveC, would that be "gist"? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] )

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The word is spelled "gist." It comes from the French word "gesir," a verb meaning "to lie." In 1688, the word entered the English language as a legal term, in the sense that something "lies in the center" or is the heart of the matter or case. It remained a legal term only for a number of years before it was adopted into general usage.

In 1823, Corbett used the word for the first time in a non-legal sense. [I'm referring to PRINTED usage, of course. Long before a word generally ends up in print, people have been using it "orally."] When he wrote, "This is the gist," he meant "This is the heart of the matter, or this is the central focus."

So, the word has come to mean the very heart of something, particularly if that "something" is very complicated. Let's suppose that a committee has been discussing a problem for many hours and still has not clearly identified the problem. Then, some brilliant person -- probably not the committee's chair person -- says quite succinctly, "Here is the gist of the problem," and then summarizes exactly what the problem is. THAT is what is meant by "gist."

And no, I didn't know any of that myself. I found it here.

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July 28th, 2004, 16:04	#26
MDPilot Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Southeast US Posts: 788	Re: Which aircraft maker is your favorite? [ QUOTE ] What's up with this question? Back to airliners.net, you! [/ QUOTE ] I have also noticed an increase in these types of "fluff" posts. Don't particularly care for them.

July 28th, 2004, 22:58	#27
SteveC Modulator Join Date: May 2003 Location: GRR Posts: 8,788	Re: Which aircraft maker is your favorite? It started as a "Boeing vs Airbus" post, later edited. This is a little bit better. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img]

July 29th, 2004, 02:48	#28
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 41,926 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Boeing vs. Airbus Speaking of "Gulfstream" we had a Continental Express jumpseater that told me a joke: "How do you get 21 paying passengers on a Beech 1900?"

July 29th, 2004, 03:13	#29
mtsu_av8er Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia Posts: 12,590	Re: Boeing vs. Airbus [ QUOTE ] "How do you get 21 paying passengers on a Beech 1900?" [/ QUOTE ] Hire them? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

July 29th, 2004, 03:15	#30
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 41,926 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Boeing vs. Airbus I forgot the punch line but you get the jist! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] (SteveC, would that be "gist"? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] )

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July 29th, 2004, 04:45	#31
Slip Newbie Join Date: May 2004 Location: Gresham, Or Posts: 9	Re: Which aircraft maker is your favorite? Grumman, home of the tomcat

July 29th, 2004, 08:45	#32
SteveC Modulator Join Date: May 2003 Location: GRR Posts: 8,788	Re: Boeing vs. Airbus [ QUOTE ] I forgot the punch line but you get the jist! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] (SteveC, would that be "gist"? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] ) [/ QUOTE ] The word is spelled "gist." It comes from the French word "gesir," a verb meaning "to lie." In 1688, the word entered the English language as a legal term, in the sense that something "lies in the center" or is the heart of the matter or case. It remained a legal term only for a number of years before it was adopted into general usage. In 1823, Corbett used the word for the first time in a non-legal sense. [I'm referring to PRINTED usage, of course. Long before a word generally ends up in print, people have been using it "orally."] When he wrote, "This is the gist," he meant "This is the heart of the matter, or this is the central focus." So, the word has come to mean the very heart of something, particularly if that "something" is very complicated. Let's suppose that a committee has been discussing a problem for many hours and still has not clearly identified the problem. Then, some brilliant person -- probably not the committee's chair person -- says quite succinctly, "Here is the gist of the problem," and then summarizes exactly what the problem is. THAT is what is meant by "gist." And no, I didn't know any of that myself. I found it here. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/spin2.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

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