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February 17th 07, 07:55 AM
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Dave Liquorice wrote:
The quote from the paraglider you just couldn't make up, not even a journo has english that bad. That balances the altitude precision quite nicely. What's the reason for criticising someone's efforts at a foreign language? Or are you suggesting that the journalist should have "improved" the English. -- Graham P Davis Bracknell, Berks., UK Send e-mails to "newsman" as mails to "newsboy" are ignored. |
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February 17th 07, 09:01 AM
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On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:30:50 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote: You are falling into the same trap as the journo's. The instrument says 9947 so it must have actually reached that altitude, a bad assumption. No I'm not :-) I'm confirming that the instrument was registering what was reported, nothing more. -- Alan White Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland. Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather |
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February 17th 07, 09:03 AM
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On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:14:49 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote: The quote from the paraglider you just couldn't make up, not even a journo has english that bad. That balances the altitude precision quite nicely. On News24 she was quite articulate. -- Alan White Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland. Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather |
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February 17th 07, 02:17 PM
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On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:01:43 +0000, Alan White wrote:
You are falling into the same trap as the journo's. The instrument says 9947 so it must have actually reached that altitude, a bad assumption. No I'm not :-) I'm confirming that the instrument was registering what was reported, nothing more. Alright let you have that. B-) Still no one can rely on that reading being an accurate representation of the *actual* peak altitude acheived. -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
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February 17th 07, 03:19 PM
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On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 14:17:02 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote: Alright let you have that. B-) Phew! -- Alan White Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland. Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather |
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