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The history of Resurrection City will make you even more want the Reflecting Pool restored from the current fiasco.
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Also, some background on the contractor. To the surprise of no one, he’s a Trump donor and felon convicted of bribery.
https://newrepublic.com/post/212109/contractor-reflecting-pool-renovation
https://www.thedailybeast.com/john-j-cafaro-felon-trump-pal-behind-green-slime-fiasco-exposed/ -
@James Joyner: Enjoy.
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Qantas non-stop flights to London and NYC are set to launch next year.
Over 20 hours on a plane in an economy seat, even with decent legroom, strikes me more as torture than travel. It’s also a really good case for supersonic aircraft.
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@Kathy: I’ve done NYC to Singapore nonstop — around 18 hours, at the time the longest non-stop ever. Granted, I was in biz class (thank you HBO!) and it was a pretty terrific experience, but from what I read at the time Singapore Airlines had redesigned the coach cabin to make it more comfortable, understanding that it would simply be impossible to have passengers sit in standard economy for that long. Don’t know what Qantas is doing…
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@wr:
Singapore’s original A340 nonstop flights to Newark were configured with business class and premium economy, then later changed to an all business class configuration. These flights ended in 2013
The current nonstop flights to JFK in an A350, relaunched in 2018, are also business and premium economy.
Qantas will have first class, business class, premium economy, and plain economy seats. The latter offer between 32″ and 34″ seat pitch, which is somewhat better than the standard international economy seat. But these will be in a 3-3-3 configuration, meaning the same width as any other flight in any airline.
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Pack the sun screen! Enjoy! And be assured that the mice will play while the cat’s away.
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@Slugger:
He claimed that vandals used chemicals to “destroy and demean our beautiful work.” He may actually be onto something—there’s video of people wearing yellow vests and rubber gloves dumping gallons of chemicals into the reflecting pool and stirring the water with things on long poles. And then there are the winged culprits doing their business in/over the pool, adding nutrients that encourage algae growth. Perhaps he should have the NPS put up signs that read, “No Ducks Allowed.” -
An answer to the question “how could a 747 be made to look ugly?”
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@Kathy:
As someone who has been “blessed” with both osteo and rheumatoid arthritis? 20+ hours in an economy seat would absolutely qualify as torture.
A friend and I both commented on the same thing on a recent flight: With the advent of touch-screens on seat backs, you can no longer lean forward and rest your head on the seat back, because it insists that you engage with it.
I cannot explain exactly how painful it is to sit in an economy airline seat for more than 8 hours these days. I useda-could do 16 hours without too much problem.
I ran a finger through a table saw and thought I’d just been bruised, just to give context. 20+ hours in economy? That would probably be somewhere close to my ER visit for gall stones–which required multiple doses of fentanyl.
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https://bsky.app/profile/sundaedivine.lol/post/3mopot3gbwk2g
After years of reflecting Lincoln, the Reflecting Pool finally reflects our current leadership.
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@CSK:
I believe his dementia is much more severe than is generally recognized, so delusional.
Plus, he has always acted as if he can make things happen by ordering it done, and dementia amplifies preexisting traits.
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@CSK: The war with Iran, I think. It is a complex situation, difficult to keep it all in mind, so here’s a handy Cliff’s Notes version handy to keep around for reference.
