Archive for October, 2012

Airport events?

Sunday, October 21st, 2012

(Sun 21 Oct 2012, 21:18) Sitting outside with my brother, sister and girlfriend, enjoying a warm autumn evening, we see planes pass over every now and then, landing at the airport a few km further east. Suddenly, one that flies over greatly increases its throttle and gaining altitude again. The next one that flies over is higher than any landing plane has ever been before, and still gaining altitude.

Something is going on, and I am seriously curious. I trust everything’s okay, no news on twitter or via google to the contrary.

Edit (21:53): small plane coming over again and heading to landing. Some more way higher in the air, probably in a holding pattern. Apparently, the problem has been resolved. Status of flight LG7988, to arrive at 21:25, is still not set though…

Decay of the English language

Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

Not a native speaker here. Nevertheless, I am often gripped with laughter when someone spots “sins against English”.

Time I added one myself: This page talks about a need to explain the “symbology”. This was addressed far better than I could ever do it below: