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Pilot killed in horror helicopter crash into Hilton hotel sparking huge fireball
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| 8/10/2024
| The Sun UK
Posted on 08/11/2024 7:58:52 PM PDT by Paul R.
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Witnesses described a red helicopter flying away from the hotel and then flying back "straight into the building”.
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posted on
08/11/2024 7:58:52 PM PDT
by
Paul R.
To: Paul R.
Double Tree is “luxury” in Australia?
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posted on
08/11/2024 8:00:24 PM PDT
by
Paul R.
(Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
To: Paul R.
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posted on
08/11/2024 8:01:17 PM PDT
by
Paul R.
(Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
To: Paul R.
The pilot was the only person on board at the time with Queensland Police confirming they died.
THEY?? **rolls eyes**
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posted on
08/11/2024 8:26:12 PM PDT
by
Chani
(FRiendly Drive By poster)
To: Chani
THEY?? **rolls eyes**Me too. Modern Woke journalism. I remember when "they" would refer to more than one person.
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posted on
08/11/2024 8:30:52 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
To: Paul R.
Ill-fated joyride. Amateurs should stick to cars.
[Veronica Knight was outside on the phone to a friend in the US when she saw the helicopter flying past like planes “in war movies” and tried to film it.
“It meant business. I got the idea that it was the sort of thing that could crash, it was going so fast,” she said.
Ms Knight said the helicopter disappeared for 10 minutes before she saw it flying back to shore.
It was too dark to see the crash, but she heard it and filmed the flames on the roof from just metres away.
“I was pretty worried because you could see parts of the whole apartments — I was wondering, ‘how did it land’?” ]
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posted on
08/11/2024 8:34:13 PM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
To: Chani
The Sun is really bad about overdone headlines too. But, Ya’ gotta post it as written...
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posted on
08/11/2024 8:39:12 PM PDT
by
Paul R.
(Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
To: Chani
The use of singular they is more than a 1000 year old, borrowed from the Norse during the Viking incursions.
It was used in the Wycliff Bible (1382) and The Canterbury Tales (1400).
The teaching of plural only they to be replaced by a generic he began in the late 18th century and never caught on with the peasant class no matter how hard the educated classes insisted.
When I was in high school in the 70’s I was taught that singular they was acceptable when the antecedent gender was unknown.
It was good enough for Jane Austen, it’s good enough for me.
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posted on
08/11/2024 9:25:26 PM PDT
by
Valpal1
(Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
To: Inyo-Mono
Since the early days of the English language. That has been a quite acceptable use of the plural “they” for a long, long time.
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posted on
08/11/2024 9:29:30 PM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
To: Paul R.
Double Tree is “luxury” in Australia? The ones in Asia are much nicer than the ones in the US. Four Points is like that, also.
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posted on
08/11/2024 9:47:59 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
To: Chani; Inyo-Mono; Valpal1; Vermont Lt
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posted on
08/11/2024 9:53:13 PM PDT
by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
To: Paul R.
The pilot was the only person on board at the time with Queensland Police confirming they died. They? For only one person?
(yeah, I know. Woke crap-ism)
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posted on
08/11/2024 10:00:49 PM PDT
by
metmom
(He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus”)
To: Mr. Jeeves
Ah, I see. Independent management?
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posted on
08/11/2024 10:03:49 PM PDT
by
Paul R.
(Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
To: metmom
Exactly IMHO.
See my #11.
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posted on
08/11/2024 10:08:09 PM PDT
by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
To: Paul R.
The pilot was the only person on board at the time with Queensland Police confirming they he or she died.F.
Poor composition. Misuse of pronoun. Go back to school.
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posted on
08/11/2024 10:08:26 PM PDT
by
Allegra
To: logi_cal869
From your first link.
In stories about people who identify as neither male nor female or ask not to be referred to as he/she/him/her: Use the person’s name in place of a pronoun, or otherwise reword the sentence, whenever possible. If they/them/their use is essential, explain in the text that the person prefers a gender-neutral pronoun.
*It* is *gender neutral*.
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posted on
08/11/2024 10:31:59 PM PDT
by
metmom
(He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus”)
To: logi_cal869
They did it right in your link:
“The pilot, who has not yet been identified, was alone in the helicopter and died at the scene.”
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posted on
08/11/2024 10:43:06 PM PDT
by
Allegra
To: Valpal1
When I was in high school in the 70’s I was taught that singular they was acceptable when the antecedent gender was unknown. It could also imply that the helicopter pilot was suffering from identity crisis, which most woke asshats want everyone to assume.
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posted on
08/12/2024 12:00:57 AM PDT
by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: Paul R.
Very nice luxury hotel, been there.
Not like the US Doubletree.
Cairn is a very touristy place in Australia!
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posted on
08/12/2024 3:53:09 AM PDT
by
AZJeep
To: Inyo-Mono; Chani
I worked 30 years as a tech editor. I am so glad I retired before this “they” nonsense got serious. It had already started before I retired.
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posted on
08/12/2024 3:53:32 AM PDT
by
quilterdebbie
(We will endeavor to persevere!)
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