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This happened on Saturday just a few clicks up the coast from me. A
light aircraft crashed into this house. Miraculously none of the
passengers was killed (or the pilot). The owner of the house was playing
bowls.

The passengers were German tourists who were looking for an aerial view
of Durban before they flew back to Germany on Friday. I guess they got a
closer look than they expected!

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"David Littlewood" wrote
> As they used to say, any landing you walk
> away from is a good one.

Reminds me of when I see news stories about mountain climbers getting
stranded in blizzards and getting rescued. They always mention that the
climbers are "in good spirits". Well, duh!, of course they're in good
spirits... they're alive. They can now see their families again and live to
climb another day.

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Yes, but after a great landing you are able to use the plane again.

David Littlewood wrote:
> As they used to say, any landing you walk away from is a good one.
>
> David

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"Rox-off" <roxydurban@empirerods.com> wrote in message
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> http://www.dallasdahms.com/Plane.htm
>
> This happened on Saturday just a few clicks up the coast from me. A
> light aircraft crashed into this house. Miraculously none of the
> passengers was killed (or the pilot). The owner of the house was playing
> bowls.
>
> The passengers were German tourists who were looking for an aerial view
> of Durban before they flew back to Germany on Friday. I guess they got a
> closer look than they expected!

If I were you, I would have been snapping photos for submission to your
local paper/web news.

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"columbotrek" <columbotrek@yahoo.NoSapm.com> wrote in message
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> Yes, but after a great landing you are able to use the plane again.
>
> David Littlewood wrote:
>> As they used to say, any landing you walk away from is a good one.
>>
>> David

Maybe it was one of those new, "single use" planes...

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"Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even number here)@cox..net> wrote in message
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>
> "columbotrek" <columbotrek@yahoo.NoSapm.com> wrote in message
> news:UNHOe.9$mz3.3436@okeanos.csu.net...
>> Yes, but after a great landing you are able to use the plane again.
>>
>> David Littlewood wrote:
>>> As they used to say, any landing you walk away from is a good one.
>>>
>>> David
>
> Maybe it was one of those new, "single use" planes...
>
Yeah....There's no gas cap, but they come with one full tank.....

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"Rox-off" <roxydurban@empirerods.com> wrote in message
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> In article <MPG.1d7537c6b3d3bd28989695@news.mweb.co.za>,
>
> The story continues...
>
> http://tinyurl.com/8nv48

authorities could continue their investigations as to why the plane crashed
into pensioner Alwyn Field's home in Danville Avenue.

Thats easy he probably left his landing light on.

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In article <QCMOe.2218$Rh5.500@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net>, jrf1@ntlworld.com
says...
> Rox-off wrote:
> > http://www.dallasdahms.com/Plane.htm
> >
> > This happened on Saturday just a few clicks up the coast from me. A
> > light aircraft crashed into this house. Miraculously none of the
> > passengers was killed (or the pilot). The owner of the house was playing
> > bowls.
> >
> > The passengers were German tourists who were looking for an aerial view
> > of Durban before they flew back to Germany on Friday. I guess they got a
> > closer look than they expected!
> >
>
> How far is a 'click'?

I think he means 'klick' which is slang for "kilometer."
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Brian Baird wrote:
> In article <QCMOe.2218$Rh5.500@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net>, jrf1@ntlworld.com
> says...
>
>>Rox-off wrote:
>>
>>>http://www.dallasdahms.com/Plane.htm
>>>
>>>This happened on Saturday just a few clicks up the coast from me. A
>>>light aircraft crashed into this house. Miraculously none of the
>>>passengers was killed (or the pilot). The owner of the house was playing
>>>bowls.
>>>
>>>The passengers were German tourists who were looking for an aerial view
>>>of Durban before they flew back to Germany on Friday. I guess they got a
>>>closer look than they expected!
>>>
>>
>>How far is a 'click'?
>
>
> I think he means 'klick' which is slang for "kilometer."


True, and old army jeep odometers included a "klicker" mechanism to
audibly inform the driver of distance traveled.

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"Brian Baird" <no@no.thank.u> wrote in message
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> In article <MPG.1d7537c6b3d3bd28989695@news.mweb.co.za>,
> roxydurban@empirerods.com says...
>> http://www.dallasdahms.com/Plane.htm
>>
>> This happened on Saturday just a few clicks up the coast from me. A
>> light aircraft crashed into this house. Miraculously none of the
>> passengers was killed (or the pilot). The owner of the house was playing
>> bowls.
>>
>> The passengers were German tourists who were looking for an aerial view
>> of Durban before they flew back to Germany on Friday. I guess they got a
>> closer look than they expected!
>
> But how is it ARTISTIC Dallas? Especially with the DATE STAMP in the
> lower corner.
>
> (Sorry, just giving some back)
>
> That is pretty nutty, tho. I've been saying it since the Battle of
> Britain - Germans and airplanes just don't mix.

I was going to scoff at this, and I Googled the Red Baron, but then I came
upon this:
Manfred von Richthofen was a sportsman and a hunter. By his own
admission he was not a great pilot. In his book he expressed amusement at
the fact that an opponent he brought down made a perfect landing whilst his
attempt at the same feat, at the same time, was disastrous.

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In article <OSJOe.8448$Us5.1665@fed1read02>, "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest
even number here)@cox..net> says...
>
> "Rox-off" <roxydurban@empirerods.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1d7537c6b3d3bd28989695@news.mweb.co.za...
> > http://www.dallasdahms.com/Plane.htm
> >
> > This happened on Saturday just a few clicks up the coast from me. A
> > light aircraft crashed into this house. Miraculously none of the
> > passengers was killed (or the pilot). The owner of the house was playing
> > bowls.
> >
> > The passengers were German tourists who were looking for an aerial view
> > of Durban before they flew back to Germany on Friday. I guess they got a
> > closer look than they expected!
>
> If I were you, I would have been snapping photos for submission to your
> local paper/web news.

The newspaper had plenty of photos - the online edition is very frugal
with photos though.

However, if you were me, you would be sitting in the office fielding
enquiries from would-be customers.

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In article <QCMOe.2218$Rh5.500@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net>, jrf1@ntlworld.com
says...
> Rox-off wrote:
> > http://www.dallasdahms.com/Plane.htm
> >
> > This happened on Saturday just a few clicks up the coast from me. A
> > light aircraft crashed into this house. Miraculously none of the
> > passengers was killed (or the pilot). The owner of the house was playing
> > bowls.
> >
> > The passengers were German tourists who were looking for an aerial view
> > of Durban before they flew back to Germany on Friday. I guess they got a
> > closer look than they expected!
> >
>
> How far is a 'click'?

One kilometer.

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"Rox-off" <roxydurban@empirerods.com> wrote in message
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> In article <QCMOe.2218$Rh5.500@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net>, jrf1@ntlworld.com
> says...
>> Rox-off wrote:
>> > http://www.dallasdahms.com/Plane.htm
>> >
>> > This happened on Saturday just a few clicks up the coast from me. A
>> > light aircraft crashed into this house. Miraculously none of the
>> > passengers was killed (or the pilot). The owner of the house was
>> > playing
>> > bowls.
>> >
>> > The passengers were German tourists who were looking for an aerial view
>> > of Durban before they flew back to Germany on Friday. I guess they got
>> > a
>> > closer look than they expected!
>> >
>>
>> How far is a 'click'?
>
> One kilometer.

Hmm.
That's the 6th answer version now...
???

It sounds like that term is one of those loose ones, sort of like a "bunch"
or a "few."
??

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In article <CVTOe.8535$Us5.4726@fed1read02>, "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest
even number here)@cox..net> says...
> >
> > One kilometer.
>
> Hmm.
> That's the 6th answer version now...
> ???

I SAID IT WAS ONE KILOMETER.

DOESN'T ANYONE LISTEN!

ARRHT%JS%J%$#~

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"Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even number here)@cox..net> wrote in message
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>
> "Rox-off" <roxydurban@empirerods.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1d763416cf247f0c98969a@news.mweb.co.za...
>> In article <QCMOe.2218$Rh5.500@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net>, jrf1@ntlworld.com
>> says...
>>> Rox-off wrote:
>>> > http://www.dallasdahms.com/Plane.htm
>>> >
>>> > This happened on Saturday just a few clicks up the coast from me. A
>>> > light aircraft crashed into this house. Miraculously none of the
>>> > passengers was killed (or the pilot). The owner of the house was
>>> > playing
>>> > bowls.
>>> >
>>> > The passengers were German tourists who were looking for an aerial
>>> > view
>>> > of Durban before they flew back to Germany on Friday. I guess they got
>>> > a
>>> > closer look than they expected!
>>> >
>>>
>>> How far is a 'click'?
>>
>> One kilometer.
>
> Hmm.
> That's the 6th answer version now...
> ???
>
> It sounds like that term is one of those loose ones, sort of like a
> "bunch" or a "few."
> ??
>
Yeah.....I think it comes from the sound that an adjustment wheel makes as
it goes through the detents that keep it from wandering when unattended.
Also the steps of an old fashioned mechanical odometer....So, it can mean
different things to different disciplines......

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In article <pgUOe.8540$Us5.3349@fed1read02>, "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest
even number here)@cox..net> says...

> Ya, but now we've got:
> -.62 lilometer...
> -Some funny click thing attached to a Jeep...
> -A click that a gun sight makes...on both artillary and a rifle...
> -and more!
>
> So stick that in your &^%#%$#$*&$!!

With all those "Ya's" you say, you'll fit right in here in SA. It's
probably the most commonly used colloquialism in this country.

But, Rich did say 0.62 of a mile, which is one kilometer. And the jeep
probably counts them as it goes along the way.

Here we call a "click" a kilometer. Or something you do with a mouse.

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On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 02:18:13 -0700, Mark² wrote:

> Ya?
> You don't say...
>
> I used to have an afro...does that count?

Only if you want to learn how to speak Zulu, or Xhosa, or one of those
languages.

We say "Ya" a lot, but it is a throw-back from the Afrikaans, Dutch or
German "Ja". Nothing to do with traditional Africans...

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Rox-off wrote:
> In article <pgUOe.8540$Us5.3349@fed1read02>, "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest
> even number here)@cox..net> says...
>
>
>>Ya, but now we've got:
>>-.62 lilometer...
>>-Some funny click thing attached to a Jeep...
>>-A click that a gun sight makes...on both artillary and a rifle...
>>-and more!
>>
>>So stick that in your &^%#%$#$*&$!!
>
>
> With all those "Ya's" you say, you'll fit right in here in SA. It's
> probably the most commonly used colloquialism in this country.
>
> But, Rich did say 0.62 of a mile, which is one kilometer. And the jeep
> probably counts them as it goes along the way.

U.S. Army jeeps were built stateside with imperial speedometers and
odometers. The metric sounder was an add-on to allow rank-n-file
personnel to use metric codings from European maps. This sounder was
attached to the dash just below the steering column and was driven with
the same drive cable between the dash guage and left front wheel. The
trick to using the early models effectively was to avoid losing the
counting fingers. A later model offered a two-digit odometer inside a
squinchy little window, but considering the constant exposure to the
elements, they quickly acquired a rusted patina, hence the term squinchy.

Ya, I used the requisite word "exposure".


>
> Here we call a "click" a kilometer. Or something you do with a mouse.
>


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"ian lincoln" <jessops@sux.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even number here)@cox..net> wrote in message > I
> used to have an afro...does that count?
>
> what was his name?

"The Fuzz"

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In article <MPG.1d77d5d8c51304469899b1@news.verizon.net>, no@no.thank.u
says...
> In article <MPG.1d7782f08ef11bfa98969f@news.mweb.co.za>,
> roxy@empirerods.com says...
> > > I was ribbing you, you sour, bitter man! Get a sense of humor!
>
> > So was I, you obnoxious dummy.
>
> Were you, you libidinous rankard?!
>
> Actually, I just made up rankard. What should we have it mean?

One who enjoys the work of Rankin?

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"ian lincoln" <jessops@sux.com> wrote in message
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>
> authorities could continue their investigations as to why the
> plane crashed into pensioner Alwyn Field's home in
> Danville Avenue.
>
> Thats easy he probably left his landing light on.
>
>

I'm guessing the pilot just saw it said "Alwyn Field" and misunderstood...


Peter