J.O.

6 hours ago, j.k. said:

I see what you're saying I think, but vaccines are drugs.

Most drugs are designed to reduce symptoms such as pain, tremors etc. They usually do so by "deadening" something the body does naturally. This is why many drugs have side effects - they are doing something the body doesn't want to do naturally.

Vaccines are designed to cause the body to have an immune response to an unwanted infection without an actual infection - in a sense, getting the body to do more of what it already does.

13 hours ago, boestar said:

I will take the $10 fee for the hospital....It costs $20 now.... Parking.

 

Meanwhile, parking at the province-run casinos has been free. Seems a little backwards to me.

1 hour ago, GDR said:

Great airplane. All it was missing was a couple of engines. 

Same could be said about the A340-300!

Great video! Man I miss the A330. It will always be my favourite.

Damn, the final battle scene in Goldeneye took place on that structure. My sons and I had a blast playing the XBox version.

Drugs and vaccines aren't really the same thing, though. Also, the whole "rushed into production" argument isn't accurate. A ton of work went into developing a vaccine for the SARS-COV-1 virus. That stopped when the virus stopped spreading but the knowledge of the virus particle's structure and how it infects a person was kept. This gave them a big head start when building a vaccine for this iteration of a coronavirus.

49 minutes ago, A330PilotCanada said:

J.O. does this chart meet the standard?

Your guess is as good as mine!

2 hours ago, Kip Powick said:

Saturday Morning Heart Starter....

Another good one from PFC.

Those carts came loose on a down slope.

The other day I read that the Pfizer vaccine currently requires specialized refrigerated transport, probably using something like liquid nitrogen tanks. The Astra Zeneca vaccine only requires standard refrigeration. 

16 hours ago, Kip Powick said:

sexual nymphomaniac

Is there any other kind?

3 hours ago, Rich Pulman said:

I dunno friends, it sure looks like it could be the beginnings of a Death Star to me.  

Built by Orange Helmet

4 hours ago, FA@AC said:

Good luck with that one.

 

Meanwhile, Air Canada has honoured their collective agreement with ACPA. 

I have to say I am unimpressed by WestJet's approach to public relations in recent months. I hope this isn't just another disappointment but if all they are doing is giving refunds for refundable fares, then this should never have been a "news" item. They should have already done that months ago. 

Got me hook, line and sinker with that one, Kip! 

It's interesting how opponents of the "nanny state" change their tune when the challenges get closer to home.

1 hour ago, conehead said:

I had a Tallboy the other day, had a good kick to it.

Try this one on for size. Be sure you're sitting down. 

https://www.brewdog.com/uk/brewdog-vs-schorschbrau-strength-in-numbers

1 hour ago, conehead said:

Can confirm.

You're fixing the wrong part!

It's common knowledge that the NDP has no money to fight an election. Their protestations will somewhat appease their base, but they have no teeth behind them. 

My sister in law is the sales manager at a dealership in the GTA. They can't get enough EVs to meet the demand.

When it was originally proposed as the new 787, the 737NG was equipped with an EICAS. We know how that turned out.

6 hours ago, Marshall said:

'why the doubt and gloom, it may be a help towards retaining airline jobs. 

 

Because the insurance industry is a financial enterprise, not a charity for airlines, or condo owners or anything else for that matter. Anyone who’s been involved in buying commercial insurance the past few years will tell you they’ve become much more risk averse in that time. The available number of underwriters for many insurance portfolios has dropped by half since 2017. There are a ton of unknowns in providing insurance for COVID-19 risks so it took some time to build an insurance model and cost it out. 

I doubt there were many insurers who were chomping at the bit to underwrite this program. In fact I wouldn’t be surprised if this was a self-funded program with Manulife simply doing the administrative duties on AC’s behalf.