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CatbertCatbert Posts: 6,603 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I was incredulous after reading this, thinking how stupid can one be:

bbc.com/news/world-asia-40421811

Given that she is 80 years old, hopefully she didn't throw anything valuable! :D

"Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"

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    Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I was possibly done to "Bless" the flight by someone who had never seen a "big silver bird" before.

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    mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Do I see a new slab label in the future.........?????
    Also signed by the thrower.....?
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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 13,772 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Interesting :sweat:

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    NewEnglandRaritiesNewEnglandRarities Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭✭
    edited June 30, 2017 9:18AM

    I saw this last night. funny...though dangerous

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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 43,837 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I just shook my head, like seeing people throwing change in coinstar machines, only risking the lives of everyone in the store.

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 45,415 ✭✭✭✭✭

    How did she even get access to the plane's engine? :o

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    AmazonXAmazonX Posts: 680 ✭✭✭✭

    On long road trips, I usually put sugar in my gas tank for luck.

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,548 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:
    How did she even get access to the plane's engine? :o

    Haven't you ever boarded a plane by walking across the tarmac past a wing and climbing a stairway?

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    chumleychumley Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭✭

    she should have taken an older plane,then she could safely taped the coins to a propeller

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 45,415 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CaptHenway said:

    @PerryHall said:
    How did she even get access to the plane's engine? :o

    Haven't you ever boarded a plane by walking across the tarmac past a wing and climbing a stairway?

    Not since the 1950's. :D

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 45,415 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 30, 2017 10:39AM

    I wonder what those coins look like now. :o

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.

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    WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,036 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Posted here earlier:

    http://forums.collectors.com/discussion/983196/china-shanghai-flight-delayed-by-woman-hurling-coins-at-jet-engine

    :)

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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What? Nobody else here does that? Geeez.

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,548 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:
    I wonder what those coins look like now. :o

    Depends on whether the Yuan hit the fan!
    :D

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    goldengolden Posts: 9,054 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:

    @CaptHenway said:

    @PerryHall said:
    How did she even get access to the plane's engine? :o

    Haven't you ever boarded a plane by walking across the tarmac past a wing and climbing a stairway?

    Not since the 1950's. :D

    I can remember climbing the stairs to board in the 1970's.

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    Peace_dollar88Peace_dollar88 Posts: 1,220 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Doesn't seem like much "luck" would come from this stupidity.

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,548 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Peace_dollar88 said:
    Doesn't seem like much "luck" would come from this stupidity.

    Perhaps the airline would not let her sacrifice a chicken in the terminal?

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    Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Eastern Shuttle DC-NY in the 1980's...out the tail ramp. Fort Lauderdale airport same time period. Dad parked in the grass at front door of the terminal to pick me up. Love field -Texas.

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    GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,372 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You can't fix stupid,,,,, :/

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    There are still many flights that are boarded on the tarmac.... have done that several times in the last year...However, I did not throw any coins into the engine.. ;) Cheers, RickO

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    CatbertCatbert Posts: 6,603 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Are you sure ricko? I know you dispatch any toned coins in some manner.

    "Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
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    derrybderryb Posts: 36,200 ✭✭✭✭✭

    stupid is as stupid does

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    RichieURichRichieURich Posts: 8,371 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Why on earth would you want to do something that could mess up an engine on a plane you will be flying on?
    Sounds really stupid to me.

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    FullStrikeFullStrike Posts: 4,353 ✭✭✭

    Silly lady. She was supposed to tape those Coins over her ayes.

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    ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Were they taken off the pop reports?

    "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - Geo. Orwell
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Catbert.... I never would harm a coin...even tarnished coins....My dogs love to play with them... :D Joking of course.... Cheers, RickO

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