Official thread TdF Stage 15 Pontarlier - Verbier - 207.5 km

[sometriguy]

I don't like to bring up "you know who" excessively but he is riding pretty far down the peloton. About 2/3 down. Maybe he is gonna get some bottles for once?

Bobby Drivel will probably be on suicide watch by now😀

Sorry couldnt resist again

God, I hope he is not playing possum.... ugh

 

[msjett]

mmmm, how long before the suitcase of courage comes out.....as it looks like its getting grippy! lol

 

[sometriguy]

too bad there are 40 miles of valley roads coming, one more hill in between would be much more fun

 

[BroDeal]

mmmm, how long before the suitcase of courage comes out.....as it looks like its getting grippy! lol

Baggage handling lost the suitcase of courage when it was travelling from Italy to France. Rumor has it that it was shipped to Spain by accident.

 

[RigelKent]

Baggage handling lost the suitcase of courage when it was travelling from Italy to France. Rumor has it that it was shipped to Spain by accident.

So "courage" is our new euphemism for things we're not supposed to talk about in this forum?

 

[msjett]

God, I hope he is not playing possum.... ugh

According to P&P ....it's LA playing mind games....🙄

 

[Delicato]

So "courage" is our new euphemism for things we're not supposed to talk about in this forum?

Nope. It is just a Liggetism (or Sherwinism), nothing more.

 

[Cobber]

Baggage handling lost the suitcase of courage when it was travelling from Italy to France. Rumor has it that it was shipped to Spain by accident.

Well... I hope it wasn't on a Delta flight or it'll be lost forever.

 

[sometriguy]

According to P&P ....it's LA playing mind games....🙄

Hopefully just wishful thinking, they need their cash cow to not crack.... it is all about ratings

I'd love to see him crack, maybe somebody did pour his suitcase down the drain 🙂

 

[sometriguy]

Well... I hope it wasn't on a Delta flight or it'll be lost forever.

don't even want to think of where it would have ended up if it was on an Airbus

 

[Danilot]

Yet most Boeing and McDonnell-Douglas airplanes have a higher accident rate than their Airbus counterparts.

 

[Cobber]

don't even want to think of where it would have ended up if it was on an Airbus

LOL.... you might be fishing for it on Tybee island!

 

[RigelKent]

Yet most Boeing and McDonnell-Douglas airplanes have a higher accident rate than their Airbus counterparts.

http://www.airdisaster.com/statistics/
says otherwise. Although in general it is much more dependent upon the operator than the manufacturer of the plane.

Go Canc!

 

[BroDeal]

So "courage" is our new euphemism for things we're not supposed to talk about in this forum?

Dario Frigo had a suitcase of courage.

 

[msjett]

Yay! The Heads of state! Woohoo! Finally knew P & P wouldn't let us down.

 

[sometriguy]

Is all the talk of suitcasses and air disaster statistics an indictement of the wonder that has been the 2009 tour de bore

 

[RigelKent]

Dario Frigo had a suitcase of courage.

So much for subtlety 😀

 

[msjett]

Is all the talk of suitcasses and air disaster statistics an indictement of the wonder that has been the 2009 tour de bore

Probably.....

 

[RigelKent]

Probably.....

Absolutely.

 

[msjett]

We can't rely on the race to entertain us....we have to do it ourselves....

 

[RigelKent]

We can't rely on the race to entertain us....we have to do it ourselves....

The most common use of the internet . . .😉

 

[sometriguy]

We can't rely on the race to entertain us....we have to do it ourselves....

What is everyone having to drink for the race? It is still before 10am here so I am still on the coffee.

I have an off day today so I may have to break out some mimosas or peach bellinis soon.

 

[Danilot]

http://www.airdisaster.com/statistics/
says otherwise. Although in general it is much more dependent upon the operator than the manufacturer of the plane.

Go Canc!

Airbus A320 => 631 fatalities in 20 hull-loss accidents
Boeing 737 => 3,847 fatalities in 144 hull-loss accidents

Airbus A340 => 0 fatalities in 5 hull-loss accidents
Boeing 747 => 2,850 fatalities in 48 hull-loss accidents

These are the two most flown types of Airbuses and Boeings (by decent airlines, at least), and the comparison is quite clear.

But let's hope the cyclists give us something more cheerful to talk about in a few kilometres!

 

[RigelKent]

What is everyone having to drink for the race? It is still before 10am here so I am still on the coffee.

I have an off day today so I may have to break out some mimosas or peach bellinis soon.

Water for me. Rehydrating after 2 days of Chinese Buffet inspired incapacitation.

 

[sometriguy]

Airbus A320 => 631 fatalities in 20 hull-loss accidents
Boeing 737 => 3,847 fatalities in 144 hull-loss accidents

Airbus A340 => 0 fatalities in 5 hull-loss accidents
Boeing 747 => 2,850 fatalities in 48 hull-loss accidents

These are the two most flown types of Airbuses and Boeings, and the comparison is quite clear.

But let's hope the cyclists give us something more cheerful to talk about in a few kilometres!

Those are just the numbers, you have to look at the statistics.

If there are 10k times as many boeings... then airbus is garbage