Points to ponder

[Moonbeam]

I'm always amazed to hear of air crash victims so badly mutilated that
they have to be identified by their dental records. What I can't
understand is, if they don't know who you are, how do they know who your
dentist is?

[Moonbeam]

Before I post this I want to state That I am an Australian through and through as far back as I can trace..... so PLease other Aussies here Do NOT take offense at this...
( it is tongue in cheek - in the Austraialian spirit of taking the mickey out of ourselves)

Q. What's the difference between a pot of yoghurt and an Australian?

A. Well, you need a bit of culture to start a yoghurt.

[Ladybug]

I'm always amazed to hear of air crash victims so badly mutilated that
they have to be identified by their dental records. What I can't
understand is, if they don't know who you are, how do they know who your
dentist is?

I'm right there with you MoonBeam. This is something that has had me baffled for a long time.

Ladybug

[Granny]

Well, kiddies, is this way... It had me pussled too, but I think this is the way it works...

They have a manifest of all the people on the plane. By process of elimination, they know who they don't know, and then they have to call on all the dentist of everyone on the flight that they don't know are there. If they are not there, the dentist have to provide the records to show that they are. So now that they are, they can be eliminated as being eliminated.



I think I will quit while I'm ahead. How morbid can you get this early in the morning.

Granny

[Moonbeam]

How do they know the dentist of anybody on that flight?

[Lorne]

<whisper>THEY KNOW EVERYTHING.</whisper>

As Jem puts it:

Who are they
And where are they
And how can they possibly
know all this

[Adam]

Maybe they contact the company that the missing people work for and find out which dentist they go to by looking at their dental plan information from the billing info from previous claims.

Or they could contact the family of the missing people to find out where they go to the dentist.

That is my 2 cents.

Adam Kapilik

[Moonbeam]

mmm sounds feasable Adamm..

[Adam]

I just figured thats what Grisim from CSI would do.... or maybe he would just shine a black light on the tooth in question and go from there. Ever notice that to be a good CSI all you have to do is own a black light and have a good DNA guy.

CSI is one of the few shows that me and my G friend both somewhat like. 24 is OK too but don't you think Jack Bauer should be dead by now?? I mean c'mon he's like done everything now, and there are 3 more seasons coming.. sheesh..

Adam.

[Lorne]

They're going to make Jack the head of CTU. Then in the next season he'll become the president.

[Adam]

Then he will become a diety and rule from the heavans... but remember that there are always bad guys to fight..

Adam.

[Karin]

I'd like to see Jack learn some Rex Kwan Do, Napoleon Dynamite style.

Karin

[Granny]

I rest my case.... Rest in peace!

Look, Moonbeam, just cause I asked you to visit me someday in California, does not mean you're going to crash. Get a grip! If you feel better about it, just swim over, don't fly.

Granny

[canneberge]

Airplane crash!!!

I agree with moonbean - while reading I was thinking (I sometimes do) what about a person whith a rattle (in french it is a *dentier* - I think rattle is the right word for dentier.

[Moonbeam]

Ok! Here's another thing toponder..
You know how Helicopters take off vertical due to the action of the rotar blades.... well what holds them down.. what action "lefts them off"? I mean how come once the blades are spinning they don't just lift off the ground ? How can they just sit on the ground with the blades going?
C'mon there must be some pilots there who would know this..I've always wondered that!