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late to this thread, but just thought i would comment on a few things.

dedja wrote:How a large commercial airliner can go missing for 2 days without a trace.

Comparing this 'lost' plane to those lost 50 years ago is meaningless, the vast array of modern technology should have seen to a rapid identification of the location.

its harder than you think. Not sure what you mean by "modern technology," but you cant just say radar will pick it up if you havent designed that radar system for that specific job, if that makes sense. And you aint gonna have radar coverage in the south indian ocean.

RustyCage wrote:

The Sleeping Giant wrote:Cool story bro. Except it would have still been on radar.

Found out today that there are actually significant chunks of various flight paths where there is no radar coverage. Also, it's up to each individual airline whether or not they allow crew on board to be able to disable any radar or tracking functions on the plane.

when you say radar coverage, the main tracking technology is a transponder in the plane that broadcasts the plane's position and the ground stations passively listen. Full two way active radar isnt really used in commercial settings.

Why people would rather lose their families than get help for their problems.

I'm gonna take a guess here, but addiction and pride are both very complex and powerful things.

Cyclists that wear black clothing.

Spargo wrote:Cyclists that wear black clothing.

and no lights when riding in the dark

white's not a good look in the wet ...

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:

Spargo wrote:Cyclists that wear black clothing.

and no lights when riding in the dark

Njnjas?

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That parents of a newborn child STILL haven't decided on a name.
Give or take, let's say you have 8 months knowing bubs is on the way. That's roughly 35 weeks. That's roughly 245 days/nights. What are these people doing that they can't find the time to make what I would've thought, a pretty bloody important decision.
I genuinely feel sorry for babies that enter the world nameless, if their parents haven't made this call with shitloads of notice, well......... good luck kid for the next 15-20 years.

in some cases this might not be a bad thing.

Throughout my Mums pregnancy, my father insisted that my name was going to be Brandy if I was a girl.

Thankfully common sense prevailed after I popped out. I think it took them a couple of days of solid arguing to finally agree on Lisa

Spargo wrote:That parents of a newborn child STILL haven't decided on a name.
Give or take, let's say you have 8 months knowing bubs is on the way. That's roughly 35 weeks. That's roughly 245 days/nights. What are these people doing that they can't find the time to make what I would've thought, a pretty bloody important decision.
I genuinely feel sorry for babies that enter the world nameless, if their parents haven't made this call with shitloads of notice, well......... good luck kid for the next 15-20 years.

Yep they have all this time and settle for Princess Miss Goody Two Shoes or something of that ilk

Spargo wrote:That parents of a newborn child STILL haven't decided on a name.
Give or take, let's say you have 8 months knowing bubs is on the way. That's roughly 35 weeks. That's roughly 245 days/nights. What are these people doing that they can't find the time to make what I would've thought, a pretty bloody important decision.
I genuinely feel sorry for babies that enter the world nameless, if their parents haven't made this call with shitloads of notice, well......... good luck kid for the next 15-20 years.

Our last child was born at 27 weeks, we didn't have a name, but agreed on one by the end of the day.

It's actually not as easy as you think.

dedja wrote:

Spargo wrote:That parents of a newborn child STILL haven't decided on a name.
Give or take, let's say you have 8 months knowing bubs is on the way. That's roughly 35 weeks. That's roughly 245 days/nights. What are these people doing that they can't find the time to make what I would've thought, a pretty bloody important decision.
I genuinely feel sorry for babies that enter the world nameless, if their parents haven't made this call with shitloads of notice, well......... good luck kid for the next 15-20 years.

Our last child was born at 27 weeks, we didn't have a name, but agreed on one by the end of the day.

It's actually not as easy as you think.

because sometimes, they just dont look like a "< Insert name here>"

dedja wrote:

Spargo wrote:That parents of a newborn child STILL haven't decided on a name.
Give or take, let's say you have 8 months knowing bubs is on the way. That's roughly 35 weeks. That's roughly 245 days/nights. What are these people doing that they can't find the time to make what I would've thought, a pretty bloody important decision.
I genuinely feel sorry for babies that enter the world nameless, if their parents haven't made this call with shitloads of notice, well......... good luck kid for the next 15-20 years.

Our last child was born at 27 weeks, we didn't have a name, but agreed on one by the end of the day.

It's actually not as easy as you think.

That's obviously a different circumstance you had dedja.
Also, I never said it was easy, but geez surely a decision could be made with all that time.

My old man wanted to call me Cecil.

thank fk mum is the boss

I dont have kids yet, but i imagine it would be hard, particularly if you are tossing up between two names and cant decide

Its hard naming a kid. We have always been pretty solid on a girls name but we struggled for a boys name. With our first we never committed to a name until we were driving to the hospital.
Now that we are expecting a 2nd kid, we still have the same girls name but are struggling even worse for a boys name. Probably do the same thing and finalise our 2 choices on our drive to the hospital again.

Mythical Creature wrote:Its hard naming a kid. We have always been pretty solid on a girls name but we struggled for a boys name. With our first we never committed to a name until we were driving to the hospital.
Now that we are expecting a 2nd kid, we still have the same girls name but are struggling even worse for a boys name. Probably do the same thing and finalise our 2 choices on our drive to the hospital again.

We set our boys name early, rocked up to the hospital still without a girls name

Thank **** he's a boy

Mythical Creature wrote:Its hard naming a kid. We have always been pretty solid on a girls name but we struggled for a boys name. With our first we never committed to a name until we were driving to the hospital.
Now that we are expecting a 2nd kid, we still have the same girls name but are struggling even worse for a boys name. Probably do the same thing and finalise our 2 choices on our drive to the hospital again.

My sister's name came from the last name of one of the doctors that mum used. Although I told her that it came from a brand of vacuum cleaners......

old fashioned names are becoming fashionable again.

Which is good, because I'd hate to think of a world full of Shaniquas and Deshawns

heater31 wrote:

Mythical Creature wrote:Its hard naming a kid. We have always been pretty solid on a girls name but we struggled for a boys name. With our first we never committed to a name until we were driving to the hospital.
Now that we are expecting a 2nd kid, we still have the same girls name but are struggling even worse for a boys name. Probably do the same thing and finalise our 2 choices on our drive to the hospital again.

My sister's name came from the last name of one of the doctors that mum used. Although I told her that it came from a brand of vacuum cleaners......

Similar sort of thing happened, when the Mrs was getting an epidural the anaesthetist came in with a North Melb shirt (must be a good bloke )
Named our lad Archer.

heater31 wrote:

Mythical Creature wrote:Its hard naming a kid. We have always been pretty solid on a girls name but we struggled for a boys name. With our first we never committed to a name until we were driving to the hospital.
Now that we are expecting a 2nd kid, we still have the same girls name but are struggling even worse for a boys name. Probably do the same thing and finalise our 2 choices on our drive to the hospital again.

My sister's name came from the last name of one of the doctors that mum used. Although I told her that it came from a brand of vacuum cleaners......

Your sisters name is Hoover?

That would have gone down well in school