Schoolgirls in a sketchy part of town.

I disagree. I've never seen "cockpit crew". "Flight crew" is common. However this does not describe individuals, just like "cabin crew" does not.

Not everywhere. Here in East Asia many airlines still refer to them as stewardesses, a title they wear proudly.

My mistake sorry.

Same in HK. No donations if you've lived in Europe for more than six months during 1985-2005 or something like that.

He knows because he is Italian like the company.

• Science fiction is many many things. This is one of them. As are "out there" shows like Farscape. Unfortunately if you haven't been exposed to much science fiction it is easy to think that it science fiction is Star Trek, Star Wars, and Aliens.

I've found they last about as long, but even so totally worth it.

If you want to go with the original Italian, it would be vee-bram. However all English speakers I have heard say vie-bram.

Interval training and resistance training are indeed much better for you, and more efficient. On the plus side, once you've done those for a while, running long distances is way easier. The issue is that most people who want to run reasonably far (say, a half marathon) go at it backwards. They run longer and longer…

The trick is to have several pairs and wash each after a few uses.

Jelly fish do not just drift.

The bigger question is whether the masses will learn to spell Blu-ray properly before the format dies.

We'll have to agree to disagree. You don't become taller by practicing hoops, but you'll get better at getting the ball in the basket.

Interesting perspective. However I do think that practicing for a few hours will improve spatial perception.

Doesn't have to be an expensive car either. Almost daily I see bang-head-on-desk driver antics and I can't help but wonder why these people don't go out to a parking lot and practice low-speed maneuvers like parking for a few hours.

Summer storms here are pretty intense and even by those standards the rain and hail that day was epic. See here.

If you liked Not Always Right you'll probably enjoy WhiteWhine. The snarky comments from the admin are priceless.

A lot of the stories are actually from the UK and Australia. Morons are a universal constant.

"There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots." - John Ringo