Boston Marathon hit by explosions

[Montreal Wanderer]

The Canadian suspect, Chiheb Esseghaier, does not seem typical to me. A PhD student at INRS he has co-authored half a dozen scientific papers (principal researcher in three). He is on linkedin. Hi field is biochemistry.

In what way is he not typical? The tw+ts at Glasgow Airport were doctors. The only connection necessary is that they are fxckin Muslim.

The Canadian alleged terrorists were actually turned in by a Toronto iman. Indeed I'm fairly confident the vast majority of Canadian Moslems have little sypathy with terrorists.

[William the White]

I used to have a terrible fear of flying. I overcame it by doing quite a lot of it. It just bores me to tears now.

Four trips to winter sunshine have inured me somewhat, but I still fight the fear on take-off, landing and turbulence.

I'm in this place... I'm better now I don't have to sink about half a bottle of whisky just to get on the plane...

[Prufrock]

I'm generally all right, though turbulence f*cks me right up.

On the whole 'flying being safer than driving a car' thing, I thought I'd read somewhere that you're only less likely to die flying in the same way that you're less likely to die fighting a hungry lion than you are walking down the stairs, given the number of times you do each.

[Montreal Wanderer]

I'm generally all right, though turbulence f*cks me right up.

On the whole 'flying being safer than driving a car' thing, I thought I'd read somewhere that you're only less likely to die flying in the same way that you're less likely to die fighting a hungry lion than you are walking down the stairs, given the number of times you do each.

This is true. In the US you are seven times more likely to be attacked by a cow than a shark. FACT. But a somewhat pointless one.

[Dujon]

I'm with you, Monty, and the others who have expressed the same opinion. It's all a matter of control. In my case I must be close to the worst car passenger in the world - even though I (sort of) trust the driver; put me behind the wheel and it's a totally different matter. Not that mayhem is my motto, by the way, it's just that one's fate is one's own hands I suppose.

[thebish]

The Canadian suspect, Chiheb Esseghaier, does not seem typical to me. A PhD student at INRS he has co-authored half a dozen scientific papers (principal researcher in three). He is on linkedin. Hi field is biochemistry.

In what way is he not typical? The tw+ts at Glasgow Airport were doctors. The only connection necessary is that they are fxckin Muslim.

The Canadian alleged terrorists were actually turned in by a Toronto iman. Indeed I'm fairly confident the vast majority of Canadian Moslems have little sypathy with terrorists.

I'm also fairly confident that the vast majority of Canadian Christians, Atheists, Buddhists, Hindus and Jedi Knightists have little sympathy with terrorists.

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

I'm generally all right, though turbulence f*cks me right up.

On the whole 'flying being safer than driving a car' thing, I thought I'd read somewhere that you're only less likely to die flying in the same way that you're less likely to die fighting a hungry lion than you are walking down the stairs, given the number of times you do each.

Is that true?

I'd have thought that the risk of death per hour of car travel is higher than the per hour of flying equivalent.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I'm generally all right, though turbulence f*cks me right up.

On the whole 'flying being safer than driving a car' thing, I thought I'd read somewhere that you're only less likely to die flying in the same way that you're less likely to die fighting a hungry lion than you are walking down the stairs, given the number of times you do each.

Is that true?

I'd have thought that the risk of death per hour of car travel is higher than the per hour of flying equivalent.

It depends if you work it out by per journey or per journey hour, and also whether you calculate it based on per car/per aircraft or per passenger. But they are more or less (statistically significantly speaking) the same likelihood.
It also depends if you are comparing the whole world or different countries. The death rate for car journeys in India are more than fifty times the death rates in the UK for instance.
By far the safest passenger mode is by train, which is significantly safer than all other modes of transport including walking.

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

I'm generally all right, though turbulence f*cks me right up.

On the whole 'flying being safer than driving a car' thing, I thought I'd read somewhere that you're only less likely to die flying in the same way that you're less likely to die fighting a hungry lion than you are walking down the stairs, given the number of times you do each.

Is that true?

I'd have thought that the risk of death per hour of car travel is higher than the per hour of flying equivalent.

It depends if you work it out by per journey or per journey hour, and also whether you calculate it based on per car/per aircraft or per passenger. But they are more or less (statistically significantly speaking) the same likelihood.
It also depends if you are comparing the whole world or different countries. The death rate for car journeys in India are more than fifty times the death rates in the UK for instance.
By far the safest passenger mode is by train, which is significantly safer than all other modes of transport including walking.

I was thinking per passenger journey hour in the UK.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I'm generally all right, though turbulence f*cks me right up.

On the whole 'flying being safer than driving a car' thing, I thought I'd read somewhere that you're only less likely to die flying in the same way that you're less likely to die fighting a hungry lion than you are walking down the stairs, given the number of times you do each.

Is that true?

I'd have thought that the risk of death per hour of car travel is higher than the per hour of flying equivalent.

It depends if you work it out by per journey or per journey hour, and also whether you calculate it based on per car/per aircraft or per passenger. But they are more or less (statistically significantly speaking) the same likelihood.
It also depends if you are comparing the whole world or different countries. The death rate for car journeys in India are more than fifty times the death rates in the UK for instance.
By far the safest passenger mode is by train, which is significantly safer than all other modes of transport including walking.

I was thinking per passenger journey hour in the UK.

Then airplanes are 'safer' but not by a statistically significant amount.
[Edit] although there are no specific figures for the safety of aircraft flights that can be determined as solely UK flights.

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

I didn't really mean solely UK flights.

What's the statistically insignificant margin you've worked out?

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I didn't really mean solely UK flights.

What's the statistically insignificant margin you've worked out?

You're in the realm of a mate of mine, he's a statistician and his field is transport accidents. After many a drunken conversation with him I know the 'headlines' but cannot quote the meaty figures themselves - I do know that if you apply standard deviation to the figures between deaths per UK car passenger hours and deaths per commercial domestic aircraft passenger hours in the USA, that there is no statistical significance. For actual figures I'll need to harvest those from my mate next time he's down and drunk...

[TANGODANCER]

Morning all. Good to see you're all alive and well. At my age, the chances of getting knocked down crossing a road, getting mugged and robbed, getting catapulted down a bus by some careless bus driver or even suffering a heart attack are all far, far greater than snuffing it in a plane crash. Sod, it, I'm still going out and chancing it though.

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

I do love a good conspiracy theory...

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[ChrisC]

I do love a good conspiracy theory...

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[Lost Leopard Spot]

I do love a good conspiracy theory...

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Too fxckin right. Bejeezus!

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I do love a good conspiracy theory...

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Too fxckin right. Bejeezus!

But then he is only acting I suppose.

[ChrisC]

I do love a good conspiracy theory...

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Too fxckin right. Bejeezus!

But then he is only acting I suppose.

Is the guy not right in what he is saying though regarding the guy not bleeding to death?

[Bruce Rioja]

I do love a good conspiracy theory...

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Thanks for the warning, Chris. I shan't bother!

[ChrisC]

I do love a good conspiracy theory...

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Thanks for the warning, Chris. I shan't bother!

I've seen a lot worse but some people can't stomach a small scratch.

The only graphic picture is a guy with his legs blown off so flesh and bone on show.

Minor flesh wound