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Skriven 2013-10-13 22:08:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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 ML> just the official government database. Not every policeman
 ML> or hotelier would have the means to scan a microchip, and
 ML> thank goodness for that.
 NB> Quite!  If/when they did, then the new technology could take over
 NB> completely... and whether that would be a problem or a goodness would
 NB> remain to be seen...

I vote "problem" and am therefore against.

 NB>> My last passport photo (on a now-expired passport) was pretty nice,
 NB>> too... I'd had AAA take the photo for me... nice surprise.  
 ML> I forget where or how I got this one done - maybe it was
 ML> a friend doing a homemade job.
 NB> They'd be more likely to try to make it a good one, to be sure.  :)

The officially taken photo was appropriately ugly and
careless.

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 ML> J31 airplanes, probably as close to hell as I've so far been.
 ML> To my knowledge, no airline flies these any more.
 NB> Dunno as I've ever been on one... what were they like..? 
 
Noisy, uncomfortable prop planes. Loaded from the rear, capacity
19 and 2 crew. No cockpit door. No flight attendant. Smelly.

From jetstreamcentral.com, which has a vested interest in
making them sound good, as it's a brokerage site:

 The British Aerospace Jetstream 31 grew out of an original
 design of Handley Page. British Aerospace achieved certification
 in 1982 and produced a total of 226 J31s though the 1980s. The
 aircraft has been operated in the U.S. by Pan American World
 Airways, Trans State Airlines, Express I Airlines as well as
 Atlantic Coast Airlines. It remains in use in a number of
 Charter and Regional airlines around the world.

 Powered by Garrett TPE-331-20 engines, the J31 has a max takeoff
 weight of 15,212 and a useful load of 4,500 lb. The aircraft
 has two baggage storage areas, an aft baggage compartment which
 can carry 628 lb and a ventral pod which can carry 435 lb.

 The J31 can carry 3,100 lb of fuel, burning 800 lb of fuel its
 first hour of flight and then 600 lb per hour. Its full range
 (carrying 1500 lb) is 800 miles. It is best suited to short-haul
 legs at low field elevations (below 4000 ft MSL).

Korean-style BBQ Ribs
cat: main, Singapore
Serves: 5

800 g pork ribs
4 Tb oyster sauce
2 Tb light soya sauce
4 Tb yuzu juice
2 ts sugar
2 garlic cloves, diced 

Mix the oyster sauce, soya sauce, yuzu juice, sugar and garlic
in a bowl. Marinate the pork ribs in this, placing them in a
ziplock bag/in a bowl with a cling wrap over it. Leave it to
marinate for 15-90 min. Of course, the longer you give, the
better the flavour is absorbed by the meat.

Remove the meat from the marinade and stir fry it till cooked
through.

Cook the remaining sauce separately by boiling it. Pour it
over the meat and serve.

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