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Re: Stupid people on St. Martin Beach
[Re: jenniboston]
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07/09/2018 05:06 PM
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jenni--agreed no way the plane would hit her actual body, but the wash from the engines is a real danger. What morons...
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Re: Stupid people on St. Martin Beach
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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07/10/2018 11:22 AM
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To add to what was mentioned in the now closed " Airport stunt" thread. Perhaps the real ‘stupid’ here is having the airport so close to the beach. I doubt there is any chance the airport is going to be moved. Absolutely right so they should close that beach. Sorry, you "close" the beach and you lose one of the biggest tourist attractions on an island that needs all the the revenue they can generate. How about this, let's not depend on any government entity to protect people who CHOOSE to not use common sense?? What a novel idea, use common sense! There is a double fence there, there are warning signs, there is a heavily traveled road and there is one heck of a view of planes and a nice beach with businesses trying to make a go of it.
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Re: Stupid people on St. Martin Beach
[Re: ruralcarrier]
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07/10/2018 11:41 AM
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Very well said, ruralcarrier. Common Sense - imagine that!
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Re: Stupid people on St. Martin Beach
[Re: charlieh]
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07/10/2018 01:17 PM
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Of course. we're all assuming, I guess, that the whole thing wasn't photoshopped in, as there is no way they were actually as close to that plane as it shows in the picture.
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Re: Stupid people on St. Martin Beach
[Re: candj]
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07/11/2018 08:38 PM
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I have a picture of my wife standing with her hands up “holding” KLM 747 from about 10 years ago.... thank you baby Jesus that we didn’t post it anywhere! There are no limits to people’s stupidity...
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Re: Stupid people on St. Martin Beach
[Re: candj]
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07/11/2018 08:45 PM
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The over reaction was amazing to me. Someone said “they put hundreds of lives in danger” speaking about passengers. Do people think she could have kicked the plane out of the sky?
C’mon!!!
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Re: Stupid people on St. Martin Beach
[Re: RICKnGRACE_LI_NY]
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07/11/2018 09:28 PM
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The over reaction was amazing to me. Someone said “they put hundreds of lives in danger” speaking about passengers. Do people think she could have kicked the plane out of the sky?
C’mon!!! LOL, too true. And the jet is a 15 PAX business jet (G650?) , not a "cargo jet" or a 747. Also, the 2 engines are at flight idle during this portion of the approach. No appreciable thrust to blow them over as some have worried about.
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Re: Stupid people on St. Martin Beach
[Re: candj]
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07/13/2018 01:32 PM
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People need to be careful there though. Clearly there are warning signs posted, and I've seem some really stupid stunts...like a Fiat that was flipped due to the engine blast of an Air France. But people don't listen or read. And a tourist recently lost their life, granted she was hanging on the fence, but still.
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Re: Stupid people on St. Martin Beach
[Re: candj]
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07/14/2018 05:25 PM
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I'm sorry, and this is JUST my opinion, but anyone standing in the way of a jet engine blast while trying to hold onto a fence gets what they ask for. People have been severely injured or killed doing that; if you haven't, consider yourself lucky. People who sky dive or mountain climb or scuba dive all have a degree of training and experience involved, with some safety factors put in place. It doesn't take much experience (or brains) to be blown by a jet engine blast. With that being said, it never occurred to me that the girl in the photo was anywhere near the plane, nor in danger of causing a problem for the passengers. Some people will buy anything if it's online.
Robin & Ed
One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. - Henry Miller
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Re: Stupid people on St. Martin Beach
[Re: irish1223]
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07/15/2018 08:33 PM
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I agree with the stupidity of hanging on the fence. However 25 years ago when I was younger and dumber I admit I did it. This convsation wasn’t about that. This was about the picture of acrobats having a plane fly over their heads while doing a stunt. The most ridiculous statement mentioned the safety of plane passengers being at risk. The lady, no matter how hard she could try, was never going to kick the plane out of the air.
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Re: Stupid people on St. Martin Beach
[Re: RICKnGRACE_LI_NY]
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07/16/2018 01:36 PM
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'Younger and dumber' I can understand. We've all done stupid, absurd things when we were younger (and dumber) and are glad to have lived through them to tell the story.
Robin & Ed
One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. - Henry Miller
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Re: Stupid people on St. Martin Beach
[Re: weeks5051]
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07/16/2018 03:15 PM
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Thousands of people have stood behind a jet during take off. I maintain that it's no more dangerous than sky diving or mountain climbing. Just because you wouldn't do it doesn't change that fact. Have you ever done it? It's a tourist attraction for a reason. Think about mountain climbing, A person is thousands of feet in the air held up by a single rope that attached to a piece of metal that wedged into a rock. Why don't you think that's a stupid sport? As far as danger goes, I'll take a jet blast ( on terra firma) over the previously described mountain climber any day. I wonder why it is not common practice at most US airports if it is such routine thing?
J.D.
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