Voyager- A Landing Starship

[Rom's Sehlat]

I'd say they're part of a sensor mechanism so that they can analyse the surface that the ship will be landing on.

So they get to about 10 meters above a surface before determining its unsafe to land?! That sounds like a bad idea...

 

[F. King Daniel]

Didn't help them when they started sinking into the Silver Blood.

 

[DonIago]

Hm. Not as entertaining as the thread about paying $14 to enter the US, but please, keep trying.

Oh, and I also vote for the Voyager-Spider pic.

 

[Rom's Sehlat]

Voyager landed on (at the time) safe ground, didn't they? The silver blood pooled up underneath them after they had landed.

 

[exodus]

Hm. Not as entertaining as the thread about paying $14 to enter the US, but please, keep trying.

There's a hilarious story in there worth being told, I'm sure.

 

[HoneyBLilly]

Hm. Not as entertaining as the thread about paying $14 to enter the US, but please, keep trying.

There's a hilarious story in there worth being told, I'm sure.

Over in the Misc forum there's a thread about someone whining over having to pay $14 to get into the States.

 

[DonIago]

It impinges on their right to travel wherever they'd like to.

 

[exodus]

^^If $14 is too much for them to afford, then they really need to stay home. Just wait till they find out how much a tank of gas is.

 

[{ Emilia }]

^^If $14 is too much for them to afford, then they really need to stay home. Just wait till they find out how much a tank of gas is.

$8.73 per gallon where I live.
(that's €1.59 per litre)

Beat that.

 

[exodus]

^^If $14 is too much for them to afford, then they really need to stay home. Just wait till they find out how much a tank of gas is.

$8.73 per gallon where I live.
(that's €1.59 per litre)

Beat that.

GOT-DAMN!!!!!!!!!

I'd invest in a Horse.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

In Australia we make you pay to LEAVE the country.

""Departure Tax
An international departure tax of $38 is payable for every person over the age of twelve. This tax can be paid at the airport, and must be paid in order to leave the country. Some travel agents will include this tax in the cost of the ticket, so check with your travel agent.

Now this is cunning.

 

[HoneyBLilly]

Just so they can make you stay.

 

[DonIago]

Are they that desperate?

 

[Solariabsg25]

Now I've got a mental image of Voyager rolled all the way over, with it's little chicken feet stuck straight up in the air like a dead bird.

Hmmm, why can't I get the image of ED209 out of my head?

 

[HoneyBLilly]

Are they that desperate?

I'd move to Australia willingly.

I'd prefer to be there than here in the States half of the time.


Only two downsides from my standpoint

1. Spiders

2. I don't know if my husband's degrees would be viable down there. Hmmm

 

[DonIago]

I'd say you should just move to VT then, but we have spiders here too...

 

[exodus]

1. Spiders

Those are like EVERYWHERE.

 

[HoneyBLilly]

1. Spiders

Those are like EVERYWHERE.

Yeah, but here our species never get too big.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

A huntsman spider in my shower.

btw these same spiders are also common in Hawaii where they are known as cane spiders. They do not bite unless you grab them, roll on them etc.. and the bite causes swelling and some pain, but is no worse than a wasp sting.

 

[DonIago]

I think I read somewhere once that smaller spiders are generally more poisonous than larger ones, but it's quite possible I was mistaken.

Either way...(shudder)