Mideast tour: leaving on a jet plane
Specifically, a Learjet from Kuwait to Qatar.
More specifically, a Learjet that was sent from Qatar to Kuwait to pick up four comedians because, after the comedians woke up at 2am for a 3am call for a drive to a secured military airstrip for a 7am (non-Learjet) flight, it was discovered that the pilot of said 7am flight had arrived at 3am, dropped off four passengers, thus making room for the comedians -- and then promptly departed. Calls were made. Comedians were tired and annoyed. Naps were taken. A Learjet came. The part of the video inside the jet is really loud. It's kind of hard to talk in a Learjet, even though you sort of feel like a financially successful rapper.
I don't know what a Learjet flight runs the military (you can charter one yourself for about $2K/hour), but somebody cost the taxpayers some bucks on this one.
"Ninety percent of your body is water -- very little of it is land."
More specifically, a Learjet that was sent from Qatar to Kuwait to pick up four comedians because, after the comedians woke up at 2am for a 3am call for a drive to a secured military airstrip for a 7am (non-Learjet) flight, it was discovered that the pilot of said 7am flight had arrived at 3am, dropped off four passengers, thus making room for the comedians -- and then promptly departed. Calls were made. Comedians were tired and annoyed. Naps were taken. A Learjet came. The part of the video inside the jet is really loud. It's kind of hard to talk in a Learjet, even though you sort of feel like a financially successful rapper.
I don't know what a Learjet flight runs the military (you can charter one yourself for about $2K/hour), but somebody cost the taxpayers some bucks on this one.
"Ninety percent of your body is water -- very little of it is land."
posted by JenIsFamous at 9/20/2007 01:41:00 AM
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I actually know why there are fires at the wells! They are generally not oil fires but rather natural gas fires. When they drill in the middle east, they are typically looking for oil, but they may find small amounts of natural gas too. The amounts are too small to economically capture the natural gas, so they have to do something with it. If they just vent it, it can cause an explosive situation if there is a spark nearby.
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On another note, there has been a recent effort to produce Gas-to-liquids (GTL) plants to recover these small amounts of natural gas and turn them into sulphur-free diesel. There is a new plant being built in Qatar to do this. So, hopefully we won't be wasting the gas anymore.
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