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Rteacher · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA

I'll take that as a ... - Hell, I won't even take that! Evil or Very Mad

Doesn't Jeffrey Tambor resemble Dr. Phil? Question

... I remember him mostly from the Gary Shandling Show (...I think I'm probably more similar to the Rip Torn character personality-wise.)

How 'bout this pic of me - a banner made from a headshot (taken about eight years ago) that one hagwon hung from the side of their building:

And now I fricken look like this:

After being cast as a "pyscho inmate" in the violent wing of a prison in Instinct I had to make a decision whether to pursue a career as a character actor in horror films - or live out real-life horror as an EFL teacher in Korea...

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

Rteacher · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA

Yes...like that other "king" (Elvis...) I faked my own death when I started getting too fat (108 kg.) Occasionally, I visit Bellevue Square Park, near Kensington Market in Toronto, cleverly disguised as Bret Hart, to see the wonderful life-size bronze statue heralding my reign...

Rteacher · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA

I'm bumping this frankly because I'm gonna show some of the photos on overhead projector in my classes, and it takes too long sometimes to get to page 3... Anyway, here are a couple more photos I took of my artwork prominently displayed - or stashed in the basement - at my relatives homes:

Swiss James · Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: Shanghai

Cheonmunka · Joined: 04 Jun 2004

AirDisaster.Com Accident Database

Crash records for Cubana de Aviacion in our database.
Left out some early ones for brevity:

Date Airline/Location Aircraft Type/Registration Fatalities

10.06.1976 Cubana de Aviacion McDonnell Douglas DC-8-43 73:73
Bridgetown, Barbados CU-T1201

01.19.1985 Cubana de Aviacion Ilyushin IL-18 38:38
Havana, Cuba CU-T899

09.04.1989 Cubana de Aviacion Ilyushin IL-62 126:126+45
Havana, Cuba CU-T1281

10.24.1990 Cubana de Aviacion Yakovlev YAK-40 10:10
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba CU-T1202

07.11.1997 Cubana de Aviacion Antonov AN-24 44:44
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba CU-T1262

08.29.1998 Cubana de Aviacion Tupolev TU-154M 69:90
Quito, Ecuador CU-T1264

12.21.1999 Cubana de Aviacion McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 17:314+9
Guatemala City, Guatemala F-GTDI

12.25.1999 Cubana de Aviacion Yakovlev YAK-42 22:22
Valencia, Venezuela CU-T1285

Aeroflot averaged two a year until the late nineties:

08.01.1990 Aeroflot Yakovlev YAK-40 47:47
Stepanakert, Azerbaijan SSSR-87453

05.23.1991 Aeroflot Tupolev TU-154 13:178
Leningrad, Russia SSSR-85097

06.26.1991 Aeroflot Antonov AN-24 10:10
Gulf of Finland SSSR-46724

09.16.1991 Aeroflot Antonov AN-24 13:13
Petropavlosk, USSR ---

09.26.1991 Aeroflot Antonov AN-24 10:10
St. Petersburg, Russia SSSR-46724

11.07.1991 Aeroflot Yakovlev YAK-40 37:37
Makhackala, Russia SSSR-87526

11.16.1991 Aeroflot Antonov AN-12 20:20
Anderma, Russia SSSR-47823

08.27.1992 Aeroflot Tupolev TU-134A 84:84
Ivanovo, Russia SSSR-65058

03.23.1994 Aeroflot Airbus A310-304 75:75
Mezhdurechensk, Russia F-OGQS

Rteacher · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA

I've heard that Quantas Airlines has the world's best safety record, having never lost a passenger. That's according to it's spokesperson, actor John Travolta - who is also a qualified pilot. Reportedly, he wants to pilot the plane that will bring the Australian World Cup team to Germany...http://www.theage.com.au/news/geoff-mcclure/travolta-and-roos--its-up-and-away/2006/01/30/1138590436899.html