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Blimps: The Future of Air Transport or the history of Air Tr

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Reflecting on when airtraffic was grounded due the Iceland volcano eruption ash, and of a future world without oil or aeroplanes ....got me thinking about Blimps. Zeppelins. Airships... could they be the way of the future?
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An £80,000 balloon, called the "Eagle Eye Blimp", has been grounded by Greater Manchester Police - because of the region's weather.
So there we haf it, it is obvious to me that in 10 years we will have blimps. the big question i have for you dac is would you go on a blimp ride to amsterdam to get some fat green nugz? also; have you perhaps riden a blimp before? what is your opinion of blimps? do you have any scientific knowledge or even metaphysical poetry of blimps? will blimps replace the motorcar?

i think blimps are interesting because in alternative realitsties the terran army usually uses blimps and penny fartings and other steampunk shit. i hate steampunk as people like it because you can wear some goggles or some porridge faced model with fat tits wears a corset with some clocks on it and its steampunk. this thread is also about steampunk now as well as blimps.

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This thread has a lot of info in it, megatron. I've never ridden on a blimp before but my dad in his old office used to have pictures of hot air balloons and I thought they were kind of magical and give me nostalgia because I used to play around there as a kid.

On the steam punk issue I think your right but I still think arcanum is a wonderful game and I like the setting a bit.


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Ohno Megs youwere right!

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Ohno Megs youwere right!

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ive never rydden a blimp but ive taken the ferry to amsterdam a few times and lets just say what happens in amsterdam stays in amsterdam ;) (i used drugs im saying this casually to downplay the coolness factor i believe it has) as for steam punk it worked in arcanum but not in real life maybe. hth
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i would go on a blimp if it was tethered to something like a floating bar or something
though probably not when i actually think about
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i like looking at planes and helicopters in the sky but
if my experience of future movies is correct blimps will advertise duff beer and japanese girls smiling and eating crap i dont want that either
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Is this the time to make Archer quotes?

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Yonmanc wrote:Ohno Megs youwere right!

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Yonmanc Is that your slam-piece?
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Post by Alister McFap II Esq. »

blimps are just cocks, would Freud say, coz he's so :steampunk:
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rad resistance wrote:Yonmanc Is that your slam-piece?
It certainly is. Be a good son and tell your mother to cut back on the eating will you?
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So what's the deal with those shitty meals they feed you on Blimp Express anyway?

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rad resistance wrote:Yonmanc Is that your slam-piece?
It certainly is. Be a good son and tell your mother to cut back on the eating will you?
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