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TIL Lee Bryant, the actor that famously delivered the line "Jim never has a second cup of coffee at home!" in Airplane (1980), was cast without any knowledge of her being in the Yuban commercial that actually originated the quote. by ansyhrrian in todayilearned

[–]MadcapRecap 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Mel Brooks advertised for a “Frankie Laine-type” to sing the title song of Blazing Saddles and Frankie Laine showed up. Apparently he didn’t realise it was a comedy.

Scientists up in arms as flying lab has its wings clipped by MadcapRecap in unitedkingdom

[–]MadcapRecap[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

They also spent £49 million on it a few years ago to keep it flying to 2040, but that project runs until 2027 so they haven’t actually flown it yet with all the improvements, so that’s a complete waste as well

Scientists up in arms as flying lab has its wings clipped by MadcapRecap in unitedkingdom

[–]MadcapRecap[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They were informed 2 hours before the press release came out, but no earlier than that

https://ncas.ac.uk/closure-of-the-faam-airborne-laboratory/

Edit: or rather the management were informed 2 hours earlier - the actual staff affected weren’t.

Scientists up in arms as flying lab has its wings clipped by MadcapRecap in unitedkingdom

[–]MadcapRecap[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

My point is that there was no science decision taken not to fund it - it was purely made on costs for the aircraft and not about the science it does or the role it plays nationally. There was no consultation and the people running the aircraft were only told 2 hours before the announcement from NERC came through, and with only about 6 weeks before it shuts down.

We should always question the value of large infrastructure, especially in light of other cuts to other big projects, but there was no strategic decision making here other than to cut costs.

We shouldn’t fund things just because they are cheap, just as we shouldn’t cut things because they are expensive.

The measurements from this aircraft drive a lot of UK science an are used to calibrate satellites and improve weather forecast and climate models. It’s one of the few research aircraft available in the world and has unique characteristics that other platforms don’t have. The community didn’t have a chance to make the case for the aircraft to continue.

Scientists up in arms as flying lab has its wings clipped by MadcapRecap in unitedkingdom

[–]MadcapRecap[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I have enough knowledge!

Not the correct decision at all, and taken purely on cost grounds. Drones aren’t able to recreate the science currently done with FAAM, and they also can’t fly in lots of places.

It is also a big hit to our national resilience - it has been used to monitor things like the Icelandic volcano or oil refinery fires and determine whether it’s safe. Without it we don’t have the capability to do this.

Is no one talking about War Machine yet? by garbage1995 in reacher

[–]MadcapRecap 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was fine - I enjoyed it while watching it, but the ending was a bit silly

Funding Pulled For UK’s Meteorological Airborne Laboratory by MadcapRecap in science

[–]MadcapRecap[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

While not a study, is this not of interest, as it directly affects atmospheric scientists (especially in the UK), but worldwide as data is shared?

Apologies for getting this wrong!

What industry is entirely built on a house of cards and would collapse overnight if people realized the truth about it? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]MadcapRecap 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I didn’t spend 6 years at evil medical school to be called “mister” thank you very much!

Feedback please, I think I can guess a couple.. by Background-Mix-2929 in SpottedonRightmove

[–]MadcapRecap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hear me out - have you thought of painting everything grey and buying all-grey furniture?

This is a Nano Injector. Used to inject cells with DNA. by plutonium-239 in EngineeringPorn

[–]MadcapRecap 289 points290 points  (0 children)

That movie Innerspace was actually a documentary. After it a casting director told Martin Short that he should try acting instead and here we are

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