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Q: What's Worse Than Your Neighbor's New $600 Drone He Got for Christmas?

ercoerco Posts: 20,256
edited 2014-12-31 01:03 in General Discussion
A: Justin Bieber's new $60 million Learjet he got for Christmas

https://celebrity.yahoo.com/blogs/celeb-news/no-justice--justin-bieber-got-a-freaking-jet-for-christmas-160244468.html

Comments

  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    edited 2014-12-26 21:24
    Just prayin the moron doesn't try to fly it.
  • RS_JimRS_Jim Posts: 1,766
    edited 2014-12-28 05:36
    kwinn wrote: »
    Just prayin the moron doesn't try to fly it.
    Or makes a westbound departure out of SFO with low fuel!
  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    edited 2014-12-28 14:51
    RS_Jim wrote: »
    Or makes a westbound departure out of SFO with low fuel!

    Westbound with low fuel wouldn't be so bad.
  • xanaduxanadu Posts: 3,347
    edited 2014-12-28 22:01
    With a net worth of 200 million he owns a 80 million dollar jet...

    And my dog owns a C-172..

    L-172.jpg
  • msrobotsmsrobots Posts: 3,709
    edited 2014-12-29 05:17
    Nice looking dog.hmm plane.

    You night need to take good care of the dog, extra patting once in a while. Not that he looks for another pilot...

    Enjoy!

    Mike
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2014-12-29 07:27
    The dog looks like he's being impatient with you getting that thing off the ground. Our dogs have always loved riding in cars, I never thought about how they might like planes.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2014-12-29 07:50
    xanadu wrote: »
    And my dog owns a C-172.

    While this dog gets owned by a Cessna 172... :)
  • dmagnusdmagnus Posts: 271
    edited 2014-12-29 09:02
    Used to do that with my kids all the time, they loved it. "Dad! Do it again!" Of course, they were belted in - usually. :-)
  • xanaduxanadu Posts: 3,347
    edited 2014-12-29 09:42
    He (Loki) would probably be okay at a less busy airport. He was very concerned with the loud jet traffic and insisted on being in my lap. It was a stretch for the aircraft owner to allow it to happen, and the dog wasn't really happy so we went to the park instead :)

    hat dog in zero G looked quite the opposite, he'd probably enjoy skydiving too!
  • dmagnusdmagnus Posts: 271
    edited 2014-12-29 11:45
    In my experience, dogs really don't like the noise in the airplane. I could never figure out decent ear protection for my dogs, so they didn't get to go.
  • User NameUser Name Posts: 1,451
    edited 2014-12-29 13:23
    erco wrote: »
    While this dog gets owned by a Cessna 172... :)

    Great video. All in all, dog seemed to handle it with aplomb...or at least patience. Must not have been his first time.
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2014-12-30 06:21
    My dog rides on my Yamaha motorscooter here in Taiwan.... lots of dogs do.
    And it seems the other dogs envy them.

    My neighbor's dogs sometimes demand a ride around the block because their owner never takes them anywhere.

    I strongly suspect canines have their own love affair with speed and the open road. My mutt even seems happier running along with my scooter rather than just walking with me. I strongly suspect there is a canine equivalent of 'runner's high' that is at the bottom of all this.
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2014-12-30 06:44
    Flying dogs, dogs on scooters...as is so often the case the discussion in a thread is more interesting that the subject of the opening post:)
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2014-12-30 07:54
    Well, when the topic is Justin Bieber's spoiled lifestyle, what can one expect?

    I find it far more interesting that one man brings all four of his dogs to the park on one 90cc motor scooter. The dogs have each worked out their own position and miraculously climb on and stay on as he drives off towards home. No seat belts, no special baskets. Two behind him, one on the floor board, and one on the handlebars.

    My feeling about Justin is that we should just make one day each year a "Slap Justin" day, so he might actually grow up and stop behaving like a spoiled brat. But I suspect he would just hide away on the French Rivera behind a few body guards and gloat.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pW1-DLWUxo

    http://motorscootermuse.com/petsonscooters.php

    Then again, there are a few motor scooter drivers I'd like to slap as well.

    http://www.oddee.com/item_98098.aspx
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2014-12-30 08:15
    Loopy,

    Oh what? You have to get us a video of the four dogs on a scooter!
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2014-12-30 08:31
    It may take sometime. I haven't seen him at the park in quite awhile. At one point he was ill for quite awhile and his son brought all four dogs to park the same way.

    My mutt is roughly 30 kilos and looks like a black German Sheppard, but I suspect is is half Husky and half native Taiwan dog. It is hard to believe, but we have been riding a motor scooter together for 13 or so years now. And he has done very well in a few tight spots over the years, including me once dumping the motor scooter due to a collision ahead.

    Here is a guy that has two riding. I certainly don't try to put goggles,a helmet, and clothes on my dog. It gets a bit silly. It is not uncommon to see two dogs riding in Kaohsiung. Three or four on one scooter are a bit rare, and dogs have to be smaller.

    http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/09/01/00010109_medium.jpeg

    More dogs and scooters...
    http://www.gtasportriders.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=3676

    Of course, one has to grasp the traffic, the typhoons, and thunder and lightning that occurs. My mutt and I have been through it all.

    http://raykliu.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/taiwan-scooters-4.jpg
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2014-12-30 08:59
    The German Shepard in that second link looks decidedly nervous about his situation. The others look like they are loving it though.

    Never though I would say this but it looks like I need to get a scooter and a dog. Law round here won't allow putting the two together though.
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2014-12-31 01:03
    Well, I am pretty sure the Taiwanese dogs love it. And the average Taiwanese dog seems to be quite intelligent and aware of what humans are up to.

    I suspect that back in California, this would raise umbrage with the local law enforcement and animal rights lobby. So i guess I will at least remain here for the remainder of my dog's life. California is not safe for a dog to merely cross the street. Mine thinks that everyone will stop or avoid him... and they do.
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