From: AlleyCat <katt@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.global-warming,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: So Much Written... So Little Said
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:06:29 -0500
Organization: AlleyCat Computing, Inc.
On Mon, 18 Aug 2025 08:52:37 -0700, Alan says...
>
> On 2025-08-17 18:48, AlleyCat wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 18:38:53 -0700, Alan says...
> >
> >>> It doesn't matter if Blade's helicopters are in Burrow, AL...
> >>> they still have customers who fly in helicopters.
> >>>
> >>
> >> And I never said they didn't.
> >>
> >
> > And I never said they "owned" any either, did I?
> >
> > Nope.
> >
> > I said they "had" helicopters.
> >
> > If I walked into BLADE, or now Joby/Blade, and asked", do you have
> > helicopters to let, rent or lease,?", are they going to go into a
> > long-winded semantically-driven explanation of WHY they have
> > helicopters outside their office, then admitting "no... we don't
> > HAVE any, but you can fly in one."
> >
> > What a pedantic little prick, you are.
>
> Let's go to the tape (metaphorically)!
>
> 'Well, for one, they're down a cool $125 million after acquiring Blade
> Air Mobility's US air taxi business, which HAS helicopters,
> so they're going to HAVE to operate their helicopters to help pay for
> the building of their aircraft, alone. '
>
> Let's pull out the most salient bits now:
>
> "Blade Air Mobility's US air taxi business, which HAS helicopters"
>
> "so they're going to HAVE to operate their [Blade's] helicopters"
>
> Since Blade doesn't own or lease helicopters, they are not going to
> "HAVE to operate their helicopters", are they, Loser?
"Own": Sorry... Phrase not found
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