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I'm reminded of the people who move into the flight pattern of an airport because the housing's cheaper there and then complain about the noise of planes flying over.
and I'm reminded, by this, of that wonderful Aussie movie, The Castle, in which a small housing development is being compulsorily acquired by AirLink so that company can expand its shipping facilities. The neighbourhood - and one man in particular - fights this. One of the neighbours is from Lebanon, and he didn't mind the planes flying over. He had a classic line about it:
"They say the plane, they fly overhead, drop the value. In Beirut, plane fly overhead, drop bomb. Huh. I like this plane."
Guess it's all a matter of perspective....
Let us go in peace to love and serve the board.
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