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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Garuda #107575 07/14/2003 4:46 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK Garuda Airlines is the Indonesian national airline. No doubt y’all know it already, but me, I only just found out the origin of its name, although I did know that its logo was a bird. In Vedic mythology Garuda is king of birds, destroys serpents and is a brave and wise hero figure with a number of stories told about him, including his mission to free his mother from slavery. He has an eagle's beak and red wings, with a golden human male body. Garuda is often shown carrying the Hindu deity Vishnu and his wife Lakshmi on his back. Garuda is a national symbol of Indonesia and of the Thai monarchy. For more on this powerful figure and a picture try: http://www.usmta.com/MYTHS & LEGENDS-3.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Garuda #107576 07/14/2003 5:13 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Bad Request Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand. The request line contained invalid characters following the protocol string. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Garuda #107577 07/14/2003 5:47 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont try this: http://www.usmta.com/MYTHS%20&%20LEGENDS-3.htm there are spaces in the url... sorry, I can't make it hot, because the browser will parse those %20's right outta there... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Garuda #107578 07/14/2003 6:47 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York I remember when parsing was a *good thing. Thanks, eta. dixbie, thanks for the fascinating link. I know very little about Eastern (Asian? Oriental?) mythology. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Garuda #107579 07/14/2003 7:47 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Look at the pretty pictures, by all means. Don't, for the sake of whatever god you propitiate on a regular basis, fly on the airline. It's right at the top of the "don't fly on this airline whatever the circumstances" black list for pilots and diplomats. Even above Aeroflot, and that's saying something. They don't so much maintain their planes as wave them off tearfully in the hope that they'll eventually come back. One Garuda plane was stranded with mechanical failure at Auckland airport for over two weeks. NZ's CAA wouldn't let them take it off the ground ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Garuda #107580 07/15/2003 4:47 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Oh pooh, Capfka. I've flown on Garuda lots of times and not had anything untoward happen, except them being late from time to time. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Garuda #107581 07/15/2003 10:48 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok You may have done so to date, Bingley, but that doesn't change the facts ... they are regarded by other airlines and the airline manufacturers as riskier than Aeroflot. You pays your money and takes your chances, I guess. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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