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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread contrails #117947 12/18/2003 6:04 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 The first contrails I ever saw were in a movie about Biblical times. Beautiful new Techicolor blue sky, without a cloud, but suddenly a pair of bright white moving lines in the sky. In the early days I guess the propellor driven planes flew lower, and the contrails developed at the wingtips. Now the jets headed to and from LAX make only a single line. I don't know if it is a pair so hight it looks like one or not. And it obviously varies with air temperatures aloft, and relative humidity up there, as it may start suddenly and stop suddenly. I have seen stories that so many contrails may contribute significantly to global warming. Sounds like bull to me. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: contrails #117948 12/18/2003 6:11 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont this was a topic from my early days on the board: http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=78423 many memories of big South Dakota skies and vapor trails and sonic booms.. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,380 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 38 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,206 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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