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                                                               A JOKE ABOUT TWO BLIND PILOTS

Two blind pilots both are wearing dark glasses, one is using a guide dog, and the other is tapping his way along the aisle with a cane.

Nervous laughter spreads through the cabin, but the men enter the cockpit, the door closes, and the engines start up. The passengers begin glancing nervously around, searching for some sign that this is just a little practical joke. None is forthcoming.

The plane moves faster and faster down the runway and the people sitting in the window seats realize they're headed straight for the water at the edge of the airport. As it begins to look as though the plane will plough in to the water, panicked screams fill the cabin. At that moment, the plane lifts smoothly into the air. The passengers relax and laugh a little sheepishly, and soon all retreat into their magazines, secure in the knowledge that the plane is in good hands.

In the cockpit, one of the blind pilots turns to the other and says,"ya know, Bob, one of these days, they're going to scream too late and we're all going to die." [/color] [/b]

       News report                                 Ivorien Ministers Take 50% Pay Cut to Subsidise Fuel


 
The government of Cote d’Ivoire has decided to cut the salaries of its ministers by half in order to fund a reduction in the cost of fuel.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported yesterday that the Ivorien Prime Minister Guillaume Soro said the managers of state-owned companies would also have their pay cut in half to pay for the 10 per cent cut in fuel prices.
Overseas trips by government members would also be reduced to a "bare minimum", he said, according to the BBC report.
"Having heard the people's cry from the heart, the government has decided to cut the price of fuel," Soro said.
A week-long announcement of strike by public transport workers has been called off following the announcement of government’s decision.
Soro said running costs and investments in government departments would also be cut to help cope with the extra expenditure.
Housewives took to the streets banging pots and pans, youths built burning barricades and at least one man was killed in March and April as escalating food prices sparked violent protests in Abidjan.
The government agreed on Sunday to cut the fixed price of diesel fuel to partially offset a hefty rise earlier this month that caused a disruptive transport strike last week in the world's top cocoa grower.
Soro said the price cut and other concessions to transporters would cost the state 200 billion CFA francs ($484 million), the Economic Times website reported yesterday.
Soro, who met union leaders on Saturday, announced the measures at a news conference late on Sunday after an extraordinary cabinet meeting chaired by President Laurent Gbagbo approved the moves.
The price of diesel, which the government raised earlier this month by 44 per cent to 785 CFA francs ($1.90) per litre to better reflect high world crude oil prices, saw the biggest cut, falling 100 francs to 685 francs per litre, he said.
That and other concessions, including a six-month extension of the deadline for payment of road tax, would help reduce the cost of transport and combat food price inflation, Soro said.
"We have decided to create a surveillance committee to check that the prices are being respected ,  we will reinforce measures against racketeering," Soro said.
The cost of paraffin, used extensively for lighting and other purposes in households lacking electricity, was also cut to 490 CFA francs/litre from 550.
Civil servants, who number 90,000-100,000, saw their monthly transport allowance more than doubled to 5,000 CFA from 2,000.
"These efforts drawn up and agreed by the government amount to 200 billion CFA francs, which will have to be found from somewhere," said Soro, a former northern rebel leader who was appointed prime minister last year under a deal to reunite the country after a 2002-2003 war.
"As a result we have decided to reduce state expenses, starting with cutting by half salaries for all government ministers ,  and managing directors of state or parastatal enterprises," he said.
Soro said running costs and investments in government departments would also be cut to help cope with the extra expenditure and reduction in state revenues resulting from the various concessions.

Culled from Thisday newspaper

Hope this will be replicated in Nigeria rather than our government officilas advocating for a blanket removal of subsidy

@ mikelbay

Hmmm, _{we're the biggest single figure} good point
You are warmly welcome to the thread of the coolest people on earth
Your birthmates thus far are franklinog and scubagirl
Holla @ 'em

hey guys any 28th? the luckiest date.

twice i a year, the lenght of day and night ar equal 
one of these days is in the 9 series of dayz (between 22nd & 23rd of sept)
so let all 9iers celebrate this uniqness ;
and lets represent EQUALITY,

hey! september 4 that is it

Hey you Kuyet,are french
your name sounds french i.e if the t is silenced
N E way,your bdaymates thus far are oscaray and saviano
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Hi every one,specially our newest reps,hope you're reaching out and making plans for our month
Anyone mind sharing?

                  QUOTES ON CHARITY

"Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there"
Phillips Brooks


"The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable"
J. S. Buckminster

"The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others, lives unblest"
Henry Home

You can say that again
Aloib, bebelac1 happen to be your bmates on the tread already
Do well to read through the previous pages so you have the 411 about this thread
Welcome

if septemba 8th no show now,i go lock this thread

sept 29th ! can't wait jare   

world terrorist day, sept 11th. b.laden can hook up

We're good pfiefer,how 'bout yourself
Well,your bmate thus far is frontview
Holla

All over the world looking for his bmates 
So are you one?

me, my mama say she born me on d 12th