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Good counterpoints all, I think. I’m impressed that we could write off 50t and still have an airplane. That seemed so preposterous that I did not consider it, honestly. Turns out big stuff is big.

Now we can go to the running of the bulls with our respective napkin backs, and see who attracts the bull!

>I’m impressed that we could write off 50t and still have an airplane.

100t actually - 25t per engine, of which there are four. And the plane could still carry 50 tonnes of cargo/people.

That’s wacky, for lack of a better word. It’s like a whole flying apartment building.

Now we can go to the running of the bulls with ...

Thanks, but I think I'll be running with the chickens. ;)

That sounds interesting. Not necessarily better. Who was it that said quantity has a quality all its own?

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