"Philip Sondericker" wrote in message
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I have no idea why people would complain about aircraft noise when the
majority of noise comes from ground-based vehicles.

First of all, because there's not much to be envious about when it comes to
most ground-based vehicles. Secondly, because some people never outgrew the
"terrible two's".

Tom
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"Federal personnel data show that just 434 civilian federal workers were
fired for poor performance in 2001.Just 210 non-defense workers,
or 1 in 5,000, were fired for poor performance. Firing rates were
similarly low in prior years, and are low across all agencies."

NOTE: "Poor performance" includes sexual harassment, theft,
assault, and other criminal actions.