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Re: Duke attempts the Impossible
« Reply #2160 on: July 20, 2010, 20:55:31 PM »
For the past 2 or 3 years I"ve actively avoided travelling BA because of strikes and disruption. They"re a bunch of clowns.

We normally fly direct to vegas from MCR. When BMI stopped the only direct flight (TCOOK don"t fly in the winter schedule) our choice for last March was BA from Heathrow or Virgin from Gatwick. Heathrow is much nearer but BA lost out because I couldn"t be sure they"d get us there - and this was way before the cabin crew/Unite started getting grumpy. LOL. Oh and Virgin were brilliant - the crew were really friendly + all drinks were free.

I also try to avoid Ryanair because they invented the charge for everything school of ticket pricing.
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Re: Duke attempts the Impossible
« Reply #2161 on: July 20, 2010, 21:03:11 PM »

In this environment, airlines going bust quite regularly, fuel prices going sky high, all airlines losing millions and millions because of the volcano cloud, every price going sky high, everyone not being given pay riases, some being given pay deductions...  And these people want to go on strike because they are not getting a big enough pay rise...  I hope the ongoing strikes cost BA so much money that they have to drop routes and drop staff along with them, and then see who the strike is going to hurt..  No sympathy for them.




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Re: Duke attempts the Impossible
« Reply #2162 on: July 20, 2010, 21:33:39 PM »
Didn"t I read something about virgin taking the old BMI slots from Manchester to Vegas?
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Re: Duke attempts the Impossible
« Reply #2163 on: July 20, 2010, 21:48:53 PM »
Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii well done on the seat tonight!  And tell Marie best of luck with the job promotion!!!

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« Reply #2164 on: July 20, 2010, 21:57:20 PM »

Didn"t I read something about virgin taking the old BMI slots from Manchester to Vegas?


yeah direct flights from next April

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« Reply #2165 on: July 20, 2010, 22:00:07 PM »

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii well done on the seat tonight!  And tell Marie best of luck with the job promotion!!!


Nother Marie-ism

She usually bounds in and bounds out - no hello etc

Tonight

"Hello daddy how was your holiday and how are you - can I get you anything"
"what do you want"
"nothing I was just asking how you were"
"what do you want"
"why do you think I want something"
"what do you want"
"daddy"
"what do you want"
"will you pay for my holiday and I will pay you back"

Priceless

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Re: Duke attempts the Impossible
« Reply #2166 on: July 20, 2010, 22:00:59 PM »
Here ya go Honey   ;)

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Re: Duke attempts the Impossible
« Reply #2167 on: July 20, 2010, 22:07:02 PM »
Oh dear -- sniffing now - Thanks Dawn GGWPNH

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Re: Duke attempts the Impossible
« Reply #2168 on: July 20, 2010, 22:08:12 PM »

In this environment, airlines going bust quite regularly, fuel prices going sky high, all airlines losing millions and millions because of the volcano cloud, every price going sky high, everyone not being given pay riases, some being given pay deductions...  And these people want to go on strike because they are not getting a big enough pay rise...  I hope the ongoing strikes cost BA so much money that they have to drop routes and drop staff along with them, and then see who the strike is going to hurt..  No sympathy for them.


agree and in my opinion they have bucked the wrong man in Willie Walsh

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Re: Duke attempts the Impossible
« Reply #2169 on: July 21, 2010, 08:24:02 AM »
This time last week I awoke to the radio stating

"Ce matin sera ensoleille avec les temperatures de 34 degres centigrades"   8)

This morning I awoke to the radio stating

"The fire brigade had over 200 calls last night due to fooding after last nights torrential rain"   >:(

Sigh

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Re: Duke attempts the Impossible
« Reply #2170 on: July 21, 2010, 12:38:36 PM »
So Reckitt Benckiser have bought SSL and it has been called a match made in heaven, why?

SSL make condoms &  the other crowd make Cillit BANG.

It made me chuckle anyway

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Re: Duke attempts the Impossible
« Reply #2171 on: July 21, 2010, 19:17:36 PM »
It"s persisting down here, so naturaly Sky goes off - Jesus technology my arsium

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Re: Duke attempts the Impossible
« Reply #2172 on: July 21, 2010, 20:31:28 PM »
Agreed.
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Re: Duke attempts the Impossible
« Reply #2173 on: July 22, 2010, 19:56:15 PM »
Watching the darts and playing on full tilt

$10 45 man first hand

I limp with  7h  6h

flop  :3d:  4c  5c

he bets I raise he calls

turn  6s

he checks - I shove he calls, he has  ah  8c

river  7s

next  ::)


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Re: Duke attempts the Impossible
« Reply #2174 on: July 22, 2010, 21:17:21 PM »
wee bit better this time 7/14 in the next one