...anything worth a looksy?

Rhodes was alright, food was pretty disappointing and the flights were 
pure purgatory (a 4.30am cattle-class departure is something I hope I 
never have to endure again). Resort was rammed with Italians and 
Russians and very few brits, so it was MILF-central but Russians seem 
to mostly be cunts. Surprise. Still, it beats working.

The highlight of our Greek holiday was a trip to Turkey. Go figure.

-- 
ogden

GSXR750 K4
RGV250 VJ22

ogden  wrote:

>  (a 4.30am cattle-class departure is something I hope I 
> never have to endure again)

You should fucking worry. I've just got home, after making my connection
from Dalian to Beijing only to discoer that BA China had overbooked my
flight home. No seats. Ditto the Monday flight. Ditto the Tuesday
flight.

Managed to get onto a China Airlines plane to LHR. China Airlines is the
worst cattle-class longhaul I have *ever* flown.

Anyway, home now. Grumblemuffin.

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"What you're proposing to do will involve a lot of time
and hassle for no tangible benefit."

The Older Gentleman wrote:
> ogden  wrote:
> 
>>  (a 4.30am cattle-class departure is something I hope I
>> never have to endure again)
> 
> You should fucking worry. I've just got home, after making my
> connection from Dalian to Beijing only to discoer that BA China had
> overbooked my flight home. No seats. Ditto the Monday flight. Ditto
> the Tuesday flight.
> 
> Managed to get onto a China Airlines plane to LHR. China Airlines is
> the worst cattle-class longhaul I have *ever* flown.

Heh.  Green ink time, then?

In article <1inzxlz.1kj0lcddgcbaqN%totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk>,
 totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote:

> ogden  wrote:
> 
> >  (a 4.30am cattle-class departure is something I hope I 
> > never have to endure again)
> 
> You should fucking worry. I've just got home, after making my connection
> from Dalian to Beijing only to discoer that BA China had overbooked my
> flight home. No seats. Ditto the Monday flight. Ditto the Tuesday
> flight.
> 
> Managed to get onto a China Airlines plane to LHR. China Airlines is the
> worst cattle-class longhaul I have *ever* flown.
> 
> Anyway, home now. Grumblemuffin.

What happened to the famous TOG upgrade for free?

-- 
Mike
In the end there is one dance you'll do alone
skype: muddycat

muddy cat wrote:
> In article <1inzxlz.1kj0lcddgcbaqN%totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk>,
> totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote:
>
>> ogden  wrote:
>>
>>>  (a 4.30am cattle-class departure is something I hope I
>>> never have to endure again)
>>
>> You should fucking worry. I've just got home, after making my
>> connection from Dalian to Beijing only to discoer that BA China had
>> overbooked my flight home. No seats. Ditto the Monday flight. Ditto
>> the Tuesday flight.
>>
>> Managed to get onto a China Airlines plane to LHR. China Airlines is
>> the worst cattle-class longhaul I have *ever* flown.
>>
>> Anyway, home now. Grumblemuffin.
>
> What happened to the famous TOG upgrade for free?

I think you need to have a seat to get an upgrade.  Maybe he forgot his hat.

In article <fnTDk.64067$E41.6039@text.news.virginmedia.com>,
 "platypus"  wrote:

> muddy cat wrote:
> > In article <1inzxlz.1kj0lcddgcbaqN%totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk>,
> > totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote:
> >
> >> ogden  wrote:
> >>
> >>>  (a 4.30am cattle-class departure is something I hope I
> >>> never have to endure again)
> >>
> >> You should fucking worry. I've just got home, after making my
> >> connection from Dalian to Beijing only to discoer that BA China had
> >> overbooked my flight home. No seats. Ditto the Monday flight. Ditto
> >> the Tuesday flight.
> >>
> >> Managed to get onto a China Airlines plane to LHR. China Airlines is
> >> the worst cattle-class longhaul I have *ever* flown.
> >>
> >> Anyway, home now. Grumblemuffin.
> >
> > What happened to the famous TOG upgrade for free?
> 
> I think you need to have a seat to get an upgrade.  Maybe he forgot his hat.

Sounds like it.

-- 
Mike
In the end there is one dance you'll do alone
skype: muddycat

muddy cat wrote:
> In article <fnTDk.64067$E41.6039@text.news.virginmedia.com>,
> "platypus"  wrote:
> 
>> muddy cat wrote:
>>> In article <1inzxlz.1kj0lcddgcbaqN%totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk>,
>>> totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote:
>>> 
>>>> ogden  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>  (a 4.30am cattle-class departure is something I hope I
>>>>> never have to endure again)
>>>> 
>>>> You should fucking worry. I've just got home, after making my
>>>> connection from Dalian to Beijing only to discoer that BA China had
>>>> overbooked my flight home. No seats. Ditto the Monday flight. Ditto
>>>> the Tuesday flight.
>>>> 
>>>> Managed to get onto a China Airlines plane to LHR. China Airlines
>>>> is the worst cattle-class longhaul I have *ever* flown.
>>>> 
>>>> Anyway, home now. Grumblemuffin.
>>> 
>>> What happened to the famous TOG upgrade for free?
>> 
>> I think you need to have a seat to get an upgrade.  Maybe he forgot
>> his hat. 
> 
> Sounds like it.

I guess the heathen Chinee simply don't "get" bareheaded eccentrics.

In article <IiUDk.64088$E41.19783@text.news.virginmedia.com>,
 "platypus"  wrote:

> muddy cat wrote:
> > In article <fnTDk.64067$E41.6039@text.news.virginmedia.com>,
> > "platypus"  wrote:
> > 
> >> muddy cat wrote:
> >>> In article <1inzxlz.1kj0lcddgcbaqN%totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk>,
> >>> totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>> ogden  wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>>>  (a 4.30am cattle-class departure is something I hope I
> >>>>> never have to endure again)
> >>>> 
> >>>> You should fucking worry. I've just got home, after making my
> >>>> connection from Dalian to Beijing only to discoer that BA China had
> >>>> overbooked my flight home. No seats. Ditto the Monday flight. Ditto
> >>>> the Tuesday flight.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Managed to get onto a China Airlines plane to LHR. China Airlines
> >>>> is the worst cattle-class longhaul I have *ever* flown.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Anyway, home now. Grumblemuffin.
> >>> 
> >>> What happened to the famous TOG upgrade for free?
> >> 
> >> I think you need to have a seat to get an upgrade.  Maybe he forgot
> >> his hat. 
> > 
> > Sounds like it.
> 
> I guess the heathen Chinee simply don't "get" bareheaded eccentrics.

No doubt, they don't 'get' a lot of things.

-- 
Mike
In the end there is one dance you'll do alone
skype: muddycat

muddy cat  wrote:

> In article <1inzxlz.1kj0lcddgcbaqN%totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk>,
>  totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote:
> 
> > ogden  wrote:
> > 
> > >  (a 4.30am cattle-class departure is something I hope I 
> > > never have to endure again)
> > 
> > You should fucking worry. I've just got home, after making my connection
> > from Dalian to Beijing only to discoer that BA China had overbooked my
> > flight home. No seats. Ditto the Monday flight. Ditto the Tuesday
> > flight.
> > 
> > Managed to get onto a China Airlines plane to LHR. China Airlines is the
> > worst cattle-class longhaul I have *ever* flown.
> > 
> > Anyway, home now. Grumblemuffin.
> 
> What happened to the famous TOG upgrade for free?

Heh. Oddly, I was offered a cut-price one on BA but that was before they
realised the plane was full....


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"What you're proposing to do will involve a lot of time
and hassle for no tangible benefit."

In article , ogden wrote:
>
> ...anything worth a looksy?

Dunno. I've been away for a week or so.

>
> Rhodes was alright, food was pretty disappointing and the flights were 
> pure purgatory (a 4.30am cattle-class departure is something I hope I 

Just done one of those (although it actually took off at 8:30am - but I
had to get the bus in Dubai at 4:30am to be at Abu Dhabi for 8:30).

Enlivened by the fact that one of the passengers in the front seats of
the bus kicked the bucket before the bus moved off. So we had to wait
for an ambulance while they tried to work out why this old bloke was no
longer moving. Ambulance arrived, CPR and defibrillator doses later and
he still wasn't moving or breathing.

And then the 8 hour plane ride with the toddler from hell in the seats
near me. Oh for an eject button. Or a soundproof bag.

Phil

-- 
             Phil Launchbury, IT PHB
    'I'm training the bats that live in my cube 
              to juggle mushrooms'

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older 
Gentleman  typed
>ogden  wrote:
>
>>  (a 4.30am cattle-class departure is something I hope I
>> never have to endure again)
>
>You should fucking worry. I've just got home, after making my connection
>from Dalian to Beijing only to discoer that BA China had overbooked my
>flight home. No seats. Ditto the Monday flight. Ditto the Tuesday
>flight.
>
>Managed to get onto a China Airlines plane to LHR. China Airlines is the
>worst cattle-class longhaul I have *ever* flown.

The words you are looking for here are "Denied Boarding Compensation".

-- 
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

My position was (and, to be honest, largely remains) one of complete ambiguity.

Wicked Uncle Nigel  wrote:

> The words you are looking for here are "Denied Boarding Compensation".

<Checks natty little BA cashpoint card>

No, not really.


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"What you're proposing to do will involve a lot of time
and hassle for no tangible benefit."

Phil Launchbury wrote:
> In article , ogden
> wrote:
> > ...anything worth a looksy?
> 
> Dunno. I've been away for a week or so.

AOL.  Well, 10 days anyway.

> > 
> > Rhodes was alright, food was pretty disappointing and the flights
> > were pure purgatory (a 4.30am cattle-class departure is something I
> > hope I

Majorca was lovely (apart from some heavy rain at the start).  Food was
great, villa was lovely and once you got the hang of filtering out the
Germans, the town was nice too.

> Just done one of those (although it actually took off at 8:30am - but
> I had to get the bus in Dubai at 4:30am to be at Abu Dhabi for 8:30).
> 
> Enlivened by the fact that one of the passengers in the front seats of
> the bus kicked the bucket before the bus moved off. So we had to wait
> for an ambulance while they tried to work out why this old bloke was
> no longer moving. Ambulance arrived, CPR and defibrillator doses
> later and he still wasn't moving or breathing.
> 
> And then the 8 hour plane ride with the toddler from hell in the seats
> near me. Oh for an eject button. Or a soundproof bag.

We had a 10.30pm flight from Palma on Tuesday.  The plane was around
60% occupied by "The Magaluf Mash Up Crowd", every single one of which
had a some kind of cough[1].  Thank Christ the flight was only two
hours.

[1] Bloke on phone to mate in passport control: "Yeah, we've all got it
but we're taking anti-biotics so we'll be OK".  Fingers crossed it
wasn't contagious.

-- 
Chris

CT wrote:
> Phil Launchbury wrote:
> > In article , ogden
> > wrote:
> > > ...anything worth a looksy?
> > 
> > Dunno. I've been away for a week or so.
> 
> AOL.  Well, 10 days anyway.
> 
> > > 
> > > Rhodes was alright, food was pretty disappointing and the flights
> > > were pure purgatory (a 4.30am cattle-class departure is something I
> > > hope I
> 
> Majorca was lovely (apart from some heavy rain at the start).  Food was
> great, villa was lovely and once you got the hang of filtering out the
> Germans, the town was nice too.

Germans are easy to ignore. Russians are just a pain in the arse.


> We had a 10.30pm flight from Palma on Tuesday.  The plane was around
> 60% occupied by "The Magaluf Mash Up Crowd", every single one of which
> had a some kind of cough[1].  Thank Christ the flight was only two
> hours.

Sitting in the departures lounge at Rhodes Paradisi airport on the way 
back, looking around me, I was reminded of why we were happy to pay the 
extra for a 5* resort.

-- 
ogden

GSXR750 K4
RGV250 VJ22