On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:32:36 +0000, darsy <da...@sticky.co.uk> wrote: >>> >> Changi is an excellent airport IMHO
>>> > I wasn't particularly impressed TBH. Sydney was better OTW.
>>> The best airport I've been through remains Kansai International.
>>The best airport I've been through remains the smallest one, wherever >>that was.
>I flew into Perugia airport once - that was hilariously small, and so >quick to get through baggage collection/customs it was unreal. So I >tend to agree that small=good for airports, when you're /flying in/. >Flying /out/ you want all the fucking amenities you can get, and >having flown /out/ of another small Italian airport - Pescara - I can >tell you it was fucking shit squared.
Well, you say that...
I've flown from Staverton airport, which is about 5~7 miles from my house, to the Isle of Man several times. There's only 2 scheduled flights a day, so last check-in is 30 mins before take off. And, a 19 seater plane means no queue. And the parking is free. And, on one occasion the pilot came into the 'departure lounge about 20 mins before the scheduled time, said "Everyone here? We might as well go, then" and off we went. -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:45:27 +0000, Champ <n...@champ.org.uk> wrote: >On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:32:36 +0000, darsy <da...@sticky.co.uk> wrote:
>>I flew into Perugia airport once - that was hilariously small, and so >>quick to get through baggage collection/customs it was unreal. So I >>tend to agree that small=good for airports, when you're /flying in/. >>Flying /out/ you want all the fucking amenities you can get, and >>having flown /out/ of another small Italian airport - Pescara - I can >>tell you it was fucking shit squared.
>Well, you say that...
>I've flown from Staverton airport, which is about 5~7 miles from my >house, to the Isle of Man several times. There's only 2 scheduled >flights a day, so last check-in is 30 mins before take off. And, a 19 >seater plane means no queue. And the parking is free. And, on one >occasion the pilot came into the 'departure lounge about 20 mins >before the scheduled time, said "Everyone here? We might as well go, >then" and off we went.
completely different. This was having to endure a queue for 45 minutes whilst the Italian border police (or whatever they're called) were dicking everyone around, getting through security (including the now standard confiscation of cans of coke/bottles of water etc.) and then when we eventually got through, there were no amenities. I mean, no way at all of getting anything to eat or drink. And (waiting for the usual suspects) this was for a mainstream EasyJet flight, with about 200 other people, all sweating in a non-air-conditioned concrete-floored hall, with not nearly enough seats for people to sit down in.
And Pescara itself was shit. This was Italy (and I know it's the wrong side) but I tried and failed to eat the shittest pizza I've ever been served in my entire life there.
darsy wrote: > completely different. This was having to endure a queue for 45 minutes > whilst the Italian border police (or whatever they're called) were > dicking everyone around, getting through security (including the now > standard confiscation of cans of coke/bottles of water etc.) and then > when we eventually got through, there were no amenities. I mean, no > way at all of getting anything to eat or drink. And (waiting for the > usual suspects) this was for a mainstream EasyJet flight, with about > 200 other people, all sweating in a non-air-conditioned > concrete-floored hall, with not nearly enough seats for people to sit > down in.
Coming back from Kefalonia, I took a 1.5 litre bottle of water through security with me. It was x-rayed, mind.
> And Pescara itself was shit. This was Italy (and I know it's the wrong > side) but I tried and failed to eat the shittest pizza I've ever been > served in my entire life there.
The best pizza I have ever had was in an Italian shithole about halfway between Turin & Milan.
On 6 Nov 2009 13:59:15 GMT, "CT" <m...@christrollen.co.uk> wrote:
>darsy wrote:
>> And Pescara itself was shit. This was Italy (and I know it's the wrong >> side) but I tried and failed to eat the shittest pizza I've ever been >> served in my entire life there.
>The best pizza I have ever had was in an Italian shithole about halfway >between Turin & Milan.
me too actually - fuck, where was that... <fx: google maps/trip down memory lane>
darsy wrote: > On 6 Nov 2009 13:24:55 GMT, "CT" <m...@christrollen.co.uk> wrote:
>> ginge wrote:
>>> On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:42:12 +0000, Catman >>> <cat...@rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>> Changi is an excellent airport IMHO
>>>> I wasn't particularly impressed TBH. Sydney was better OTW. >>> The best airport I've been through remains Kansai International. >> The best airport I've been through remains the smallest one, wherever >> that was.
> I flew into Perugia airport once - that was hilariously small, and so > quick to get through baggage collection/customs it was unreal. So I > tend to agree that small=good for airports, when you're /flying in/. > Flying /out/ you want all the fucking amenities you can get, and > having flown /out/ of another small Italian airport - Pescara - I can > tell you it was fucking shit squared.
Try Derry.
For 8 hours
At Christmas.
With only on tape on the PA system.
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Champ wrote: > On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:43:45 +0000, Catman > <cat...@rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> I used to live near the end of the old Paya Lebar main runway when it >>>> was the international airpoirt for Singapore. The main road into >>>> Serangoon crossed one of the runways and we'd quite regularly have to >>>> wait at the barriers while a plane landed right across in front of my >>>> dad's car >>> Apparently F used to live where the airport now is. Hwe old man was >>> in the RAF, so there must have been lots of military types there.
>> Our old bungalow is right next to the runway. Sadly I was on the wrong >> side of the plane both in and out. When was F there?
> I've just asked, and apparently it was 69 to 71. Must have made quite > an impression on her, cos she's always talking about it.
We left in 72. Strong possibility we knew each other, or at least our families.
Our bungalow was on Jalan Pernama, and still clearly visible on google maps.
According to my father the other bungalow was somewhere now occupied by the engine maintenance building, Changi N Way so we must have been very close.
<cat...@rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote: >>>>> I used to live near the end of the old Paya Lebar main runway when it >>>>> was the international airpoirt for Singapore. The main road into >>>>> Serangoon crossed one of the runways and we'd quite regularly have to >>>>> wait at the barriers while a plane landed right across in front of my >>>>> dad's car >>>> Apparently F used to live where the airport now is. Hwe old man was >>>> in the RAF, so there must have been lots of military types there.
>>> Our old bungalow is right next to the runway. Sadly I was on the wrong >>> side of the plane both in and out. When was F there?
>> I've just asked, and apparently it was 69 to 71. Must have made quite >> an impression on her, cos she's always talking about it.
>We left in 72. Strong possibility we knew each other, or at least our >families.
Crikey.
I've no idea of your real name. Let me know (via neal at champ dot org dot uk is you want) and I'll ask F, and see what she says. Her old man was called Robertson, and was a wing commander, or some other rank requiring a moustache.
>Our bungalow was on Jalan Pernama, and still clearly visible on google maps.
Send me a link, and I'll pass that on to F too. -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
Champ wrote: > On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:54:34 +0000, Catman > <cat...@rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>> I used to live near the end of the old Paya Lebar main runway when it >>>>>> was the international airpoirt for Singapore. The main road into >>>>>> Serangoon crossed one of the runways and we'd quite regularly have to >>>>>> wait at the barriers while a plane landed right across in front of my >>>>>> dad's car >>>>> Apparently F used to live where the airport now is. Hwe old man was >>>>> in the RAF, so there must have been lots of military types there. >>>> Our old bungalow is right next to the runway. Sadly I was on the wrong >>>> side of the plane both in and out. When was F there? >>> I've just asked, and apparently it was 69 to 71. Must have made quite >>> an impression on her, cos she's always talking about it. >> We left in 72. Strong possibility we knew each other, or at least our >> families.
> Crikey.
> I've no idea of your real name. Let me know (via neal at champ dot > org dot uk is you want) and I'll ask F, and see what she says. Her > old man was called Robertson, and was a wing commander, or some other > rank requiring a moustache.
>> Our bungalow was on Jalan Pernama, and still clearly visible on google maps.
Champ wrote: > On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:43:45 +0000, Catman > <cat...@rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote:
> >>> I used to live near the end of the old Paya Lebar main runway > when it >>> was the international airpoirt for Singapore. The main > road into >>> Serangoon crossed one of the runways and we'd quite > regularly have to >>> wait at the barriers while a plane landed right > across in front of my >>> dad's car
> >> Apparently F used to live where the airport now is. Hwe old man > was >> in the RAF, so there must have been lots of military types > there.
> > Our old bungalow is right next to the runway. Sadly I was on the > > wrong side of the plane both in and out. When was F there?
> I've just asked, and apparently it was 69 to 71. Must have made quite > an impression on her, cos she's always talking about it.
I lived there from 66 to 69, then we moved to Longlevens, where I think we must have bumped into each other at some point.
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>> On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:43:45 +0000, Catman >> <cat...@rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>> I used to live near the end of the old Paya Lebar main runway >> when it >>> was the international airpoirt for Singapore. The main >> road into >>> Serangoon crossed one of the runways and we'd quite >> regularly have to >>> wait at the barriers while a plane landed right >> across in front of my >>> dad's car >>>> Apparently F used to live where the airport now is. Hwe old man >> was >> in the RAF, so there must have been lots of military types >> there.
>>> Our old bungalow is right next to the runway. Sadly I was on the >>> wrong side of the plane both in and out. When was F there? >> I've just asked, and apparently it was 69 to 71. Must have made quite >> an impression on her, cos she's always talking about it.
> I lived there from 66 to 69, then we moved to Longlevens, where I think > we must have bumped into each other at some point.
<cat...@rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote: >> I've no idea of your real name. Let me know (via neal at champ dot >> org dot uk is you want) and I'll ask F, and see what she says. Her >> old man was called Robertson, and was a wing commander, or some other >> rank requiring a moustache.
>>> Our bungalow was on Jalan Pernama, and still clearly visible on google maps.
>> Send me a link, and I'll pass that on to F too. >Done
Hmm. Nothing here yet. I seem to be getting other emails. You could try nchamp at gmail dot com. -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
Champ wrote: > On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:23:38 +0000, Catman > <cat...@rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote:
>>> I've no idea of your real name. Let me know (via neal at champ dot >>> org dot uk is you want) and I'll ask F, and see what she says. Her >>> old man was called Robertson, and was a wing commander, or some other >>> rank requiring a moustache.
>>>> Our bungalow was on Jalan Pernama, and still clearly visible on google maps. >>> Send me a link, and I'll pass that on to F too.
>> Done
> Hmm. Nothing here yet. I seem to be getting other emails. You could > try nchamp at gmail dot com.
Or possibly read your original email correctly? Try that.
<cat...@rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote: >Champ wrote: >> On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:23:38 +0000, Catman >> <cat...@rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> I've no idea of your real name. Let me know (via neal at champ dot >>>> org dot uk is you want) and I'll ask F, and see what she says. Her >>>> old man was called Robertson, and was a wing commander, or some other >>>> rank requiring a moustache.
>>>>> Our bungalow was on Jalan Pernama, and still clearly visible on google maps. >>>> Send me a link, and I'll pass that on to F too.
>>> Done
>> Hmm. Nothing here yet. I seem to be getting other emails. You could >> try nchamp at gmail dot com.
>Or possibly read your original email correctly? Try that.
Yeah, got it this time. Have pass the info and map link on to F, and will talk to her about it later.
Cheers -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:46:56 -0000, "Alex Ferrier" <x...@x.x> wrote: >Champ wrote:
>> Hmm. Nothing here yet. I seem to be getting other emails. You could >> try nchamp at gmail dot com. >Did you get my email, from yesterday?
Yeah, I did. 13th should be ok - I'll let you know if not. -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 10:18:49 -0000, "Alex Ferrier" <x...@x.x> wrote: >Champ wrote:
>> Alex Ferrier wrote:
>>>Champ wrote:
>>>> Hmm. Nothing here yet. I seem to be getting other emails. You could >>>> try nchamp at gmail dot com.
>>>Did you get my email, from yesterday?
>> Yeah, I did. 13th should be ok - I'll let you know if not. >14th
er, yeah. -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
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