Mundane News

[Speicher]

Morning. It is grey and windy here.

Ooh! I just saw a blue bit.

Not enough to make a sailor a pair of trousers?

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

They tend only to get antsy if they feel cornered.

Wombats are the same. Problem is that the creek meets a another creek where our home is acting as a natural 'corner' if you are not careful...

And I do have a habit of going outside at night to stand and watch the stars of the possum depending on what is out... And this can be at anytime of night if my back feels the need to no longer be lying down... It's a rather unfortunate habit really but with no neighbour or light pollution the start gazing here is amazing. The possum just sits in the tree a few feet from me... The stars just gaze back...

 

[StuAff]

Nightmare journey back from France, which is having a general strike: I expected to be home by about 8pm yesterday, but after 3 hours delay at the airport, 3 hours sitting in the plane on the tarmac, then once back in the UK a delayed train, an hour on a rail-replacement bus, and a ten-quid taxi ride, I got home at 3.30am today. It's rather taken the edge off a nice visit to an old friend, to be honest .

Ouch! What a PITA.

 

[ianrauk]

Which flight company @User13710 ?

 

[ianrauk]

EasyJet.

Good on them.

 

[ianrauk]

Imagine if it had been Lyingair...

I would have said the same

 

[Katherine]

Nightmare journey back from France, which is having a general strike: I expected to be home by about 8pm yesterday, but after 3 hours delay at the airport, 3 hours sitting in the plane on the tarmac, then once back in the UK a delayed train, an hour on a rail-replacement bus, and a ten-quid taxi ride, I got home at 3.30am today. It's rather taken the edge off a nice visit to an old friend, to be honest .

Sounds horrible but at least you are home safely.

 

[ianrauk]

I've had delays with EasyJet and had very similar experiences to @User13710 - well handled by all concerned (even if they've been run off their feet) with good humour. I've had delays with Ryanair* and had then try to deny they have any responsibilities for the welfare of passengers.



*Mr R's family insist on flying with them because they're cheap.

I'm fully aware of RyanAirs lowly tactics as hove flown with them a few times.
It was a brilliant bit of perfect customer service, one that should be applauded who ever the company was.

 

[Salty seadog]

I'm fully aware of RyanAirs lowly tactics as hove flown with them a few times.
It was a brilliant bit of perfect customer service, one that should be applauded who ever the company was.

tbf it's a legal obligation to offer refreshments after 2 hours delay and food after 4. And most crew and passengers would remain philisophical in the situation. There will always be some irrational sorts though. During the Icelandic ashcloud when air travel came to a standstill we were the bussiest I have ever been on the ferries. Every trip day and night for about 4 days was full to capacity and we still had people complaining to us that we were late or it was overcrowded.......'err sorry mate but we're helping you out here, at least your getting home and volcanic erruptions are somewhat out of our control.'

 

[Gravity Aided]

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Time for a heartfelt retrospective?


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4hmkCuDUrE

 

[Gravity Aided]

On the whole boar/wild pigs are rather shy creatures. They tend only to get antsy if they feel cornered.

In the Southern U.S. they are getting pretty pushy, going into peoples' yards and such. In states like Alabama, there is no limit on boars, and in Texas, I think you can shoot them from an aircraft. I've heard they consider anything their territory, and have become a great nuisance .I can't imagine mountain biking in those areas. Cougars(puma) and badgers are shy by comparison. I've never seen a cougar, and badgers I have only seen by the roadside, hit by a car, and once I saw a badger running away across an open field,as I rode my bicycle.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I'm fully aware of RyanAirs lowly tactics as hove flown with them a few times.
It was a brilliant bit of perfect customer service, one that should be applauded who ever the company was.

Still probably better than most American air carriers, I have friends that will only fly Virgin or BA or Lufthansa going east. I don't fly at all anymore, not out of fear, but out of frustration with the airlines and security. Also too skint for anything more than train travel.

 

[raleighnut]

I've had delays with EasyJet and had very similar experiences to @User13710 - well handled by all concerned (even if they've been run off their feet) with good humour. I've had delays with Ryanair* and had then try to deny they have any responsibilities for the welfare of passengers.



*Mr R's family insist on flying with them because they're cheap.

View: https://youtu.be/l6pj3Fdbwng


WARNING NSFW

 

[petek]

No more flying for me thank goodness.
Never enjoyed it and the airport-messing-about these days is enough to make a saint swear.

 

[petek]

Not the best of days.
Housework until noon and then it came on to rain.
Bicycle garaged since yesterday.
I do miss that daily ride out and back.