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[Deleted member 1258]

I've been having a laugh, I've been clearing out my spam folders. Apparently I've got 4.5 million in US dollars waiting for me in Switzerland, all I need to do is send them 105 US dollars to claim it, I've also had an offer to become a Mothercare mystery shopper and get a 100 pound voucher to spend in store, and yes as a 65 year old granddad I'm sure I can do that, I've also been offered a 15% discount at a sex goods store. I'm sure these people must think I've just come off the christmas tree.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

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

Canberra has an international airport like no other we have been through. (I don't fully much either, cost and aircraft noise which hurts my ears being the main reasons but I also can't sit for long periods anymore so anything over an hour is murder for me). But I was impressed at the speed at which everything happens at Canberra. You can be off your plane and in your vehicle driving away within 15 minutes of touch down.

My husband flies quite regularly with work, flying being the standard travel here because of distances involved, and I can literally be driving passed the end of the runway as his plane touches down and collect him from the arrivals area outside the airport without struggling to park or waiting anywhere. The international side of things is similar.

Mind you here in Canberra a traffic jam is considered to be having to stop because a tragic light was on red!

 

[classic33]

Canberra has an international airport like no other we have been through. (I don't fully much either, cost and aircraft noise which hurts my ears being the main reasons but I also can't sit for long periods anymore so anything over an hour is murder for me). But I was impressed at the speed at which everything happens at Canberra. You can be off your plane and in your vehicle driving away within 15 minutes of touch down.

My husband flies quite regularly with work, flying being the standard travel here because of distances involved, and I can literally be driving passed the end of the runway as his plane touches down and collect him from the arrivals area outside the airport without struggling to park or waiting anywhere. The international side of things is similar.

Mind you here in Canberra a traffic jam is considered to be having to stop because a tragic light was on red!

Tragic light!

 

[Fab Foodie]

Can I big it up for A Choral History of Britain on Radio 4. Fascinating subject beautifully presented.

Thanks for the heads-up!

 

[Fab Foodie]

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 .

I drove from Duisburg back to Calais yesterday in around 4 hours, onto the next shuttle and home in no time.
There was a strike? I never knew :-/

 

[Fab Foodie]

EasyJet.

Excellent!

 

[Illaveago]

There was a lot of pinkness a little while ago. Plus a lot of rain.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I have had a full morning, a trip to electronic recycling shed, post office, then home in time to meet the town water fellows, as they wanted to put electronic water meters inside and outside my house, so they all can be read at a central location, and my bills will be more accurate. Job was quickly done, especially as compared to a plumber, and they were on their way, then I cut down a 15 foot mulberry tree in my side yard with an ax and a parang, then washed dishes and made some tacos for lunch. May be bike ride/fettling/ polishing later. If the rain stops.

 

[classic33]

I have had a full morning, a trip to electronic recycling shed, post office, then home in time to meet the town water fellows, as they wanted to put electronic water meters inside and outside my house, so they all can be read at a central location, and my bills will be more accurate. Job was quickly done, especially as compared to a plumber, and they were on their way, then I cut down a 15 foot mulberry tree in my side yard with an ax and a parang, then washed dishes and made some tacos for lunch. May be bike ride/fettling/ polishing later. If the rain stops.

Still sharp?

 

[Gravity Aided]

No, fairly tired, at this point.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I think I may give up and try going back to bed.

 

[classic33]

No, fairly tired, at this point.

It'll stop raining in that case.

 

[classic33]

I think I may give up and try going back to bed.

Not down at 7%!!

Do or do not, there is no try.

 

[GM]

I definitely think cats have a sixth sense, or something spooky about them. Since we lost our cat nearly 4 weeks ago, this ginger thing

Has apparantly been coming into our house every day and sometimes staying overnight. We know where he lives so we know where to take him if he over stays his welcome. He's currently asleep on my lap as I type this.

 

[classic33]

A little under ten hours to go!