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Jump to postThis new takes up 1.5 screen widths for me too. I logged on this morning and it's all over the place. Honestly, why does someone always have to fiddle with something that works just fine?
Jump to postNot at all, it's a very classy looking, and IMO well proportioned, aircraft. The A380 for me looks like it was 4.50 pm on a Friday afternoon and the design team wanted to be done by 5.00
Jump to postSilly question, but how would they know in the first place if you're gay?
If they've executed 4000 people because of their sexuality, if you are gay, I might suggest keeping quiet about it, at least until the day the Mullah's aren't running the show. At least you live to fight another day.
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Jump to postYou pay a fee here for police reports e.g. accident or theft. I paid Eur 10 when our Ford disappeared, so, yeh, it's the icing on the cake as a "victim". As vehicle the car was over 8 yrs old it's only insurable 3rd party. Fortunately the Eur 10 was a good investment; they found it a couple of days ...
Jump to postNiagara Falls was one place I was looking forward to visiting, but was disappointed. The falls are ok, but the town is a dump. Crappy souvenirs, hats and duty free tobacco.
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Jump to postIt's pretty common in China. Someone is always Winging the Wong number.
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Jump to postSo how come there are so few accents in Canada? Apart from Newfies and Quebecers, A Nova Scotian sounds the same as an Albertan.
I read somewhere that there is a hint of accent change in Britain every 10 miles.
You have enough time to see a few things for sure but not enough I don't think for a desert safari. Have a look at the <a href="http://www.arabian-adventures.com/ToursSafaris/Dubai/dubai.Asp?nav=2&sub=1" target="_blank">Arabian Adventures</a> website for some tour info. They're pretty decent and par...
Jump to postVW Rabbit. I used to sit in a plastic bin bag with 2 holes for my feet to avoid getting wet. Fuel guage was faulty so the needle would go up but not down again. I thought the fuel consuption was amazing... right up until I was walking with the jerry can in my hand. Most recent surprise in the crap r...
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Jump to postWould come down to who's operating the a/c. If you were comparing like for like, e.g. <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym>, I'd say the 752. If is was a case of a <acronym title="Monarch Airlines (United Kingdom)">ZB</acronym> operated 752 or a <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> ...
Jump to postEur 5.87 <acronym title="Faro (FAO / LPFR), Portugal">FAO</acronym> <acronym title="Birmingham - International (Elmdon) (BHX / EGBB), United Kingdom">BHX</acronym> on MyTravelLite. On the rtn, my case weighed 23kg, but I had no hand luggage. Little Miss "I Don't Like The 6.00 a.m. Check In Shift" gi...
Jump to post... but the direct flight on <acronym title="OLD: Crossair (Switzerland), NEW: Swiss International Airlines (Switzerland)">LX</acronym> is only EUR 360 in Y, and is 2.5 hrs. Unless you really have money to burn or have a medical reason, I wouldn't even consider it. <acronym title="OLD: Crossair (Swi...
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Jump to post<img src="http://www.smcfclub.com/pages/gilles/comet.jpg" width="320" height="240" border=0> 1974 Mercury Comet. Bought for C$90 off my neighbour in <acronym title="Calgary - International (YYC / CYYC), Canada - Alberta">YYC</acronym>. Mine didn't have mags though, although I did paint a Starksy and...
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Jump to postUK 6 months
Portugal 90 days (same for all Schengen countries I assume). Extensions possible. I wouldn't bother to get a visa before hand.
No thread on the autobahn could be complete without a picture of everyone's favourite autobahn users:
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Jump to postMy nationality is not, nor will it ever be "European". I firmly believe the EU will implode sooner or later anyway.
Jump to postI thought NAFTA was about opening borders, not shutting them. This whole Canada / US pissing contest is really sad. I crossed that border many times with just a verbal inspection.
Jump to postAccording to my tour guide around T5 last week, they will be piping the excess heat from the power station for termainl heating, and they will collect 85% of rainwater that falls for use in things like the toilets.
Jump to postI think the quantity of money being spent is enough, the problem what it's being spent on. A lot like the Health Service. It gets enough money, it's just spent on pet projects (i.e. unnecessary crap), bureaucrats, civil servants and pen pushers. Trim the fat, and spend the money where it's needed, n...
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Jump to postC'mon, Christmas isn't Christmas even these days until I've heard Band Aid at least 12 times! They remade that a few years ago too. I don't think that one can count as a fad, it still gets a lot of airplay, although I'll concede that if it had been titled "Do they know it's 757-200ER Launch Day" we ...
Jump to postYou should've posted this over the weekend then I could've got Flat Stanley in LHR T5 on Monday. He'll have to settle for the Algarve in a day or 2.
Jump to post27th of each month unless it's a weekend, then the next banking day. 14 times a year. 2 x in Jul, and 2 x in Dec.
Jump to postTAP charges too, although they have a promotion running until the end of January reducing the intercontinental flight booking fee from € 35 to € 5, European flights € 20 to € 5 and domestics € 11 to € 5. As a travel agent I find it pretty funny that <b>any</b> airline charges you to do all the work ...
Jump to postMy favourite recent quote on the environment came from Emirates Airlines President Tim Clarke:
"There is as much chance of ICAO developing a global emissions trading system as there is of Carling running out of beer".
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Jump to postTHU 07FEB08 DUBLIN /BARCELONA NO MORE LATER FLTS 07FEB <acronym title="Dublin (- Collinstown) (DUB / EIDW), Ireland">DUB</acronym> <acronym title="Barcelona (- El Prat) (BCN / LEBL), Spain">BCN</acronym> 1 <acronym title="Dublin (- Collinstown) (DUB / EIDW), Ireland">DUB</acronym> <acronym title="Ba...
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Jump to postThis film is somewhere between scary "1984 / Big Brother" type stuff and "where's my tin foil hat". Just because Lou Dobbs says it, doesn't make it so. We've heard this type of stuff for everything from the sinking of the Titanic to 9/11. The Vchip has been around for a while, at least 10 years. A l...
Jump to postAn extremely sad story. Parents need to know what their kids are doing on-line no matter how harmless it may appear. A 13 year old, especially one who has "problems" needs extra attention.
That "cute teenage boy" could've also been a middle-aged peodo.
[Edited 2007-12-04 12:15:16]
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Jump to postBagpipes destroying the world eh? Better amend the Kyoto Protocol.
They play 'em in Spain too you know...
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