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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2017 13:29:39 GMT
Most flights in and out of the Balkans will see people up and about before the plane stops taxiing.
It goes: Landing > round of applause > get up and start rummaging in overhead bins > announcement telling people to sit down till we've stopped > continued getting up and rummaging > switching on of phones (caveat: many won't have ever been switched off in the first place) > start squawking irritably down phone at some poor benighted sod who couldn't give a crap where you are > plane stops > people standing waiting in aisles for the doors to open > continued jingling of phones with text messages from foreign networks offering calls and internet access at £n (n being a large number tending towards infinity) > further squawking at benighted sods > doors open > finally people start getting off plane in the most awkward, obstructive manner possible.
None of which gets anyone off the plane or to baggage reclaim for the inevitable wait any quicker. I just sit and watch until the people three rows in front start actually moving towards the open door.
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Post by Humph on May 26, 2017 13:54:10 GMT
Yup, stay put in seat, let the normos do their pushy shovy thing, stroll off the aircraft near enough last, amble up to baggage reclaim, bag wait usually not too long by that time.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2017 13:59:22 GMT
No, I have never in my life rushed off a plane. What the logic is of standing up the moment you can and then standing there waiting for them to open the doors is beyond me.
Nor of rushing along the corridor towards immigration, turning on your cell phone and calling someone the moment you are able, or any of the rest of lemming traveller behaviour.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2017 15:58:05 GMT
Are you sure you aren't confusing the Balkans with the Levant (and more particularly Israel)? Same thing happens there.
There is no one meeting me so no point in calling someone. The luggage will be there and the queue at passport control will be either very long or very short and no amount of running will change it.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2017 8:19:02 GMT
In many ways the two are culturally quite similar, EIII. Lots of it was under Ottoman rule, remember. Hence the large contingent of Serbs who were converted to Islam and now consider themselves a different nationality, based on their religion.
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Post by WDB on Jun 7, 2017 20:12:10 GMT
As noted elsewhere, the job offer came through this morning, and it's a good one. I was in town later on another mission and I took a detour past the station to check out bike parking. There's plenty. And there's also this, if I can remember how to do photos here. Attachments:
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Post by WDB on Jun 7, 2017 20:24:08 GMT
£3.50 a day if I read it right. Has to be the cheapest and easiest way to satisfy my curiosity.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2017 9:31:03 GMT
I know you're itching to blow loads of money on a prestigious/trendy gadget, but you will regret it. 2 snotters is the only way to go.
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Post by WDB on Jun 8, 2017 9:50:29 GMT
I am, but only on the right one. In fact, I already have, but even Mrs B1 doesn't know about that yet. She will tomorrow. Oh yes, she will.  |
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Post by Hofmeister on Jun 8, 2017 16:18:07 GMT
I know you're itching to blow loads of money on a prestigious/trendy gadget, but you will regret it. 2 snotters is the only way to go. I thought that was your car buying policy? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2017 20:49:43 GMT
I can't help thinking what size of Brompton or any other folding bike would be required for someone almost 2m tall without it looking like some kind of comedy act. Do they make a Brompton with 28" wheels ?
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Post by WDB on Jun 9, 2017 21:12:56 GMT
Don't worry, it ain't gonna happen. But I will pay my £3.50 to try one out, just for fun.
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Post by Rob on Jun 9, 2017 22:33:58 GMT
Comedy moment watching someone who'd rented a Brompton at Manchester Piccadilly trying to unfold it. They could not work it out at all. Sadly our bus moved off before they'd figured it out.
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Post by WDB on Jun 10, 2017 8:11:50 GMT
Yes. The definitive (though fictional) Brompton rider in my mind will always be Ian Fletcher. And I don't think my new job comes with a Sally to patch up my hands.
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Post by bromptonaut on Jun 10, 2017 12:34:46 GMT
Once you've got the knack* a B folds/unfolds in blink of an eye. If you've not RTFM and understood the retracted seatpost locks the folded package you go nowhere.......
* So instinctive I cannot describe it without going out to the garage and unfolding one.
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