Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[Boba Fett]

The "double leg" - Brighton & Glasgow same day - arose because we had finalised everything when word reached me that Mr Campbell Dickson had left Brighton Rendezvous, & we were desperate for a suitable Southern venue. With him out of the way, Brighton was back on the do-able lost, so I shot straight down there the very next night, teed some things up, then handed it over to Tighty to negotiate the thing, & he wrapped it up within hours. Excellent.

So of the people the usually play these, what do you think the shift will be between each venue?

[The_nun]

1548 pages and I didn't know you had a sister!

Oh my, that is SUCH a story.......

I'm a bit torn in truth. I never discuss some things on here, or the internet, & that includes family, & my personal relationships. But my Sister & I are a story & a half. My whole life has been shaped by family issues, for better & for worse, & it makes me wince even to think about it, but I took the plunge a few weeks back, & agreed to go over to see her, as she is not so well, & we have been through a wee bit together, one way & another.

Don't put off until tomorrow, what you can do today..

[Simon Galloway]

Don't put off until tomorrow, what you can do today..

+ a few.  Ill sister... 2013 ??

[Geo the Sarge]

Remind me to put up a sister story on my return please TK.  Geo

[doogan]

jealous i missed the open day but got tickets for this one    http://www.cvent.com/events/british-airways-open-day/event-summary-2d4f7694f1444f339a951a6368744895.aspx?i=b1d4d9a2-1b24-4407-8148-af692b56cc60     but no idea what it is

This doesn't look legit.

Last day of the open day is today.I work for BA and today you have to be escorted by an engineer.

Website has several mistakes,even the photo gallery says 2010 and is from the 90s or earlier.

Hope you haven't paid any money.

Good Morning Mr cdw.

Was VERY impressed by the array of flying stuff assembled, hopefully next time I'll get a ticket, instead of standing outside & ogling through the fence like a schoolkid.

One question, though, very geeky, but I KNOW you'll know the answer.

Amongst the 747, A380 (wow, what a beast that is!), Concorde, etc, there was one, almost lowly, 757 - but here's the thing. It had the OLD BA Tail Livery (NOT the "waving flag), & no winglets, suggesting perhaps it was "old stock" & about to be pensioned off. But it had just been re-sprayed, or so it seemed, all bright & shiny. What was that all about, please? Oddly, after all the other 'planes were removed from the apron in front of the Maintenance hanger, that 757 remained all week, & was still there when I last left Heathrow yesterday morning.

************For Tikays eyes only************

"BA Bumf"

 British Airways is preparing to bid farewell to one of its longest-serving aircraft types. The 757 will be retiring from operations at the end of October.

British Airways was the global launch customer when the first Boeing 757 took to the skies in 1983 and grew to a fleet that was 54 strong. The aircraft became a familiar sight to customers on British Airways' shorthaul and domestic network.

"In 1983, the Boeing 757 was at the cutting edge of aviation technology, enhancing our capability to land in thick fog." - Stephen Riley, Director of Flight Operations.

To mark the occasion, one of the aircraft, G-CPET, has been repainted in the airline’s 1983 ‘Negus & Negus’ livery.
More than 40 of the fleet were named after famous castles around the UK and the last aircraft will now join its predecessors by being titled “Stokesay Castle” during its final month of service.

"Almost everyone in the operational side of the business has either piloted, repaired, dispatched or looked after customers flying on this aircraft over the past 27 years.

Back in 1983, the Boeing 757, was at the cutting edge of aviation technology enhancing our capability to land in thick fog. This allowed British Airways to fly when rival carriers would be grounded.

Now we are welcoming the Boeing 777-300ERs to the fleet, which are setting their own new standards in customer comfort and environmental performance.” - Stephen Riley.

Stokesay Castle, after which the aircraft has been named, is near Ludlow in Shropshire. The castle is the finest fortified medieval manor house in England. Bought and reinforced by a wealthy local wool merchant at the end of the 13th century, the castle has scarcely been altered since.

English Heritage cares for the castle and its properties director, Tim Reeve, welcomed the naming of the aircraft. He said: “Over the years many British Airways’ aircraft have been named after those great castles in our care, castle like Dover and Kenilworth whose names have echoed down through history.

“But as anyone who has visited Stokesay will know, it is something special, an almost domestic castle. We are delighted that it has been recognised and that its name is now flying across the skies.”

The last scheduled flights for the Boeing 757s, which can carry up to 170 customers, will be on Saturday 30 October 2010.

 

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Perfect answer, thank you, it's been doing my head in, trying to think "why?". That photo loks like THE exact one on display this week, yes?

Incred to think the 757 has been on fleet for 28 years, amazing.

just got this email yesterday from cevents, so just a mistake nothing dodgy

The British Airways Open Day event you have registered for on September 17th was built for demonstration purposes by Cvent’s (www.cvent.com) graphic designers and does not actually represent British Airways or an event that British Airways is organizing. Cvent provides event management technology and delegate registration websites. The event website in which you registered through was created by Cvent for demonstration purposes only and not intended to be viewed by the public.

We apologize for any confusion caused and would like to clarify that the British Airway Open Day will not be taking place on September 17th and therefore no arrangements should be made to attend as there is no event scheduled.

[TightEnd]

Jamie Burland has the perfect seat draw at the SPT Grand Final feature table

[TightEnd]

Raise?

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[GreekStein]

Yo chicken teeks, I can't seem to get on sky poker out here. Any way round that? Most other sites such as poker encore work fine in thailand.

[cambridgealex]

Raise?

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lol great pic. is that all your chips over the line with a seven and a six?!

[titaniumbean]

Yo chicken teeks, I can't seem to get on sky poker out here. Any way round that? Most other sites such as poker encore work fine in thailand.

There have been intermittent problems Greeky, it may not be your location, try again in a day or two imo.

[tikay]

Yo chicken teeks, I can't seem to get on sky poker out here. Any way round that? Most other sites such as poker encore work fine in thailand.

Yo Thai Boy.

I'm afraid that Sky Poker do not allow Clients to play from Thailand, see list of "allowed" States....

"...United Kingdom
Ireland
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
Gibraltar
Greece
Poland
Spain
Sweden
 
Due to our products/services being prohibited and/or restricted by local laws we do not currently accept new accounts from any other countries......"

Sorry about that!

[tikay]

Raise?

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lol great pic. is that all your chips over the line with a seven and a six?!

Correct, Alex. Oppo had K-K.......In fact, I won the hand, but still utterly mangled it, & lost a good bit of my value.

It was not widely known, for obv reasons, but I did have a prop bet that I'd get my entire stack (15,000) over the line on the FIRST Orbit of the Tourney.

[The_nun]

Jamie Burland has the perfect seat draw at the SPT Grand Final feature table

Looking good Tony.

[kinboshi]

Yo chicken teeks, I can't seem to get on sky poker out here. Any way round that? Most other sites such as poker encore work fine in thailand.

Yo Thai Boy.

I'm afraid that Sky Poker do not allow Clients to play from Thailand, see list of "allowed" States....

"...United Kingdom
Ireland
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
Gibraltar
Greece
Poland
Spain
Sweden
 
Due to our products/services being prohibited and/or restricted by local laws we do not currently accept new accounts from any other countries......"

Sorry about that!

For everything else, there's proxy servers...

[StuartHopkin]

Answered truthfully to the best of my knowledge