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Re: Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary
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November 27, 2016, 03:34:24 PM »
Quote from: Tal on November 27, 2016, 03:10:06 PM
Quote from: RED-DOG on November 27, 2016, 02:47:14 PM
Quote from: tikay on November 27, 2016, 01:29:47 PM
Quote from: Tal on November 27, 2016, 12:46:13 PM
These people complaining about the price of an airport breakfast haven't tried ordering one on the Champs-Elysées.
Correct.
We had a toasted cheese sandwich, a ham sandwich, (which was actually a bread roll), a side of fries, a coke and a latte. The latte was not a proper latte either, not remotely like a Costa.
€45.
By that logic it's OK to pay 10k to fly to Vegas because it cost's 150 million to fly to the moon.
If you offered tikay three hours in an airport for three days in Paris, or three days in an airport for three hours in Paris, which do you think he'd choose?
The airport.
If you offered tikay one rasher of bacon for 4 quid or four rashers of bacon for 1 quid which do you think he would choose?
Fair enough, that might confuse him, but what if you offered him one steak and kidney pie for £2.50 or one steak and kidney pie for £48?
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November 27, 2016, 05:12:03 PM »
Quote from: tikay on November 27, 2016, 12:15:41 PM
In Paris (perhaps elsewhere, too, but I've never seen or heard of it before?) they do this weird thing with padlocks, which represent "love locks" (eh?), & so people place padlocks around the shrine. Thousands of them.
There used to be a bridge full of them at Bristol harbourside, but think they have got rid of them.
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Quote from: Doobs on November 27, 2016, 05:12:03 PM
Quote from: tikay on November 27, 2016, 12:15:41 PM
In Paris (perhaps elsewhere, too, but I've never seen or heard of it before?) they do this weird thing with padlocks, which represent "love locks" (eh?), & so people place padlocks around the shrine. Thousands of them.
There used to be a bridge full of them at Bristol harbourside, but think they have got rid of them.
Well I never, & yes, it seems you are correct Mr Doobs.
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/workmen-cut-love-locks-bristol-s-pero-s-bridge/story-26007935-detail/story.html
In fact a peruse of google sugests it happens all over the place, right across Europe.
Never knew that before.
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Quote from: RED-DOG on November 27, 2016, 12:51:26 PM
Quote from: tikay on November 27, 2016, 11:35:02 AM
Mohican & Red once again betray their ignorance of business practices & the real world with their oh so predictable chuntering about the price of a breakfast at an Airport.
Airport retailing is a really odd business model. The rents are sky high, & on top of that, the retailers have to pay a "tax" on turnover to the Airport operator.
Set against that, it is the Mecca of retailing - a guaranteed flow of customers all day every day, most of whom have time on their hands, hours to waste, & a pocket full of money. BOOMIO.
As to the Breakfast, it's a "when in Rome" variant, Airport brekkies are expensive, but this was, relatively, decent value.
Not enough bacon? For another £3 we could have had 2 extra rashers & an extra sausage.
Tell me that's not a bargain.
So bearing in mind everything you've said, how much extra would it cost them to add two more slices of bacon?
Are bits of bacon taxed individually?
If you were the seller & not the buyer, you'd view if differently, as you well know.
If something costs a shilling, you don't sell it for 1/3 if you can get 2 bob for it.
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November 27, 2016, 05:59:49 PM »
Quote from: tikay on November 27, 2016, 05:22:10 PM
Quote from: RED-DOG on November 27, 2016, 12:51:26 PM
Quote from: tikay on November 27, 2016, 11:35:02 AM
Mohican & Red once again betray their ignorance of business practices & the real world with their oh so predictable chuntering about the price of a breakfast at an Airport.
Airport retailing is a really odd business model. The rents are sky high, & on top of that, the retailers have to pay a "tax" on turnover to the Airport operator.
Set against that, it is the Mecca of retailing - a guaranteed flow of customers all day every day, most of whom have time on their hands, hours to waste, & a pocket full of money. BOOMIO.
As to the Breakfast, it's a "when in Rome" variant, Airport brekkies are expensive, but this was, relatively, decent value.
Not enough bacon? For another £3 we could have had 2 extra rashers & an extra sausage.
Tell me that's not a bargain.
So bearing in mind everything you've said, how much extra would it cost them to add two more slices of bacon?
Are bits of bacon taxed individually?
If you were the seller & not the buyer, you'd view if differently, as you well know.
If something costs a shilling, you don't sell it for 1/3 if you can get 2 bob for it.
I'm not ridiculing the seller.
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November 27, 2016, 06:59:34 PM »
I have to add a smiley, otherwise he sulks.
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Then he locks himself in his bedroom and plays Robbie Williams records.
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November 28, 2016, 05:58:43 PM »
Quote from: RED-DOG on November 27, 2016, 02:47:14 PM
By that logic it's OK to pay 10k to fly to Vegas because it cost's 150 million to fly to the moon.
But who pays 10K when I've shown you how to do it for 2K by buying air miles and.....oops wrong thread.
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November 28, 2016, 06:21:04 PM »
Quote from: Simon Galloway on November 28, 2016, 05:58:43 PM
Quote from: RED-DOG on November 27, 2016, 02:47:14 PM
By that logic it's OK to pay 10k to fly to Vegas because it cost's 150 million to fly to the moon.
But who pays 10K when I've shown you how to do it for 2K by buying air miles and.....oops wrong thread.
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November 29, 2016, 04:24:47 PM »
you are the man to ask
the Chapacoense tragedy in the way into medellin airport
what are the aircraft forums saying on possible causes?
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November 29, 2016, 05:54:51 PM »
Quote from: TightEnd on November 29, 2016, 04:24:47 PM
you are the man to ask
the Chapacoense tragedy in the way into medellin airport
what are the aircraft forums saying on possible causes?
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At the minute there are a couple of theories, 1 is that the aircraft ran out of fuel, this has come from an apparent quote of one of the surviving flight attendants coupled with the fact there appears to be no fire at the crash site. Part of this theory is that this is quite a small aircraft and the route it was taking is at the edge of its limit in terms of fuel needed.
Second one is that the plane apparently reported an electrical problem/failure which could have caused the incident. Or, there was an electrical problem which the crew were busy trying to rectify and then lost track of their fuel/fuel management which caused it to crash.
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/587574-colombian-jet-72-board-goes-down-its-way-medellin.html
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November 29, 2016, 06:40:31 PM »
^^^^
Good work bunny, PPRuNe is always the best place to look when these things happen.
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I left quite a few questions & comments hanging last week, what with workload, Thanksgiving, & Saturday's adventure, & tomorrow will be a bit awkward too, but I'll try to answer where necessary on Thursday.
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Don't talk to me about having to put up with fancy tablecloths.
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December 03, 2016, 12:58:36 AM »
Just found out the news from elsewhere. Guess I'll never make it on the show. Used to really enjoy it, despite the fact it was never really aimed at me.
Good luck going forward.
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