POLL: the final step before ninth_wave reveals all!

Hi Susanne, I never lurk, if I'm here I'll post - you know I'll never pass up a chance to flirt with you my lovely!

I think it's about one and a half hours out, and about 50 minutes back (downhill on the way back apparently).

Spammers! Delete delete delete...

I just realized...we haven't had any Thursday night maintenence meltdowns to deal with for the last few weeks ??

Kind of odd (in a good way)

I'm not sure, but I think the maintenance windows have been getting shorter - something Jeff stated a while back he hoped would happen.

Only 1 1/2 hours?? Wow, it would take about 4 hours (aprox) to fly from Chicago to Texas.

Do you get to travel alot? That's one of the things I always wanted to do...especially Europe Love those castles

EDIT--are you flying or taking the train?? Oh I don't think you CAN take a train can you?? Water in the way??

Could take a train, 'cos there's the Euro Tunnel which goes under the English Channel - but no, I'm flying. And yes, I do have to travel a reasonable amount (although not as much as I have done in the past I'm glad to say), but trust me, travelling on business is not all it's cracked up to be. Taxi, airport, plane, taxi, hotel, taxi, office, taxi, hotel, food, bed, taxi, office, taxi, airport, plane, taxi, home at last (and that was just a one-nighter!). I have been travelling for business for about 10 years now, and apart from my last trip to Germany, I have never ever got to see any of the sights, other than what I have passed en route. Last trip to Germany though, our German colleagues arranged a visit to the Mercedes Centre of Excellence, where they make and customise some very expensive vehicles for people with more money than sense. They also make the Maybach there - incredible piece of kit - but at about €1,000,000 ($1,461,942) it's a little out of my league!

http://www.maybach-uk.com/?icid=J181-2324212-140D&kw=maybach

Gee I think I will have to cancel my order for 2 Maybachs and settle for one Things are slowing sown at the pretzel factory and I would not want to get stuck owing 2 car payments. I might get a bit salty about that. LOL

LOL they are very nice Steve, anything you can think of it probably has - they do 2 different length wheelbases - depending upon whether you are going to drive it yourself, or get your chauffer to drive it How the other half lives huh?

Maybach=car kit?

Your link won't load for me, it's just hanging there with a blank screen

I had to fire my chauffer, he was stealing all my CDs

Wow Miss M your chauffeur only still your CDs? Mine drank all my Cristal and stole my Picasso's.
Luckily I managed to offload the ex-fiancee and 5 kids on him and upgrade to a 23 year old with no kids. (YET )

Well he was stealing my cigaretts too...*swoon* - unforgivable

Yeah, almost forgot about the 23 year old...no wonder you're not around much anymore

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Yeah, almost forgot about the 23 year old...no wonder you're not around much anymore

Well I do have my responsibilities. It is a horrible task but someone has to do it!
I've been so busy I almost forgot about Thursday night meltdowns. Good to see that maintenance is taking less time.

Travel today's topic, eh, what's up Pete your Tardis got a flat battery, won't start, thinking about a plane or train to Germany ?

I find in travelling to Europe the flying is the short bit, add one hour on underground(metro) to London another hour on train to the airport, checkin, wait, flight, train, at the end can mean London suburbs to northern Italy can take over 7 hours door to door, only one and 3/4 hour flying on the plane !

On top of that the train fares this side of the channel usually cost more than the off-peak flight one way and somtimes more than the return fare.

Our trains fares are horrendous,last time we went to Scotland we preferred to fly and tour by car once there. Considering you probably cannot fly more than about 400 to 500 miles across this island without going from coast to coast even north-south.

Chaffeurs, I have trouble spelling it let alone paying one, mind you never had a car that I could pay a respesctable chaffuer to get into let alone be seen dead driving

edit - phew after my copy/paste, don't spend long time editing on line, pontificating (luvverly word!) u lot were nearly lucky not to see this reply as I got a 'site not found' immediatly after pressing 'Post', hard luck it got there

Hi Choo,

In the states we seem to drive or mainly fly everywhere, because of the long distances involved. And being in a city of over 3 million people, the only trains I really know about are the 'Metra'commuter trains that get you from point A to point B. They go so fast it's scary.

I love to fly but the security checks make it such a hassle now, tho the need is understood.

I usually prefer just to drive as long as it's not too far.

~Pete tried to use the Tardis but he's not the real 'Doctor' so it won't work for him

EDIT on my typo--Chicago has 3 million people - no wonder we need our own train system

Who says I'm not a real doctor? I may not be, but I'll give it a bloomin' good looking at!

Right folks, off again now, see you in about a week I guess.

You mean he's an imposter, quick where's the report imposters button, press, press, press.

No luck still passport control will stop him, speaking of which even travelling from any of London's airports internationally have also tightened up enormously. I imagine for a country the size of the USA where you probably use planes like we use trains you must really be feeling it.

Unfortunately there are too many nasty pieces of work out there who have a total disregard for any form of life including thier own so we literaly have to live with the restrictions.

Otherwise flying is pretty safe, mind you a BA plane landed about 700yds short of the runaway at London Heathrow yesterday, only a few minor injuries but made a real mess of one engine and wing. No idea of cause issued yet but so far foul play ruled out.

Hey this thread is getting a bit real world, quick press the lunacy button quick, pink spots with stripes alert, sounds a bit Red Dwarf, ah, that's better

Yes Choo!! We NEED a lunacy button to get us back to 'normal'

All right guys enough of this sanity in this insane post area. We have rulez you know!
Do I have to beat them into you all?



Better yet just do it yourselves

! zaT sknaht won retteb tol a leef I ko

Choo, that must have been hard to do
Better than pig-latin