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  • #1

    United Airlines

    Soon I will be leaving sunny Thailand with my new duelling scar for the trip back to my Americanised island home, or Hooterville as I like to call it.

    The older boys leave tonight for Sydney. Aidan gets his university offers today. We have a night in Guam and then Pat our youngest goes back to Sydney with his Mom escorting, four days after we get back, to start boarding school.

    After that Mrs Horse and I will start our second honeymoon. No children around after 20 years. One thing this holiday showed is we like being together. Travelling with them is like being followed around by a troop of squabbling monkeys. There won't be too many more family holidays with us all together. Have to wait for the grandchildren.

    I'll know my holiday is over as soon as I get on that United Airlines flight. The Tokyo leg will be an old jumbo, then a large 737 to Guam and then a small 737 to home. The first flight will be crowded and leaves very early AM. The second will be a rush to make, only two hours in Narita. The third, the famous island hopper from Guam to Hawaii, will be the usual flying village with terrible service and food. But strangely also enjoyable in its way. Everyone has to use that plane so you meet people you know, the flight is one of the main conduits for island news, the coconut telegraph.

    When the island comes into view I'll be happy. It looks a bit like the island on Lost - jungle, mountains and waterfalls. I'm always glad to get back there. If it rains when you arrive that is the island spirits' way of welcoming you.
    Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

    Look, I just don't anymore, okay?
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    I had no idea you retired to one of the Hawaiian islands. I always thought of Hawaii as a pretty expensive place to retire.
    “It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”

    ― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man​

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    • #3
      Not with all that Taliban gold he found.
      “As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
      "Capitalism ho!"

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      • #4
        Well, the Aussie dollar is worth more than USD now....
        “It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”

        ― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man​

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        • #5
          United Airlines sucks.
          No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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          • #6
            thank you, aren't they just awful?
            Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

            Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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            • #7
              You should try Alitalia before you start complaining.
              " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
              "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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              • #8
                hey finbar at least they have style

                In Guam now, one thing I got out of this trip is a new technique for getting through airports - sport a big white alarmingly long crooked bandage on your head for a large head wound, half stuck to your forehead and the rest lifting at a raffish angle from your hair, threatening to fall off and reveal its potentially awful content.

                Crowds part, no-one messes with you, moved to the front of the queue, cursory searches, upgrades...everyone also pretends they are not seeing it, lol.

                I'll be sure and pack bandages for my next long trip...
                Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

                Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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                • #9
                  Have a Safe Flight
                  Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

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                  • #10
                    United sucks at just about everything. Smallest seats, least leg room, normally not on time, the "food" even on long flights is often just peanuts and you're lucky if they give you that much, and the service is usually terrible. I've always liked Singapore Airlines but they only do international travel, worse the luck.
                    Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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                    • #11
                      United took over Continental and they don't seem like a happy company. They are truly awful to fly with.
                      Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

                      Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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                      • #12
                        When I'm in better health I'll relate my experience form December 30.
                        No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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                        • #13
                          do tell lol
                          Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

                          Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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                          • #14
                            I'm flying to Wyoming in about a month on United.

                            I have had tons of bad experiences with that airline but it's pretty much the only one available with flights at decent times.

                            Oerdin, is United better or worse than Military Airlift Command?

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                            • #15
                              I thought you were Oerdin...
                              Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

                              Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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