Grumpy Old Man
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@mariner4life said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Kruse said in Grumpy Old Man:
People queueing up at the boarding gate, to get to their ASSIGNED fucking seat a little quicker
this one i get though, especially on the old 3-and-3 skinny planes. They deliberately don't have enough carry on space for everyone, so if you want your bag up top close to you, don't board last
(the size of carry on bags now is another fucking issue)
Yeah - I think once, recently, I did hit the issue where I didn't have room to store my bag nearby... and kinda understood this one for the first time.
But yeah - people with fucking ridiculous carry-on... with me staring alternately at the staff at ticketing-counter/boarding-gate, and then at the little box supposed to be used to check whether it's of a reasonable size...
Of course - there are probably people out there who resent me taking on board the clearly illegal quantity of duty-free, ... but fuck 'em. It's medicinal, after dealing with all my pet-hates. -
lol at the carry on weight issue
for our flights to Europe Singapore insisted on the max 7kg each. Mrs Mariner's was a bit over, so we re-distributed some stuff between the other 3 of us so she could get to 7kg
The exact same carry-on went on the plane, but we had to do the theatre of re-packingAnd yes of course it all got given back to her as soon as we were checked in. Fucking ridiculous
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Weight is so important on planes I think your shouldn't be paying for a seat and luggage, you should pay by the kilo you take onboard, including yourself
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touche
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Pistonwristedgibbons who can't drive their 4x4's on country roads.
No, the tractor isn't going to reverse 500m up the hill - and you will need to pull into the passing space and get mud on your tyres.
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I couldn’t remember if this was actually true or if I’d imagined it. In any case Samoa are doing things nice and fair……
Samoan airline says pay by weight plan "fairest" way to fly
A Samoan airline that says it is the world's first carrier to charge passengers by their weight rather than per seat defends the plan as the fairest way to fly, in some cases actually ending up cheaper than conventional tickets.
So basically the potential future mrs MN5 will pay about 56% of whatever I do. I’d better make her carry all the luggage.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:
Life is too short to drink cheap wine.
If you want to serve Two Paddocks at an impromptu BBQ with Tesco sausages you should feel free, I say.
Just saw this, what the hell are Tesco sausages??
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@MajorRage said in Grumpy Old Man:
@MN5 being first on this is pivotal.
All the large ones will cry whilst all the light ones will sign up to fly.
Gotta get your pricing right tho. If you expect average of 85kg but end up with 78kg then you’ve lost 10% in ticket sales.
I don’t really see that being an issue in Samoa
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@Dan54 said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:
Life is too short to drink cheap wine.
If you want to serve Two Paddocks at an impromptu BBQ with Tesco sausages you should feel free, I say.
Just saw this, what the hell are Tesco sausages??
Supermarket snorkers.
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@Kruse The entire façade of air travel security at airports shits me to tears. It's just unnecessary additional cost and a gross embuggerance from people who look vastly more likely to hijack the flight than me.
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@Dan54 said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:
Life is too short to drink cheap wine.
If you want to serve Two Paddocks at an impromptu BBQ with Tesco sausages you should feel free, I say.
Just saw this, what the hell are Tesco sausages??
A nutritional free alternative to the sausages you know and love.
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@Catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Dan54 said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:
Life is too short to drink cheap wine.
If you want to serve Two Paddocks at an impromptu BBQ with Tesco sausages you should feel free, I say.
Just saw this, what the hell are Tesco sausages??
A nutritional free alternative to the sausages you know and love.
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@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Kruse The entire façade of air travel security at airports shits me to tears. It's just unnecessary additional cost and a gross embuggerance from people who look vastly more likely to hijack the flight than me.
It's ridiculous and often a power trip for some of them. Years ago I travelled from Oslo to Brisbane with my then 2 year old son. You can imagine what state I was in when I got to Brisbane. Had to stand for ages in the immigration queue and was of course weighed down by toddler shit and said toddler. Finally get through immigration, pack the passports, lift the gear and toddler, then walk about 5 metres before some old bitch standing together with about 5 other customs people pretending to work and who probably hasn't had any action since the Beatles were together asked to look at my passport. Why? Who the fůck knows. After unloading my shit again, the repulsive old bint barely glanced at the passport and then continued to act like she wasn't wasting tax payer dollars. Bitch.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel getting in to Australia is a nightmare of barely trained assholes on enormous power trips with a nanny-state mandate of making your life as shit as possible while actually adding fuck all
Arrive at Heathrow after 24 hours of flying? scan passport. Walk out. Collect bags. Walk out unless you want to volunteer to declare anything to bored customs officials who only really want to ask if you have Tim Tams
Arrive in Australia after 24 hours of flying? Fill out arrival card. Go to kiosk. Scan passport. Answer questions that are on the arrival card. Take ticket. Go to border gate. Scan ticket. Get through. Have at least one other person ask to see the ticket when you are out the other side.
On way to bags have some biosecurity dickhead inspect the arrival card.
Collect bags. Find they have taken the big box containing a hat, and clearly marked fragile, torn it open, rummaged around (damaging said hat) then just fired it on the conveyor belt to get smashed by all the other suitcases. Form another queue where you will then hand over the fucking arrival card, get asked a few questions again that are on the fucking card. Have some fuckwit then ask about the trashed box that has clearly been inspected. then it's luck of the draw if you are putting your bags through the x-ray one more time or not.
Customs, biosecurity and border force are proof-positive of bureaucracy gone wild
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I like a good sticking the boot into Australia as much as the next fulla, but I just did a trip to NZ over the weekend and it was all smooth sailing (and the same on my last trip back in April). Even getting through passport control in in Sydney when leaving was smoother than usual and Murphy's Law meant I chose the queue with two idiots trying to scan non e passports but even that didn't hold me up.
I haven't checked in luggage since 2013 so that always helps get ahead of the queue.
Both Sydney and Auckland airports are way quieter than since before Covid which sucks for the airport and airline businesses but great for travellers.
Weirdly I had to take my belt off at Sydney which I don't think I ever had to do in the past. But I'm happy to trade that for not needing to take out electronics and toiletries. Although in NZ it's no belt and toiletries but electronics need to be taken out.
