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    11 March 2014

    Travel

    I Want A Harpoon

    Of the hundreds of flights I experienced over the years, I only took 6 trips with budget airlines and that was 5 too many in my book.  This kind of cheap transport may have made international travel accessible to the…

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    Travel

    Checkout Anytime You Like

    This event goes back to the Seventies soon after graduating from university when I was reluctantly transitioning from studenthood to professional life. I travelled round the Middle East partly to look for work and partly as a tactic to avoid…

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    Dubai Airport – Smotipoto

    Here is what I don’t get.  Why did they name Dubai International Airport an airport? Ok, it is in Dubai and it is international in the sense there are many nationalities from all corners of the world; that’s easy to…

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    Shorties

    Horrible Life

    Couple having a loud conversation in one of Dubai International Airport departure lounges: She (throwing hand luggage on floor): I have had enough of you and your attitude, get out of my life He: right, I am going straight back,…

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    An Englishman Aboard

    It is an accepted commercial airline practice to board passengers who need assistance first followed by able-bodied last.  The drill is for airport staff to push wheelchairs on board the aircraft while the other passengers patiently wait for them to…

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    Travel

    Passport Please!

    Washington Dulles Airport – I once worked for an American multi national company called “Peterson, Howell and Heather” or PHH as it was commonly known.  I was in charge of the I.T department of their operations in the UK and I…

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