Without wishing to be elitist about these things, I have a question: whatever happened to exclusive airport business lounges these days? There was a time when these little oases of civility and sobriety were a sanctuary from the noise, hustle…
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Like the universal truism that everyone thinks they have more “common sense” than others, everyone complains of receiving too many useless emails. This is excluding all the junk email and “Dear Friend, can I trust you with my illegally acquired…
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Here is a question to those who travel a fair bit and whenever possible they check in online: Why do we bother to check in on line? I am sure the answer is likely to be: “to save time”, or…
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Here is an easy question to get you started: If you were given a project or a specific task to undertake, what are the key parameters you would typically be mindful of? If your answer was: Budget, time and deliverable,…
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I believe it was General Eisenhower who once said: “The Plan is Nothing, Planning is Everything”. What he meant by that, I believe, is that in any worthy and complex endeavour such as war, business or major projects, you must…
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The last missing village idiot happens to be our illustrious double barrel named Member of Parliament (MP) who is voted for by the residents of the area we have lived in for over 25 years. In addition to theoretically help…
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Although, the letter informed us that we could appeal against the visa refusal, they did not say how to appeal or where to appeal. After a few attempts, we finally found out an email address where we could lodge our…
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A few villages in the UK are wondering what’s become of their local idiots. These drooling, mumbling, good-for-nothing morons are missing from the pubs, streets and Central Squares of their little hamlets. I think I found out where they are….
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I am posting this short missive as a contrast to three fairly long blogs I am posting in the next few days to let off some steam. Earlier this year, I had reason to travel to Malaysia and our company…
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It started with a text message 4 hours before I was due to leave for the airport. British Airways (BA) helpfully informed me my flight would be 1 hour 45 minutes late taking off and I should rearrange my airport…
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