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    Reflections

    I Should Have Known Better…Two

    After eating a hearty in-flight lunch, washed down with a couple of alcoholic drinks, trans-Atlantic flights are bound to make you tired and sleepy so, you fall asleep.  Airplane seats are designed to maximise the number of passengers that can…

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    Reflections

    Things I Suck At, Part Two

    I don’t Like People! There, I said it. I can stop here but, where’s the fun in that? On the whole, when I come across anyone (with the exception of children), my default setting is not to like them and…

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    Travel

    Seat 2D – Twice

    I have suspected for a long time what I am about to tell you. For a few years now I have had to travel from Jordan to Cyprus via Beirut when I was unable to get a 45-minute direct flight…

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    Shorties

    To Malaysia with Love

    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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    Shorties

    Hot Towels, Cold Treatment

    The airline industry, God bless them and all those who sail with them!  They like extremes, don’t they?  The hot towels are scolding hot; the cold ones, if brought anywhere near your face, will give you a frost bite; the…

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