Today I discovered the joys of flying within Schengen for the first time from Amsterdam. It’s like a whole new world. Different side of the airport. New lounge. Different shops. It’s the small things. AMS > MUN . . . . . . . . #holiday #airport #airplane
Today I discovered the joys of flying within Schengen for the first time from Amsterdam. It's like a whole new world. Different side of the airport. New lounge. Different shops. It's the small things.
AMS > MUN
Posted from Amsterdam.
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Looking forward to wearing my new #pride shirt at Cologne CSD this weekend. Topman had a great selection of pride outfits. . . . . . . . #pridemonth #hearts #loveislove #lovewins ❤️🏳️🌈
Looking forward to wearing my new shirt at Cologne CSD this weekend. Topman had a great selection of pride outfits.
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So I just accepted a new job.
It’s in Amsterdam.
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Around the World in 83 Days – Plane Movies – Barracuda
Stronger. Faster. Better.
Okay so technically TV because by now I’ve watched all the films I wanted to on the various One World flights around the word. Qantas though are promoting Australian home grown TV which is awesome and Barracuda had me waiting for my next flight so I could watch the next epsiode.
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107.9 KOOL HD3
Best line from a DJ on radio ever!
“Before Grindr and scruff people used to meet in clubs listening to music like this.”
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Around the World in 83 Days – Plane Movies – Me Before You
Still crying. That is all.
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Go home BBC you’re drunk.
Long haul on BA, and the in flight entertainment offers a news bulletin. Thirty minutes, which is really twenty six once you take out the BA adverts, because the headlines do not start until two and a half minutes in.
Muhammad Ali had died. I timed what followed, because after the first ten minutes I started to suspect what was happening and wanted to be sure I was being fair about it.
The running order
- 02:30, headlines finally begin
- 02:30 to 12:52, Muhammad Ali
- 12:52 to 14:30, roughly two minutes covering three news stories and one sport story, plus a plug for an Ali special coming up later
- 14:30 to 15:30, this day in history
- 15:30 to 22:55, the Ali special segment
- 25:15 to 28:20, a montage of Ali memories
So out of twenty eight minutes, somewhere around twenty five were about one boxer who had died. Three news stories and one sport story got two minutes between them.
Why this is not a complaint about Muhammad Ali
He was, by a wide margin, the most famous athlete who ever lived, and one of the very few sportspeople whose life belongs in a news bulletin rather than the sport section. Ten minutes at the top, entirely deserved. A special segment, fine. Run the montage, I watched it.
The problem is what got squeezed out. This bulletin is not competing with a rolling news channel and a phone in somebody’s pocket. It is the only news a few hundred people are going to see for the next fourteen hours, because there is no signal at cruising altitude and this is the only bulletin loaded on the system. In that context, two minutes of the rest of the world is not editing. It is an obituary with a news bulletin bolted on the side, and passengers landing at the other end will not know what happened while they were in the air.
The tell is the plug. Two minutes in, having established that the lead story is being covered at length, the bulletin stops to advertise more coverage of the same story later in the same bulletin. Nobody does that with a story they think their audience might be finished with.
Which is a shame, because I would have liked to know what else was going on.
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I love our work voicemail system
Well actually I love Microsoft Speech Technology. It doesn’t bode well for Cortana. This voicemail preview message bears no relation to the actual voicemail. None. Not even the phone number is correct.
From: 1555481000
Subject: Voice Mail from 1555481000 (25 seconds)
Date: 20 October 2014 20:38:31 BST
To: “Croll, Iain” <—-.——@—–.—>
Voice Mail Preview:
Lillian this is chase payment services Thomas calling reference to case number 830-3008.
Staying at your time I’m trying to that meeting again care if you could just call my phone number (555) 265-8888 — should be able to help you out with that you know fix for you.
Thanks have a great day.
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You received a voice mail from 15554811000
Caller-Id: 15554811000
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Jack Off the Beanstalk
I love a good panto and when I say panto I mean men in dresses and more innuendos and willy gags than you can shake a stick at along with a tiny bit of male nudity if you sit in the right place. Spoiler Alert: Jack (Chris Clynes) gets his kit off!
So the annual Above the Stag Theatre (now in their new venue at Vauxhall) is a must attend fixture in the festive calendar.
Jack is not for the easily offended or if you sit in the front row, the easily embarrassed. Political correctness doesn’t exist in panto land so be ready to chuckle at gags that make popbitch look tame.
Oh and this year you get to scratch and sniff your way through the evening of filth with the wonder of “odour-drama” which includes sniffing Cillian’s pants (played by Joseph Miller). You really can smell the action!
Far too many one-liners to pick a favourite but with gags including topical Tom Daley jokes and a cameo from Sue Pollard this is a must see and is on until January 10th at http://www.abovethestag.com
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