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It just so happens that I have to fly pretty often, and yes, Koa, I've got to cross the continents. With that radiation thing and everything, flying becomes worse and worse. I just hope terrorists won't think of anything else to make flying even more dangerous.Honestly, I don't think I'd ever fly if i didn't have to.
radiation??? no its the ten minute flights I worry about, when I was younger ther was a flight we would take every year pretty much the same one last thursday in aughust 700 the one year we didnt need to go ( wed move by the) the plane crashed it was about a 12 minute flight noone survived.
That creeped me out. But generally speaking I love flying although for somne reason the alps always give the heebeejeebies and trans atalantic flights are nasty for turbulance.
well personally if I have to be a waitress Id prefer to be in the air than on the ground I just love flying.....:D
As to the radiation - i was talking about that case with the Russian "spy", Litvinenko, when the whole crew and all the passangers of that fly were freaking out. YOu might not believe it, but I almost got the ticket for that one...serious....
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Originally Posted by Sleepywitch
You guys (or should I say girls? :p - Oh, this horrid political correctness...) make me feel so homesick. Euros! Germany! Amsterdam Airport! Brussels (though admittedly I've never been there before)!.....
I don't really mind flying - the radiation isn't really healthy if you do a lot of it, but in small amounts....With our family spread across two continents, we tend to do quite a bit of it (though still not so much for one to really worry about radiation). And my orchestra also does a lot of international touring. But due to my studies I haven't been on a plane since last year, and I miss it so much that I would give anything to fly internationally again...Quote:
Originally Posted by Koa
Planes aren't really that bad, of course there can be rarities when they're rather uncomfortable (small planes can be terrible and even on big planes, sitting at the very tail generally is a very turbulent affair)...but generally they're comfy. Cathay Pacific, for example, are great, and KLM are good too...Austrian have pretty narrow seats, last time I flew them my friend and I were elbowing each other a lot accidentally, but luckily we're both skinny so it was fine otherwise. :D
Well there we go - a longish post in defence of the aeroplane. I guess I'm a bit biased, though...first time I sat on a plane I was less than half a year old. ;)
homesick? I thought you were from Australia or somewhere?Quote:
Originally Posted by Miss Darcy
hang on, your custom line says memories of Nuremberg?????
heeehee, I'm from Nuremberg :)
Yes, I am "from Australia or somewhere" ;), actually born here, but travel frequently to Europe where my mum's side of the family is (in the Czech Republic, but we always travel a lot throughout Europe as well). :)
You're from Nuremberg? How lovely! :) We used to go there quite a lot...beautiful architecture, excellent shopping...;) My "Memories of Nuremberg" is slightly random, though, I thought it would go nicely with Dürer...By the way, do you have any particular preference for spelling...? Because sometimes one sees it spelt "Nurenberg", sometimes "Nuremburg", or "Nuremberg"...as a local, which do you prefer?
hum, actually I've never come across Nuremburg or Nurenberg as an English spelling. The only one I'm familiar with is Nuremberg, which is funny seeing as Nürnberg is spelled with an 'n' in German but we pronounce it more like Nürmberg with an 'm' :)
I suppose Nuremberg is the most widespread one (cf. Nuremberg Trials; the city's official homepage and the homepage of the airport have Nuremberg, as well)
wow, the Czech Rep isn't too bad either! They've got lovely food there :)
:lol: I can trump that ... I was 2 weeks old. Then again one my sisters was even a week old the first time she was on a plane.Quote:
Originally Posted by Miss Darcy
morning :D:wave:
I must say, Night, you have loooooooooooooooooooooong experience with planes. ;) Where were you flying? Moi from Australia to Prague. It was lots of fun, of course. And I remember it perfectly. :D
And morning to you too...well, it's "Night" here, but what does that matter when at Night's 'tis day? ;)
*Begins to dance - is as happy as a fish at this wonderful travel topic :p - and don't ask me where I got that simile*
Well now mine was only a 2 hour plane journey across KSA. But my sister was 7 hours heathrow to Cairo back when it was 7 hours instead of 6, has anyone elses noticed flights seem to keep getting shorter?
Good evening:D
Even a two-hour flight is impressive at 2 weeks old! Wow. :) And your sister one week old.....Well, you two certainly must not find the aeroplane experience at all alien. :D Really, you're the next best thing from being born on an aeroplane! :p
I knew almost nothing about flying; made my first flight about ten years ago. I had a coach ticket but didn't understand why I couldn't just waltz into some lounge for business and first class types at Heathrow airport. Sheesh. We are all equal, but some of us are more equal than others....:lol:
There's been a UFO citing at Chicago O'Hare International airport by US Airways employees...which makes me laugh because my bf and I flew through Chicago, on US Airways, on our way back from LA :)
WAKE UP GIRLS! Before the guys get the upper hand in their coffee meetings :p