FOAK call: flying to Septicland

Thanks for all that very useful griff. Yes, the first question I have asked
him, having had notice of the probable trial date sent overnight, is "where
the **** do I have to go?"

Note to self: must definitely find time for an old-times'-sake drink at
Windows on the World.

 

*whoosh*

 

ITYF they're not.

Just tried the online flight checker and it came up with £362
all in for a return from London to NY, out on Monday 12th
and back in on the 18th, as you said "mid June".

 

Apparently we've got Your Lot hanging around at the moment
for some kind of networky assesment hook-up thing or whatever [1],
so if you can get yourself on that you might blag a trip out to
San Fran. I'm probably out there for June and September if you
manage to swing it, but I fear some trips to Coeur Defense are
on the horizon atm too...

 

[1] You can see I was paying attention...

 

ITYF they're not.

Just tried the online flight checker and it came up with £362
all in for a return from London to NY, out on Monday 12th
and back in on the 18th, as you said "mid June".

Well, smack my legs. I'm clearly so bad at all this, I should be wearing
L-plates.

 

yeah, that's our IT senior management. In our weekly team meeting
earlier this week I asked my line manager if they were all flying on
the same plane, because if so and it crashes there'd be some good
promotion opportunities for us.

I doubt it, because I'm business-aligned rather than
technology-aligned. But things change all the time, so you never know.

I'm there every other sodding week at the moment.

 

This is something that's already enforced for us at certain levels
with the company - flying on different planes that is, not the
crashing bit.

However, they think nothing of sticking all the new recruits on
the same flight when they run the Orientation weeks out there.
That's just a recipe for disaster - if it wasn't for the turbulance
we'd have spent the full 11 hours up the bar!

 

Was that the Airbus?
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Every hotel I've ever been in stashes one on the wardrobe top shelf.

Now, what really makes me wince with hotels is the daily newspaper left
hanging on your doorknob in a little plastic bag.

1. I'm not generally interested in the Corriere della Sera or whatever
it is.

2. Why not just shove it under the door?

3. Better still, just leave a pile of them in reception for whoever
wants one.

 

I wouldn't have thought sake would be big in the US.

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Old Times is/was a whiskey [1], YTC, not a sake.

[1] The 'e' is not a solecism in this case!

 

Hislop?

 

Talking of pillows, I'm staying here next week:

http://www.thebenjamin.com/6_4_ben_services_amen.cfm

Click on "Pillow Menu". How very American.

 

If you want to risk flying Air Chance..

Phil

 

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Every hotel I've ever been in stashes one on the wardrobe top shelf.[/QUOTE]

Except 90% of French hotels, IME, where they seem to think that the
word pillow means either a bolster so thick and firm you could break
your neck on it or a bag 40cm square containing three pigeon feathers.

'USA Today' I mean, why not at least give me a choice.

A lot of US places do that _as well_.

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this has changed, at least in any of the 4/5* hotels in Paris that
I've stayed in.

The Hilton La Defense is the best I've seen for "real" rectangular
pillows - four of them on a kingsize bed, and no stupid bolster thing.

 

There's a hotel in San Francisco that let's you pick the type of pillow
you want. They have a huge assortment[1] to choose from.

[1] 60 IIRC.

 

All US Sheratons now have such a choice. The standard ones are good
enough for me, so I've never bothered changing them.

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