RE: JAL best by far

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 17-05-02 AT 11:44 AM (GMT)]JAL do sound very efficient, typically Japanese. If I’d have been on such a killer stretch I would probably have gone mad as my last long haul flight was horrid to say the least. My only word of advice to anyone reading this is never ever fly economy with Air New Zealand. After taking off in lovely afternoon sunshine for a 10 1/2 hour flight to LAX, I decided to relax and look through the window. About half an hour into the flight the senior steward announced that all window blinds had to be closed because they were about to show the film. I didn’t want to watch the film and I had nothing to read, so I was just sat for hours with nothing to look at. When I did dare to open the blind a little the stewardess raced down the aisle, leaned across two passengers in the row and slammed the blind shut. Her attitude stunk to say the least. The only saving grace on that flight was the chance to go up and see the flightdeck. That was when I realised what I had been missing as we were flying over mountains (Greenland or Canada, I don’t remember which) and the sun was gorgeous, I only wish I had taken a photo of the view from the flightdeck window because it was one of the best inflight views ever.
Long haul flights in the night are not too bad if you get an exit seat with the extra legroom.

RE: What Languages do you speak?

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 17-05-02 AT 09:40 AM (GMT)]Thanks alot Geforce!!!:-) I knew that would happen one day. I got one or two words of that but I admit not the whole of it. I have written it down to translate later!!
Here is some Yorkshire dialect.
“Can ta talk Tyke?” (always works when people pester).
“Put t’wood in t’oil”. (close the door).
“Coil oil” (coal shed).
Many Belgians I’ve come across think I’m German because my English accent sounds so unusual to them!!!

RE: Non-Aviation Photography?

Photography is one of my hobbies. I have a Pentax 35mm camera, a Minolta APS which I don’t like as much as 35mm, and a Lubitel TLR which I use for black and white photography.
I also shoot alot of video footage on 8mm and like to edit them and add music.
As soon as I get a scanner I’ll post some pictures.

RE: What Languages do you speak?

English is my native language. I learned French at school but have lost it now, apart from being able to ask for a rum-soaked desert (“Je voudrais un baba au rhum”).
I have learned some German. I studied Spanish at school. I am learning Dutch.

RE: You’ve just won millions…………

Buy the computer I have always wanted (I’m getting one in a few months when we’ve redecorated the spare room).
Buy a plane and learn to fly it myself.
Employ someone to walk the dog when the weather is bad or I just don’t want to be getting up at 6:45 am.
Buy the Icelandic horse I’ve been wanting for more years than I care to remember (best horses in the world).
Buy my way into a vet school somewhere so I can do the only job I’ve ever wanted to do.
Buy a gorgeous house in Brugge or Antwerp.
Buy the Roman brewery in Oudenaarde.

My Choices

I too loved Duran Duran songs back in the 80s, though I much prefer the original line up to all the changes they made.
I also like Dire Straits and many others from the 1980s. Dragon, a New Zealand group, did some reasonable stuff (“April Sun in Cuba” brings back many memories for me).
I don’t like the current crop of “boy bands” because to be honest they look like bunches of jessies and they sing “jessy” songs. I never liked the Spice Girls either.
I like Madonna’s songs, “Live to Tell” was used on my holiday video from last September on video I shot In Oostende, and “American Pie” was used on in-flight Sabena footage and Brugge footage, so any song I use on a holiday video has to be a favourite for me. I can listen to “The Boxer” by Simon and Garfunkel over and over again, that has always been used with footage of Sabena, so that has many memories for me as well.