Probably because in flying or skydiving you don’t have anything linking you to the ground to give you a fixed reference point. I am also scared of heights but love flying including aerobatics.

I have lost count of how many times I have jumped out of a plane :rolleyes: happily though, they were all on the ground at the time 😀

I think it all started to go downhill when airports forgot they were airports and decided that they were actually shopping malls and I don’t care if they say that rents from shops keep airport charges down, I hate them 🙁

That reminds me of Aberdeen airport in Scotland. people say duty free is less expensive because its duty free. However I can asure you that most off sales in aberdeen are way way way less expensive than there airports duty free. Norway is something else though. Alcohol in general is so expensive that the locals try and smuggle it in from Sweden. Avarage is between £5.00 and £7.00 for just less than a pint :rolleyes:

Every time my family arrived back in Australia we always end up at the quarantine line, because my granny always bring food.

If you ever come to Norway then don,t bring fresh meat or Rhodedendrons. Strangely enough rhodedendroms over in Norway is a very expensive plant. they pay a fortune for them. In Scotland its a weed and grows everywhere :rolleyes:

The last run in I had with stupidity in an airport, just recently again it was Frankfurt. My gate number had been changed 30 mins before my flight. But when i went to the new gate they said that it was not there and that I should contact information. There was a lady waiting back at the old gate with information for many of us who were now starting to get anoyed. She was reading from a paper handout about all the changes. I asked her how old the hand out was and she said she got it 30 mins ago. Anyone who has been around airports knows a lot can change in 30 mins. I called airport flight info only to find out that her information was wrong right enough. All the people on my flight ended up going to three different gates :rolleyes: I wonder if this sounds familiar :rolleyes:

I guarentee payment is not a problem for a country like Norway 😀
The norwegians joke about Scotland having that problem. What they don,t get, Is that Scotland don,t have any money 😀

The norwegians won,t admit it, But they think like the americans on this point. They are also good at buying things and leaving them lying around. They got F15,s But not enough pilots to fly them? I am still trying to figure out the point behind buying more than we need :rolleyes:

Wow I’m the complete opposite. I dont care about planes but like airports! Once I had to stay in an airport for an extended period of time because of some civil disturbances back home. During that time, I met new people, got a job as a painter, played cards with airport personnel, had conflict with the chief, met an attractive stewerdess, did some translation work of a foreign guy who was accused of having drugs, ate at a Burger King.. and then later leave to meet some Jazz musician.

Jeg lurer på om du er norsk? Or if you are just another american that likes to think he is 😀 Ronald Reagan thinks he is scottish :rolleyes: