Re: OT: Flying

[dwb]

Ace wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 12:19:42 GMT, Howard
> <junkdump@benchmarkjewellery.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> And special long flight socks, demonstrated on TV as the best
>> counter to DVT
>
> Well the _best_ counter to DVT is proper flat bed/seats. Only just
> becoming standrd in Business class on some airlines, but should be
> mandatory, IMO.

Yeah - let the people in standard die.

[Ben Blaney]

Ace wrote:

>On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 21:43:39 +0300, Ben Blaney <m7@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>>Ace wrote:
>>
>>>I flew to Canada and back in cattle class over xmyth/NY
>> ^^^^^
>>This is a bit like that particular brand of nerd who refers to
>>"Micro$haft Win-doze".
>
>So sue me.

ok. See you in court.

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[Ben Blaney]

Champ wrote:

>On happier ground, I can thoroughly recommend "The Tailor of Panama"
>(another flight viewing). Geoffrey Rush and Pierce Brosnan are
>excellent, Brosnan especially playing against type as an anti-Bond.

Cool. Cheers. I see it's Catherine McCormack in, too. I like her.

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[Ace]

On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 20:35:00 +0000, Champ <news@champ.org.uk> wrote:

>On happier ground, I can thoroughly recommend "The Tailor of Panama"
>(another flight viewing). Geoffrey Rush and Pierce Brosnan are
>excellent, Brosnan especially playing against type as an anti-Bond.

Quite a different film from the book, with a few loose threads, IIRC,
but enjoyable nonetheless.

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[Ben Blaney]

Ace wrote:

>On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 20:35:00 +0000, Champ <news@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>
>>On happier ground, I can thoroughly recommend "The Tailor of Panama"
>>(another flight viewing). Geoffrey Rush and Pierce Brosnan are
>>excellent, Brosnan especially playing against type as an anti-Bond.
>
>Quite a different film from the book, with a few loose threads, IIRC

ba-dooom-tch!

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[Ace]

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:41:39 +0300, Ben Blaney <m7@privacy.net> wrote:

>Ace wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 20:35:00 +0000, Champ <news@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>On happier ground, I can thoroughly recommend "The Tailor of Panama"

>>Quite a different film from the book, with a few loose threads, IIRC
>
>ba-dooom-tch!

Just chalk it up to experience.

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[Ben Blaney]

Ace wrote:

>On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:41:39 +0300, Ben Blaney <m7@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>>Ace wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 20:35:00 +0000, Champ <news@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On happier ground, I can thoroughly recommend "The Tailor of Panama"
>
>>>Quite a different film from the book, with a few loose threads, IIRC
>>
>>ba-dooom-tch!
>
>Just chalk it up to experience.

I've got the measure of you.

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[Champ]

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:45:40 +0100, Ace <b.rogers@virgin.net> wrote:

>On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:41:39 +0300, Ben Blaney <m7@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>>Ace wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 20:35:00 +0000, Champ <news@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On happier ground, I can thoroughly recommend "The Tailor of Panama"
>
>>>Quite a different film from the book, with a few loose threads, IIRC
>>
>>ba-dooom-tch!
>
>Just chalk it up to experience.

Sheesh, what a dummy.
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[Cab]

Ace bored us all completely to death with wittery prose along the lines
of:

> On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:41:39 +0300, Ben Blaney <m7@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > Ace wrote:
> >
> >>On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 20:35:00 +0000, Champ <news@champ.org.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On happier ground, I can thoroughly recommend "The Tailor of
> > > > Panama"
>
> > > Quite a different film from the book, with a few loose threads,
> > > IIRC
> >
> > ba-dooom-tch!
>
> Just chalk it up to experience.

That's sew old, that joke.

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