Saint in Paradise

Perhaps "the saint in winchester" is really Nick Illingworth then, he does that according to some on here

Oi ! please stop going on about us old people, I am old but have access to the internet

PLEASE DO NOT SAY THAT, even in jest.

I have just got in from a very long day at work and happened to read some of this thread. I wish I hadn't bothered as I am depressed now. I usually like reading what Weston and FF post ( Not that bit about Mr Liebherr selling though ) but now some other posters have decided to deride them so much that they will stop is, for someone like me who lives a few miles from Soton, a blasted nuisence. This forum is the only place for me to get news.

That was posted before in post 30181

A while ago on another thread Dubai Phil told of a friend who is a frequent business class flyer being bumped off a BA flight. Well today I heard of a friend who booked and paid for 2 adult and 3 children return business class Auckland to London. When they checked in they were told that there had been an electronic error so sorry but 3 of you can't go business you have to go cattle class. The man is also a frequent business class flyer and is now back here in NZ. The family come back in 3 months time but they might be trying to change airlines, I know I would. What a nasty thing to do, wait until they book in knowing full well it is far too late to make alternative arrangements and then just saying "sorry but tough" .

Ah you must have been on a date with Dave Benson Phillip or Turkish then and I thought it was going to be a thread saying how wonderful us men are.

P i ss quick Big One

Great minds think alike then (post 22 )

http://news.discovery.com/space/neptunes-cold-case-shot-by-a-comet-200-years-ago.html Other links with pictures as well, all in all quite interesting IMHO http://news.discovery.com/space/asteroids-near-earth-objects-slide-show.html http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727703.000-every-black-hole-may-hold-a-hidden-universe.html .

Thought you liked getting a bonus in your job ? Didn't you use to boast about such ?

Perhaps DBP wants to be banned from SMS so he can spend more time with his skate lady friend ???

You have some "great" people in the UK don't you ?

No Indians and Israelies although the very worst person was a man from the UK. I gave him and his group approx 45% discount from our normal summer price and he still moaned that we were 2 Pounds ( equivalent ) more than the place across the road. I asked him what he would say if his boss in the UK said he had to take a 45% pay cut but instead of saying what most would say, "get stuffed" he said he would quite happily accept it. This was in 2002. I told him that he better go across the road then. We had a Qualmark 4 star rated Motel and the place across the road was so down market they didn't bother to get rated

How did your suspended wife get on Dr Who ??

Didn't "Flossy" marry another poster ? Perhaps that is why she is not allowed to post anymore then ? I miss her lingerie pictures in threads. Mind you I also miss those lingerie threads that used to appear

Gearbox sounds rubbish on down changes, very clonkey.

And there is even more http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?t=93080 :lol::lol:

That is what post 30087 is about

I recently had two small problems, one was a ticket issue so I e-mailed Mr Luker as I wasn't sure who else to contact. Within a very short time a young lady from the ticket office replied asking me to phone her. I did and within seconds my problem was totaly solved. Almost at the same time as her e-mail I had another e-mail from a gentleman in a different section at the club with the info I needed with regard to my other problem. After another exchange of e-mails that second problem was also solved. I like to think that as I was polite in my comunications this helped a lot, was Mr Illingworth polite or was he mouthy with a "do you know who I am" attitude ? Treating people how you expect to be treated can make a tremendous difference in regards to how you actually are treated.

Muffin

Manufacturer Mini will return to the World Rally Championship next season in a major boost to the sport. Only Citroen and Ford are seriously competing this year and the sport has been trying to encourage other manufacturers to enter the championship for the past couple of years. Owners BMW have announced that Mini will compete in selected rounds next season before a full campaign from 2012. Prodrive, the British-based company that ran the successful Subaru World Rally Team, have been working on a Mini Countryman WRC car for months and say they want to be competitive from the outset and are targeting a world title within three years. http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/motorsport/news/article/-/7659070/mini-enter-world-rally-championship .

Probably unethical but fun was when a certain group of people came into our business we upped the asking price straight away. We knew that these peoples first question would be "Is that your best price ?" after being told the price. We then made a show of haggling and then usually got the price that we would have asked for at the start so both parties were happy :lol: Please bear in mind that in our then business and most of our competitors, prices were not displayed, people had to ask.

Very similar to Hobbs End http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbs_End :scared: