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Post by perrykneeham on Jun 5, 2021 8:20:59 GMT
London and Paris?
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Post by ootlg on Jun 5, 2021 8:24:38 GMT
I'd like to spend more time in Paris - lovely city. But when the restaurants are open again. Done London. Whereas Paris is 'new' to me, I know London from old and it's not changed for the better, imho.
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Post by perrykneeham on Jun 5, 2021 8:26:34 GMT
I don't know Paris at all. Been round the Peripherique a few times but never needed to stop. I'm told it's horribly expensive.
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Post by ootlg on Jun 5, 2021 8:32:22 GMT
No worse than Copenhagen. I used to love driving around the le périphérique intérieur in a beat up old white van. Also did it on the back of a 650 Bonneville once. Now that was hairy.
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Post by perrykneeham on Jun 5, 2021 8:34:17 GMT
No worse than Coenhagen? That doesn't help as Copenhagen would also be a go-to reference for ridiculously expensive towns. Maybe only Oslo would be worse.
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Post by perrykneeham on Jun 5, 2021 8:36:40 GMT
That being said, a pint of bitter in the village pub in Cornwall is £ 6.80.
That's more than Laaaaaaaaaaaaahndaaaaaaahn prices.
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Post by ootlg on Jun 5, 2021 8:51:03 GMT
Last time I was in the UK a pint was £4 upwards. Daft. I used to borrow ten bob off me mum to go out for an evening
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Post by flatandy on Jun 5, 2021 13:55:09 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57361193Bollocks for a couple of reasons: firstly around how they are going to get the aircraft designed and approved in time (yeah, I know it can be done, but not by a startup in peacetime for the airline industry) and secondly for environmental reasons. Of these, the second is most bollocksy: I'm not sure that carbon offsetting was intended as a mechanism for the status quo and especially not for the resurrection of old, gas-guzzling, technologies for the comfort of the wealthy. Also, who needs to travel anywhere at that speed unless they're on a bombing run? Apart from the "who needs it?" question, that's what I thought when I first saw it mentioned. But it looks like the company actually exists, and has several hundred million in venture capital, and has a prototype expected to fly in a few months. It sounded like the usual scramjet bollocks - "there's a technology that theoretically works but we don't actually have a plane or a market or a company or, you know, any of the fundamentals at all". But it turns out to be more substantial that that. I still have my doubts, mind you - several hundred million sounds like 10% of what would actually be needed, and the prototype hasn't flown yet. I'd give it 25% chance of actually happening. On the environmental side, I don't think they're talking about carbon offsetting (which is dogshit as a mechanism) - they're apparently talking some kind of biofuel mostly, which is a bit less comically stupid, although still not actually particularly green. As for "who wants it", the answer is me. If I can be door to door from home to my parents in 4 and a half hours rather than 9 hours, that makes visiting Britain for the weekend a much more reasonable proposition. Although I doubt the prices will make it reasonable, richer people than me will definitely be using it. Concorde had a real market, and not just for the cramped, uncomfortable glamour. |
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Post by flatandy on Jun 5, 2021 13:58:40 GMT
Paris is definitely expensive. It's a bit like London in that the best thing to do is to just walk around it. It's a great walking city. But, unless you're with people who can steer you the right way, and you're dripping with cash, dining out is generally a disappointing experience and even the expensive hotels are tiny. A couple of days of walking, eating croissants, cycling, and maybe going into a couple of markets and maybe one museum, is about the right amount of Paris for a couple of years.
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Post by mids on Jun 5, 2021 14:15:18 GMT
Last time I was in the UK a pint was £4 upwards. Daft. I used to borrow ten bob off me mum to go out for an evening Get yerself in a 'Spoons. Great man. £3-ish a pint. Sometimes fewer. |
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Post by ootlg on Jun 5, 2021 14:59:16 GMT
Horrible thought.
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Post by flatandy on Jun 5, 2021 14:59:22 GMT
LESS!
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Post by flatandy on Jun 5, 2021 15:00:00 GMT
You just did that to wind me up.
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Post by flatandy on Jun 5, 2021 15:00:11 GMT
Bastard
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Post by perrykneeham on Jun 5, 2021 15:40:38 GMT
Actually, there's nothing wrong with the Spoons I've been to. They've been clean and jolly. Mind you, if you're not drinking, all pubs are a bit lacklustre .... |
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Post by perrykneeham on Jun 5, 2021 16:22:58 GMT
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Post by ootlg on Jun 5, 2021 16:24:42 GMT
The only 'spoons I ever went to were Holloway Road and Tooting. Both dire.
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Post by perrykneeham on Jun 5, 2021 16:25:39 GMT
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Post by flatandy on Jun 5, 2021 16:35:17 GMT
Holloway Road and Tooting are, indeed, both dire. I can only imagine how horrible their Spoonses are.
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Post by flatandy on Jun 5, 2021 16:38:02 GMT
"The AR-15: good for both home and battle"  ? Holy f**k. Even if that were true, why the f**k**g f**k would you want the f**k**g general f**k**g public untrained moron idiot swarm to have weapons that are good in f**k**g battle? Are you trying to create a civil war? For fucks sakes! Not, of course, that the AR-15 is good for the home, either, unless you want your toddlers to accidentally shoot themselves and the neighbours. |
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