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Visiting parents for a week. This is the first time I am feel anxious about air travel. I have traveled a lot within the country and internationally as well. Still I am getting anxious. Why? Here's why:
I hate travel by any mode of public transport. I have spent good 5 years travelling (filled up one passport, partially filled second one) so I just hate that immigration and security checks. I understand it is needed but still. I am sure I will find one idiot who would cut the queue, another one who would "forget" to remove his mobile phone from pocket before security checks, another one who would be in the line to board with seat number not the range those poor guys are shouting at top of their lungs.
Then, the flight is short but will affect my lunch time. So, either I need to lunch at 10 AM or eat at airport. They will have ridiculous prices for simplest of food items. Then it will not even be fresh.
I wish I had enough holidays to just drive there.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Bus travel is much more exciting.
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Yes,bus travel is interesting, especially in South America.
I like it when the driver says, This is a FARC checkpoint, best if foreigners don't say anything!
Or the Bolivian police decide to do a drug check on the bus and bust the person sitting behind you!
But in northern Bolivia it is impressive to see fields full of sunflowers and ostriches running along side the bus jumping over alligators and the driver says, everyone needs to get off the bus for a few minutes to make sure it doesn't tip over going through the mud ahead, or crossing a river on a wooden barge and they ask the passenger to help pull on the rope. It's definitely more exciting than walking through airports!!
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
modified 6-Apr-18 10:40am.
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Just Gut up and go . I've flown all over rural South America often in small planes. It's not spo bad, except Mexico, where they made me go through immigration to enter and leave, just to change planes. No problem, just a hassle and extra lines to wait in.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Did you know you can make your own food and take it with you? Like a sandwich.
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Yeah, you can take a sandwich. but if you want real excitement in the airport, grill a steak and take a fork and steak knife along to eat it .
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
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I disliked the security etc too, queue here, queue there too,
but travelling, particularly internationally, all that extra time just lost.
check in 90 mins before, leave home in taxi an hour before that, arrive at destination, plane still needs to taxi, wait for clearance before disembarking..., same crap. Destination Jakarta, permanent traffic jam (except during the anti Suharto riots)
On weekly "90 minute" flight out Monday, back Friday for 6 months. (90 minutes, first/last 15 minutes no electronic devices, meal served, so forget attempting to work - anyway Friday was all about the beer challenge - how many I could get out of the cabin crew, best was only 10 cans coz they too often distracted by other passengers - where's the fairness in that, I'm on a challenge ... me first, them never.)
I digress ... "90 minutes" - yeah, real time closer to 5 hours. 95% of the time is sitting and still feel exhausted. Add in meetings (Mon arrive, & Fri before leave), 1 week = 3 days actual work, yet still feel wasted the whole weekend.
... not doing that again.
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lw@zi wrote: I wish I had enough holidays to just drive there.
Could be worse. They could live across an ocean and the only way to get there was by driving.
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jschell wrote: driving
Diving.
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If you are starting from India I can understand your irritation, thankfully Singapore is more efficient as EVERY holiday starts and ends with a trip through Changi.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Another thought: Airport Lounge Access Worldwide | Priority Pass[^] gets you free access to airport lounges and free food and drink plus comfortable seating while you wait for your flight. Find a credit card that offers this as a free add on - well worth it.
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So I'm 1,80 m tall, quite tall worldwide, but a bit below average in the Netherlands.
I'm shopping online for some new clothes and found a nice shirt.
"Our model is 185 cm tall and is wearing small"
How the hell is 185 cm small!? 
Welcome to the Netherlands... 
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I'm 6'5" tall, and most people I meet are way shorter than me. I think it is relative.
Edit: 195 cm
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What's the weather like down there? 
(6'7" / ~200.66cm)
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Excellent. Chilly, with a chance of showers in the afternoon.
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The Dutch are great 
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I am 172 cm and recently bought XL size t-shirt. If I come to Netherlands, I might have to shop in kids section.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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180cm, (5'9 in real money) would only be considered "tall" in Asian countries, for the rest of the world it is either average or even slightly below average. Also the size of the top will relate more to things like chest size than height so it's possible a tall person could still wear a "small" depending on their individual proportions.
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F-ES Sitecore wrote: 180cm, (5'9 5' 11 1/4 in real money)
Asians too are getting taller, I'm a finger thickness over 6' in the morning, and there's plenty locals here taller than me - almost all younger guys for sure all match me (somehow the girls are still staying smaller but the average is moving up.) Even in China, Japan, - I'm starting to look pretty average - yet clothes I'm minimum a Chinese XL size (sometimes XXL) and no, I'm not fat.
And yet, public facilities like busses have seats so close together I cant fit between without wide spread legs taking almost 2 people width, the bike sharing bikes here are made for children and small midgets even with the seat all the way up, public benches, toilets, sinks are built too low to the ground (even when they have separate ones for kiddies)
... maybe it's changing diet but why they (govt included) still build things here for small people. - and both reasons are true: stupidity (no update of specs) and cheapness.
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6'3 and I can pick out the caucs on the MRT by looking over the top of the locals lol. I'm looking forward to Oz where the dunnies are high enough to sit on without dodging your knees.
Work in MBFC and I can usually pick the Dutch expats, bloody great long streaks of pelican sh*t.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Sander Rossel wrote: "Our model is 185 cm tall and is wearing small"
How the hell is 185 cm small!?
This is why I hate such broad clothing size categories since it is all relative. I'm ~182 cm tall but my younger brother is only ~170 cm and we wear the same sized shirts and jackets, I simply have much longer legs than he does.
This is why I end up having to get my shirts and pants tailored to fit. Not too expensive plus the bonus of feeling, and looking, awesome in a perfectly fitting set of clothes.
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Hey, shorty! 
These threads always remind me of the Goodies apart-height sketch. Don't recall the episode but it was funny.
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
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THat's not very tall here, I'm 6 ft 1 in and there are lots of people taller than me!
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Luckily (?!) I live in Italy.
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