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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: GROWLER on June 14, 2010, 09:31:00 PM
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TRYING to sort out transport from Venice Marco Polo airport to the resort we're going to next week, a measly 35 miles down the coast.
Don't particulary want to hire a car tbh, as the site we're staying at has all that is required.
Pool for the kids and an ale 'ouse and tv for me.
Car would just be sitting there unused for most of the week.
Taxi would be a good idea thinks me. No messin' about, probably about 50 snotters each way at the most, which is more than I'd expect to pay in the UK in all honesty, but we're talking ripping the tourist off here, so I added in that factor. ::)
Oh no, oh no no no. Not even remotely close.
Cheapest I could find was a cool £485. eeek:
One was asking for £950!!! happy001
That was return mind you, generous ey, thieving utter Italiano scum bags. Angry9:
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Are you going to Italy then...? rubschin:
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Are you going to Italy then...? rubschin:
I think my post indicates that, yes.
Do I feel some pedantism coming on somehow? ::)
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Get a bus, like
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Get a bus, like
So where's the bus station and timetable, and will it be written in English, as I speak no Italian at all, oh, and where's the bus stop at the end of the journey in relation to where we've got to carry 4 suitcases?
I'll probably need a holiday after trying to sort that lot out. Banghead
Hire car beckons unfortunately.
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I know I am asking for trouble here but surely your travel agent will be able to arrange transport between airport and resort (hotel/apartment or whatever). I have yet to see a package holiday that doesn't include "Transfers".
Now I realise that you may have booked flights yourself, you may have booked your accommodation yourself and in fact you may have avoided using a travel agent altogether in which case haven't you left it a little late to start wondering how to get between the two?
Italy is full of buses and railway lines. Both will connect with the airport and if you are going to a resort then the resort will have transport links with the airport and vice versa. As for not speaking the language ~ why go there if you cannot even understand the sign for BUS
Here's a clue:
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scared:
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Where in any of my posts have I actually stated that I don't understand 'signs' with a picture of a bus/train/aircraft/horse and cart on it? Shrugs:
I don't SPEAK the language however, so actually conversing with an Italian bus driver that also doesn't speak English could possibly cause some problems, especially with if 5 fat Mamas are standing waiting to get on said bus hollering "Mama Mia"...not the musical I hasten to add before some smart arse quips in with a one liner.... at me.
The company we booked with cannot offer transfers other than a taxi for £465 that we turned down 3 weeks ago, hence the reason for attempting to sort it out myself.
I don't want to arrive at the airport to be faced with hours of trauma trying to discover how the blazes we are going to get to the resort 35 miles away other than paying 'footballers wages' style prices for a bloody taxi.
I wasn't asking in here for a solution, or unhelpful sarcasm, just a rant about the price of a taxi, that's all.
As I say, car hire now beckons @ approx £220 for the week.
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scared:
Yes I know but honestly ~ you'd think he'd been taking lessons from Nick ::)
No I retract that ~ even Nick can manage to get from an airport to his hotel.
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Where in any of my posts have I actually stated that I don't understand 'signs' with a picture of a bus/train/aircraft/horse and cart on it? Shrugs:
I don't SPEAK the language however, so actually conversing with an Italian bus driver that also doesn't speak English could possibly cause some problems, especially with if 5 fat Mamas are standing waiting to get on said bus hollering "Mama Mia"...not the musical I hasten to add before some smart arse quips in with a one liner.... at me.
The company we booked with cannot offer transfers other than a taxi for £465 that we turned down 3 weeks ago, hence the reason for attempting to sort it out myself.
I don't want to arrive at the airport to be faced with hours of trauma trying to discover how the blazes we are going to get to the resort 35 miles away other than paying 'footballers wages' style prices for a bloody taxi.
I wasn't asking in here for a solution, just a rant about the price of a taxi, that's all.
As I say, car hire now beckons @ approx £220 for the week.
And who exactly forced you into booking this holiday with all the attendant problems?
No forget I asked .... I don't want to fight over this. It is just too ridiculous for words.
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scared:
Yes I know but honestly ~ you'd think he'd been taking lessons from Nick ::)
No I retract that ~ even Nick can manage to get from an airport to his hotel.
Christ on a bike, how many times?
Actually getting from the airport TO the camp site is NOT the problem, it's the bloody COST OF A TAXI/TRANSFER, whatever that I'm going on about! Banghead
I WILL be hiring a car, pre booked on this thing, and WE WILL therefore be able to transfer ourselves back and forth without any hassle.
Key Camp DO NOT offer transfers other than a taxi @ £465, ok? ::)
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Where in any of my posts have I actually stated that I don't understand 'signs' with a picture of a bus/train/aircraft/horse and cart on it? Shrugs:
I don't SPEAK the language however, so actually conversing with an Italian bus driver that also doesn't speak English could possibly cause some problems, especially with if 5 fat Mamas are standing waiting to get on said bus hollering "Mama Mia"...not the musical I hasten to add before some smart arse quips in with a one liner.... at me.
The company we booked with cannot offer transfers other than a taxi for £465 that we turned down 3 weeks ago, hence the reason for attempting to sort it out myself.
I don't want to arrive at the airport to be faced with hours of trauma trying to discover how the blazes we are going to get to the resort 35 miles away other than paying 'footballers wages' style prices for a bloody taxi.
I wasn't asking in here for a solution, just a rant about the price of a taxi, that's all.
As I say, car hire now beckons @ approx £220 for the week.
And who exactly forced you into booking this holiday with all the attendant problems?
No forget I asked .... I don't want to fight over this. It is just too ridiculous for words.
I didn't book it. I never wanted to go in the first place, but I'm doing the 'happy family' thing to keep everyone content.
Your constant ridiculing of ME lately is also too ridiculous for words.
Let's end this conversation now I suggest.
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Suits me chum
But I would deny ever ridiculing you. I treat you as I treat everyone else ~ in fact given your known propensity to blow your stack and storm off in a huff I have gone out of my way not to take the p*ss out of you. No need to apologise for your baseless accusations though just have a nice holiday.
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. . even Nick can manage to get from an airport to his hotel.
Be fair though, it would be the wrong hotel, or have burned down if it was the right one.
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. . even Nick can manage to get from an airport to his hotel.
Be fair though, it would be the wrong hotel, or have burned down if it was the right one.
Good point ~ well made.
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evil:
Growler. Camping noooo:. Driving in Italy eeek:
What will he die of?
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evil:
Growler. Camping noooo:. Driving in Italy eeek:
What will he die of?
A fair bet it won't be from pining for you. whistle:
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Back to the otiginal topic and gripe. ::)
Comparison:
Growler Towers to Manchester airport, £60/70 return. Total mileage 90 miles.
Not actually going from Manchester this time but that's the going rate apparently.
Venice airport to holiday site. £456 is the cheapest return. Total mileage 70 miles. eeek:
THAT is what I'm griping about, and most normal people would probably think the same.
A great big rip off.
We're not camping in a tent btw
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Growler. Camping noooo:. Driving in Italy eeek:
What will he die of?
Not willy waving, but I've had plenty of driving experience abroad in more than 8 different countries iirc already thanks, including in and around Paris, once in a 52 seater. That was actually quite scary tbh. scared2:
I believe only Rome is as bad by comparison, but I won't be going near the place. noooo:
Drove a Mini up to the Troodos, and a scooter around Aya Napa in Cyprus back in '84 too. cloud9:
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Growler: the only man ever to rent a car in Venice noooo:
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Growler: the only man ever to rent a car in Venice noooo:
Why would that be then?
You'll be telling me next, that all the bloody planes that land there have to have floats. ::)
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Possibly. I have a pin eveilgrin:
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I've had a rummage around the web looking at taxi prices in the Venice area. Seems the going rate!
Definitely a rip off but what can you do?
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He could always rent 2 tandems angel1
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Not trying to be funny, but if you Google "Venice Taxi" you get this:
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Which I expect is rather dear.
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The three gays account for most of the cost noooo:
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The three gays account for most of the cost noooo:
Four, the one nearest the bow is kneeling.
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eeek:
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According to a nice young lady Key Camp who I spoke to a couple of hours ago he should contact www.car-transfer.it
Their site is in English and Italian so he can choose the language.
They quoted me between €108 and €123 depending on the size of the party
It seems that they (the girls at key Camp) always recommend www.car-transfer.it. Chap by the name of Aldo Dinoble (sp?) runs it, so they tell me, and he does most of their work. The price the young lady quoted me was from Treviso Airport to the furthest of the three sites that they have in the area. That was done deliberately as it would be a longer journey and thus the price from Venice airport should be a little less. The young lady suggested going to the site and asking for a quote giving the accurate dates/times and numbers which I did not have. She assures me that the people at the Italian web site speak excellent English.
The young lady at Key Camp also told me that she and many of her colleagues catch the airport bus into Venice and then get a water taxi across Venice. Once off the water taxi she assures me it is a short bus or taxi cab ride to the site. This she says is the cheapest and pleasantest route.
I post this in a spirit of friendship not ridicule.
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I've had a rummage around the web looking at taxi prices in the Venice area. Seems the going rate!
Definitely a rip off but what can you do?
Quite. Staggeringly eye watering in'it? eeek:
I believe the Gondalas around the watery streets of Venice are incredibly expensive too.
Someone has suggested about £70 per person! eeek:
As previously stated, I'll be hiring a car now anyway, which was always going to be plan B right from when it was all booked 3 months ago.
Plan C, public transport, is really going to be too much mither and dabbling into the unknown until you actually get there.
That's possibly horrendously expensive too anyway? Shrugs:
Anyways, I'm considering sneeking out to drive up to the Alps one day to get some use out of the car while they're all splashing around in the pool. Only about 70 miles away...i think. rubschin:
Better take out some extra insurance to cover tyre wear. lol:
Seriously, I'd quite like to find some of the route they took during the filuming of my all time favourite filum, The Italian job! cloud9:
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According to a nice young lady Key Camp who I spoke to a couple of hours ago he should contact www.car-transfer.it
Their site is in English and Italian so he can choose the language.
They quoted me between €108 and €123 depending on the size of the party
It seems that they (the girls at key Camp) always recommend www.car-transfer.it. Chap by the name of Aldo Dinoble (sp?) runs it, so they tell me, and he does most of their work. The price the young lady quoted me was from Treviso Airport to the furthest of the three sites that they have in the area. That was done deliberately as it would be a longer journey and thus the price from Venice airport should be a little less. The young lady suggested going to the site and asking for a quote giving the accurate dates/times and numbers which I did not have. She assures me that the people at the Italian web site speak excellent English.
The young lady at Key Camp also told me that she and many of her colleagues catch the airport bus into Venice and then get a water taxi across Venice. Once off the water taxi she assures me it is a short bus or taxi cab ride to the site. This she says is the cheapest and pleasantest route.
I post this in a spirit of friendship not ridicule.
Popcorn:
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Anyways, I'm considering sneeking out to drive up to the Alps one day to get some use out of the car while they're all splashing around in the pool. Only about 70 miles away...i think. rubschin:
Doesn't look that far away ;D. This taken from the Grand Canal
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Anyways, I'm considering sneeking out to drive up to the Alps one day to get some use out of the car while they're all splashing around in the pool. Only about 70 miles away...i think. rubschin:
Doesn't look that far away ;D. This taken from the Grand Canal
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From a window in the Grand Canal Hotel rather than at water level in said canal I assume.
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From the bridge of the ship cool14:
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That explains the height then. razz:
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From the bridge of the ship cool14:
Looks more like the 'crows nest'. eeek:
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From the bridge of the ship cool14:
Looks more like the 'crows nest'. eeek:
eeek: I don't know how you do it DS. The bar above the Bridge is called, appropriately enough, The Crows Nest!
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From the bridge of the ship cool14:
Looks more like the 'crows nest'. eeek:
eeek: I don't know how you do it DS. The bar above the Bridge is called, appropriately enough, The Crows Nest!
I knew you were going to say that.
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From the bridge of the ship cool14:
Looks more like the 'crows nest'. eeek:
eeek: I don't know how you do it DS. The bar above the Bridge is called, appropriately enough, The Crows Nest!
I knew you were going to say that.
DS in a previous employment
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According to a nice young lady Key Camp who I spoke to a couple of hours ago he should contact www.car-transfer.it
Their site is in English and Italian so he can choose the language.
They quoted me between €108 and €123 depending on the size of the party
It seems that they (the girls at key Camp) always recommend www.car-transfer.it. Chap by the name of Aldo Dinoble (sp?) runs it, so they tell me, and he does most of their work. The price the young lady quoted me was from Treviso Airport to the furthest of the three sites that they have in the area. That was done deliberately as it would be a longer journey and thus the price from Venice airport should be a little less. The young lady suggested going to the site and asking for a quote giving the accurate dates/times and numbers which I did not have. She assures me that the people at the Italian web site speak excellent English.
The young lady at Key Camp also told me that she and many of her colleagues catch the airport bus into Venice and then get a water taxi across Venice. Once off the water taxi she assures me it is a short bus or taxi cab ride to the site. This she says is the cheapest and pleasantest route.
I post this in a spirit of friendship not ridicule.
Popcorn:
Hungry are we? ::)
For what exactly? rubschin:
Trouble? ::)
Meanwhile, Snoopy.
2 pages ago you were sort of ripping into me like a semi savage Rotweiller, then you turn everything around in the space of 1 page and pull out all the stops and go way beyond the 'call of duty' in terms of helpfulnes....for which I thank you very much. happy088
You didn't need to do that, really.
You amaze and confuslicate me sometimes. confused:
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Growler is an confused bear noooo:
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Growler is an confused bear noooo:
I used to be quite normal actually, then one day I met you. ::)
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Anyways, I'm considering sneeking out to drive up to the Alps one day to get some use out of the car while they're all splashing around in the pool. Only about 70 miles away...i think. rubschin:
Doesn't look that far away ;D. This taken from the Grand Canal
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S'cuse me ignorance like, but is that Grand Canal in Venice then?
Those there MONSTER 'ills look mighty close actually.
Growler paradise beckons. cloud9:
I only did a quick guesstimate on the disrance looking at a rather large scale map, so they could be nearer than i originally thought.
Might be a bit cooler up there for me like too. cloud9:
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Yes Mr G, the Grand Canal is smack dab in the middle of Venice and those 'ills with the snow on in the background ... yes! The pic was taken in May a couple of years ago IIRC ;D
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Yes Mr G, the Grand Canal is smack dab in the middle of Venice and those 'ills with the snow on in the background ... yes! The pic was taken in May a couple of years ago IIRC ;D
You been there then Pasty?
Wasn't my choice...I prefer 'ills and foresty type cooler climates like, no, it was Growler Jnrs believe it or not. eeek:
It's a pressy for his 18th burfday, and finishing of his full time education. It's also a treat for MM to celebrate the end of the GCSE's too.
Was'it like there like?
I've got this picture in me mind that it's a dirty smelly place, but i could be wrong I suppose?
We'll have to have a day trip there no doubt. ::)
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I love Venice cloud9: cloud9: cloud9: cloud9: cloud9:
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I love Venice cloud9: cloud9: cloud9: cloud9: cloud9:
Why?
Loads of frock shops no doubt. ::)
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I love Venice cloud9: cloud9: cloud9: cloud9: cloud9:
Why?
Loads of frock shops no doubt. ::)
noooo: Cheap booze.
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noooo: noooo: noooo:
I love its uniqueness, its buildings, its hidden treasures. It is a romantic place. Yes it is full of tourists but you don't have to be ripped off.
I would love to go again
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noooo: noooo: noooo:
I love its uniqueness, its buildings, its hidden treasures. It is a romantic place. Yes it is full of tourists but you don't have to be ripped off.
I would love to go again
Growler will take you there on the pillion of his moped. ;)
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Next time you want to go to Italy, come to my town. I got 'ills, and this is a photo to prove it.
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Next time you want to go to Italy, come to my town. I got 'ills, and this is a photo to prove it.
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Ey up Beer'ed. That looks decidedly like 'me 'ill' that does! Uncannily like it in fact. Amazing.eeek:
What's that on the top?
Got a bigger piccy of it?
Is that somewhere near where I'm going to, you know, near the Alps, cus i could well be doing a trip up into that sort of region. cloud9:
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Was'it like there like?
I've got this picture in me mind that it's a dirty smelly place, but i could be wrong I suppose?
It's an extraordinary and enchanting place to which a day trip will not do justice but don't let that put you off. The tourists will be unavoidable but it's rich history is worth savouring if only for a short while.
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It's Growler Jnr. that's wanting to go there. Most odd for a youngster I thought. confused:
Those BIG'ill's in the background look more inviting to me tbh. cloud9:
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Went there with the parents when I was 15. It is a lovely place.
We camped about 20 miles away on a German run site. It was during the '66 world cup & the camp guard authorities arranged for the final to be shown in a local cinema, my dad & uncle Frank were the only 2 non-Germans there.
Ahh memories cloud9:
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Bad plumbing though noooo:
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Bad plumbing though noooo:
Really?
You've been then I presume? rubschin:
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Went there with the parents when I was 15. It is a lovely place.
We camped about 20 miles away on a German run site. It was during the '66 world cup & the camp guard authorities arranged for the final to be shown in a local cinema, my dad & uncle Frank were the only 2 non-Germans there.
Ahh memories cloud9:
I hope they've got Sky so I can watch the footie. eeek:
When's the next Ingeeeeerland match after tonights?
Better hadn't be Wednesday afternoon. eveilgrin:
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Bad plumbing though noooo:
Really?
You've been then I presume? rubschin:
You will see angel1
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Bad plumbing though noooo:
Really?
You've been then I presume? rubschin:
You will see angel1
Couldn't actually give a flying turd tbqath, as I had me bi-annual scrub down 6 weeks ago in ''me 'ill's' mountain pond. cloud9:
Bears DO actually shit in the woods too, so there. Finger:
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When's the next Ingeeeeerland match after tonights?
Better hadn't be Wednesday afternoon. eveilgrin:
1500hr's Wednesday
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When's the next Ingeeeeerland match after tonights?
Better hadn't be Wednesday afternoon. eveilgrin:
1500hr's Wednesday
You windin' me up? eeek:
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Well that's what my newspaper says............ whistle:
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When's the next Ingeeeeerland match after tonights?
Better hadn't be Wednesday afternoon. eveilgrin:
1500hr's Wednesday
You windin' me up? eeek:
1600hr's Souh African time if it helps whistle:
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When's the next Ingeeeeerland match after tonights?
Better hadn't be Wednesday afternoon. eveilgrin:
1500hr's Wednesday
You windin' me up? eeek:
1600hr's Souh African time if it helps whistle:
What time will it be in Italy then ey?
S'pose I could ask the plane driver to get his foot down a bit? rubschin:
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When's the next Ingeeeeerland match after tonights?
Better hadn't be Wednesday afternoon. eveilgrin:
1500hr's Wednesday
You windin' me up? eeek:
1600hr's Souh African time if it helps whistle:
What time will it be in Italy then ey?
S'pose I could ask the plane driver to get his foot down a bit? rubschin:
Don't fret. You will probably be able to watch the whole match in the departure lounge.
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When's the next Ingeeeeerland match after tonights?
Better hadn't be Wednesday afternoon. eveilgrin:
1500hr's Wednesday
You windin' me up? eeek:
1600hr's Souh African time if it helps whistle:
What time will it be in Italy then ey?
S'pose I could ask the plane driver to get his foot down a bit? rubschin:
Don't fret. You will probably be able to watch the whole match in the departure lounge.
Oh yes.
A delay! happy088
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When's the next Ingeeeeerland match after tonights?
Better hadn't be Wednesday afternoon. eveilgrin:
1500hr's Wednesday
You windin' me up? eeek:
1600hr's Souh African time if it helps whistle:
What time will it be in Italy then ey?
S'pose I could ask the plane driver to get his foot down a bit? rubschin:
Don't fret. You will probably be able to watch the whole match in the departure lounge.
Oh yes.
A delay! happy088
No need for a delay ~ One Slovenian goal in the first few minutes and Ingerlund will be on the next plane home. You may even pass them mid-air.
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When's the next Ingeeeeerland match after tonights?
Better hadn't be Wednesday afternoon. eveilgrin:
1500hr's Wednesday
You windin' me up? eeek:
1600hr's Souh African time if it helps whistle:
What time will it be in Italy then ey?
S'pose I could ask the plane driver to get his foot down a bit? rubschin:
Don't fret. You will probably be able to watch the whole match in the departure lounge.
Oh yes.
A delay! happy088
No need for a delay ~ One Slovenian goal in the first few minutes and Ingerlund will be on the next plane home. You may even pass them mid-air.
lol: lol: lol: lol: