Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
Mar 11th 2004, 9:42 am
#31
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Re: Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 14:42:38 +0100, Earl Evleth <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Alas, if you keep dark secrets from your wife she keeps them from you!
>And the female is the deadliest of the sexes.
I think the sad truth is that she knows perfectly well that no matter
how much I might look at the young and georgeous who flit around
airports, the reality is there are not many who would be lured by the
gaze of a transient middle-aged old fart! 8*)
Bob T.
wrote:
>Alas, if you keep dark secrets from your wife she keeps them from you!
>And the female is the deadliest of the sexes.
I think the sad truth is that she knows perfectly well that no matter
how much I might look at the young and georgeous who flit around
airports, the reality is there are not many who would be lured by the
gaze of a transient middle-aged old fart! 8*)
Bob T.
Mar 11th 2004, 5:29 pm
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Re: Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
Hatunen wrote:
>
> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:59:23 -0800,
> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >I can't imagine being at a loss for something to do - especially in an
> >air terminal which has so many shops and restaurants! (Of course, so
> >long as there are books available - and even if I'd exhausted the supply
> >that I brought with me, Heathrow has bookshops - I have no difficulty
> >filling any amount of time necessary.)
>
> What do yo do with the books you buy? Especially if your luggage
> has been checked through?
Those I've finished reading I leave behind in the passenger lounge, for
anyone who wants them. I seldom have more than two at a time in my hand
luggage, so the one I'm currently reading travels with me (to read on
the plane).
>
> ************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
> * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
> * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
>
> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:59:23 -0800,
> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >I can't imagine being at a loss for something to do - especially in an
> >air terminal which has so many shops and restaurants! (Of course, so
> >long as there are books available - and even if I'd exhausted the supply
> >that I brought with me, Heathrow has bookshops - I have no difficulty
> >filling any amount of time necessary.)
>
> What do yo do with the books you buy? Especially if your luggage
> has been checked through?
Those I've finished reading I leave behind in the passenger lounge, for
anyone who wants them. I seldom have more than two at a time in my hand
luggage, so the one I'm currently reading travels with me (to read on
the plane).
>
> ************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
> * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
> * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
Mar 12th 2004, 1:47 am
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Re: Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
Hatunen <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>. ..
> On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:46:58 -0000, "Mark Hewitt"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Hatunen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:59:23 -0800,
> >> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I can't imagine being at a loss for something to do - especially in an
> >> >air terminal which has so many shops and restaurants! (Of course, so
> >> >long as there are books available - and even if I'd exhausted the supply
> >> >that I brought with me, Heathrow has bookshops - I have no difficulty
> >> >filling any amount of time necessary.)
> >>
> >> What do yo do with the books you buy? Especially if your luggage
> >> has been checked through?
> >
> >Read them?
>
> And then toss them in the nearest dustbin?
>
Carry them on the plane; pass them to another passenger. Leave on a
table w/a note saying "free to take" or something.
That said, though I have been able to buy a book at BKK and finish it
by the time I get to Seattle, I've not been able to shop, purchase,
*and* finish a book during a 7-hr layover. Heck, I'd spend 2 hours
just in the bookstores.
> On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:46:58 -0000, "Mark Hewitt"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Hatunen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:59:23 -0800,
> >> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I can't imagine being at a loss for something to do - especially in an
> >> >air terminal which has so many shops and restaurants! (Of course, so
> >> >long as there are books available - and even if I'd exhausted the supply
> >> >that I brought with me, Heathrow has bookshops - I have no difficulty
> >> >filling any amount of time necessary.)
> >>
> >> What do yo do with the books you buy? Especially if your luggage
> >> has been checked through?
> >
> >Read them?
>
> And then toss them in the nearest dustbin?
>
Carry them on the plane; pass them to another passenger. Leave on a
table w/a note saying "free to take" or something.
That said, though I have been able to buy a book at BKK and finish it
by the time I get to Seattle, I've not been able to shop, purchase,
*and* finish a book during a 7-hr layover. Heck, I'd spend 2 hours
just in the bookstores.
Mar 12th 2004, 2:00 am
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Re: Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Tommy Petersson wrote:
> >
> > Heathrow is *nothing* compared to Geneva Airport, talk about sitting
> > crammed together with no room at all - seating for less than half of the
> > people there. Horrible restaurant, horrible everything (including
> > prices)...
>
> ARE there any good restaurants in Switzerland? I certainly was not at
> all impressed with those near the Hotel Opera in Zurich - other than the
> rather impressive prices they charged!
I know Switzerland is small but surely you haven't judged an entire
country's food offerings based on a few places in one are of one city?
Can't comment on Zurich, but head west. Plenty of good restaurants in
the French-speaking part.
Prices, well...yeah, CH is expensive esp. for tourists. I found food
in grocery stores to be very comparable (and in some cases cheaper) to
in the US. Restaurants, however, are not cheap. But then, I am not
sure they're any more expensive than comparable places in the US (or
Ireland, which is where I'd just come from and found much more
expensive than I had anticipated). At the lower end of the scale,
places like sandwich shops had the most incredible gastronomic
delights at a fraction of the price I'd pay in the US - that is if we
could even get such things.
> Tommy Petersson wrote:
> >
> > Heathrow is *nothing* compared to Geneva Airport, talk about sitting
> > crammed together with no room at all - seating for less than half of the
> > people there. Horrible restaurant, horrible everything (including
> > prices)...
>
> ARE there any good restaurants in Switzerland? I certainly was not at
> all impressed with those near the Hotel Opera in Zurich - other than the
> rather impressive prices they charged!
I know Switzerland is small but surely you haven't judged an entire
country's food offerings based on a few places in one are of one city?
Can't comment on Zurich, but head west. Plenty of good restaurants in
the French-speaking part.
Prices, well...yeah, CH is expensive esp. for tourists. I found food
in grocery stores to be very comparable (and in some cases cheaper) to
in the US. Restaurants, however, are not cheap. But then, I am not
sure they're any more expensive than comparable places in the US (or
Ireland, which is where I'd just come from and found much more
expensive than I had anticipated). At the lower end of the scale,
places like sandwich shops had the most incredible gastronomic
delights at a fraction of the price I'd pay in the US - that is if we
could even get such things.
Mar 12th 2004, 6:41 am
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Re: Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 14:33:32 -0700, Hatunen <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:46:58 -0000, "Mark Hewitt"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>>> What do yo do with the books you buy? Especially if your luggage
>>> has been checked through?
>>Read them?
>And then toss them in the nearest dustbin?
Donate them to anyone hanging around looking for something to read...
Jim.
>On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:46:58 -0000, "Mark Hewitt"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>>> What do yo do with the books you buy? Especially if your luggage
>>> has been checked through?
>>Read them?
>And then toss them in the nearest dustbin?
Donate them to anyone hanging around looking for something to read...
Jim.
Mar 12th 2004, 2:12 pm
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Re: Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
XOR wrote:
>
> Hatunen <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>. ..
> > On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:46:58 -0000, "Mark Hewitt"
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >"Hatunen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > >news:[email protected]...
> > >> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:59:23 -0800,
> > >> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >I can't imagine being at a loss for something to do - especially in an
> > >> >air terminal which has so many shops and restaurants! (Of course, so
> > >> >long as there are books available - and even if I'd exhausted the supply
> > >> >that I brought with me, Heathrow has bookshops - I have no difficulty
> > >> >filling any amount of time necessary.)
> > >>
> > >> What do yo do with the books you buy? Especially if your luggage
> > >> has been checked through?
> > >
> > >Read them?
> >
> > And then toss them in the nearest dustbin?
> >
>
> Carry them on the plane; pass them to another passenger. Leave on a
> table w/a note saying "free to take" or something.
>
> That said, though I have been able to buy a book at BKK and finish it
> by the time I get to Seattle, I've not been able to shop, purchase,
> *and* finish a book during a 7-hr layover. Heck, I'd spend 2 hours
> just in the bookstores.
Exactly! (And what better way to use up some free time?)
>
> Hatunen <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>. ..
> > On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:46:58 -0000, "Mark Hewitt"
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >"Hatunen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > >news:[email protected]...
> > >> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:59:23 -0800,
> > >> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >I can't imagine being at a loss for something to do - especially in an
> > >> >air terminal which has so many shops and restaurants! (Of course, so
> > >> >long as there are books available - and even if I'd exhausted the supply
> > >> >that I brought with me, Heathrow has bookshops - I have no difficulty
> > >> >filling any amount of time necessary.)
> > >>
> > >> What do yo do with the books you buy? Especially if your luggage
> > >> has been checked through?
> > >
> > >Read them?
> >
> > And then toss them in the nearest dustbin?
> >
>
> Carry them on the plane; pass them to another passenger. Leave on a
> table w/a note saying "free to take" or something.
>
> That said, though I have been able to buy a book at BKK and finish it
> by the time I get to Seattle, I've not been able to shop, purchase,
> *and* finish a book during a 7-hr layover. Heck, I'd spend 2 hours
> just in the bookstores.
Exactly! (And what better way to use up some free time?)
Mar 12th 2004, 2:19 pm
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Re: Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
XOR wrote:
>
> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> > Tommy Petersson wrote:
> > >
> > > Heathrow is *nothing* compared to Geneva Airport, talk about sitting
> > > crammed together with no room at all - seating for less than half of the
> > > people there. Horrible restaurant, horrible everything (including
> > > prices)...
> >
> > ARE there any good restaurants in Switzerland? I certainly was not at
> > all impressed with those near the Hotel Opera in Zurich - other than the
> > rather impressive prices they charged!
>
> I know Switzerland is small but surely you haven't judged an entire
> country's food offerings based on a few places in one are of one city?
No, not "judging", just wondering. (Particularly because the
restaurants I tried were not in exactly a "cheap" area of town - perhaps
that was the problem?)
>
> Can't comment on Zurich, but head west. Plenty of good restaurants in
> the French-speaking part.
But no Opernhaus Zurich, which was the reason for my visit. It's just
that I like to eat well, no matter where I go. Some people consider
Austrian food "heavy", but that's never bothered me, since most I've
sampled was tasy and well-prepared.
>
> Prices, well...yeah, CH is expensive esp. for tourists. I found food
> in grocery stores to be very comparable (and in some cases cheaper) to
> in the US. Restaurants, however, are not cheap. But then, I am not
> sure they're any more expensive than comparable places in the US
But those comparable prices in the US usually mean a high quality meal -
these were far from it!
>
> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> > Tommy Petersson wrote:
> > >
> > > Heathrow is *nothing* compared to Geneva Airport, talk about sitting
> > > crammed together with no room at all - seating for less than half of the
> > > people there. Horrible restaurant, horrible everything (including
> > > prices)...
> >
> > ARE there any good restaurants in Switzerland? I certainly was not at
> > all impressed with those near the Hotel Opera in Zurich - other than the
> > rather impressive prices they charged!
>
> I know Switzerland is small but surely you haven't judged an entire
> country's food offerings based on a few places in one are of one city?
No, not "judging", just wondering. (Particularly because the
restaurants I tried were not in exactly a "cheap" area of town - perhaps
that was the problem?)
>
> Can't comment on Zurich, but head west. Plenty of good restaurants in
> the French-speaking part.
But no Opernhaus Zurich, which was the reason for my visit. It's just
that I like to eat well, no matter where I go. Some people consider
Austrian food "heavy", but that's never bothered me, since most I've
sampled was tasy and well-prepared.
>
> Prices, well...yeah, CH is expensive esp. for tourists. I found food
> in grocery stores to be very comparable (and in some cases cheaper) to
> in the US. Restaurants, however, are not cheap. But then, I am not
> sure they're any more expensive than comparable places in the US
But those comparable prices in the US usually mean a high quality meal -
these were far from it!
