The Reid

On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 20:29:10 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne,
_the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:

> The crime is the extent to which that time is wasted by
>teaching rubbish forced upon them by morons who thought it would be fun
>to design a weird and whacky world music curriculum. There, I've said
>it. The healing can begin.

ah, the national curriculum.
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Mike Reid
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-Martin

On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:24:12 +0100, Magda <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:09:55 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, "Gregory Morrow"
><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ... More ammunition for Magda, Evelyn, and myself! :
> ...
> ... http://blogs.usatoday.com/sky/2007/0...n_flights.html
> ...
> ... 'People really don't like kids on planes'
> ...
> ... Airline passengers don't like kids on flights. That much became apparent
> ... after last month's report that AirTran booted a family off a Fort
> ... Myers-Boston flight after the family's 3-year-old girl threw a temper
> ... tantrum and refused to take her seat before takeoff.
> ...
> ... "What happened next boggles the mind," writes Dan Schlossberg of
> ... ConsumerAffairs.com. The incident touched off a nationwide discussion on the
> ... subject, with the topic dominating the news from the Web to network TV. But
> ... while there was discussion, there wasn't much debate -- nearly everyone came
> ... down on the side of the airline. "AirTran got 14,000 calls and emails
> ... endorsing their action," Schlossberg writes. "Fourteen-thousand!
>
>I read about 50-60 pages of such messages. People against the airline's decision could be
>counted in *one hand*!

If the silent majority are like me, and know that organisations take no notice
of complaints, they couldn't be arsed.
--

Martin

The Reid

On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:14:12 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>> a rant about kids on ferries next, or shall we skip the preamble and have a rant
>> about people who have kids?

on a ferry you just move away.

>I don't think any of my "rants" have ever been about "people
>who have kids". People who have kids and make no attempt to
>limit their bad behaviour in public are another matter!

exactly.
--
Mike Reid
UK walking, food, photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
Spain walking, food, tourism "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk"
Beginners UK flight sim addons "http://www.lawn-mower-man.co.uk"

-Martin

On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:24:53 +0100, Magda <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:03:00 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ... On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:58:34 +0100, Magda <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
> ... >On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:50:58 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
> ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... >
> ... > ... On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:46:58 +0100, Magda <[email protected]> wrote:
> ... > ...
> ... > ... >On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:36:43 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, "Gregory Morrow"
> ... > ... ><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... > ...
> ... > ... > ... Magda will be sending you a very tiny sweet by sea post...
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... >Huh? Is there a sea between Paris and Zuid Holland??
> ... > ...
> ... > ... The sea of tranquility?
> ...
> ... Veerse Meer?
> ...
> ... >
> ... >I asked Greg.
> ...
> ... You asked the group.
>
>No, I didn't.

So you thought you posted an e-mail?

You wrote "The sea of tranquility?"

Now if you had wanted to ask Greg specifically you would have drooled

"The sea of tranquility, Greg?"
--

Martin

The Reid

On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:57:18 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>>>Being tolerant to bad behaviour is not going to solve the problem
>>
>>
>> Not as long as you define "bad behaviour" as "what I don't like".
>
>Excuse me? I think most of us here define "bad behaviour"
>as annoying fellow-passengers unnecessarily.

I'm afraid your talking to two people who just want to argue for the
sake of it.
--
Mike Reid
UK walking, food, photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
Spain walking, food, tourism "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk"
Beginners UK flight sim addons "http://www.lawn-mower-man.co.uk"

The Reid

On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:19:54 GMT, [email protected] (Jim Ley) wrote:

>>>No, I think people should be tolerant of poor behaviour in general
>>
>>surely that just encourages it?
>
>I don't see why.

Really?

>>annoyances on planes are usually *indisiplined* children, why should
>>we be tolerant of bad parenting?
>
>I never realised you were an expert in child psychology,

oh please!
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Mike Reid
UK walking, food, photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
Spain walking, food, tourism "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk"
Beginners UK flight sim addons "http://www.lawn-mower-man.co.uk"

The Reid

On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:29:24 +0000, The Reid <[email protected]>
wrote:

>lots of PTP patrols

BTP
--
Mike Reid
UK walking, food, photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
Spain walking, food, tourism "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk"
Beginners UK flight sim addons "http://www.lawn-mower-man.co.uk"

Tim C .

Following up to Martin <[email protected]> :

>On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:58:41 +0100, Tim C. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Following up to Magda <[email protected]> :
>>
>>>On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:27:17 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Tim C. <[email protected]>
>>>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>>>
>>> ...
>>> ... >Waiting for Martin to correct you...
>>> ...
>>> ... nothing to correct?
>>>
>>>You have a penis, he does not dare to mess with you...
>>
>>for which I'm quite grateful.
>
>Magda on the other hand has sharp finger nails.

8-)

--
Tim C.

-Martin

On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:05:32 +0100, Tim C. <[email protected]> wrote:

>Following up to Martin <[email protected]> :
>
>>On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:58:41 +0100, Tim C. <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>Following up to Magda <[email protected]> :
>>>
>>>>On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:27:17 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Tim C. <[email protected]>
>>>>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>>>>
>>>> ...
>>>> ... >Waiting for Martin to correct you...
>>>> ...
>>>> ... nothing to correct?
>>>>
>>>>You have a penis, he does not dare to mess with you...
>>>
>>>for which I'm quite grateful.
>>
>>Magda on the other hand has sharp finger nails.
>
> 8-)

Good that we have lederhosen to protect our thighs from the hand of God.
--

Martin

-Magda

On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:31:40 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

... On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:24:12 +0100, Magda <[email protected]> wrote:
...
... >On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:09:55 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, "Gregory Morrow"
... ><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... >
... > ... More ammunition for Magda, Evelyn, and myself! :
... > ...
... > ... http://blogs.usatoday.com/sky/2007/0...n_flights.html
... > ...
... > ... 'People really don't like kids on planes'
... > ...
... > ... Airline passengers don't like kids on flights. That much became apparent
... > ... after last month's report that AirTran booted a family off a Fort
... > ... Myers-Boston flight after the family's 3-year-old girl threw a temper
... > ... tantrum and refused to take her seat before takeoff.
... > ...
... > ... "What happened next boggles the mind," writes Dan Schlossberg of
... > ... ConsumerAffairs.com. The incident touched off a nationwide discussion on the
... > ... subject, with the topic dominating the news from the Web to network TV. But
... > ... while there was discussion, there wasn't much debate -- nearly everyone came
... > ... down on the side of the airline. "AirTran got 14,000 calls and emails
... > ... endorsing their action," Schlossberg writes. "Fourteen-thousand!
... >
... >I read about 50-60 pages of such messages. People against the airline's decision could be
... >counted in *one hand*!
...
... If the silent majority are like me, and know that organisations take no notice
... of complaints, they couldn't be arsed.

Your problem. You have the right to keep quiet, after all.

-Magda

On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:29:33 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, "Gregory Morrow"
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

...
... But Martin pointed out that AMS had __42 milliards__ of pax passing through
... last year...

So what? 14 thousand bothered to express their opinion, that's *all* - no one knows what
the other passengers think.

Not to mention that Marty forgot a very important point - it's 42 billion
passengers/trips, not 42 billion *individuals* - there aren't 42 billion people living on
this planet (yet). Et toc.

... [...still another reason I like Mags - she's a *fast* reader :-) ]

I wish I could type half as fast!

-Magda

On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:36:24 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, The Reid
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

... On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:57:18 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
... <[email protected]> wrote:
...
... >>>Being tolerant to bad behaviour is not going to solve the problem
... >>
... >>
... >> Not as long as you define "bad behaviour" as "what I don't like".
... >
... >Excuse me? I think most of us here define "bad behaviour"
... >as annoying fellow-passengers unnecessarily.
...
... I'm afraid your talking to two people who just want to argue for the
... sake of it.

Jeremy threw the towel yesterday.

-Martin

On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:21:53 +0100, Magda <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:29:33 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, "Gregory Morrow"
><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ...
> ... But Martin pointed out that AMS had __42 milliards__ of pax passing through
> ... last year...
>
>So what? 14 thousand bothered to express their opinion, that's *all* - no one knows what
>the other passengers think.
>
>Not to mention that Marty forgot a very important point - it's 42 billion
>passengers/trips, not 42 billion *individuals* - there aren't 42 billion people living on
>this planet (yet). Et toc.
>
> ... [...still another reason I like Mags - she's a *fast* reader :-) ]
>
>I wish I could type half as fast!

Luckily for URG none of us can type as fast as we can read.
--

Martin

-Magda

On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:25:47 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

... >I never realised you were an expert in child psychology, and even if
... >you were that it was possible to get such an instant evaluation,
... >perhaps in that case there is some reason to be unhappy, however
... >applying your expertise to help would be more useful than moaning
... >about it. For most people they are not able to make such a judgement
... >and I would encourage them to be tolerant.
...
... Annoyances on planes are usually NOT *indisiplined*(sic) children.
...
... Whingers about children are usually childless.

ChildFREE.

-Martin

On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:23:57 +0100, Magda <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:25:47 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ... >I never realised you were an expert in child psychology, and even if
> ... >you were that it was possible to get such an instant evaluation,
> ... >perhaps in that case there is some reason to be unhappy, however
> ... >applying your expertise to help would be more useful than moaning
> ... >about it. For most people they are not able to make such a judgement
> ... >and I would encourage them to be tolerant.
> ...
> ... Annoyances on planes are usually NOT *indisiplined*(sic) children.
> ...
> ... Whingers about children are usually childless.
>
>ChildFREE.

Childless. I am childfree.
--

Martin