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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    Anyone else think it's a bit creepy to watch one or two grown men actively track another grown man's flight, when they're presumably not hitmen or drug runners.
    A comment to solicit greens ... mate, sometimes you are a little too transparent


    So Edmond, you're not on the 420 out of Amsterdam?

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    Quote Originally Posted by David48atTD View Post
    sometimes you are a little too transparent

    sometimes??

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post

    I can see that some aren't taking the competition altogether seriously.
    Mendip
    I hope you weren't referring to me but if you were and I will admit my initial guess was a bit frivolous so here is my "serious" guess.

    Through the door at 16:50

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    Anyone else think it's a bit creepy to watch one or two grown men actively track another grown man's flight, when they're presumably not hitmen or drug runners.
    Fangirling

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    Mendip Sorry to inform you, your flight has been tracked and customs are waiting for you, and are waiting to drink your spare bottle of whiskey.

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    We have a winner!

    Congrats ootai, although it took a second try to even get the correct year.

    The flight landed 10 minutes early at 15:00. I arrived at the ASQ at 16:00, but it took them 16 minutes to get me to understand the online meal ordering system.

    Through the door at 16:16!

    Maybe the wife is right... I am too negative.


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    Welcome home Mendip.

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    Welcome back to Thailand.
    I hope you have your jumper on as its been a bit cool here lately.

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    You can obviously see he's wearing a jumper in the photo ootai

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    I posted Swedish time

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    We have a winner!

    Congrats ootai, although it took a second try to even get the correct year.

    The flight landed 10 minutes early at 15:00.
    FMD. One hour from touchdown to hotel. That is quick.
    Welcome home.

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    The virus has had a great effect on the traffic.

    Welcome back. A celebratory glass has been raised here, and in your hotel?

    Quote Originally Posted by Shutree View Post
    Congrats ootai
    Was he your pilot or taxi driver?

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    I think it is time for a new quarantine thread. Then a going home to your number one fan thread. You are good at these threads and you will be pea deprived for two weeks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by armstrong View Post
    You can obviously see he's wearing a jumper in the photo ootai
    I ain't blind so it was a rhetorical question with a hint of sarcasm but you might have missed that. I bet Mendip didn't.

    Throughout this thread there have been numerous posts about him not having or wearing a jumper in temperatures near the zero mark so I am sure he won't need one here in Thailand where it hasn't got anywhere near that low.

    Mendip did you get your whiskey safely to your room?

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    So ootai wins a night with Frenchie? Just me luck.

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    ^ I see your point Snubs... but I haven't finished my commute yet!

    So near yet so far...


    I'm not one to complain, but it's bladdy hot here... that -3 degrees in Sweden already feels a long way off!

    So yesterday started the return leg of my commute, the first page of this ridiculous thread in reverse. I dumped my bags outside the office... no dogs to cock their legs on them in Gothenburg!



    My Volvo taxi dropped me at the airport.



    And the reason for a pic of a taxi... I have discovered something remarkable about Volvo taxis in Sweden.

    Who'd have thought this? They have a little hatch in the back seat... for... your skis!

    Ingenious. Well, to me at least.



    And that was it... after nearly six months, time to head back home.



    Check-in was easy, thanks to my travel packs. All the paperwork was in order and I was through in 5 minutes.

    Bye bye Sweden...



    I had time for a couple of pints but foolishly decided to save my duty free shopping for Schiphol.

    An then this was a rude awakening... not a statement by yet another company turning away from fossil fuels... but look at the gut on that! My four months of office working have been unkind, and I've been blissfully unaware with no mirrors to walk past. My jeans are made of this elasticy denim material so even they gave me no warning... they just expand with my waistline. This year I am going to sort it out... no wonder 'Frenchie' wasn't knocking on my door.



    And there was my Embraer 190 to take me to Amsterdam! And the last snow I'll see this year, with any luck.

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    When I arrived at Schiphol I had to leave Schengen.

    I guess I should have been expecting it... but it still took me a while to realise what had happened. Never before in 30 years of regular flying through Europe...



    Had the third degree from the Cloggy immigration guy as well. Where have you been, where are you going, why this, why that. A sign of things to come I guess.

    There must be some fukker out there who has benefited from Brexit... but I've yet to meet him. As for me... it's knackered my pound, has made future onshore work in Schengen all but impossible and now, no way will a passport last me 10 years with Schengen stamping me in and out. Thanks Boris ya tosser... oh of course... there was one person who has benefited from it... must be nice when you have daddy's money in the bank.

    Anyway, as I said I'm not one to moan. My habit of 30 years of transiting through Schiphol has always been to head to Cone Bar in Area D for a sausage roll.



    It's no longer called the Cone Bar, but still does great sausage rolls.



    And here was another shock... at the counter I was told no alcohol sales in Schiphol after 19:30 and drinking time until 20:00. Then all shops shut!

    I got two tins in just in time according to the guy who lives in the clock...



    But then as I was enjoying them I suddenly thought... fark! I haven't got my duty free yet. I could have watched him all day, but had to leave the clock guy to it... I had 7 minutes.



    Double fark!


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    A girl told me there was one place still open upstairs, but that I had to be quick.

    Lucky too... perfume for the missus, chocolates for the nipper and a little something for me!

    Two things in fact. Since I've become a little rotund I've started wearing these silly flying socks for long haul flights, but since I'm now so out of routine with travelling I forgot to put them on.

    Luckily the duty free place sold my size, so I treated meself to a pair.

    I even managed to put them on without following the instructions... well, only just to be honest. Those extra kilograms certainly don't help with operations like this.



    I very nearly stuck my sweaty, stinking, manky old socks in the bin, but then I had one of those brainwaves.

    I'd already stashed my bottle at the bottom of my carry-on...



    There... good luck to any b@stard searching down there! I wouldn't!



    And by now it was time to head off to the gate.

    A strange thing... they have all day to send planes to Bangkok, but send two off from the same gate within 20 minutes of each other? Surely that's asking for trouble?



    As it turned out, Gate E1 was for health screening and then my flight departed from E5. My Bangkok flight was in association with Malaysian Air and continued on to KL. The other Bangkok flight continued on to Jakarta. I guess the airlines are suffering just now and have to combine routes.

    A nice view for a long haul check-in... hardly any bladdy queue! And this was even with the bottleneck caused by a document check. My first of several.



    And a nice new Dreamliner for the flight. Normally it was always a 777-300 for this flight, so they're downsizing as well.


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    It was a smooth flight on the Dreamliner, and KLM even surprised me on the catering front.

    It was even fukkin worse than usual.

    It wasn't the usual microwaved pasta goo with plastic cutlery... there was no cutlery at all!

    The evening meal comprised of a microwaved pizza in a box.



    Followed by a 'bag of shite'. It was like something you'd give to the annoying kids at a Birthday party.



    And that was it. All I can say is that if you're flying with KLM, eat beforehand and take along a packed lunch. If the itinerary allows of course.

    They say it's because of Covid safety rules. I guess a microwaved box of pasta is more dangerous than a microwaved slice of pizza with the topping stuck to the lid. All the water fountains at Schiphol are out of action as well, due to 'Covid safety rules'. So guess what, you have to buy the bottled water at 3 quid a time. Maybe I'm just cynical.

    Anyway, I was quite hungry by breakfast time... but soon lost my appetite.

    The lid said 'Scrambled Egg', which was a useful guide but it was like no scrambled egg I've ever tasted before. And there was some unidentified goo... even the peas couldn't rescue that.



    The good thing about the flight though... it was maybe 20 percent full, at most. I had my three seats to myself and got some good sleep.



    And another good thing... the Dreamliner didn't have window blinds. You just press buttons to make the glass shaded or not. I've never seen that before.



    And Suvarnabhumi...

    CoE were first checked coming off the plane, and then we made our way to the checkpoint.

    I had to stop for a humongous dump, and by the time I finished everyone had disappeared.



    I found my fellow passengers at the front of the nicely set out and socially distanced chairs and sat down to fill out the landing card. There were swarms of PPE clad helpers and as soon as the T6 was filled out I was hustled to the first station, past that, then off o the next station, past that, and within 20 minutes was walking off to immigration. A big shout to OhOh here... the prepared travel packs were a God send and I waltzed through while others were searching through their bags. I only needed one though... never opened the remaining four packs. But better safe than sorry I reckon.

    No queues whatsoever at immigration, straight through... and my bag was going round on the carousel. Straight through customs... no bag scanned... which was annoying because I wish I'd stashed more booze now. Then outside to my ASQ driver.

    I was asked to wait for 10 minutes while he brought the car to the front.



    And once he was ready, I was taken out to get my ride to the ASQ.



    The whole process was remarkably easy and to be honest I should have done it months ago... but it does feel good not to have to work until borders start to open up again.

    The most difficult thing during the whole operation was probably getting those bloody new socks on at Schiphol.

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    My post-lockdown commute back to work-screenshot_20210115-182236_chrome-jpg

    Only fruit plates and veggie platters for you during quarantine.

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    ^ I know, I'm disgusted with myself. I lost 8 kilos on the boat as well.

    But to be fair that pic was taken from an unflattering angle and a jumper is known to add a few pounds.


    I arrived at the ASQ after only a 15 minute ride and was met by more PPE clad helpers and a nurse.

    The biggest delay in getting to my room was setting all this stuff up on LINE and in some new app I had to download. I have to take my own temperature at 8am and 4pm and upload it to two separate apps, one for my nurse and one for a government site. And I have to order all my meals on an app as well. It's got awfully complicated. If I pass my PCR test in 5 days I'm allowed out of my room for a while, it seems. I have to sort that out on an app as well.

    My ASQ is perfect for me. Nothing fancy but a bit of space, a balcony and opening windows. Two weeks will be no problem... I think.





    There was a kit laid out on the table for me to use to take my temperature twice a day. They also left me a huge wad of tissues but I have no idea what they should be used for!



    At 5pm there was a knock on the door. I went out but no-one was there... just a bag of food left on a little table outside my room.



    Good job I want to lose weight!



    A nice view from the balcony... I can watch the Sky Trains all day. I'm gonna get a bit of sun on my skin tomorrow as well and looking forward to that after months in the Scandinavian winter.



    It sure feels good to be finally on my way home!


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    Quote Originally Posted by ootai View Post
    I ain't blind so it was a rhetorical question with a hint of sarcasm but you might have missed that. I bet Mendip didn't.

    Throughout this thread there have been numerous posts about him not having or wearing a jumper in temperatures near the zero mark so I am sure he won't need one here in Thailand where it hasn't got anywhere near that low.

    Mendip did you get your whiskey safely to your room?
    I know the story. My comment was in relation to his very hairy arms. You might have missed that.

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    Happy quarantine Buddy, hope all goes well for you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shutree View Post
    One hour from touchdown to hotel. That is quick.
    ...and that included a massive and time-consuming dump at Suvarnabhumi

    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    I'm gonna get a bit of sun on my skin tomorrow
    Will be nice to catch some balmy rays on that balcony after the frigid arctic purgatory - enjoy

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    I have discovered something remarkable about Volvo taxis in Sweden.

    Who'd have thought this? They have a little hatch in the back seat... for... your skis!
    I use it for my piles

    Welcome home,Mendip


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