Morning all. Swan Lake was DIVINE. Loved every minute of it. I saw Concorde when I was about 9, I think, at the Gatwick Air Show. It was the first time it had appeared at a public show. I was spellbound. A week after Hubby and I met we went to Hampton Court Flower show. Around 10.45 I asked Hubby what that noise was. He looked at his watch and said "it's Concorde, it flies over at this time every day. " I went outside the marquee and just stood watching it fly overhead,still spellbound. Only when it had almost gone did I realise that dozens of other people were doing the same. I remember saying to Hubby " That plane is around 30 years old now and it still has the capacity to , literally, stop people in their tracks. I remember it flying low over Haslemere one morning and I was telling our NDNs in the pub that night. " I know, I was on it" he said. He worked for a PR company and they'd booked seats on one of those flights down and around the Bay of Biscay and back and someone called in the morning to say he couldn't make it. My friend's boss said " if you can get to Heathrow by X O'clock, you can have his seat. Lucky sod.
I had a client for over 15 years who was in the Oil Insurance industry. He used to go to Houston about once a month. I turned up at his house once and he was in a suit.( never worn at home ) " Oh, you're either just off, or just back .Which is it?" " I'm off to the airport . I thought you were the taxi" "Houston again?" "New York this time. I don't mind New York, we fly Concorde. You arrive in US before you leave UK" Lucky sod. He got PAID to fly on Concorde. The company he dealt with were on the top 2 floors of the the World Trade Centre all all died on 9 11. He personally signed the cheque which settled the Piper Alpha oil platform explosion, but refused to tell me how much it was for.
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Just finished packing, putting out the rubbish etc. Now to bed... see you all when I return.
Liri.......enjoy your trip
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Swan Lake was DIVINE. Loved every minute of it.
I saw Concorde when I was about 9, I think, at the Gatwick Air Show. It was the first time it had appeared at a public show. I was spellbound.
A week after Hubby and I met we went to Hampton Court Flower show. Around 10.45 I asked Hubby what that noise was. He looked at his watch and said "it's Concorde, it flies over at this time every day. "
I went outside the marquee and just stood watching it fly overhead,still spellbound. Only when it had almost gone did I realise that dozens of other people were doing the same. I remember saying to Hubby " That plane is around 30 years old now and it still has the capacity to , literally, stop people in their tracks.
I remember it flying low over Haslemere one morning and I was telling our NDNs in the pub that night. " I know, I was on it" he said. He worked for a PR company and they'd booked seats on one of those flights down and around the Bay of Biscay and back and someone called in the morning to say he couldn't make it. My friend's boss said " if you can get to Heathrow by X O'clock, you can have his seat. Lucky sod.
Luck sod indeed @Hostafan1
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
" Oh, you're either just off, or just back .Which is it?"
" I'm off to the airport . I thought you were the taxi"
"Houston again?"
"New York this time. I don't mind New York, we fly Concorde. You arrive in US before you leave UK"
Lucky sod. He got PAID to fly on Concorde.
The company he dealt with were on the top 2 floors of the the World Trade Centre all all died on 9 11.
He personally signed the cheque which settled the Piper Alpha oil platform explosion, but refused to tell me how much it was for.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.