Who is an idiot? I am an idiot.
Jul. 22nd, 2006 05:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shark_hatYesterday went lke this:
Get up eeeaaarly to get to airport for 10 o'clock flight
Arrive at airport
Notice that flight is not listed. Nasty feeling creeps over me. Check flight times.
Do dance of slapping self on forehead and rolling eyes.
Well, being four hours early is better than four hours late, right?
As airports that I've had to hang around for a long time go, Heathrow gets pretty good marks. Their internet facilities airside, however, consist of two (2) computers at 10p per minute on a wet string connection with some sort of b0rken interface. Must Try Harder. I had books, of course.
(You'd think that after the time I got the train to Stanstead for a flight that was actually at Gatwick I'd remember to triple-check my tickets. (I caught that plane, too.) Oddly, I'm fine with catching trains, despite their being much less expensive and troublesome if you miss them.)
...
I arrived to the remains of a tropical storm. Amazing cloudbursts! Rain bouncing a foot off the pavement. It looked like there was no room for air between the drops. I got here without getting wet, though, and was very happy to see everyone, and had curry (straw to Brick Lane? It was nice), and was veryvery glad to go to bed.
One good thing about jetlag is seeing the sunrise. It's cloudy today, but there we go. Now to listen to some Boosh radio shows until everyone wakes up and we get on the move.
Get up eeeaaarly to get to airport for 10 o'clock flight
Arrive at airport
Notice that flight is not listed. Nasty feeling creeps over me. Check flight times.
Do dance of slapping self on forehead and rolling eyes.
Well, being four hours early is better than four hours late, right?
As airports that I've had to hang around for a long time go, Heathrow gets pretty good marks. Their internet facilities airside, however, consist of two (2) computers at 10p per minute on a wet string connection with some sort of b0rken interface. Must Try Harder. I had books, of course.
(You'd think that after the time I got the train to Stanstead for a flight that was actually at Gatwick I'd remember to triple-check my tickets. (I caught that plane, too.) Oddly, I'm fine with catching trains, despite their being much less expensive and troublesome if you miss them.)
...
I arrived to the remains of a tropical storm. Amazing cloudbursts! Rain bouncing a foot off the pavement. It looked like there was no room for air between the drops. I got here without getting wet, though, and was very happy to see everyone, and had curry (straw to Brick Lane? It was nice), and was veryvery glad to go to bed.
One good thing about jetlag is seeing the sunrise. It's cloudy today, but there we go. Now to listen to some Boosh radio shows until everyone wakes up and we get on the move.
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Date: 2006-07-22 12:50 pm (UTC)Love to all, by the way, in case I didn't say so before.
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Date: 2006-07-22 03:23 pm (UTC)So - if you didn't not mention it on purpose - where are you? Far enough for jetlag at least... Hope you've a great time anyway!