The view from my "office"

love_the_life said:
What are your thoughts about flying over Syria?
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I didn’t even think about it. I only mentioned it because there’s a recent thread that talked about it.

Want to join me on my trip to Chad next year? ;):p

Currently I’m hanging somewhere over the ocean SE of Oman after leaving DOH about an hour late because of a medical off-load and consequent ATC delay, and carefully skirting around the UAE.
 
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drron said:
JohnM they had to be geologists on the other side of the cabin.any respectable medicos wouldn't have left any wine for you!:D:D
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As it turns out, I have just tried the Pomerol on the DOH-PER flight. It’s a bit ordinary IMO. Maybe that’s why those medico/geologist life-forms drank it all and left some of the Argy Malbec, which was the best of the three reds on offer IMO :D:p.

In the service of humanity etc... :p - or could that be bereft of taste?... :p.

Keep ‘em coming folks - I’ve just bought unlimited WiFi acess :p:p:p.

And I’ve only got another 8.5 hours to run, and wide awake :D:p.
 
OK, who’s up for some live action from QR900?

Scheduled departure 0200h; got going at 0300h.

I opted for a dinner rather than breakfast. I think most around me did the same.

Maybe I’ll go the omelette coming into PER this evening ;). Scheduled arrival 1900h.

Salmon starter, and very good tortellini (but not as good as the superb gnocchi coming up from GRU yesterday), followedby a very good cheese selection.

Wines the same as yesterday. The Torrontes is very good. Haven’t tried the other two whites. May give the SA Chardy a nudge later.

As mentioned, I was not taken by the Pomerol. The Shiraz suffered from what I think commonly afflicts Shiraz at altitude - medicinal flavours came through. The Malbec worked very nicely IMO.

I like the way they point up ‘Discovery’ for the Argy wines. Trying to tempt folks out of conventional mindsets. I like that approach.

The Champagne was Lallier (yes, me too, - not heard of it outside QR). OK, but not exciting.

What I really, really like about QR is the fabulously flexible menu for their ultra long-haul flights. They plonk the whole offering before you on the menu and say: ‘Just let us know what you want and when you want it.’ Brilliant stuff, IMO. Mix and match as you like, and when you like. Nothing too much trouble. A well-sorted system that one NP could learn from, I reckon ;):p.

I really have to say that QR does it for me the best of my OWA J experiences. (With the caveat that I haven’t had JAL experience).

Good espressos.

If the pics come through out of order, I won’t try to sort them. (I’m always puzzled about how the upload engine orders pics - it doesn’t seem to be in order taken, or order selected).

WiFi fluctuates between blazingly fast and moderate. Pretty darn good, all up. It will be interesting to see if it is sustained out over the Indian Ocean.

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Now heres a challenge - can I see the womens amenity kit ?? On BA I love the Liberty pattern bag and I have the full set, but they have gone and changed suppliers and I dont know what i'll get next week !! :oops::oops:
 
mrs.dr.ron said:
Now heres a challenge - can I see the womens amenity kit ?? On BA I love the Liberty pattern bag and I have the full set, but they have gone and changed suppliers and I dont know what i'll get next week !! :oops::oops:
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Claudia, the FA attending the bar, and who o nicely arranged the contents of the kit, tells me that the ladies’ kit varies only in that the decorative flourishes are red. The contents are the same. She says all of the ladies’ kits have been handed out, so she doesn’t have one to show me.

Claudia assures me that the Castellano Monte Vibiano products are very nice on the skin. I never use those things. The unused kit, plus the products from the previous flight’s kit, is yours if you want to PM me where to send it.
 
mrs.dr.ron said:
Now heres a challenge - can I see the womens amenity kit ?? On BA I love the Liberty pattern bag and I have the full set, but they have gone and changed suppliers and I dont know what i'll get next week !! :oops::oops:
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Don't waste your time, it's rubbish. Mrs FB and I both left ours onboard. Going over we were the last day before the change, so got the Liberty one. She liked it and ended up using it like a clutch bag for most of the trip as it had that handy carry handle!
 

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