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Old 15th May 2003 | 18:08
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Lon More

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I was house hunting in the UK and delayed my return to watch this dog's dinner.
For once, no mention of Swanick and a phone call to European Air Traffic Control in Brussel to close all British airspace finally saved the day.
A few hundred yards from any stop even an express train would have slowed to 10 - 20 m.p.h. unless the driver was asleep (surprised they didn't try that)
Two aircraft fall on Hounslow and only a few on the ground die; oh yea they'd all gone to a football match.
About the only believable bit was the family so dumb that despite all the warnings on the radio, they still set off for Central London to buy a scarf

WATWOT. With more research this could have been an interesting programme instead of a waste of time; and I still had the Chunnel and a 340 km. drive to do.
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