Oy Rainboe! Wotcha got against shell tracksuits then? Me and the Missus have had ours for 20 years now and they are just what you need arriving at Luton Paradise Airport of a cold November morning after a couple of months on the Costas, thanks to Tony's Nanny State. Mine is a black one and is a little faded now but I can still roll up me sleeves and show off me tattoos, especially the one of the lovely Tracy. Mind you, the current wife, Shazza, don't think much of it but knows to keep quiet or else she'll get a fat slap in the gob! Our kids also had shell-suits as well, but Germintrude now wears them crop tops and low slung jeans to show off her pierced belly button and the top of her thong - mind you at 28 stones it's a lot of flesh and me and the missus will not sit next to her on the plane. Young Dazza just wears a vest and shorts come rain or shine - he's got as many tattoos as me but not as many as his Mum. So, Rainboe, I think you should get rid of that blazer and slacks what you Nigels wear thinking it will allow you to turn left at the top of the stairs, and get yourself kitted out with a nice 'shellie', and come down the back for a bit of a knees-up. You can still get them at the Sally Army shop for a fiver!

I take it young Dazza's 'vest' is in fact a football shirt, usually a red one with 'Vodaphone' printed on it? Seems to be required clothing for all GBP tourists under the age of 25. Still I suppose it shows they have dressed in their Sunday best to go on holiday. I shall continue in slacks and blazer- heaven is reserved for ones such as us. The same ones I wore 25 years ago - can't do the buttons up now, but you can't have everything.

Why do UK temperatures have to start at the airport? Why can't the crew crank up the temperature a bit and keep it at thirty something just for the hour or two it takes to get to Luton? Its the 'Shelly's' who're paying their wages after all. :E

Time for this topic to head south to Jet Blast for the holidays methinks... :hmm:

lgw15
next time ask one of the cabin crew' er hello there could i have a blanket as i am getting a wee bit cold here , ah thank you '

this lgw may result in a blanket

wow i know i am a genius
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Blacksheep, whilst YOU may want the temp at 30, the cabin crew have to work in hot galleys, and maybe not everybody wants to be so insufferably hot. One of the pleasures of getting on an aeroplane in tropical climes is a nice cool cabin. Dress properly and it's comfortable.

I was merely emphasising how cold it was never actually said it was ' ' cold!

But 30 Celsius IS nice and cool. :confused:

Perhaps these 25 years living in the tropics have altered my perceptions somewhat. ;)

catchup et al

Many moons ago, enjoying the wonders of interline travel...
In the last seatrow of a Lufthansa B744 enroute FRA-NRT.
After enduring turbulence and cold over Siberia for a long time I stopped one of the "Gertrudes" passing by and asked if it would be possible to warm it up a little (everybody was wrapped in blankets as far forward as we could see).
She looked at me contemptously and uttered:
NEIN, ES IST AUTOMATISCH!!!! and strode away.

Now what is a poor pilot supposed to say to that? I went and scavenged the cabin for some more blankets

o/c