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wannabeeahack
 Post subject: thank you god
PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:27 am 
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i now know what a "inflight, last minute, no warning, sod the taxi, no teletext details flight diversion" is.............

:sad:


if you read this amd got a manchester to thrapston at about 6pm last night....


i hate you


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grandad
 Post subject: Re: thank you god
PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:36 am 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
i now know what a "inflight, last minute, no warning, sod the taxi, no teletext details flight diversion" is.............

:sad:


I take it your flight did not arrive then. :wink:

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wannabeeahack
 Post subject: Re: thank you god
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grandad wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
i now know what a "inflight, last minute, no warning, sod the taxi, no teletext details flight diversion" is.............

:sad:


I take it your flight did not arrive then. :wink:


oh it landed

just not where it was supposed to

yet it wasnt snowing at BHX, it landed at manchester where the weather was supposed to worse while other flights came in on time at bhx....doh

i must be quoting too cheap cos the guy rang and wanted me to drive up to pick him up, whats a manchester meter rate from manchester to thrapston....

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grandad
 Post subject: Re: thank you god
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wannabeeahack wrote:
grandad wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
i now know what a "inflight, last minute, no warning, sod the taxi, no teletext details flight diversion" is.............

:sad:


I take it your flight did not arrive then. :wink:


oh it landed

just not where it was supposed to

yet it wasnt snowing at BHX, it landed at manchester where the weather was supposed to worse while other flights came in on time at bhx....doh

i must be quoting too cheap cos the guy rang and wanted me to drive up to pick him up, whats a manchester meter rate from manchester to thrapston....


The round trip is about 285 miles from Lichfield so I would guess that a metered rate for half the miles would be £180 - 200.

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wannabeeahack
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if he had approached a black cab outside mancester airport woul they have quoted that though? its 145 miles a-b

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The Black cab e would be going out his borough so he could charge what he wanted :wink:

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Bill them...they booked they pay...
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Bill them...they booked they pay...


that was my first thought, but doubtless a court would throw it out as a "act of god"

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wannabeeahack wrote:
bloodnock wrote:
Bill them...they booked they pay...


that was my first thought, but doubtless a court would throw it out as a "act of god"



Send it the church of England.....they can forward it to the relevant higher authority..
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bloodnock wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
bloodnock wrote:
Bill them...they booked they pay...


that was my first thought, but doubtless a court would throw it out as a "act of god"



Send it the church of England.....they can forward it to the relevant higher authority..


It didn't get Billy Connerly anywhere..........

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grandad
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Could the cost be covered by their travel insurance? It is worth checking.

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toots wrote:
bloodnock wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
bloodnock wrote:
Bill them...they booked they pay...


that was my first thought, but doubtless a court would throw it out as a "act of god"



Send it the church of England.....they can forward it to the relevant higher authority..


It didn't get Billy Connerly anywhere..........


I think Billy Connolly tried the RC route..it got routed via the vatican and then lost in the Italian post network..
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What was the distance of the original booked journey?
Did it start or finish outside your borough?
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grandad
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The original job was BHX to Thrapston. Wannabee is based in Lichfield.

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Ah! Timbuktoo to BHC (Black hole of Calcutta)!!!!

Sorry to be facetious, Grandad, but that means absolutely nothing to me:

BHX?

Thrapston?

Lichfield?

"What was the distance of the original booked journey?
Did it start or finish outside your borough?"
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