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Piccadilly, Manchester

 

Not with the library and the Midland Hotel visible.  That's St. Peter's Square.  This... 

 

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...is Manchester Piccadilly! ;)

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The sunken gardens were the remains of the basement of the old Infirmary, apparently.

 

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Libreville, Gabon:

 

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That hotel looks just as terrible from the other side:

 

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Aaarggh!!!  Not that place. Spent a week there on a flight connection from Cotonou to Luanda that was supposed to be a 3 hour stopover: Get up in the morning, have breakfast, check out, take Taxi to the airport, be told by Air Gabon "sorry plane still broken", get an new voucher, get taxi money refund, return to hotel, check in again. And no, there was nobody who would call or could be called with an update before repeating the story the next day.

Hotel was nice though, food good, girls people friendly and easy, after all, not a bad week it was.

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Flight experience included a family of cockroaches running up the wall in front of me shortly after takeoff and back down before landing, a safety belt without buckle, no coffee but hot food without cutlery. That was in first class.

Still, top notch flight equipment and service compared to domestic flights in Nigeria.

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Beats being stuck at Luton...!

Anything beats being stuck at Luton.

 

 

 

....except maybe Bombay Airport.

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Anything beats being stuck at Luton.

 

 

 

....except maybe Bombay Airport.

The only funny thing about that place (the old terminal from the 80's, not the new one) was the building itself. I am absolutely persuaded they bought the aiport as a kit, then lost half of the plans and held the few they had updisde down when assembling it.

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The only funny thing about that place (the old terminal from the 80's, not the new one) was the building itself. I am absolutely persuaded they bought the aiport as a kit, then lost half of the plans and held the few they had updisde down when assembling it.

The other funny thing is that it's probably the best bit of Luton, because it offers you a route out of the place.

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Fuck aeroplanes.

 

How can anyone be stuck in Gabon as long as there are 504s?

 

I'd rather have a ticking 504 than a ticket for a 707.

(The Junkman, fully aware of the fact that it was actually a 747)

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504's are boring, they don't fail, provide excellent comfort and in that part of the world are usually even airconditioned.

 

The planes however, are much more fun, thats why you take them!

 

Brake stuck and glowing red after landing? Release it with a giant sledge hammer and there goes the 727.

Batteries hauled out of a 737 and taken to the local bus depot for charging to make the jet go, why not...

Wall panels that keep falling off the inside of a A310? Thats what SPAX where invented for, doesnt matter that the ones we have are a bit to long.

Stupid chemical toilet doesn't flush anymore, a bucket will do.

Got luggage? You are free to haul it up into the hold yourself.

Overhead bin latches all broken? So what, just remove the stupid things.

Ticket? What ticket? Captain will collect cash just before we take off.

 

[could go on for pages... enough for today]

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