Yeah, and I only had a short nap on Sunday afternoon. I just want you to know that I have it rough! (Not to mention growing up living in a paper bag in the middle of the road! :-)
Simon >-----Original Message----- >From: James Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 10:28 AM >To: Struts Users Mailing List >Subject: RE: Missing in Action ? > > >DAAAAAAMN!!! > >...and I was just complaining about my weekend from >hell......I guess I had >a good weekend after hearing your story. > >Later > >James Mitchell >Software Engineer\Struts Evangelist >Struts-Atlanta, the "Open Minded Developer Network" >http://www.open-tools.org/struts-atlanta > > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Galbreath, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 10:31 AM >> To: 'Pierre-Marc LEFEBVRE' >> Cc: Wankers (E-mail); Struts (E-mail) >> Subject: RE: Missing in Action ? >> >> >> Hey, Higgins! >> >> Well, the trip to Amsterdam did not begin very well. Before >we even leave >> BWI on Tuesday we are stuck on the tarmac for 2 hours while all >> the luggage >> in the hold is removed because there is a mismatch between >the IDs on the >> luggage and the people on the plane. >> >> On the flight over on American Airlines we hit some turbulence >> just south of >> Newfoundland and the captain turned the seat belt sign on. Jane >> was chilly >> so I got up to find her an extra blanket. The >> bitch-flight-attendant-from-hell marched over to me and rudely >> ORDERED me to >> take my seat and buckle my seat belt. I told her I would as >soon as found >> my wife a blanket. She told me she would get her a blanket >and for me to >> sit down immediately. I sat down...we waited...and >waited...and the bitch >> never returned. So I got up again and started looking through the >> over-heads for a blanket. She shows up again with some >other dude and >> demands my boarding pass, which I hand the dude. >> >> We arrive at Heathrow 3-4 hours later without further >incident. Before we >> can deplane, the London police come aboard, arrest me, and >take me to the >> local station. I'm charged with "Disobeying a direct order from >> the flight >> crew," thrown in a cell without running water, food or >outside contact for >> 10 hours before I'm released on bail. The following day we spend >> all day in >> a magistrate's court in Uxbridge where, against the advise of my >> solicitor I >> plead guilty under protest (if I fight it, I have to post a bond >> and return >> to the UK sometime in the future) and am fined �300 (about >> US$450) and have >> to pay the solicitor another �150. Now I go through the >administrative BS >> to get my bail money back and, because my passport has not >accompanied the >> money, have to return all the way back to Heathrow for it. >> >> So at the end of my second day in London we are making a >frantic race to >> Victoria station through the London Underground to get the >last train to >> Dover. The Tube is very confusing, we get on the wrong >line, and in the >> confusion I leave our carry-on bag on one of the lines >containing, among >> other things, all our flight, train, ferry, and hotel >reservations info. >> >> We finally get to Dover in time for the last ferry to >Calais-Ville but by >> the time we get to Calais, all trains have stopped running >and we have to >> wait until the next day (Friday) around noon. When we finally get to >> Amsterdam after about 8 hours on and off trains late Friday >night, I can't >> the name of our hotel but remember where it appeared to be on the >> map on its >> website (I was wrong). So we walk through the streets (mainly >> the Red Light >> district) of Amsterdam for 3 hours searching for a hotel which >> name includes >> "van Cleve" (the only thing I can remember). >> >> We give up after realizing we have been walking (hiking, with heavy >> backpacks) in circles and go back to Centraal Station and the >> VVV. There, a >> VVV agent recognizes the name of the hotel and informs us it >is only 3 >> blocks away and that we have been searching on the wrong ("Old") >> side of the >> city. >> >> So we finally get to the hotel, but because we are 2 days late, our >> reservations have been cancelled and the hotel is, of course, >> fully booked). >> After about another hour, we obtain lodging at the Swiss�tel >right off the >> Dam, and, predictably, it takes us another hour to find it >because we get >> lost again. We finally get to our room around midnight, dirty >> and soaked in >> sweat from hiking all over the city with our backpacks. >> >> The next morning (Saturday) we decided the last thing in the >> world we wanted >> to do was to get on another train and haul those backpacks >up to Caspicum. >> So found a smoking coffee shop and ... well ... relaxed. >Sorry we missed >> Dutch Nash Hash, but we kinda had our own "hash" ;-). >> >> And we never did get the damn blanket. >> >> Other than that, we had a GREAT time...more on that later - >gotta do some >> Struts stuff. >> >> On!On! >> ad (Mark) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Pierre-Marc LEFEBVRE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 9:42 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Missing in action ? >> >> >> HHHi AD/FP, >> >> Did you ever made it to Europe this month ? >> You missed a great Dutch NH. >> >> On Out >> Higgins >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: ><mailto:struts-user->[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For >additional commands, >e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
