But once in a while the planes actually take off on time (within 20 minutes of schedule must be regarded as on time from here.) I will be home around 8PM GMT, I hope!!!Where are you then, if you are not at Heathrow. Are you on wireless, I can't believe how much money I spend on joining hotspots in airports and hotels. Although I feel its value for money when I can browse from the bar at Heathrow.Wotan said:On my way to Heathrow now, the wonders of modern technology... If the plane is not delayed, standard operating procedure at Heathrow...
Yea that's even nicer when its free, but somehow I just have to make the most of my bar time when in England. Nothing really beats sitting in a bar at Heathrow playing Civ. How many other people do you know that are happy when there is a flight delaymad-bax said:I just browse from the Business lounges I manage to blag my way into. I wonder how many machines in the world have my cookie on them?
smackster said:Yea that's even nicer when its free, but somehow I just have to make the most of my bar time when in England. Nothing really beats sitting in a bar at Heathrow playing Civ. How many other people do you know that are happy when there is a flight delay
I'm back home now! Plane just 20 minutes late from LHR. I always go through LHR. Have never travelled via Gatwick or Stansted. Either jumping on Piccadilly Line or the HE is such a bonus.smackster said:
The beer/wine/liquor in the lounge is free!!!! And many of them have decent buffets to take your pick from... I would never pay for a beverage/meal on an airport. But I really prefer to spend as little time as possible there. Nothing beats running past the express check-in line shouting that "my flight is closing the gate now!"smackster said:Yea that's even nicer when its free, but somehow I just have to make the most of my bar time when in England. Nothing really beats sitting in a bar at Heathrow playing Civ. How many other people do you know that are happy when there is a flight delay
Wotan said:1. Take NY!
2. Start short rushing HMs. I explained the procedure earlier if it is not known to everyone. Basically what we do is let Calcutta generate 10 shields, switch it to a Spearman, rush that (10 shields) switch back to HM immediately and voilá the HM is ready the next turn. In Bombay the procedure is a three turn process. First turn generate 5 shields, rush Spearman (15 shields), switch to HM and after another two turns it is ready!
3. Cut Iron.
4. Atlanta and Boston.
5. Washington.
If you really have to rush something from scratch, not recommended, first rush a Worker 10 shields = 80 gold (double) then shift to whatever you need to build to pay 4 gold for each remaining shield. Always trying to use the shields produced by the location, so if the location have 10 spt try rushing something that cost 10 shields less and switch to make use of the production. Like in my example with Calcutta: First turn adds 10 shields to the "stockpile", you then rush a Spearman for 40 gold and switch to finish the Horseman with the 10 shields Calcutta will produce. No reason to pay 40 gold for shields produced by the location. We can shave 1 turn off each HM built in Calcutta and 3 turns off every HM built in Bombay. for the price of 40 gold in Calcutta and 60 gold in Bombay.smackster said:
You had better not, with that alliance still in placedmanakho said:Will do, but don't blame me if i fail take Madrid during my turns.
The Scandinavian lounge at Gardermoen is the most stupidly placed lounge I have ever encountered. Outside the departure area!!! And outside the taxfree zone. With Norway outside the EU taxfree is still interesting when going there but you can either make yourself comfortable in the lounge and run through the shop before bording or skip the lounge and shop!tomasjj said:
It's more a question of finding good cigars, not booze, in my case. Alcohol is so a non-issue nowadays with the EU quotas you are allowed to cross the inner market borders with. Tobacco OTOH, ridiculously high taxes everywhere... Smoking BTW, I like the norwegian approach, to have a room in every office where you can pop in for a smoke. Not like most other places in the world, with employees standing just outside entrances smoking.tomasjj said:
I saw one of those smoking cubicles in Sweden a few years back, thought that was a good idea. We actually have a room outside for smokers, too cold here in the winter, although not as cold as you guys get, maybe. No smoking in bars here now too, I don't smoke so no problem, but now when I go back to Europe I can really tell the difference.Wotan said:
