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Oceania Express to Take the Market by Storm
By: Nikola Date: March 13, 2019, 6:02 pm
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I don't know if any of you have read about this boy who's not
afraid to dream big, or should I say high?
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I found the story quite sweet and liked what the the chief
executive of Qantas said after he'd read the boy's letter.
Did you have any big dreams when you were little? And did you
take any steps towards making them a reality? Or did you always
know to keep your feet on the ground?
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Re: Oceania Express to Take the Market by Storm
By: Alharacas Date: March 13, 2019, 6:45 pm
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Mm... Not sure whether this qualifies, but when I was about that
age, I got the pretty weird ambition of wanting to have read
every single work of literature one day. And yes, by the time I
was in my late teens, I'd gotten as far as the letter P. in the
local library. Maybe it was Proust who discouraged me? At any
rate, I only got through the first tome of "À la recherche...".
Looking back, I have no idea what made me decide which
authors/books were "literature" and which ones were not. But
apparently, I wasn't that bad at choosing, because I used to
feel quite smug whenever I did one of those "100 books you must
have read" quizzes.
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Re: Oceania Express to Take the Market by Storm
By: Nikola Date: March 14, 2019, 3:38 am
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That's really cool, Alharacas. So you never got to finish the
alphabet?
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Re: Oceania Express to Take the Market by Storm
By: Alharacas Date: March 14, 2019, 4:06 am
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That's right. No Melville (tried reading "Moby Dick" later on
but got stuck), Rabelais, Trollope or Zola.
And of course, that doesn't mean there aren't quite a lot of
holes in my reading up to P, either! Entirely depended on
whether an author's works were on my parents' or the (small
provicinal) library's shelf. :)
What about you, Nikola?
And don't be shy! I was quite reluctant to mention my childhood
ambition to a friend of mine. Instead of falling off her chair
with laughter, she confessed to having longed to learn every
single language on earth. Wanting to have your own airline
rather pales in comparison, doesn't it?
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Re: Oceania Express to Take the Market by Storm
By: Nikola Date: March 14, 2019, 12:08 pm
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I suppose you filled in the gaps as an adult, or are you still
reluctant to read authors from P to Z?
I wanted to be a teacher. When I was in primary school, the
teachers would sometimes let me take over the lesson. I used to
prepare various games and activities for my classmates. Looking
back at it, I wonder if they found it annoying... they probably
did. I wanted to be a scientist at one point but my parents
figured out that it was just a phase and I was better at
languages. I was annoyed that they'd talked me out of becoming a
scientist but it turned out they were right once maths,
chemistry and physics got really hard. Doing humanities just
made so much more sense.
What else did I want to be... I remember standing in front of
the mirror with a pretend microphone, singing along to some
tape. I had a toy gun and pretended to be a policeman. Part of
most missions was to shoot the light switch with a sticky dart
and turn the lights on or off, my parents weren't big fans of
that. I do archery these days so I guess the urge to hit the
target it still there :) Oh and I used to "write" elaborate
stories inside my head. The dolls and action figures didn't just
live in a house like other dolls, they were facing constant
challenges, threats, natural disasters, illnesses, criminals
breaking in through the non-existing windows, food shortage,
vampires and frequent visits the Smurf figures would pay them
because... well, why not.
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Re: Oceania Express to Take the Market by Storm
By: Alharacas Date: March 14, 2019, 2:08 pm
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Archery - wow! That's almost as good as falconry (not that I do
that, I hasten to add, no falconers near here, for one thing).
So, when and why did you stop making up stories?
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Re: Oceania Express to Take the Market by Storm
By: Nikola Date: March 14, 2019, 4:24 pm
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I didn't. I just don't think the world is ready for the immense
amount of random crap I would come up with.
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Re: Oceania Express to Take the Market by Storm
By: SHL Date: March 15, 2019, 9:17 pm
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That`s a cute story. It reminds me of Freddie Laker and his
story. Fortunately, he made transatlantic travel in the 70s
affordable, but the big competition conspired to run him out of
business. He was clever too. Till deregulation in about 1977 or
so, you could only get good airfares if a plane was a charter
flight. So there were various charter carriers. Laker was one of
them. But to be a passenger on a charter flight you had to be a
member of a club. So, Laker, clever as he was, made up a great
plan on how to get around the only-in-a-club rule. He created
these phony clubs. So, when he sold a passenger a budget ticket,
he had them sign a form saying they were joining the
„Bird-watchers Club of South Wales“ or some other made up thing,
and charged $1.00 for a years membership fee. Then he sold the
passender the ticket at his regular discounted price. Then when
deregulation came he didn`t need to do that anymore.
This is what I took to London in 1980, nonstop from LA. A DC-10.
Brand new, and I guess I was lucky because the cargo door didn`t
blow off, nor did an engine fall off on take off. I guess that´s
why I`m still here. Once these few minor „bugs“ got worked out
it was a good plane. (Look at the trouble the 737 MAX is having
now! Grounded. Boeing is getting a crap reputation.)
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Re: Oceania Express to Take the Market by Storm
By: NealC Date: March 16, 2019, 5:14 am
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The DC-10 was McDonnell-Douglas, Captain Factual.
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Re: Oceania Express to Take the Market by Storm
By: SHL Date: March 17, 2019, 5:12 pm
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Neal, I know that. You are being very picky. McDonnell Douglas
never made really terrific planes. Boeing was better, but they
had trouble in the 80s I believe with their 737s (forgot the
details but I`m sure the bugs were worked out at some point).
Airbus did okay generally speaking, but did have a few bumps in
the road here and there.
I think the unsung hero of the passenger jet field was Lockheed,
with its L-1011. Too bad it was too little too late. Lockheed
was a manufacturer of military aircraft so had a lot of
experience building great planes. Too bad they didn`t stay in
the commercial business. I wonder what`s wrong with the 737Max?
I think it´s been grounded in every country but the US.
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