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Skriven 2006-11-09 13:37:35 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
Ärende: AIRLINE WOES 556 61109
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 -=> Quoting Michael Loo to Glen Jamieson <=-

 ML> Oh, the one bumped is often rather upset. So the airline
 ML> (when it's in a self-preservative mood) bumps either a
 ML> passenger who won't mind (volunteers are always asked for
 ML> first) or one whose goodwill is less valued. I've heard
 ML> nightmare stories that involve someone more eminent being
 ML> refused access to a confirmed seat, but that is ardently
 ML> to be avoided.

I have been present, in a USA airport, when several volunteers for
bumping were called for.  They were offered cash and a flight the next
day.  I was tempted, but as I had connecting flights and an Echo
picnic appointment, I declined.  This was my first experience of such
a practice, and I wondered how such a disorganised airline could
continue running at a profit.
 
 GJ> you would have been unaware of the dregs of society (me)
 ML> Interestingly, you're nowhere near the bottom of the barrel
 ML> in this department.

Oh?  Who is, and how are passengers rated for their rejectability?
 
 GJ> There is a difference between having fun like you and Carl, and using
 GJ> these vehicles to do a job, day after day, in extreme conditions.

 ML> We were in 120F, and he goes out often ...

Try fording metre-deep, fast-flowing rising rivers, bottomless bogs
and clogging mud, while under attack by millions of giant malarial
mosquitoes, 100 km from home as night is falling.  Not the place where
you want a little dashboard light to come up which says, "See your
dealer immediately".
 
 ML> we might topple down to the valley floor.
 GJ> Been in some of those situations, too.  Slippery wet dirt tracks
 GJ> carved along the sides of mountains, no guard rails, and a mile drop
 GJ> into the valley.

 ML> A kind of excitement that I'm afraid I'm too old for.

It's losing its allure...

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: TARO LEAVES IN COCONUT CREAM /PALUSAMI /LAU ME WAU NUI
 Categories: Vegetables, Pacific
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
     30    Taro leaves
           ;or spinach leaves
    125 ml Coconut cream
    1/2 ts Salt
           Banana leaves
           Breadfruit leaves
           ;or aluminium foil,
           ;for wrapping
 
  Wash the taro or spinach, remove the stems and any tough veins. Blanch
  spinach leaves briefly just long enough to soften or boil the taro
  leaves for 45 minutes. Drain in a colander.
  
  Wash and dry the banana leaves. With a sharp knife remove any portion
  of thick mid rib that remains and cut the leaves into 20cm/8"
  squares. Pass each square over a low flame to make them pliable or
  they will split when folded. On each square of banana leaf place some
  of the spinach or taro leaves. Spoon some coconut cream seasoned with
  salt onto the centre, and make a parcel of the leaves, enclosing them
  in the banana leaf. Finally wrap in breadfruit leaves or large
  squares of aluminium foil.
  
  Place in a steamer and steam for 1 hour, or bake in a moderate oven.
  If using spinach, 15 minutes cooking time will be enough.
  
  From: CHARMAINE SOLOMON'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASIAN FOOD By: CHARMAINE
  SOLOMON ISBN 0 85561 688 1 Typed by: KEVIN JCJD SYMONS
 
MMMMM
 

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