ROGER & JUMKIES EXCELLENT ADVENTURE

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (roger-m @ Aug 5 2008, 11:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>the toilet story.

by the media centre there was a toilet block. this is a permanent toilet block not your porta loo. after taking photos of our heros exiting the media centre jumkie said he needed the toilet, at first i thought he got a little to excited and needed to visit the loo to knock one out then i thought it was probably more a case he had a weak bladder and could not hold his beer.
after waiting a while jumkie emerged from the toilet block with a huge grin, this grin was so big i wondered weather he had stood in line and noticed he had the biggest tool or if he had just explored his sexuality and liked it well it turned out jumkie was so excited because he was next inline for a piss behind none other than mr earl hayden. jumkie had actually pissed on earls piss i had a sneaky suspicion the fanboy had actually taken a swab
Jumkie would have a smile on his face about standing in line to pee with Squirrel. He wasn't pitching a tent was he?

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (kngadrok @ Aug 5 2008, 07:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>hey big rodge I may have missed it, but was that your 1st time in nor-cal?
my first time in America mate, and i loved it

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (kngadrok @ Aug 5 2008, 07:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>.

trying to get your post count up?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kez_91 @ Aug 5 2008, 01:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>trying to get your post count up?


just bored

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (roger-m @ Aug 5 2008, 12:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>my first time in America mate, and i loved it


do I sense a repeat trip next year?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (kngadrok @ Aug 5 2008, 09:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>do I sense a repeat trip next year?
money being the only obstacle our government are putting more and more tax's on flights. i have a feeling with all these rising fuel costs ect that forign travel for most of us will be fond memorys of the past im just thankful it was made possible at least once in my lifetime but you never know ,my 6 numbers may come in

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (roger-m @ Aug 5 2008, 02:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>i have a feeling with all these rising fuel costs ect that forign travel for most of us will be fond memorys of the past
me too
this could put a damper on my plans to come over there next year

you can fly to ireland for 2p from east midlands airport with ryanair

^^ exactly^^

budget airlines are the best

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Marijke @ Aug 5 2008, 09:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>^^ exactly^^

budget airlines are the best
they will become a thing of the past soon.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (roger-m @ Aug 5 2008, 10:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>they will become a thing of the past soon.
you never know. keep positive, who knows when the time comes again for people to experience something you did in laguna!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Marijke @ Aug 5 2008, 09:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>you never know. keep positive, who knows when the time comes again for people to experience something you did in laguna!
i hope you all do. i booked my flights from london to LA about 4 months before i went. fuel prises hand not begun to really rise then and i paid £489. the lady sat next to me on the flight was only going to new york (about half my distance), she booked about a month before departure and she paid £580. from the start of this month our government has slapped yet another "green" tax on all international flights

you can pick up cheap flights if your willing to fly any time and at very short notice but thats not a lot of good to us when where going to see a race, because are dates are fixed.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (roger-m @ Aug 5 2008, 03:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>i hope you all do. i booked my flights from london to LA about 4 months before i went. fuel prises hand not begun to really rise then and i paid £489. the lady sat next to me on the flight was only going to new york (about half my distance), she booked about a month before departure and she paid £580. from the start of this month our government has slapped yet another "green" tax on all international flights

you can pick up cheap flights if your willing to fly any time and at very short notice but thats not a lot of good to us when where going to see a race, because are dates are fixed.
I never understood why airlines charge you more for buying your ticket later.
distance is still the same, it's still one seat, going to the same place

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (kngadrok @ Aug 5 2008, 03:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I never understood why airlines charge you more for buying your ticket later.
distance is still the same, it's still one seat, going to the same place
It's all apart of economics, I forget the name of the term. Essentially, the assumption is that someone who is looking to fly from LA to London would be willing to pay $1,000 USD for a ticket three months in advance. Taking that time period down to a week in advance, that same person would likely be willing to pay $1,600 because there is no longer an abundance of seats and demand for fewer seats will be higher. It all plays on the fact that the consumer will pay the price raise.

Those seats that are sold within hours of the flight at a fraction of the original price are based on sunk cost. Say the airline has sold 110 of 150 available seats at $500 each as of the morning of the flight, that's $55,000. But let's say that the cost of fuel and crew and tax and landing fees etc. is $75,000. The airline could hope that the remaining 40 seats are sold at $500 each and they could break even on the flight or raise the prices of the remaining 40 seats predicting that only a few will sell. The airline has already sunk $75,000 in operating the flight and is unlikely to break even in the deal, they may as well recoup as much of that cost as possible by selling as many seats on the final morning as possible. And in most cases, cutting prices sees more sales and more money than selling a few tickets at regular price and fewer at an inflated rate.

Sorry for the lecture, I don't know what just happened. Also I'd like to apologize with adding such boredom to such an otherwise brilliant thread. I'm embarrassed.

What foods did Roger try? I saw chorizo mentioned and shown in a prev post, did you guys down some menudo, flautas, etc......

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Traverser @ Aug 5 2008, 11:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>What foods did Roger try? I saw chorizo mentioned and shown in a prev post, did you guys down some menudo, flautas, etc......
eeewww didnt like the menudo much, we ate lots of danish pastry's yum. and we had this nice thin steak like meat that was marinated in orange i think, that was lovely.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (roger-m @ Aug 5 2008, 03:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>eeewww didnt like the menudo much, we ate lots of danish pastry's yum. and we had this nice thin steak like meat that was marinated in orange i think, that was lovely.

the only way I can eat menudo is to dump a ton of chorizo or red chile in it. It's great to be around while its cooking. As the kids run by, pull out a pigs foot and they all scream

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (roger-m @ Aug 5 2008, 03:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>eeewww didnt like the menudo much, we ate lots of danish pastry's yum. and we had this nice thin steak like meat that was marinated in orange i think, that was lovely.

Carne Asada perhaps?? That is the best .... ever. Burritos and tacos, when done right are absolutely amazing.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Austin @ Aug 5 2008, 07:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Jumkie would have a smile on his face about standing in line to pee with Squirrel.

He wasn't pitching a tent was he?


wasn't looking mate