Whats the closest airport to you?

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• Come for a holiday in Lanzarote for Terminal 2 or, less chance Terminal 1. Are you flying from Manchester when you go to the States? That would almost certainly be Terminal 1.

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  by Brian I on August 27th, 2007

• I'd like to go to Lanzarote! I assumed I would be flying from Terminal 1 when I go to the US, but <grits teeth> it just so happens American Airlines flies from Terminal 3 (but I think the other carriers go from 1)!
  It *always* happens to me, wherever I go, the flight leaves from T3.

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  by Carmella on August 27th, 2007

• I normally come into, and leave from, Terminal 2. It's a horrendous trolley push if you get dropped off at the wrong terminal. I remember arriving there while they were doing all the improvements just before the Commonwealth Games and we had to walk miles, up and down stairs and along all sorts of corridors between the entrance door and baggage reclaim.

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  by Brian I on August 27th, 2007

• even worse if you book your car into secure parking!! we left from john lennon airport last year to go to spain and we had to walk miles from the car to the terminal building, but i thought it was pretty nice Carmella.

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  by Mentalmum is back on September 13th, 2007

• Yeah, the walk is a nightmare...taxis are better because they can park a bit closer, and it's only a 30 minute drive from my house.

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  by Carmella on September 13th, 2007

• we drove down from scotland, as you know the flights are cheaper in England than Scotland, so we had to park the car in secure parking for the duration of our holiday, if i'd known i woulda visited you!! lol

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  by Mentalmum is back on September 13th, 2007

• Really, flights are cheaper here than in Scotland? I didn't know that. But yeah, if you fly from here again you have to five me a shout, I'll come with you ;-)

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  by Carmella on September 13th, 2007

• Oh hell yes, we're going to spain again in 2 weeks, the flights from Glasgow were costing over £500 for myself, hubby and two kids under 4. I could fly from Tees Valley same airline for under £200!! Last year the flights from Liverpool cost us £197 for all four of us. We always have to add 3 or 4 hundred pound to a package holiday here, thats why so many scots fly from Newcastle, Liverpool and Manchester.

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  by Mentalmum is back on September 13th, 2007

• (this year i actually booked with a new Spanish Airline 'click-air' and ive got the flights from Edinburgh for two hundred odd pounds)

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  by Mentalmum is back on September 13th, 2007

• That has nothing to do with this thread.

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  by Carmella on December 16th, 2007

• haha!!! i was reading that kinda wondering what was going on Carmella!! lol

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  by Mentalmum is back on December 17th, 2007

• Aye, well I think he's a spammer.

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  by Carmella on December 17th, 2007

• where did it go???? the post has gone!

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  by Mentalmum is back on December 17th, 2007

• When a spammer is ''found'', their account is nuked (which stops them from posting) and all their submissions are erased. Stops the Bag from drowning in worthless spam :)

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  by Carmella on December 17th, 2007

• I think there are daily non-stops to Nowhere Land.

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  by Brand Y on February 22nd, 2008

• They don't even fly to London. The entire island is so small there's hardly anywhere else they CAN fly! How can an airport not link to the capital? *disgruntled sigh* I do wish they'd just shut the entire place down, it serves no purpose other than frustrating me and disturbing my sleep with the drones of planes that don't actually seem to be going or coming from anywhere.

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  by Carmella on February 22nd, 2008

• Flights are cheaper to England than Scotland? Now you tell me! I recently flew from Philadelphia to Glasgow. Ay Caramba, was it expensive!

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  by Dr_Dredd on October 12th, 2008

• When I'm booking a flight I usually check the price from a few airports. London Heathrow sometimes has absolute bargains to the US, well worth traveling down for. Other times Manchester and Birmingham are cheaper or the same price.

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  by Carmella on October 12th, 2008

• Ah, well. Next time I cross the pond I will try that. :-)

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  by Dr_Dredd on October 12th, 2008

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• Me too=]

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  by Anonymous on May 26th, 2008

• Hellish place, isn't it?

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  by Mrs.mezzo is a Wagnerian soprano on May 27th, 2008

• Yeah, kinda like it though...Kennedy's better but LGA is closer

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  by Anonymous on May 27th, 2008

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• You coming home ruff?

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  by Cowboy-Matter of Fact on August 28th, 2007

• Yep Finally..next week.....after 16 months...WOOO HOOOO!!!!...;)

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  by anonymous on August 28th, 2007

• Congrats!

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  by Hyper on September 9th, 2007

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• love LAX
  and bi

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  by mark777 on August 31st, 2009

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• sorry can i just ask something here fez? being scottish ive always wondered how do you pronounce 'des moines'??? ive been trying to find out for years lol

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  by Mentalmum is back on September 13th, 2007

• Deh - Moine (its like saying loin (e.g. pork loin), but with an m instead of the l)

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  by wALKing on waT3r on September 13th, 2007

• thanks, thats cleared that up for me fez!!

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  by Mentalmum is back on September 30th, 2007

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• As of May 2008, I am now closest to Long Beach airport.

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  by Old School on May 23rd, 2008

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• Why did they call it Robin Hood? I thought his haunts were a bit farther south.

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  by Brian I on August 27th, 2007

• Robin Hood beats John Lennon for hilarity. I thought he was into horses?

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  by Carmella on August 27th, 2007

• Yup, Robin Hood is usually associated with Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire. Apparently though, the original legends are set in Barnsdale Forest in South Yorkshire and hence the name. Also, the old RAF base and surrounding area apparently have several ties to Nottinghamshire. As for what an actual historical legend has to do with an airport, I have no idea. I think it had a bit to do with stirring up controversy so that the airport would appear in newspapers etc. A tad ludicrous in my opinion but there you go.

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  by Tom on August 28th, 2007

• Thanks for the info Tom. I've just realised that this airport used to be RAF Finningley, which I visited several times back in the late 60s/early 70s.

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  by Brian I on August 28th, 2007

• Yeah, it was. I think most locals just know it as 'Finningley' even now.

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  by Tom on August 28th, 2007

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• I keep forgetting to mention -- I expect to meet you at the baggage claim for your flight, so please go there even if you don't have checked luggage!

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  by Stableboy on October 24th, 2007

• oh ok, thanks! I am checking my luggage. And I have plenty of baggage, it goes everywhere with me!

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  by LynfromNM on October 24th, 2007

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• hey slam, youre on the rigs?? my friends husband has just gone back, cant remember the name of the rig tho!! so what do you do on the rig?? Im in central scotland.

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  by Mentalmum is back on September 13th, 2007

• well this is my last trip doing torque/turn analysis, start my new job doing suface/subsea equip on the 24th

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  by pericynthion on September 13th, 2007

• where are you from originally?? and where is your new job? My nephew had a job as a subsea something or other (engineer i think) but turned it down and took a job in Mali (of all places!!)

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  by Mentalmum is back on September 14th, 2007

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• damn thats a huge one...i was there last year, and my feet gave up from walking into that airport...by the way they dont have any comfy chairs/sofas...the ones they have r so bad and hard....lol

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  by Angel USAF on January 20th, 2008

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• Why the downrate? You don't like Will?

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  by Yeahwell... on December 11th, 2008

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• Ditto same here Marietta GA here

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  by butterbird on October 10th, 2008

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• WOW ALL YEAR ROUND SUN

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  by mark777 on August 31st, 2009

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• nice....i checked all these answers just to see if anyone said Boston Logan or not...but here u r

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  by Angel USAF on January 20th, 2008

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• I like Cardiff Airport. I flew from it a few times when I lived near Bristol.

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  by Brian I on August 27th, 2007

• You'll have driven past or partly through Barry, then. That's where I am (I must have done something in a previous life)!

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  by MrWitch on August 27th, 2007

• Grr! After watching the new series of Doctor who, I have had it up to HERE with fscking Cardiff!
  :p

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  by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on August 27th, 2007

• I haven't watched Dr Who since John Pertwee, when the monsters were all made of rubber and obviously so, so I don't understand. I can understand disliking some of Cardiff, but not when compared to most other UK cities. I'm sure there's an explanation lurking in there somewhere?

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  by MrWitch on August 28th, 2007

• From what I've seen of Cardiff lately (admittedly only on television) it looks like they're doing a really good job of it. Talking of Doctor Who, a lot of one of the earlier series was filmed on the roof of the Wills' cigarette factory in Hartcliffe, Bristol, not so far away from Cardiff.

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  by Brian I on August 28th, 2007

• I think it's done a good job of advertising/rejuvinating itself in the last 10-15 years. My first visit was on the day Elvis died in 1977 and it was just grim, really, really grim. Tiger Bay is gone now though, and much of the rest of the city is improving, some out of all recognition. Don't go to Ely though, without being able to take care of yourself. I like it better than London, the people are friendly (mostly) and the facilities now are usually first class. That damn folly they call Cardiff Castle still irritates me though. I resent it with a passion, but it's probably just me being a bit excessive.

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  by MrWitch on August 28th, 2007

• Where's your sense of history? http://www.cardiffcastle.com/castle.htm

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  by Brian I on August 28th, 2007

• My problem with it is that it was built over both Roman and Norman ruins, and much of what could have been learned from these was destroyed. At the time it was built this wouldn't have been a concern, nor were the techniques available to learn about much of what has been lost. That's why I'll admit I'm being excessive, but it always annoys me when any kind of history is destroyed. The Marquis of Bute is not a favourite of mine, I'm afraid.

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  by MrWitch on August 28th, 2007

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• thanks abby hows it going

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  by shady on July 23rd, 2008

• pretty good~and ur most welcome :)
  how about you?

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  by abby has super sneaky ninja skilz on July 23rd, 2008

• jsut plugging along I finally hit level 56 :)

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  by shady on July 23rd, 2008

• wow....ur gettin' up there~hahaha
  well~i just turned "brain" lol
  i feel smarter already :)

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  by abby has super sneaky ninja skilz on July 23rd, 2008

• haha and I bet your husband is real impressed I know my wife was

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  by shady on July 23rd, 2008

• lol~he was like....ur a what?!?!?
  hahahaha~i cracked up~honey, it's an "ab thing".....
  he just laughed

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  by abby has super sneaky ninja skilz on July 25th, 2008

• I feel your pain abbey what's funny is watching Vicki pretend like she's interested

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  by shady on July 25th, 2008

• yeah...hahahaha
  same here~tim really tries, i've tried to get him to
  create a profile but he says mine is more interesting! lol

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  by abby has super sneaky ninja skilz on July 25th, 2008

• vic does too but at the same time she says "honey I'm so proud" her eyes kinda glaze over

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  by shady on July 25th, 2008

• hahahaha~i've seen that same look

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  by abby has super sneaky ninja skilz on July 29th, 2008

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