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Guf10
Jack Charlton ...fond of the jar. Joined: 25 Sep 2009 Location: Mexico Status: Offline Points: 8793 |
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Posted: 26 Oct 2016 at 2:22pm |
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At least the teddy made it back!
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2 in a row, 2 in a row, 2 in a row
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Hickster74
Davey Langan Joined: 20 Oct 2015 Location: Depends Status: Offline Points: 931 |
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Must have decided bed was the best bet when I saw the taximan at the bar...
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"Perhaps the reason that they did not consider the worst, was because discussion of such cases would have cast suspicion on the planner as being a "saboteur". Paranoia was rampant throughout."
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Hickster74
Davey Langan Joined: 20 Oct 2015 Location: Depends Status: Offline Points: 931 |
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I was drinking a beer in the Mafia bar in Tiraspol when I heard that - made me feel much better
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"Perhaps the reason that they did not consider the worst, was because discussion of such cases would have cast suspicion on the planner as being a "saboteur". Paranoia was rampant throughout."
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darmack
Ray Houghton Joined: 24 Mar 2011 Location: Dublin Status: Offline Points: 4694 |
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Macedonia in 2011 a mate and myself were going through Vienna with Aerlingus. Went to terminal 2 as that's where Aer Lingus fly from, so we decide to get a pint. The board said 'go to gate' so we thought when it changes to 'boarding' we'll make a move. A guy the spitting image of Brian Kerr sits down and starts talking to us and get another pint as the board hasn't changed.
So we decide to make a move and turns out the gate was in T1 near the clock bar. And when we got into T1 the board said 'gate closed'. Legged it up to the gate and the steward said he had been calling us but sure you can't hear that in T2. There was no cheap option to get to Macedonia so we missed that trip completely. So now I go straight to the gate.... Which leads me to Moldova. Good job Chisinau airport had nothing going for it because I ran from taxi to gate in about 5 minutes just making the flight. The connection was in Kiev and waited with a few as they got their flight to London and when they left I went straight to my gate. In 5 minutes it was going to start boarding and about a minute after sitting down I fell asleep. The flight was leaving at 10.55 and I woke up at 11, and while I was asleep the gates changed too. Being the only Irish person going through Brussels on my own didn't help as if there had been others I'm sure someone would have woken me up. So a drunken panic around Kiev airport and I go to the sales desk and they were looking for €700 to Dublin via Paris. The girlfriend went on skyscanner and got the same flight for €270. Still not happy about missing the flight or having to pay out that amount to get a new flight. Hopefully it's the last time.
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The dark side.. And the light
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lassassinblanc
Paul McGrath Cheese, it’s not just for eating Joined: 27 Sep 2010 Location: Clairefontaine Status: Offline Points: 16470 |
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Have never missed a flight in my life, had the fear of God in me that I'd miss a train in Brussels to go to Dusseldorf (en route to Gelenskirchen) thought the train was early morning turns out it was @ 12 found this out next morning when alarm went off .
I think I got confused with DamoGUFc train which he had indeed missed in fact on that trip he missed two trains and two buses got to the plane while boarding too |
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lassassinblanc
Paul McGrath Cheese, it’s not just for eating Joined: 27 Sep 2010 Location: Clairefontaine Status: Offline Points: 16470 |
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The funniest thing about it was you were saying my flight is at 7 i'll get a taxi at 6:30, Had to advise you that you'd need to get airport earlier to check in and that the flight would probably be boarding @ 6:30 so you'd need to be at airport for at least 6 Think I went up at about 3:30 you were still contemplating whether or not to go to bed |
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Sham157
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de scientist
Kevin Kilbane Joined: 29 Sep 2016 Status: Offline Points: 159 |
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an expensive sh*t.......... that already prob smelt like vodka and red bull
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Claret Murph
Paul McGrath Hmmm, Goodness, I must say Joined: 16 Apr 2009 Location: Tibet Status: Online Points: 15750 |
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One of may favs was when Seville were in the UEFA cup final in Bucharest .
Now some of the fans clubbed together and chartered 180 seat plane to take them to the final but somehow booked it to Budapest . As you can Imagine the confusion at the airport , but hey they were not alone as independent fans also made the same mistake . A Hungraian friend of mine said that it was all over the news back in Hungary and in fact 314 Spanish fans turned up at the wrong city ..........
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Lansdowne Road debut aged 52 and 201 days .
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Sham157
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Posted in the other thread about last time out in Vienna. Myself and Sausy missed the flight. He paid to leave later that day with Lufthansa for 250 quid. I decided the best option was to pay Aer Lingus 75 quid missed departure fee and take the same flight the next day and head back into town and meet AntrimMan.Lets just say it was not the best option.
Almost missed the flight from Bari morning after the match too. somehow just woke up 40mins before departure. Cue panic as I ran out of the room to wake my cousin and another mate in the 2 rooms next door to me. The cousin was out of the room within seconds. The mate decided he's have a dump. Time ticking on so me and my cousin abandoned him. Waved a fity note at the taxi driver and showed him the flight time. Not a red light was safe. Could see the airport from the Motorway for ages nd the Easy Jet plane sitting there. Legged it in and no queue at security and the then last couple of people just walking through the gate. Just made it. The other ld rang me as I was sitting on the plane explaining he could see the plane from the Motorway too. He ended up forking out 250 and went home with Club Travel direct. We had to go via Milan and Heathrow.
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deebee
Kevin Kilbane Joined: 24 May 2016 Status: Offline Points: 197 |
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You were at the bar drinking with the taxi driver that was to bring you to the airport.It was never going to happen
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Denis Irwin
Robbie Keane Stay Home & watch Lethal Weapon Joined: 03 Feb 2008 Location: Ath Cliath Status: Offline Points: 37953 |
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You lucky f**ker |
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Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one".
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the_walls
Jack Charlton 6 in a row, alive alive oh.. Joined: 13 Feb 2009 Location: Walkinstown Status: Offline Points: 5182 |
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Happened to me for the first time in Moldova. Instead of going straight to the airport I figured 2 hours kip would be a better idea and slept through the alarm. School boy error
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Hickster74
Davey Langan Joined: 20 Oct 2015 Location: Depends Status: Offline Points: 931 |
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Couple of close calls but I never missed a flight in my life until Moldova...7.20am flight the morning after the match. I headed up to the room to check something at 4am. The bed was too tempting - I set two alarms for 5am...woke at 8 and didn't care. I don't think I could have handled the three flights that morning anyway... €225 damage for the direct that night.
In Glasgow, I booked late so had no luggage and had booked some motorway stop hotel close to the airport just as a backup. I was going to stay up in town but I found nowhere to go except some shady casino on the river where they wanted to keep my passport before they'd let me in..I told them where to go and instead slept through my taxi for the 7am flight. I woke at 6.20 by some miracle. I went down to ask for a taxi but was told it would be half an hour. I went outside to look for one but the hotel was literally on an off-ramp with nothing around. Just then a taxi pulled up with some hotel staff. The taximan was a mad Celtic fan, put the foot to the floor and got me to the airport in 10 mins...I ran through to the gate and of course there was still a queue.. I booked all my flights for these aways while saving for France so the cheapest were ridiculous times. My Vienna return is 6.30am on the Sunday ffs... Afternoon directs for me in future ... |
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"Perhaps the reason that they did not consider the worst, was because discussion of such cases would have cast suspicion on the planner as being a "saboteur". Paranoia was rampant throughout."
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ringerbell
Jack Charlton Joined: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 8014 |
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Thankfully never missed a flight yet but have missed all other forms of transport on trips so say it will happen someday
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the closest i will ever come to playing for ireland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0_7w4JyvI4
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BabbsBalls
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The Trapped thread
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l hear you are a racist now, father ?
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SuperDave84
Robbie Keane ooh Thomas, how could you do this to me! Joined: 26 Aug 2011 Location: Far Fungannon Status: Offline Points: 21384 |
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There were a few who missed their Belavia flights home from Kazakhstan via Minsk. I doubt that fixing that error was cheap.
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Deane
Liam Brady Joined: 17 Oct 2014 Location: Co Down Status: Online Points: 2946 |
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