Sure, the flight safety briefings on every flight we ever take are unchanging in their boring routine and mindless monotony. Is there a person on the planet who doesn’t know how to unfasten a safety […]
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You may be familiar with the concept of buying a new European car and taking delivery of it from the factory in Europe; driving it around Europe for a while as a free rental car,
Operation RailSafe will see a 'law enforcement surge' on Amtrak routes on Friday this week. Uniformed police will be 'a visible presence on national transit routes', and the exercise is said to involve all the
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Us road warriors lead a dangerous life, don't we. When we're not risking frying our brain from using our phone too much, when we're not getting potentially dangerous doses of radiation going through the new
The US State Department issued a travel advisory notice regarding travel to Europe on Sunday morning (full text of the warning below). But what an empty piece of nonsense this travel advisory notice is. The
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Good morning Sincere thanks to everyone who responded in the first week of this year's fundraising drive. You are even more special this year, for two reasons. First – the good news – the first week's
Here's an interesting article which implies you can sometimes succeed in negotiating down the foreign exchange fees charged by your bank/credit card issuer when you're buying things in a foreign currency. You might sneer at this concept, but a
I've earlier gone on record as recommending people wait to buy an iPad or other tablet device rather than rushing out to buy a first generation Apple iPad. Judging by the extraordinary sales success of
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Continental has finally joined the rest of its airline brethren in charging for food in coach class on flights. There are many reasons why it might do this, from the obviously venal 'so we can
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In an announcement that surprised everyone, Southwest this morning indicated its intention to buy AirTran and to merge it into its existing Southwest brand. Southwest is paying an estimated $1.4 billion to buy AirTran, which
One of the most puzzling aspects of Britain's change of government earlier this year, when a center-right coalition replaced the left of center Labor party, is that it quickly overruled the permission given by the
Good morning It has been another busy week, and I've a lot of content to give to you, but first, it is once again that time of year (well, actually, slightly past that time of
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