Quote from: Leo on July 28, 2013, 23:04

BNow what is that supposed to mean? Are people sheep?
A flock of sheep? If so, you are arrogant. Is that how you think about people, or is it just "humour"?

It was just a random public domain image. I did not mean to come across as arrogant or offend sheep.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8335465/Sheep-are-far-smarter-than-previously-thought.html

There is the one, though - had downloaded the same one off of a google app some time ago. It had no meta data or attribution, so I forget who the author is

Your welcome to use this and distribute it freely for any purpose. Its worthless now. Regardless of the author's supposed arrogance. Sometimes people just forget quickly. Sheep do not.

Yuri.... i have a straight question for you:

Are you considering to create a PUBLIC micro/mid stock agency, a direct competitor for SS, FT,DT and others

Certainly you have the name and resources to create such a agency with a huge chance of success.

did you not notice the photo above that spoke a thousand words?

I went to the 02 in London recently and there was a huge queue.  I sat to one side.  Couldn't see any point queuing when I had a ticket with the seat number.  Spoke to someone afterwards who was complaining that they had queued for 2 hours and had been sent to the wrong part of the stadium.  They then had to join the back of the queue again.  I just walked in, only queued for a few seconds.

The British are great at queuing but I've never been good at it

Sheeple   its true though...

Have you ever watched people in a gate waiting for their flight? Just watch people if you get to an airport. Its fascinating.

Everybody sits to wait for the gate to open, yet when the first people get of their seats and go stand in line, everybody gets up off their seat and goes to stand in line as well. And then you have almost everybody standing in line for 30 or 40 minutes while I sit down watching them  till the gate opens and half the line is through.

Why doesnt everybody sit down till the gate opens? Because the first people got up to the gate and the rest just follows as sheep.

I used to think and do like you, and wait seated - until the time I left it until late to join the queue and by the time I got onto the plane there was no overhead locker space and I had a long haul flight with my maximum-size-for-handluggage camera bag and my smaller bag in my feet area. That was unpleasant! If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Besides, nowadays when they're telling us how unhealthy it is to be sitting all the time, I think as I'm going to be sitting in a confined area for 8 or 10 hours, or whatever, I might as well stand for half an hour.

Quote from: Ron on July 29, 2013, 01:48

Sheeple   its true though...

Have you ever watched people in a gate waiting for their flight? Just watch people if you get to an airport. Its fascinating.

Everybody sits to wait for the gate to open, yet when the first people get of their seats and go stand in line, everybody gets up off their seat and goes to stand in line as well. And then you have almost everybody standing in line for 30 or 40 minutes while I sit down watching them  till the gate opens and half the line is through.

Why doesnt everybody sit down till the gate opens? Because the first people got up to the gate and the rest just follows as sheep.

I used tho think and do like you, and wait seated - until the time I left it until late to join the queue and by the time I got onto the plane there was no overhead locker space and I had a long haul flight with my maximum-size-for-handluggage camera bag and my smaller bag in my feet area. That was unpleasant! If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Besides, nowadays when they're telling us how unhealthy it is to be sitting all the time, I think as I'm going to be sitting in a confined area for 8 or 10 hours, or whatever, I might as well stand for half an hour.

Never had any issues with the overhead locker and always have an isle seat on short flights, because I travel alone most of the time. When I fly long haul, it no issue either as I have a reserved isle seat and baggage checked in and walk around the plane for exercise and prevent thromboses . 

Quote from: ShadySue on July 29, 2013, 05:36

Quote from: Ron on July 29, 2013, 01:48

Sheeple   its true though...

Have you ever watched people in a gate waiting for their flight? Just watch people if you get to an airport. Its fascinating.

Everybody sits to wait for the gate to open, yet when the first people get of their seats and go stand in line, everybody gets up off their seat and goes to stand in line as well. And then you have almost everybody standing in line for 30 or 40 minutes while I sit down watching them  till the gate opens and half the line is through.

Why doesnt everybody sit down till the gate opens? Because the first people got up to the gate and the rest just follows as sheep.

I used tho think and do like you, and wait seated - until the time I left it until late to join the queue and by the time I got onto the plane there was no overhead locker space and I had a long haul flight with my maximum-size-for-handluggage camera bag and my smaller bag in my feet area. That was unpleasant! If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Besides, nowadays when they're telling us how unhealthy it is to be sitting all the time, I think as I'm going to be sitting in a confined area for 8 or 10 hours, or whatever, I might as well stand for half an hour.

Never had any issues with the overhead locker and always have an isle seat on short flights, because I travel alone most of the time. When I fly long haul, it no issue either as I have a reserved isle seat and baggage checked in and walk around the plane for exercise and prevent thromboses . 

Don't know if its true but they said on QI that its the air quality that causes DVT, not the amount of time you're sat still.  The air quality used to be better when people smoked.  So all the people walking around and exercising their legs might just be using up more oxygen and making it worse?

On a long haul flight I have only ever see a few people walk around and do a bit of leg exercises. I just do it because it feels good and I always been told its good for preventing DVT.

The airlines do all they can to stop you wandering around, with trolleys going up and down, meals left uncollected etc. so you are trapped behind your little table. I strongly suspect that preventing passengers from moving is one of a flight attendant's main aims. Imagine the chaos if half the passengers were trying to walk about at the same time.

I dont know, you seem to know everything about everything, all I know is that I walk around and I have never been stopped, or asked to sit down, only been smiled at by the friendly crews. On a 13 hour flight they are not hauling around trolleys for 13 hours.

It's never prevented but by accident or design it is inconvenient. There's the psychological pressure not to inconvenience other passengers as well as everything else and often enough grumbling if you do make them move. The aisles are so narrow that two people passing in them involves performing a sort of disco dance routine. I do walk myself sometimes - and certainly would on a 13 hour flight - but my usual maximum is six hours.

20 years ago there used to be a lot more room on the average flight due to the seat configuration but that meant fewer passengers, of course.

I can assure you that I know very little about anything but I do keep trying to learn.

^ Yuri will have not longer this problem, with all the money he will earn with "iStock only" soon he will have his own private plane�

�A critic is a man created to praise greater men than himself, but he is never able to find them.�
― Richard Le Gallienne

�A critic is a man created to praise greater men than himself, but he is never able to find them.�
― Richard Le Gallienne

When you have failed to become a painter, a musician, an actor, an artist� you become a critic

I can't believe, 18 pages and counting and the topic is "Yuri Arcurs First Public Statement" SO WHAT. I can understand if the topic was Anton Corbijn's or Jan Saudek's photography but this is ridiculous. Honestly!

Quote from: shudderstok on July 29, 2013, 09:23

Quote from: Ron on July 29, 2013, 09:05

I dont know, you seem to know everything about everything, all I know is that I walk around and I have never been stopped, or asked to sit down, only been smiled at by the friendly crews. On a 13 hour flight they are not hauling around trolleys for 13 hours.

alas, he does know everything about everything, this is part of his charm. don't let him get under your skin cause he will burrow in like a tick. 

Hmmm..... your blood group tastes like A+

jiminy cricket, that's better than a moody's rating