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Very true Heinz, life was good and peaceful we seem to live in a constant state of flux nowadays. Unless you lived in or near Vietnam! Or in any of these regions THE OCTOBER CRISIS IN CANADA 1969-1970 THE FREE PAPUA MOVEMENT 1969-PRESENT SHATT AL ARAB DISPUTE 1969-1971 GUYANAN REBELLION 1969 THE WAR OF ATTRITION 1969-1970 LEBANESE- PALESTINIAN CLASHES 1969 CHRISTAIN-SHIA CLASHES IN BEIRUT 1969-1970 MILITARY COUP IN LIBYA 1969 THE JANUARY COUP IN PANAMA 1969 THE DECEMBER COUP IN PANAMA 1969 SANWI SECESSIONISM IN THE IVORY COAST 1969 SINO-SOVIET BORDER CLASHES 1969 SOCCER WAR 1969 MILITARY COUP IN SUDAN 1969 It was during my college days and the thing that had the most impact on us as students was the dreadful Aberfan disaster.
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Very true Heinz, life was good and peaceful we seem to live in a constant state of flux nowadays. Unless you lived in or near Vietnam! Or in any of these regions THE OCTOBER CRISIS IN CANADA 1969-1970 THE FREE PAPUA MOVEMENT 1969-PRESENT SHATT AL ARAB DISPUTE 1969-1971 GUYANAN REBELLION 1969 THE WAR OF ATTRITION 1969-1970 LEBANESE- PALESTINIAN CLASHES 1969 CHRISTAIN-SHIA CLASHES IN BEIRUT 1969-1970 MILITARY COUP IN LIBYA 1969 THE JANUARY COUP IN PANAMA 1969 THE DECEMBER COUP IN PANAMA 1969 SANWI SECESSIONISM IN THE IVORY COAST 1969 SINO-SOVIET BORDER CLASHES 1969 SOCCER WAR 1969 MILITARY COUP IN SUDAN 1969 It was during my college days and the thing that had the most impact on us as students was the dreadful Aberfan disaster. Gosh yes that was really upsetting
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This is from a SAS flight in 1969 not my photo. Although I only had good experiences on business flights the majority of them took place when you wore a suit and Sleezyjet and Bryanair were not even in the gestation period. There were standards and they were right, low cost airlines are about as attractive as a British train journey to me.  It reminds me of the wonderful Smorgasbord served on the Harwich to Esbjerg DFDS ferry in the 1980's. It makes one's mouth water just looking at that photo. It simply doesn't compare with the cost saving pre-packaged in-flight meals or the self service "restaurants" on ferries these days.
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It was during my college days and the thing that had the most impact on us as students was the dreadful Aberfan disaster. Gosh yes that was really upsetting I had never heard of the Aberfan disaster and reading about it reminded me of the Vajont Dam disaster, 9 October 1963, which was caused by a landslide and killed nearly 2,000 people. The main cause was the lack of a proper geological survey and then ignoring early warning signs. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajont_Dam
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It was during my college days and the thing that had the most impact on us as students was the dreadful Aberfan disaster. Gosh yes that was really upsetting I had never heard of the Aberfan disaster and reading about it reminded me of the Vajont Dam disaster, 9 October 1963, which was caused by a landslide and killed nearly 2,000 people. The main cause was the lack of a proper geological survey and then ignoring early warning signs. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajont_Dam I had never heard about this one - what a tragedy, with the same cause being negligence.
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surprised at the numbers of business people on here admitting to drinking whilst flying. Very early in my exporting career I realised that jet lag was far worse if you drank alcohol, the real issue being dehydration. So I used to drink a lot of water, refuse the junk food and sleep through the flights to arrive in decent nick.
I would have guessed that the flight drink problem was confined to holiday travelers on the likes of Sleezyjet not business types in club. I used to find West to East (ie US to UK) jetlag a bugger, fortunately I always used to manage it so that I didn't have to work on the day of arrival so I had plenty of time to recover. It also helped being 20 years younger than I am now. A few drinks, a couple of Kalms (other herbal sleep aids are available), headphones on with some soothing music (Bill Frissell was always my go-to choice) and I could usually get a decent amount of kip. East-West was never a problem, just stay up as late as possible on the first day to reset. In one sense I was lucky - I can fall asleep in anything moving and on a lot of things that arent. So a delayed flight would just see me stretched out on some airport bench asleep. My difficulty was staying awake long enough after the east-west flight to make for a sensible bed time. And staying awake on the flights south to south africa for example. If you job is, as mine was, a different flight and a different hotel every day for a typical 3 or 4 week trip, you learn to sleep anywhere purely as a survival technique. And booze other than the first drink or coffee dont help.
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[quote=howard And staying awake on the flights south to south africa for example.[/quote]
IIRC my schedule a few years back:
Wednesday fly back from New York - arrive ZH Thursday Morning
Thursday evening fly to Durban via Joburg - arrive Friday lunch
Sunday - run ultra-marathon, 5am start with 28c in Durban - peaking at 37c, taking just over 11 hours
Tuesday pm - fly back to ZH arrive Wednesday morning
My body really wasn't sure what the hell was going on - and the muscle soreness from the run was far from fun on the flight back.
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In one sense I was lucky - I can fall asleep in anything moving and on a lot of things that arent.
Me too! Never underestimate the restorative qualities of a Power Nap 
If you job is, as mine was, a different flight and a different hotel every day for a typical 3 or 4 week trip, you learn to sleep anywhere purely as a survival technique. And booze other than the first drink or coffee dont help.
No, I confess my routine was much easier. Sunday afternoon flight to where I was going (or Saturday if I fancied a day off and a mooch round), work for the week, Friday evening flight home, then a week in the UK. All in business class with a driver to take me to and from the airports. Air travel for pussies.
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