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13-06.-2008, 10:28 AM
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Re: RTL - When will they stop rubbing it in the faces of those who aren't going?
Roll call time? Who else is here. I just arrived at Halifax Airport after three flights and 22 hours total from Sydney, Australia. -- nexty ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nexty's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/17087 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70554 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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13-06.-2008, 01:27 PM
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Re: RTL - When will they stop rubbing it in the faces of those who aren't going?
nexty wrote: > Roll call time? Who else is here. > > I just arrived at Halifax Airport after three flights and 22 hours > total from Sydney, Australia. Ouch. I'm sitting in the Wellington airport AirNZ lounge about to fly to Auckland--->Vancouver--->Toronto----> Halifax. Estimated flying time 20hrs45min  Meeting the other two Team NZUNI riders in Auckland Airport. -- GizmoDuck The Uninam Tour 2008.....Hanoi to Saigon!!! www.uninam.net The SINZ Unicycle Tour 2007....South Island, New Zealand www.sinzuni.org The Induni Unicycle Tour 2009. Unicycle Tour of India. Email me for details. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GizmoDuck's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/794 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70554 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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13-06.-2008, 01:45 PM
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Re: RTL - When will they stop rubbing it in the faces of those who aren't going?
Some of us won't be bringing laptops/Internet devices...  Dave White left yesterday! We head out Saturday afternoon, and fly all night on Air Canada. Hope they feed us... -- johnfoss John Foss Email: "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" -- www.unicycling.com ----------------------------------------------- Man with broken collar bone say: "Have you checked your shoelaces lately?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ johnfoss's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/832 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70554 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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13-06.-2008, 02:22 PM
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Re: RTL - When will they stop rubbing it in the faces of those who aren't going?
johnfoss wrote: > Some of us won't be bringing laptops/Internet devices... > > Dave White left yesterday! We head out Saturday afternoon, and fly all > night on *Air Canada*. Hope they feed us... *shudder* god speed for your luggage. -- unicyclist.ca http://www.Unicyclist.ca ------------------------------------------------------------------------ unicyclist.ca's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/16025 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70554 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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13-06.-2008, 04:07 PM
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Re: RTL - When will they stop rubbing it in the faces of those who aren't going?
unicyclist.ca wrote: > *shudder* god speed for your luggage. I flew via AC; luggage and uni turned out alright but something tells me I should have printed my luggage handling notice in french as well..  [image: http://ghuntley.smugmug.com/photos/...29_4asZS-M.jpg] -- nexty ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nexty's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/17087 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70554 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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13-06.-2008, 08:11 PM
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Re: RTL - When will they stop rubbing it in the faces of those who aren't going?
nexty wrote: > Roll call time? Who else is here. > > most of team goonies and a bit of team venture are currently in a motel room in maine somewhere. should be with you in about 12 hours or so. STM -- semach.the.monkey ------------------------------------------------------------------------ semach.the.monkey's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12078 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70554 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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14-06.-2008, 01:11 AM
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Re: RTL - When will they stop rubbing it in the faces of those who aren't going?
unicyclist.ca wrote: > *shudder* god speed for your luggage. There's a story there, and we haven't even packed yet. I needed a Coker bag, and after trying a few other options (and before finding out UDC had a nice cheap one), we decided to do one locally, with a friend who has a strong sewing machine. Hers wasn't strong enough. So we went to another friend who had an even stronger sewing machine. Hers wasn't strong enough either (for the nylon webbing straps). So then we ended up buying a $2000 upholstery sewing machine, which weighs a ton. Need any custom luggage? We will build to suit. Don't worry, there are future plans for the machine as well. RTL people will have the opportunity to see the bag I now have, which is very nice but probably a little bigger than I need. Hope it gets there intact! -- johnfoss John Foss Email: "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" -- www.unicycling.com ----------------------------------------------- Man with broken collar bone say: "Have you checked your shoelaces lately?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ johnfoss's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/832 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70554 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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14-06.-2008, 01:18 AM
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Re: RTL - When will they stop rubbing it in the faces of those who aren't going?
unicyclist.ca wrote: > *shudder* god speed for your luggage. Yeah I heard of a few stories of it going bad. I have had really good luck with them over the past few months. I even got the deluxe planes twice. These planes have power and USB adapters in every seat, as well as a touch screen tv with a ridiculous amount of programs and movies on it. Plus if you are lucky (or like me you picked the right seats on purpose) they have an amazing amount of leg room. I have had my best flights on Air Canada and Thai Airlines. -- ntappin 'how to build a strong comfy saddle from junk.' (http://tinyurl.com/hxcb3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ntappin's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/10800 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70554 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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14-06.-2008, 03:48 AM
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Re: RTL - When will they stop rubbing it in the faces of those who aren't going?
semach.the.monkey wrote: > most of team goonies and a > STM All here now although i'm still in halifax waiting for the rest to catch up. Joe -- joemarshall my pics http://gallery.unicyclist.com/albuq44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ joemarshall's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1545 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70554 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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14-06.-2008, 05:12 AM
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Re: RTL - When will they stop rubbing it in the faces of those who aren't going?
I'm surprised how many people are actually going... I thought there would be maybe 12 or so... haha. -- peleschramm http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=peleproductions unicycle for atheism. www.bedfordunicycles.ca ------------------------------------------------------------------------ peleschramm's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14077 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70554 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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14-06.-2008, 07:56 AM
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Re: RTL - When will they stop rubbing it in the faces of those who aren't going?
joemarshall wrote: > All here now although i'm still in halifax waiting for the rest to catch > up. > Joe Yeah, cool...we're here now too :-) STM -- semach.the.monkey ------------------------------------------------------------------------ semach.the.monkey's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12078 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70554 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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27-06.-2008, 11:27 AM
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Re: RTL - When will they stop rubbing it in the faces of those who aren't going?
johnfoss wrote: > There's a story there Yeah, I flew from kelowna-vancouver-amsterdam-napoli-berlin-paris-vancouver all on flights OTHER than Air Canada and the one 45 minute flight from vancouver back to kelowna 3/5 bags were trashed. Also when i was bringing my 36er from calgary to castlegar (1 hr flight) the box wasn't in the best shape after. I only fly Air Canada when there is no other option. -- unicyclist.ca http://www.Unicyclist.ca ------------------------------------------------------------------------ unicyclist.ca's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/16025 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70554 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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27-06.-2008, 11:40 AM
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Re: RTL - When will they stop rubbing it in the faces of those who aren't going?
Flight report (rub THIS in your faces!): Many bags were lost! On our arrival in Halifax we saw two Coker bags sitting in the baggage office. These belonged to Team Flirt. They said they were to be delivered to Annapolis Royal. I made it clear to them that all Coker-shaped bags needed to go to Yarmouth at that point. They arrived, along with my missing suitcase and several other peoples' missing bags, that evening. Not everybody got their bags so easily though. Totally Doable was missing four bags total, and only got all their unicycles on Tuesday night, I think. Dave White let them borrow his second Schlumpf 29", the one I used on much of Thursday and Friday. These bags were lost by various airlines. Methinks the airlines are cutting down on personnel to help pay for fuel, and it's costing us in hassles. The plane was very nice though, with TVs in the seat backs, and a choice of many movies or TV shows! Hence less sleep than I should have gotten, a situation I never caught up on for the whole trip. But it was not all smooth sailing on the way to Halifax. When entering a country, usually you have to retrieve your bags and pass through customs. Expedia had not left us a huge amount of time for this, and our plane was late arriving in Vancouver. The flight attendant assured us this should not be a problem. Very few people in customs at that time of day (true) and easy re-check of bags just outside of customs (false). No, that area was under construction. At the "advice" of an Air Canada employee, we RAN the length of the (large) Vancouver airport with our luggage on a Smart Cart, while smart people got out of the way. We barely made it onto our connecting flight. We were very lucky to arrive in Halifax on Sunday morning at all! On the trip home, many people ran afoul of bad weather in the midwest, that stopped many flights from leaving Halifax. We waited with a number of Chicago-bound passengers, some of whom had been at the airport all day, for our delayed flights to finally be allowed to head out. I still don't know why our 5:30pm flight left before Tim Lee's flight that was supposed to have left around noon! Arriving quite late in Chicago, apparently Jamey and Bruce Dawson were able to catch their connections but Jacquie and I were not. We spent the night in a hotel, but United was kind enough to put us in row #1 for the 2-part flight the rest of the way home. Real silverware, white linens, personal TV screens, not to mention *actual meals* on both flights!  And our luggage made it home with us. -- johnfoss John Foss Email: "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" -- www.unicycling.com ----------------------------------------------- Man with broken collar bone say: "Have you checked your shoelaces lately?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ johnfoss's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/832 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70554 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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28-06.-2008, 09:07 PM
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Re: RTL - When will they stop rubbing it in the faces of those who aren't going?
johnfoss wrote: > > Not everybody got their bags so easily though. Totally Doable was > missing four bags total, and only got all their unicycles on Tuesday > night, I think. Dave White let them borrow his second Schlumpf 29", the > one I used on much of Thursday and Friday. > We got one of five bags when we flew in on United from Chicago; neither of the unicycle bags. Thanks to Dave White, who loaned his unicycle, and a bunch of other people who loaned helmet, gloves, seat post and seat, I was able to race on Monday and Tuesday until the bags arrived on Tuesday night. Then, leaving on Continental from Halifax to Newark, they lost all of our bags. All but one arrived after a day; as of today, a week later, they still haven't found my unicycle bag. If I find a reason to bring a unicycle to Nova Scotia again, I'm flying to Portland, Maine and taking the ferry. -- tholub ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tholub's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/804 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70554 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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