{"id":8769,"date":"2006-04-18T17:19:14","date_gmt":"2006-04-19T00:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/04\/18\/potpourri-for-gbp-250-alex.html"},"modified":"2006-04-18T17:19:14","modified_gmt":"2006-04-19T00:19:14","slug":"potpourri_for_g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/04\/18\/potpourri_for_g.html","title":{"rendered":"Potpourri for GBP 250, Alex!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bits and pieces from the trip:<\/p>\n

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  1. Had the 2-seat side of my little puddle-jumper, Manchester to Glasgow, to myself. Which was nice.\n
  2. Remarkably enough, did not have to remove my laptop from my briefcase when I went through the x-rays at Manchester airport.<\/p>\n
  3. While Terminal 5 at O’Hare is a naked expanse of gates and not much else (e.g., no shops or food), the waiting area in Terminal 3 at Manchester is full of both shops and food. I must remember this for the future.<\/p>\n
  4. Very nice dinner at Etain<\/a>, here in Glasgow, tonight. Actually, fancier than my taste, but still yummy. Recommended.<\/p>\n
  5. Today’s vocabulary lesson, part 1: “bespoke<\/a>” = custom-made, often used in reference (at least here in the UK) to custom-modified or home-grown code.<\/p>\n
  6. While the BMI flight attendants do provide the cheerful advice of how to take on the crash position (or, as they call it, the brace position) during their pre-flight spiel, I also notice that the life jackets they have require the user to tie the cords into a knot, rather than clipping them onto a ring in front. Score one for the Yanks.<\/p>\n
  7. Today’s vocabulary lesson, part 2: “chump<\/a>” = a cut of meat (most often seen with pork or lamb), usually in chops or steaks. It resides<\/a> between the loin and leg (and appears to be more commonly called “rump” in the States).<\/p>\n
  8. What are the chances that I’d travel from Denver to Chicago, change planes, then travel from Chicago to Manchester, then go to a different terminal, sit down for breakfast, and then discover that sitting behind me is an English youth in a Denver Broncos jersey? Pretty good, it seems.<\/p>\n
  9. Today’s vocabulary lesson, part 3: “apple-pie bed<\/a>” = short-sheeted bed, where the sheet is doubled over (like an apple turnover?) so that someone cannot lie full length under\/inside of it.<\/p>\n
  10. Today’s vocabulary lesson, part 4: “dogging<\/a>” = British slang for voyeuristic\/exhibitionistic sexual activity. I’m not quite sure how it came up in conversation during dinner.<\/ol>\n

    That is all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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