“We spent the rest of the evening discussing how best to drop the absent plumber in boiling oil, and cheerfully blew up the airbeds in preparation for a very long night trying to pee quietly in a bucket and periodically whispering obscenities in the general direction of anyone unfortunate enough to be a bloody plumber.” Part One of Stroppy Knickers’ journal of her move to Malta.
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Strawberry World, publishers of destination guides online, are looking for a full-time travel writer or editor.
“I’ve yet to fully understand how two largely dysfunctional legacy carriers with a raft of problems can truly benefit from the United/Continental merger. As a fellow aviation professional, my first thoughts are with the employees of the respective airlines.” Our aviation correspondent Roy Hinds takes a sceptical view of recent airline mergers.
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