Qantas Cabin Crew or Pampered Celebrities?

zxc <axc@no.qwe> wrote in message
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> They have also refused to sleep above traffic lights and recently demanded
more
> English television channels.

Would the traffic light problem have something to do with the extra noise
that results from cars and trucks revving up and changing gear after the
lights turn green?

Same thing happens in those suburban streets where speed bumps are laid to
calm down the speeding traffic. Only result is the cars slow down for the
traffic calming devices than speed up which involves extra noise when
changing gear and revving the motor. Of course the car drivers sometimes
make extra noise on purpose to annoy the folk who talked the local council
into those traffic calming devices.

Cheers
Peter Cokley

O
>>
>> LONG waits for hotel rooms with fridges in Los Angeles; and
>>
Because hotel rooms with fridges are very rare in the USA (even in 5
star accomodation)...

in article dv9320lr0o7ma8s4p84jfurclr7achtpqf@, matt weber at
mattheww50@cox.net wrote on 2/4/04 10:19 PM:

> O
>>>
>>> LONG waits for hotel rooms with fridges in Los Angeles; and
>>>
> Because hotel rooms with fridges are very rare in the USA (even in 5
> star accomodation)...


No. They are extremely common - they just are usually full of overpriced
mini-bar booze with no room for your own stuff.

"Raffi Balmanoukian" <walkabout@TAKEOUTTHETRASHTOREPLY.ns.sympatico.c a>
wrote in message
news:BC472A21.1FE81%walkabout@TAKEOUTTHETRASHTOREP LY.ns.sympatico.ca...
> in article dv9320lr0o7ma8s4p84jfurclr7achtpqf@, matt weber at
> mattheww50@cox.net wrote on 2/4/04 10:19 PM:
>
> > O
> >>>
> >>> LONG waits for hotel rooms with fridges in Los Angeles; and
> >>>
> > Because hotel rooms with fridges are very rare in the USA (even in 5
> > star accomodation)...
>
>
> No. They are extremely common - they just are usually full of overpriced
> mini-bar booze with no room for your own stuff.

They're very common in my travels. I'm at a Hampton Inn right now with Ref.
& Microwave. Holiday Inn Express also has them in most rooms. It seems to
be more of a "Middle Class" thing. 5 Stars & Cheapies usually don't have
them.

Just make them eat the awful food they serve on Qantas. They'll just demand
a hotel with lots of toilet wrapper and will never get to use the bed!

On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 19:19:50 -0700, matt weber <mattheww50@cox.net>
wrote:

>O
>>>
>>> LONG waits for hotel rooms with fridges in Los Angeles; and

>Because hotel rooms with fridges are very rare in the USA (even in 5
>star accomodation)...

Not so! Embassy Suites, Homewood Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, Residence
Inns, Fairfield Suites are brands that have fridges.

Personally, though, I think 5 star accommodations are *less* likely to
have a fridge (why would you need one when you have a phone and 24
hour room service?)

Malc.

In message <ceh520lirls13qg74comhn2ip0m2c9lch0@>, Malcolm Weir
<malc@gelt.org> writes
>The fact that the "Homewood Suites by Hilton" is Boulder
>is quiet doesn't change the fact that the Kensington Olympia Hilton in
>London is noisy on the front side, and that the Los Angeles Airport
>Hilton is noisy on the back side!

If the Kensington Olympia Hilton is the one next to the Underground
line, I can confirm that (when I stayed there admittedly a while ago)
it's one of the most unpleasant places I've ever attempted to sleep
[single-glazed badly-fitting metal windows overlooking a busy railway
line].
--
Roland Perry

In message <roe520lstums4ivldfvds3c464jkdk5skv@>, Malcolm Weir
<malc@gelt.org> writes
>Personally, though, I think 5 star accommodations are *less* likely to
>have a fridge (why would you need one when you have a phone and 24
>hour room service?)

Because the bottle of wine you brought with you is a tenth the price?
--
Roland Perry

On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 13:54:57 -0800, Malcolm Weir <malc@gelt.org>
wrote:

>On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 19:19:50 -0700, matt weber <mattheww50@cox.net>
>wrote:
>
>>O
>>>>
>>>> LONG waits for hotel rooms with fridges in Los Angeles; and
>
>>Because hotel rooms with fridges are very rare in the USA (even in 5
>>star accomodation)...
>
>Not so! Embassy Suites, Homewood Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, Residence
>Inns, Fairfield Suites are brands that have fridges.
None of those are hotels . They are 'long stay' accomodation designed
for self catering. BIG DIFFERENCE.

It is like the difference between a Medina property and a Sheraton in
Australia.

In message <Xns94876567A6AFDolive@216.196.97.132>, Olivers
<olive@LOSETHIScalpha.com> writes
>>> Embassy Suites, Homewood Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, Residence
>>>Inns, Fairfield Suites are brands that have fridges.
>> None of those are hotels . They are 'long stay' accomodation designed
>> for self catering. BIG DIFFERENCE.
>
>With the exception of Residence Inns, none of the above hotel brands are
>even directed at long term guests

I think you'll find they are mainly marketed at people who are
weekly-commuters, or who are staying somewhere (other than on holiday
[1]) for more than a night or two.

[1] There aren't that many "holiday resorts" in the USA, compared to its
size. There are several of these suites-hotels near me, and I live in a
business-park area in the USA, nowhere near anywhere you'd stay on
holiday. Unless you are the sort of person who would holiday in suburban
Milton Keynes.
--
Roland Perry