ATTENTION: ALL BRITS ATTENDING MITTENS!

Adamski · Wed 07/05/2003 22:07:09

Right folks, the time has come to arrange and book a flight. It's already been determined that we should probably catch the same plane, and we need to book ASAP. So, CJ, Mods, AGA, Custard, Matt Goble (especially you Matt

), Scotch, and anyone else from the UK that is planning on attending this year, please post here confirming that you'll be going so we can arrange the flight date and times. I think AGA has some info on prices and suchlike, so perhaps that would be a good starting point.

Edit: from the Mittens thread: Okay, for those of us in the UK, I suggest we all take the same flight...

The flight we are getting is from www.ryanair.com and leaves London Stansted at 9:50am on Monday 28th July. It leaves Gothenburg at 13:05 or 21:05 on Friday 1st August. The cost is Â£19.99 both ways (without tax), which comes to Â£61.22 all included with tax and fees...

[edit: to fix flight times]

Privateer Puddin' · Wed 07/05/2003 22:27:00

im going.

Magintz at school · Thu 08/05/2003 11:05:13

well I only have Â£120 in my bank acount. Which means I can pay for the flight, but prolly nothing else, unless I can manage to earn money for that. I may be able to take out a Â£50 loan from my parents, and if i pay for a ticket i'll do dogsbody work around home and anywhere I can find

Do you think I should get a ticket? What do I do if i dont get enough money in time? I could come along for the ride, and just not go on any event? I dont mind doing that?

I can prolly get another Â£50-Â£60 just from pocket money before I go?

I really wanna go

AGA · Thu 08/05/2003 12:03:10

If you book it and it ends up you can't come, you won't get a refund

But I'm sure you'll be able to scrape together enough to get by...

AGA · Thu 08/05/2003 12:05:48

It leaves at 9:50 on the 28th, not 10:50, btw

m0ds · Thu 08/05/2003 17:15:58

Bear in mind Magintz there wont be a lot of spending this year. Money will mainly be for food etc (and alcohol!!!!1111!1) as I believe 90% of what we're doing is "on site" stuff. Right Andail?

I'm going and I am ready to book. Well, I will be when my mums not ill and is out of bed, which should be tomorrow or Saturday.

m0ds

Pumaman · Thu 08/05/2003 17:40:15

Aye, I shall be there.

Oh, also didn't we decide to change the return flight to 14:05 or something?

edmundito · Thu 08/05/2003 18:28:39

I'm brit, right?

Pumaman · Thu 08/05/2003 19:06:17

ok, I've edited the original post to avoid confusion about the flight times.

Quote from: netmonkey on Thu 08/05/2003 18:28:39
I'm brit, right?

if you want to fly from London, then you can be :p

magintz · Fri 09/05/2003 17:30:46

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yay.... I can go i found some more cash from my B/Day, and my parents said that they can take me to the airport and up to 3 other people if they can train it down to Iver station or Slough. Might be cheaper than a taxi or bus for some people, but not sure if anyone really wants to be in the same car as my rents.

Well I can def. go, will we book together, or seperatley on the same flight.

Andail · Fri 09/05/2003 22:12:52

Great, Magintz.
So I don't have to go and have a hamburger with you before your parents will agree?

m0ds · Fri 09/05/2003 22:59:55

Andail, you make even less sense when I'm sober

Magintz, I might take you up on that "Slough" offer.

m0ds

magintz · Sat 10/05/2003 10:01:18

Andail - Don't worry, my parents last year were a bit sceptical about me being alone with a bunch of people I had never met before, only on the net, and they didn't really mind me going, my parents just wanted be to take me to the campsite last year to meet m0ds and make sure he wasn't some weirdo.......... nice cover-up Mark.... lol

Anyway, my parents don't mind where I go really, as long as they know where I am.

M0ds - sure, your welcome to come along if you don't mind being in a car with my mum. She's not that bad, but very mum like and she may start asking you questions

Andail · Sat 10/05/2003 10:14:47

Quote from: m0ds on Fri 09/05/2003 22:59:55
Andail, you make even less sense when I'm sober

Is there anything that makes more sense when you're sober?

Pumaman · Sun 11/05/2003 17:46:35

Right, well AGA and myself have now booked our flights, so there's no going back.

The 21:05 return flight is the one we've gone for as it's cheaper than the earlier one, but when making your choices make sure you can get home from the airport at that time of day.

Also, all Brits remember to fill in an E111 form, which entitles you to free emergency medical treatment in other countries. You can get it from any post office.

Evil · Sun 11/05/2003 18:08:27

Quote from: Andail on Sat 10/05/2003 10:14:47
Quote from: m0ds on Fri 09/05/2003 22:59:55
Andail, you make even less sense when I'm sober

Is there anything that makes more sense when you're sober?

beer...

magintz · Mon 12/05/2003 22:14:14

booked my ticket as well, same as CJ and AGA

must pick up my E111 form sometime this week

Matt Goble · Mon 12/05/2003 23:05:04

Quote by Chris in the other Mittens thread...

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Quote from: AGA on 12 Mar 2003, 07:18
The most cheap/promising-looking one I've found is from www.ryanair.com and leaves London Stansted at 10:50(am) on Monday 28th July and leaves Gothenburg at 21:05(pm) on Friday 1st August. The cost is Â£19.99 both ways (without tax), which comes to Â£61.22 all included with tax and fees...

I'm concerned about getting transport from the airport on the way back. If it leaves Sweden at 21:05, then presumably it'll be about 23:00 before we leave Stansted airport. At that time, it won't be possible for me to get a train home.

We really need to be out of the airport by 21:00 at the latest, so an earlier flight home is essential IMO.

Chris,

What are you doing about this now, as this is the flight people are taking?

I still need to look into book this time off - already booked some time off on friday so I need to scope the land with my new boss about booking time again!

Matt

AGA · Tue 13/05/2003 00:02:38

CJ and I have booked the flights that leave London at 9:50 on the 28th and leave Gothenburg at 21:05 on the 1st...

Magintz at school · Tue 13/05/2003 10:23:02

I got that flight too

scotch · Tue 13/05/2003 10:31:55

I'll be booking on wednesday which according to my pc calendar is tommorrow.

m0ds · Tue 13/05/2003 10:59:41

matt goble, you might consider reading the thread before you post?

m0ds

Pumaman · Tue 13/05/2003 19:33:10

Quote from: mattgoble on Mon 12/05/2003 23:05:04
Quote by Chris in the other Mittens thread...

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I'm concerned about getting transport from the airport on the way back. If it leaves Sweden at 21:05, then presumably it'll be about 23:00 before we leave Stansted airport. At that time, it won't be possible for me to get a train home.

We really need to be out of the airport by 21:00 at the latest, so an earlier flight home is essential IMO.

Chris,

What are you doing about this now, as this is the flight people are taking?

Myself, AGA and scotch are going by car, so this won't be a problem for us. However, as I say depending on how you're getting to/from the airport, some of you may well want to get the earlier return flight.

Matt Goble · Tue 13/05/2003 20:13:27

Quote from: CJ on Tue 13/05/2003 19:33:10

Myself, AGA and scotch are going by car, so this won't be a problem for us. However, as I say depending on how you're getting to/from the airport, some of you may well want to get the earlier return flight.

Bagsy I get the roof rack!

Seriously how easy is it to get to the airport at Gothenberg? Andail?

Matt

Andail · Tue 13/05/2003 20:37:23

Getting to the airport from gothenburg city is supposed to be idiot proof; there's a couch leaving for each flight. The ride is for 50-60 kronor, equivalently 4-5 pounds.
You see, Ryan-air doesn't fly from the main city airport, but from (and to) a tiny little airport some twenty kilometers in the other direction. I think only Ryan-air and some private planes ever use that airport.

m0ds · Tue 13/05/2003 22:57:35

So there is a bus service from the "RyanAirport" to a town near where Mittens is then?

Matt Goble · Tue 13/05/2003 23:01:39

Quote from: Andail on Tue 13/05/2003 20:37:23
Getting to the airport from gothenburg city is supposed to be idiot proof; there's a couch leaving for each flight. The ride is for 50-60 kronor, equivalently 4-5 pounds.
You see, Ryan-air doesn't fly from the main city airport, but from (and to) a tiny little airport some twenty kilometers in the other direction. I think only Ryan-air and some private planes ever use that airport.

Thanks Andail,

So what you're saying is that if we were flying to the main airport we'd be laughing, but cheap flights mean we land at nowheresville! Do you know what the transport is like? How much would a cab be? Are the local buses any good!

To put this in perspective people, good old advanced England

last year left JetXl Â£50 light in the wallet for his cab fare (one way!) and the bus from Laleham to Staines was once(?) an hour!

Not that I'm trying to put people off or make excuses, but it's better to iron out these details now as much as possible than at the airport.

You here that Chris? You're bringing the Car as excess luggage! Better splash out on some new tape for the windscreen!

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matt goble, you might consider reading the thread before you post?

m0ds

Which thread? Where? This One?

I knew months ago it had been discussed the pros and cons of the various flights - but it seemed Chris had suddenly gone against all he had been saying! I just wondered what his secret was!

Brain is starting to hurt with two Mitten's threads - must be old age and whatnot...
Matt

Andail_uni · Wed 14/05/2003 09:28:52

No, Matt, that coach I was talking about is for the ryan-air flights in this tiny special airport.
The coaches go to the central station in gothenburg, where you can take a rest and see our beautiful second biggest city in Sweden. Then you'll need just one or two more bus-rides - another 5-8 pounds of worth - to get to a place near the mittens cottage where I can pick you up with the official mittens vw-van.

I think I will return with a more exact description to the mittens-thread

Magintz at school · Wed 14/05/2003 10:43:42

wow :o an official mittens van

this I gotta see

scotch · Wed 14/05/2003 13:09:38

Ok I'm booked now

Hope I picked the right flights

Adamski · Wed 14/05/2003 21:56:47

I've also booked, whoop de dee!

Neole · Thu 15/05/2003 12:36:11

Dang what a coincidence I'm coming to London on 28th evening. Only for a day though, then flying off to Paris. Would have loved to join the mittens gang..

Privateer Puddin' · Sat 17/05/2003 21:03:56

booked

Evil · Sun 18/05/2003 02:18:43

All of this british slang and number forms is driving me insane... And just so you know, I can understand the British slang scene in the new Austin Powers movie... You people have sucked me in...

Privateer Puddin' · Sun 18/05/2003 08:56:16

thats not hard tho, and its not british, its cockney

magintz · Mon 19/05/2003 10:45:03

Cockney Rhyming Slang to be more accurate. It originated in either one or another way listed below, people say different things about its origin

1: Used between market traders as a slang language to communicate
2: Used in prisons so the guards had no clue what they were on about.

It's interested when listening to things as everything rhymes:

Apples and pairs - stairs
Sky rocket - pocket
Dog and bone - phone

Perhaps we need to create an AGS Cockney Rhyming Slang

Dirt and mess - AGS
Houseâ€™s and homes - Chris Jones

lol