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The whole airport is the size of one of the Duty Free shops at Manchester. As someone who hates airports, I like Blackpool.William the White wrote:Oh good, my first time.jaffka wrote:great airport is BlackpoolWhy?
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Blackpol is fantastic William. No long queues, great cafe, free parking. The only downside is that you have to pay a tenner each as an 'Airport Development Fee'. Even better for me, I can get the tram to and from 

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Blackpool airport used to be well handy for nipping to Dublin and back, but they don't seem to do it anymore. It was like catching a flight from someone's bungalow.
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I went to Geneva from Southend on Thurs - back yesterday.
Great little airport - no fuss or waiting at all.
Great little airport - no fuss or waiting at all.
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Ah, isn't this another one that they're absurdly classing as being a London airport?mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:I went to Geneva from Southend on Thurs - back yesterday.
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Marginally better than Oxford airport being branded as London Oxford.
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Ha - yes.Bruce Rioja wrote:Ah, isn't this another one that they're absurdly classing as being a London airport?mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:I went to Geneva from Southend on Thurs - back yesterday.
Great little airport - no fuss or waiting at all.
But having said that, the train through Essex from Liverpool St makes it as convenient a London airport as any of the others.
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Now then, if I was going on Mastermind I reckon I could have UK airports down as being my specialised subject. However, I'd absolutely no idea that Oxford had one, called London or otherwise.KeyserSoze wrote:Marginally better than Oxford airport being branded as London Oxford.

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And what was Southend like?mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:I went to Geneva from Southend on Thurs - back yesterday.
Great little airport - no fuss or waiting at all.
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How long did it take to get there? We looked at Southend for going to Barcelona but we (or I -her geography is awful*) decided Stansted would be easier. Was 45 minutes from Liverpool St. I've never been to Heathrow, but have always found Gatwick and now Stansted to be fine to get to.
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MPs finally adressing homeopathy. About time. Now do something about it.
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55 mins from Liverpool St.Prufrock wrote:How long did it take to get there? We looked at Southend for going to Barcelona but we (or I -her geography is awful*) decided Stansted would be easier. Was 45 minutes from Liverpool St. I've never been to Heathrow, but have always found Gatwick and now Stansted to be fine to get to.
Good on the way back for me too as I could get off at Straford and get Jubilee line there.
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Fairy nuff. We got back to Liverpool St about 1 on a Friday night. 5 min walk to the bus. It's eerily quiet around there late at night.
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No, but, it works on kids and animals so it can't be a placebo effect. Plus, I had a cold once and I took homeopathy tablets and a few days later it was gone! This is clearly a conspiracy by big pharmaceutical companiesPrufrock wrote:This: http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog ... -unethical" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Whilst I appreciate you're being glib, I think that's an interesting point because it's so often raised. I didn't realise until I read Bad Science how strong the links were between Big Pharma and the homeopathy lotBeefheart wrote:No, but, it works on kids and animals so it can't be a placebo effect. Plus, I had a cold once and I took homeopathy tablets and a few days later it was gone! This is clearly a conspiracy by big pharmaceutical companiesPrufrock wrote:This: http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog ... -unethical" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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I have little doubt that all the leading pharma co.s have an effective cure for the common cold, they just rake in gazillions from having us mugs treat the symptoms though. The nice people.Beefheart wrote:No, but, it works on kids and animals so it can't be a placebo effect. Plus, I had a cold once and I took homeopathy tablets and a few days later it was gone! This is clearly a conspiracy by big pharmaceutical companiesPrufrock wrote:This: http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog ... -unethical" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Perhaps, but just in case the sarcasm wasn't coming through, I would like to just make it clear that I think homeopathy is a crock of shit.Bruce Rioja wrote:I have little doubt that all the leading pharma co.s have an effective cure for the common cold, they just rake in gazillions from having us mugs treat the symptoms though. The tw*ts.Beefheart wrote:No, but, it works on kids and animals so it can't be a placebo effect. Plus, I had a cold once and I took homeopathy tablets and a few days later it was gone! This is clearly a conspiracy by big pharmaceutical companiesPrufrock wrote:This: http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog ... -unethical" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Ah. I've been in America, see?!Beefheart wrote:Perhaps, but just in case the sarcasm wasn't coming through, I would like to just make it clear that I think homeopathy is a crock of shit.Bruce Rioja wrote:I have little doubt that all the leading pharma co.s have an effective cure for the common cold, they just rake in gazillions from having us mugs treat the symptoms though. The tw*ts.Beefheart wrote:No, but, it works on kids and animals so it can't be a placebo effect. Plus, I had a cold once and I took homeopathy tablets and a few days later it was gone! This is clearly a conspiracy by big pharmaceutical companiesPrufrock wrote:This: http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog ... -unethical" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Are you going to give us a report on Bruce's New York?Bruce Rioja wrote:Ah. I've been in America, see?!Beefheart wrote:Perhaps, but just in case the sarcasm wasn't coming through, I would like to just make it clear that I think homeopathy is a crock of shit.Bruce Rioja wrote:I have little doubt that all the leading pharma co.s have an effective cure for the common cold, they just rake in gazillions from having us mugs treat the symptoms though. The tw*ts.Beefheart wrote:No, but, it works on kids and animals so it can't be a placebo effect. Plus, I had a cold once and I took homeopathy tablets and a few days later it was gone! This is clearly a conspiracy by big pharmaceutical companiesPrufrock wrote:This: http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog ... -unethical" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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