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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 31. July | 120 comments (120 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: This, That, and the Other (none / 1)

And to think that I was the one who made him realise he was altitude-challenged ;-(

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Jul 31st, 2008 at 06:24:13 AM EST
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Re: This, That, and the Other (none / 1)

Well no doubt he will be on the first flight, and it will all go horribly wrong. I remember hearing that the advance party on one of his trips to the place where they were making one of his balloons telling everyone not to let him touch anything, as he would find some way to break it.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Jul 31st, 2008 at 07:08:55 AM EST
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Re: This, That, and the Other (none / 1)

Uh oh Sven, what did you do? Are we going to have to blame you for all the damage to the ozone layer and CO2 this enterprise creates? ;-)

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Thu Jul 31st, 2008 at 07:49:07 AM EST
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Re: This, That, and the Other (none / 1)

I got him his first balloon trip when he was visiting in Finland. I lived in the countryside near a small airfield. Virgin was just a small record company then.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Jul 31st, 2008 at 12:47:04 PM EST
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