She's off again - Tashkent - Page 3

Gravdigr · 04-17-2015, 04:50 PM

Thanks for these pics, Limey!

I don't know what I was expecting Tashkent to look like, but, I thought it would look...idk, different than this.

limey · 04-17-2015, 08:56 PM

The hotel restaurants are always empty when I eat in them. I think I eat a little early for the hotel crowd. The cafe is more of a lunch place and that pic was taken around 5pm. I was probably the last customer.
Most of central Tashkent is pretty new since an earthquake which flattened the old town in 1966. The suburbs would look very different even now. Several generations of one family will live in one single-storey home which consists of several rooms opening off a courtyard. This is all surrounded by an eight foot wall and gated so nothing is visible from the street.

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limey · 04-17-2015, 09:19 PM

Here's the bus depot this morning. There is an unfeasibly tight turn by the entrance gate (off the right hand side of the picture)and I cannot imagine how the buses get along to the bathtub.

And here are the hotel gas masks.
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monster · 04-18-2015, 06:12 PM

I still want to know what exactly (or approximately) you do on these visits. I guess I'm prepared for you then to kill me if you have to.......

limey · 04-19-2015, 02:24 AM

First airport of the day is Tashkent International. As far as I can see from the departures board it handles ten flights a day. I'm there at 6.15 for an 8.15 departure. Security, customs (another form to fill in), passport control and more security to go through.
At about 7.45 we're called to gate B1 which clearly displays a departure for Dubai, while Istanbul is gate B9. We're then called to gate B9. Apart from that it all goes without a hitch.
I just had a cup of tea and a couple of biscuits in my room before I left the hotel so enjoyed the breakfast in the plane.
Second airport of the day after a five hour flight is Istanbul Ataturk. Two hour layover here, but I've got this one sussed as it's my usual hub. There's a nice wee bar/restaurant, not too busy, up above the main food court, next to the first class lounge. I had a lovely salad and an enormous beer there.
A 3 hour 40 minute flight brings me to Gatwick and a badly planned 5 hour layover. I try to get bumped onto an earlier flight but there isn't one.
By the time I get to Glasgow airport I've been awake for 22 plus hours and in airports and planes for about twenty of those, consumed a cup of black tea with sugar and two biscuits before I left the hotel, two in-flight meals, one healthy salad and a giant beer (Istanbul) and a gin and tonic (thank you BA!) and am falling asleep as I stumble towards the airport motel.
To keep myself sane on the flights I listen to audio books (Nella Last's War - excellent real diary of life in Britain during the second world war) or watch in flight movies (if any appeal to me) and knit socks. I use small wooden needles which are a bit like cocktail sticks and have not yet had airport security ask me to give them up.
I now know that it takes ten hours to knit a sock as I completed half a sock on the flight from Tashkent to Istanbul.
(Monster, as I am self-employed in a sector where client confidentiality matters I have made it a rule never to talk about my work on public forums.

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DanaC · 04-19-2015, 05:25 AM

Admit it: 'M' would have you shot if you talked about the work you do.

monster · 04-19-2015, 07:14 PM

doesn't stop me wanting to know....

Sundae · 04-19-2015, 08:09 PM

She's an international call girl. Not in the hooker sense, but the Govt call her in to stroke egos and make nice to troubled politicians in Russian speaking countries. Stop them kicking off.
They are bemused by this proper English woman who can roast you a lamb, strip a tractor and yet still look amazeballs when dressed up.

They capitulate every time.

That's why Limey can't tell us who she is meeting. They would be eaten alive in their macho world if it was known they had been skillfully manipulated by a keen witted lady from a little Scottish island who actually has a gorgeous husband at home.

DanaC · 04-20-2015, 04:43 AM

And a tuba.

Awesome thread, as ever, Limes.

I like that we have an exciting, jet-setting, globetrotter in our midst.

Undertoad · 04-20-2015, 07:17 AM

Limey is rockin' it as she sits on her steed holding her bird of prey.

Gravdigr · 04-20-2015, 04:06 PM

Gravdigr · 04-20-2015, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

I still want to know what exactly (or approximately) you do on these visits. I guess I'm prepared for you then to kill me if you have to.......

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

doesn't stop me wanting to know....

I think she's actually Vladimir Putin.

Think about it...

...ever seen them together? In the same place?

Eh? Huh? Amirite?

xoxoxoBruce · 04-20-2015, 06:42 PM

Naw, she has that pissant Putin on a leash.

monster · 04-20-2015, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

And a tuba.

and lots of extremely small, unusually sharp knitting needles...

xoxoxoBruce · 04-25-2015, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

I like the stainless (?) furniture in that cafe.

Stainless chair.

04-17-2015, 04:50 PM	#31
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Thanks for these pics, Limey! I don't know what I was expecting Tashkent to look like, but, I thought it would look...idk, different than this. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

04-17-2015, 08:56 PM	#32
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	The hotel restaurants are always empty when I eat in them. I think I eat a little early for the hotel crowd. The cafe is more of a lunch place and that pic was taken around 5pm. I was probably the last customer. Most of central Tashkent is pretty new since an earthquake which flattened the old town in 1966. The suburbs would look very different even now. Several generations of one family will live in one single-storey home which consists of several rooms opening off a courtyard. This is all surrounded by an eight foot wall and gated so nothing is visible from the street. Sent by thought transference __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

04-17-2015, 09:19 PM	#33
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Here's the bus depot this morning. There is an unfeasibly tight turn by the entrance gate (off the right hand side of the picture)and I cannot imagine how the buses get along to the bathtub. And here are the hotel gas masks. Sent by thought transference __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

04-18-2015, 06:12 PM	#34
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I still want to know what exactly (or approximately) you do on these visits. I guess I'm prepared for you then to kill me if you have to....... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-19-2015, 02:24 AM	#35
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	First airport of the day is Tashkent International. As far as I can see from the departures board it handles ten flights a day. I'm there at 6.15 for an 8.15 departure. Security, customs (another form to fill in), passport control and more security to go through. At about 7.45 we're called to gate B1 which clearly displays a departure for Dubai, while Istanbul is gate B9. We're then called to gate B9. Apart from that it all goes without a hitch. I just had a cup of tea and a couple of biscuits in my room before I left the hotel so enjoyed the breakfast in the plane. Second airport of the day after a five hour flight is Istanbul Ataturk. Two hour layover here, but I've got this one sussed as it's my usual hub. There's a nice wee bar/restaurant, not too busy, up above the main food court, next to the first class lounge. I had a lovely salad and an enormous beer there. A 3 hour 40 minute flight brings me to Gatwick and a badly planned 5 hour layover. I try to get bumped onto an earlier flight but there isn't one. By the time I get to Glasgow airport I've been awake for 22 plus hours and in airports and planes for about twenty of those, consumed a cup of black tea with sugar and two biscuits before I left the hotel, two in-flight meals, one healthy salad and a giant beer (Istanbul) and a gin and tonic (thank you BA!) and am falling asleep as I stumble towards the airport motel. To keep myself sane on the flights I listen to audio books (Nella Last's War - excellent real diary of life in Britain during the second world war) or watch in flight movies (if any appeal to me) and knit socks. I use small wooden needles which are a bit like cocktail sticks and have not yet had airport security ask me to give them up. I now know that it takes ten hours to knit a sock as I completed half a sock on the flight from Tashkent to Istanbul. (Monster, as I am self-employed in a sector where client confidentiality matters I have made it a rule never to talk about my work on public forums. ) Sent by thought transference __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of Last edited by limey; 04-19-2015 at 02:53 AM.

04-19-2015, 07:14 PM	#37
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	doesn't stop me wanting to know.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-19-2015, 08:09 PM	#38
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	She's an international call girl. Not in the hooker sense, but the Govt call her in to stroke egos and make nice to troubled politicians in Russian speaking countries. Stop them kicking off. They are bemused by this proper English woman who can roast you a lamb, strip a tractor and yet still look amazeballs when dressed up. They capitulate every time. That's why Limey can't tell us who she is meeting. They would be eaten alive in their macho world if it was known they had been skillfully manipulated by a keen witted lady from a little Scottish island who actually has a gorgeous husband at home. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

04-20-2015, 07:17 AM	#40
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Limey is rockin' it as she sits on her steed holding her bird of prey.

04-20-2015, 04:06 PM	#41
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	__________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

04-20-2015, 06:42 PM	#43
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Naw, she has that pissant Putin on a leash. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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