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greenlake replied

17 February 2016, 20:44
Originally posted by AtW View Post

Wilmslow is an airport security tester now???

Just another one of his crazy plans to meet women....
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AtW replied

17 February 2016, 20:38
Originally posted by greenlake View Post

Good luck with that....

Wilmslow is an airport security tester now???

The only question I have is .... would Mitch?
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greenlake replied

17 February 2016, 19:38
Originally posted by Wilmslow View Post

Gig is actually at Birmingham Airport

Good luck with that....
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clearedforlanding replied

17 February 2016, 18:33
Originally posted by Wilmslow View Post

Think I will check out the kebab shop, and enjoy eating it on the next train back...

Gig is actually at Birmingham Airport, so have the choice of paying a tenner a day for car parking, or £100 a month which a £15 local weekly season ticket buys me the right to obtain such a holy grail.

Digs are actually okay here, there is a refurbished Hilton

Life’s challenges.

If you are working at the airport you should be able to use the staff parking and take the bus. It's a hassle but a lot cheaper.

Go to the IBIS not the Hilton silly and hook up with a chick each night flying the following morning on a hen do.

Hilton hotels are mundane at best, but Hilton airport hotels...... I guess you could spend your evenings talking to the Bavarian ink salesman at the bar, but that is about it.
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AtW replied

17 February 2016, 14:24
Originally posted by Wilmslow View Post

Gig is actually at Birmingham Airport
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Wilmslow replied

17 February 2016, 14:20
Think I will check out the kebab shop, and enjoy eating it on the next train back...

Gig is actually at Birmingham Airport, so have the choice of paying a tenner a day for car parking, or £100 a month which a £15 local weekly season ticket buys me the right to obtain such a holy grail.

Digs are actually okay here, there is a refurbished Hilton

Life’s challenges.
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filthy1980 replied

17 February 2016, 13:34
Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

I'm in Coventry. It sucks balls. If you look 15 to 20 mins away you've got places like Kenilworth, Balsall Common and the like which are great.

get in with the right client and you can work from that very site, great surroundings but the coffee is pants
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FatLazyContractor replied

17 February 2016, 12:10
Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

I'm in Coventry. It sucks balls.

So are you saying that it is a nice place ?
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SimonMac replied

17 February 2016, 11:59
Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

I'm in Coventry. It sucks balls. If you look 15 to 20 mins away you've got places like Kenilworth, Balsall Common and the like which are great.

Spent best part of 6 months at the Ramada in Kenilworth, not the worse place I have ever stayed!
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BrilloPad replied

17 February 2016, 11:58
Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

I'm in Coventry. It sucks balls.

Superb! Are the rates as cheap as NLYUK's?
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northernladuk replied

17 February 2016, 11:54
I'm in Coventry. It sucks balls. If you look 15 to 20 mins away you've got places like Kenilworth, Balsall Common and the like which are great.
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TheFaQQer replied

17 February 2016, 11:50
Originally posted by Wilmslow View Post

As I stay in a hotel a couple of times a week, is it worth checking out an evening in Coventry?

No.

Just drive and stay somewhere nicer like Leamington instead.
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Pherlopolus replied

17 February 2016, 11:49
Originally posted by LondonManc View Post

Many Years ago I had a contract at CBS in the middle of the city, working permanent evenings/nights.

I put on a weight due to using the Coventry Kebab house for evening meals far too often. The food was excellent. The only other highlight was watching drunk people on CCTV with the security guards once the pubs/clubs shut.

I drove in from Shropshire everyday due to being able to travel out of peak times so can't comment on accommodation choices, and it was 20 years ago this year though so things may have changed but wouldn't bank on it.
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LondonManc replied

17 February 2016, 11:44
Originally posted by Pherlopolus View Post

Many Years ago I had a contract at CBS in the middle of the city, working permanent evenings/nights.

I put on a weight due to using the Coventry Kebab house for evening meals far too often. The food was excellent. The only other highlight was watching drunk people on CCTV with the security guards once the pubs/clubs shut.

I drove in from Shropshire everyday due to being able to travel out of peak times so can't comment on accommodation choices, and it was 20 years ago this year though so things may have changed but wouldn't bank on it.
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Pherlopolus replied

17 February 2016, 11:43
Many Years ago I had a contract at CBS in the middle of the city, working permanent evenings/nights.

I put on a weight due to using the Coventry Kebab house for evening meals far too often. The food was excellent. The only other highlight was watching drunk people on CCTV with the security guards once the pubs/clubs shut.

I drove in from Shropshire everyday due to being able to travel out of peak times so can't comment on accommodation choices, and it was 20 years ago this year though so things may have changed but wouldn't bank on it.
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