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Nose: first impression: balanced sweet peatiness with hints of spice; Then peat grows stronger and literarily punches you in the face. After a while it reveals other medicinal notes, burnt wood, toasted nuts; almonds, and vanilla. With a few drops of water the peat subsides.
Taste: big sweet peat arrival; with a drop of water it becomes richer and richer in flavor; light saltiness; malty sweetness, lemon zest, a touch of white fruit; dried herbs; there is definitely a very beautiful note of cinnamon; slightly drying at the end;
Finish: burnt wood, a kind of aftertaste that reminds me of a bonfire which is going out in damp weather; Leaves you with a dry aftertaste. In the empty glass there is this note of artist's paint.
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Literally! :)
Did it hit you with much rubber? I've often seen rubber as a dominant tasting note and it really marred the one dram of this that I personally had (at a bar a couple years ago). To be fair, though, that might have been some power of suggestion going on.
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@OIJas yeah ) that's what happens to one's English after a few drams. I didn't get any rubber notes here. But this whisky turned out to be a wonderful surprise, since I'd not read any tasting notes beforehand. I guess that is the best way to go about tasting notes: first try a whisky yourself and see what you can pick up, and then read other people's notes. I find when you read tasting notes beforehand - you tend to search for those aromas and flavors that you've read about. And in that way you become limited. Coming back to the point - for me there is definitely no rubber here.
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Another tasting note which is noticeable in this whisky is tar soap=))


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Dual monitors and full screen input issues
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Posted 19 July 2012 - 06:08 AM
I am running a dual monitor setup and my code is using slimdx and c#. When I run the code in fullscreen mode I get a ridiculous amount of choppyness when ever I move the mouse or hold down a key. When I am no longer sending input event everything is silky smooth. This problem does not show up in window mode or if I DISCONNECT MY SECOND MONITOR o.0 this is causing me no end of confusion any help would be appreciated
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What does your message loop look like?
Thanks for trying to help Mike, hopefully you can help figure out where iv gone wrong...
My message loop looks like this.
public void Run() { Initialize(); Load(); Stopwatch time = Stopwatch.StartNew(); const float deltaTime = 0.03f; float oldTime = 0.0f; float newTime = 0.0f; float frameTime = 0.0f; float accumulator = 0.0f; MessagePump.Run(Form, () => { newTime = (float)time.Elapsed.TotalSeconds; frameTime = newTime - oldTime; oldTime = newTime; accumulator += frameTime; while (accumulator >= deltaTime) { _update(deltaTime); accumulator -= deltaTime; } if(GraphicsDevice.IsDeviceLost()) { Thread.Sleep(100); } else { GraphicsDevice.ClearBuffer(Color.Black); _render(accumulator / deltaTime); GraphicsDevice.PresentBuffer(); } }); time.Stop(); Unload(); }
I am implementing the fixed time-step from gafferongames (attempting to if i got it all wrong ) Some of the lost device stuff is inside my GraphicsDevice class if you think the culprit is something to do with that i can post more information.
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Device = new Device(direct3d, 0, DeviceType.Hardware, _form.Handle, CreateFlags.HardwareVertexProcessing, fullscreenparameters);
I tried playing around with the adapter, tried setting it to 1 (my second monitor) and it showed up there ok, oddly it seemed to lessen the effect, I still had some jumpy movement every few seconds when moving the mouse, but it was dramatically different. I then turned on GPU aspect scaling for the second monitor (it was stretching it before) and the horrible effects started to happen on that monitor. o.0 Turning off GPU scaling on my primary monitor didnt change anything.
Then I did another test....if i set
fullscreenparameters.PresentationInterval = PresentInterval.Default; TO fullscreenparameters.PresentationInterval = PresentInterval.Immediate;
Everything is perfect, no problems at all, so v-sync seems to cause me some problem. o.0 Perhaps it is the root culprit in some way.
Dual Monitors + Fullscreen + PresentInterval.Default = Choppy rendering when I receive input events :/
Change any variable and everything is peachy LOL weird.
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It starts as a lag problem, which is not really what i am seeing, input is pretty responsive, it just causes stuttering, but he later finds that the problem goes away when disconnecting his second monitor. Zone seems to blame it on the message queue, does the message queue in the Form get cleared out each iteration? It seems like slimdx is passing alot of message onto the base Form class.
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Posted 21 July 2012 - 08:58 AM
- Garbage collection (if the lag is random)
- CPU is outrunning the GPU (consider a new thread for a message queue that can process the input)
- Bad driver
In any event you should use PIX to profile your code and see where the delay is coming from.
I have 2 monitors and have never had this problem. When I ask DX for a list of adapters there are 2 adaptors returned with the same name and if I choose the second one the device creation fails so I use the default without issue. DX will give you the default adaptor.
It also might be helpful if you post more information about your rig, like your graphic card, monitors and OS info.
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I gave up on that problem However, I have just recently gotten my hands on some SlimDX code that does correct fullscreen switching and uses direct input but I've been working on a deferred shader (just finished last night actually) so I haven't had time to check it out. I might have a look tonight and see how he does it and I'll report back if I can locate a fix for this issue (if it's the same issue of course).
Edit. he switches in one line, so there's no magic there that i can see. But I don't notice his app jerking like mine does, his is 3d, while mine is a gui and i haven't yet traced the entire loop so I can't tell yet if there is something different or if he is somehow avoiding the problem.
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Try using raw input. It wrote some raw-input code today and it has fixed my problem.
I'm using the system cursor, which is very choppy in fullscreen Its ok with vsync off, I had issues getting the DX9 mouse to work without flickering, but frankly this seems worse and causes the choppiness just like holding down keys does.
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Try using raw input. It wrote some raw-input code today and it has fixed my problem.
I'm using the system cursor, which is very choppy in fullscreen Its ok with vsync off, I had issues getting the DX9 mouse to work without flickering, but frankly this seems worse and causes the choppiness just like holding down keys does.
Sounds like a possible bad driver to me. Have you updated your driver through windows when it was listed as an optional update? Is it possible to roll back your driver to the prior version? What is your graphics card make/model? Do you have 2 graphic cards? What operating system and version? Are other directX applications/games suffering from the same issue? What version of DX are you using with slimDX? What does the code look like where you process the input? If you don't do anything with the input does the issue still exist? What is the frame rate your are running and what is the refresh rate of your monitors/card? In your graphic card's control panel, do you override software settings or does your card allow the your application to enable / disable features? Have you tried using D3DPRESENT_INTERVAL_ONE?
The call to Present() will block until the appropriate time if you have vsync enabled - hence why I think this is a driver issue...
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Windows 7 is the OS, no other DX games seem to have this problem.
Same issue, so i made a very simple Fullscreen test program which shows the most obvious symptom of my issue, the mouse movement being incredibly choppy..
using System; using System.Windows.Forms; using SlimDX.Windows; using System.Threading; using System.Drawing; using SlimDX.Direct3D9; using SlimDX; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; namespace DXTest { static class Program { static RenderForm Form; static PresentParameters PresentParameters; static Direct3D Direct3D; static Device Device; static bool DeviceLost = false; [STAThread] static void Main() { Form = new RenderForm(); Form.ClientSize = new Size(800, 600); Form.TopMost = true; Form.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.None; Form.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.WindowsDefaultLocation; PresentParameters = new PresentParameters(); PresentParameters.BackBufferWidth = Form.ClientSize.Width; PresentParameters.BackBufferHeight = Form.ClientSize.Height; PresentParameters.BackBufferFormat = Format.X8R8G8B8; PresentParameters.BackBufferCount = 1; PresentParameters.Multisample = MultisampleType.None; PresentParameters.MultisampleQuality = 0; PresentParameters.SwapEffect = SwapEffect.Discard; PresentParameters.DeviceWindowHandle = Form.Handle; PresentParameters.Windowed = false; PresentParameters.EnableAutoDepthStencil = false; PresentParameters.AutoDepthStencilFormat = 0; PresentParameters.PresentFlags = 0; PresentParameters.FullScreenRefreshRateInHertz = 0; PresentParameters.PresentationInterval = PresentInterval.Default; Direct3D = new Direct3D(); Device = new Device(Direct3D, 0, DeviceType.Hardware, Form.Handle, CreateFlags.HardwareVertexProcessing, PresentParameters); MessagePump.Run(Form, () => { if (DeviceLost) { if (Device.TestCooperativeLevel() == ResultCode.DeviceNotReset) { Device.Reset(PresentParameters); DeviceLost = false; } else { Thread.Sleep(100); } } else { try { Device.Clear(ClearFlags.Target, Color.Black, 1.0f, 0); Device.BeginScene(); Device.EndScene(); Device.Present(); } catch (Direct3D9Exception e) { if (e.ResultCode == ResultCode.DeviceLost) { DeviceLost = true; } else { throw; } } } }); } } }
When i run this simple program it goes fullscreen and the mouse is horrid when moving it around, yet if i turn off monitor 2...no issues whatsoever.
When running with both monitors, the FPS will keepa constant 60 while not doing anything, when i move the mouse or hold down a key it will dip below by 1 or 2 FPS, with 1 monitor this does not happen, its rock solid 60.
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Posted 25 July 2012 - 01:43 PM
Also when you say "full screen" are you referring to both monitors or just one? If it's just one then your game is being rendered to one while the other monitor is showing your desktop?
Have you tried to determine if it's the mouse movement or the key trapping that is causing the issue? Theoretically, these should be 2 separate events.
Please post the code where you are processing keys and mouse movement.
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Posted 25 July 2012 - 03:15 PM
Looking at your code I do not see where you are trapping keys, mouse movement or raw input. Are you registered to any form events that process these requests?
Also when you say "full screen" are you referring to both monitors or just one? If it's just one then your game is being rendered to one while the other monitor is showing your desktop?
Have you tried to determine if it's the mouse movement or the key trapping that is causing the issue? Theoretically, these should be 2 separate events.
Please post the code where you are processing keys and mouse movement.
Yes, this problem occurs even when not registered to the form events. I am using the system mouse, so no need to process mouse movement myself. Fullscreen is one single monitor rendering while the other one is showing desktop. Mouse movement causes it, as well as key presses, its plain to see the issue just from this simple program just by looking at how the system mouse moves with both monitors present, compared to how it moves from a single monitor present. If you have 2 monitors check it out, if the mouse seems perfectly smooth then i know its something on my end, but this problem occurs on the other PC i have here as well with two monitors.
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Posted 25 July 2012 - 04:45 PM
You should probably investigate and see if you can figure out how to properly turn this service off and see if it's the culprit.
Be careful though as I'm sure this service is part of the nvidia control panel and could be used by other part of windows. You should get support through NVidia on how to properly bypass this service for testing purposes.
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First baseman Albert Pujols created a contretemps of sorts when he didn't make himself available to the media after he committed a key error in the ninth inning of Game 2 of the World Series. He was front and center Saturday night, though, after perhaps the greatest World Series game ever by one player.
His five hits in Game 3
"I don't think anybody had any bad at-bats on our team," said Pujols.
The Cardinals scored the
most runs they ever have scored in a World Series game in a 16-7 win, surpassing
the 13-1 drubbing they laid on
And, yes, the Cardinals did score 10 other runs that Pujols did not drive in.
"A lot of credit goes to those guys in that clubhouse out there," said hitting coach Mark McGwire. "They're relentless."
Combined, the two clubs
totaled 23 runs, breaking the highest total for any Cardinals World Series game.
The Cardinals lost the first game of the 2004 World Series at
They subsequently lost that World Series in four straight games although that Cardinals' offense generally was considered the best of any Tony La Russa-managed Cardinals team. But this one might rival it.
That 2004 club, which won 105 regular-season games, had three players with 34 or more homers in Pujols (46), center fielder Jim Edmonds (42) and third baseman Scott Rolen (34).
This Cardinals team didn't enjoy the same health as the 2004 club, so some of the offensive numbers weren't quite as good. But this team had six regulars bat between the .296 of left fielder Matt Holliday and the .305 of catcher Yadier Molina.
Pujols had 37 homers, right fielder Lance Berkman had 31 and left fielder Holliday hit 22 in an injury-plagued season. And outfielder Allen Craig, the "X" factor in this series for the Cardinals, batted .315 when he wasn't healing from a broken right kneecap.
Dave McKay was the first-base coach for both the 2004 and 2011 teams.
"That was a pretty good offense," said McKay. "But this is a pretty nice offense, too.
"This club here, when the guys are all healthy, might be a better offensive club than that one. Yeah, I'd lean toward this one."
It was thought that when
the Series got to
Counting Saturday's Game 3 triumph, the Cardinals have won 50 games away from home this season. They are 50-38 on the road and 49-39 on the road.
Related article at The Cardinal Nation Blog: "Pujols ties MLB greats with three-homer performance"
RHP Lance Lynn, the
second reliever used in place of RHP Kyle Lohse, got the win with 2 1/3 innings
of one-run relief. But
RHP Kyle Lohse still is winless in nine postseason appearances, including four starts, three this season. Staked to a 5-0 lead, he allowed two homers in the fourth and didn't make it through the inning.
RHP Edwin Jackson, who
will work Game 4 of the World Series for the Cardinals on Sunday night, has
pitched, in order, six, 4 1/3 and two innings in his first three postseason
starts. The Cardinals have won all three, but
RF Allen Craig, a
pinch-hitting hero in the first two games of the Series, got a start in the
outfield in Game 3 while Lance Berkman served as the DH. Craig promptly homered
in his first at-bat as a regular. Manager Tony La Russa said Craig would might
play outfield again in one of the next two games while the Series is in
2B Ryan Theriot got his first start of the Series. Theriot, who led off much of the season, served as manager Tony La Russa's "second leadoff man," hitting ninth, and had a hit, scored a run and drove in another.
C Yadier Molina, who, like 1B Albert Pujols, had been hitless in the first two games of the Series, knocked in four runs with his first two hits, both doubles.
3B David Freese made Cardinals history. His two hits extended his postseason hitting streak to 13 games. It is the longest in Cardinals postseason history, surpassing the 12-game streaks by Cs Molina and Mike Matheny.
BY THE NUMBERS: 0 - Hits 1B Albert Pujols had in the first two games of the World Series. He then went 5-for-6 with three home runs in Game 3.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I think he took over Reggie's name."
- Hitting coach Mark McGwire on 1B Albert Pujols' three-homer, five-hit night in Game 3 of the World Series.
RHP Adam Wainwright (Tommy John surgery in February 2011) went on the 60-day disabled list March 25. He will miss the entire 2011 season. Wainwright was getting closer to throwing a full-strength bullpen session in September, but he will not be allowed to throw his signature curveball until next year.
NEXT GAME – World Series Game 4
Sun., October 23: vs. RANGERS: Edwin Jackson vs. Derek Holland, 7:05 P.M. CDT (FOX Network, ESPN Radio, KMOX).
Tony La Russa, Lance Lynn and Albert Pujols speak after the Saturday's big win and La Russa's milestone.
Matt Holliday, David Freese, Yadier Molina, and Lance Berkman discuss their Game 3 win over the Rangers.
Tony La Russa's post-game comments (from MLB and ASAP Sports)
Q. You've been a part of many, many games, many postseason games. Where does Albert's night ranks for you among your highlights.
TONY LA RUSSA: There was a couple times in that dugout about the middle of the game somebody kept saying, 'He's having a day he'll never forget,' and that's kind of what he did. What did he get, five hits, three home runs? And against that club, there wasn't any of that production we didn't need. He's the latest example of how great he is. You saw it tonight.
Q. Do you remember who was saying that, have a night
TONY LA RUSSA: I don't know. One of the things that we talk about on the road is to make sure there's a lot of noise in the dugout, that way you feel you know there's 40,000, 50,000 for them, so I'm not sure who said it.
Q. And Albert said something to the effect of he thought about maybe asking you, give Gerald Laird an at-bat, but he said you would keep him in. Did that ever cross your mind for that last at-bat, maybe give someone else a chance?
TONY LA RUSSA: Well, actually Gerald was going to hit for Berkman. He was on deck when the last out was made. I don't think we as a team can give the Rangers more respect than leaving Albert and Holliday -- I mean, it wasn't -- I will say in the ninth with a nine-run lead, I felt like we were -- before that, they're so explosive. That's why all those guys stayed in and kept trying, because we knew how dangerous they were.
Q. The first two games were very low-scoring games, and then this slugfest by both squads. How do you assess that? Was it just time for both teams to break out? Was it the ballpark? What is your assessment?
TONY LA RUSSA: Well, I think the weather in St. Louis the first two games, it wasn't easy to pitch because the ball was slick, but you get warmer than the hitters do. There were some balls that were hit hard that did not go out of that ballpark. So that cold weather definitely benefitted the pitchers, worked against the hitters. And here, I mean, when it's warm like this and not really humid, the ball has a lot of carry. For both teams, but you don't get away with much in conditions like this.
Q. I guess congratulations for you are in order, too, because you passed Bobby Cox into second place in all-time postseason wins tonight, with only Joe ahead of you. I know you don't like to talk about yourself much, but what kind of perspective does that put on your entire career?
TONY LA RUSSA: Well, I wasn't really aware until somebody congratulated me, one of the owners. The same one I get all the time. I've never been in a bad situation. Not one, in 30 years of ownership, front office, players, so I really don't take it personal. All the guys that I know that I really respect in my situation, that's what they would have. So I've been lucky, and I don't take it for granted.
Q. Where is Jon Jay at for you right now? It looks like he's struggling at the late in the playoffs here.
TONY LA RUSSA: Well, he's facing some good pitching. But his stroke is good, he's got a ton of confidence, he never panics. He'll face another one tomorrow and the next day. I watch him close, and there isn't anything about him that he's hanging his head. He's just get being pitched tough and tomorrow he's liable to get a big hit to help us compete.
Q. Your thoughts on your bullpen tonight? Looked like they settled things down after a while.
TONY LA RUSSA: Well, it's been the story a lot in the postseason. Our bullpen did it. I mean, I really thought a guy that we've pitched someone that's got great guts is Salas. And you could tell that it just wasn't a day to push him. I don't think he was quite as strong. Lance was well rested, and even though they came in and got a run, they didn't give it the big number. Lance won't pitch until we go back to St. Louis. But that's a big challenge because you cannot make a mistake. I mean, they kept swinging. And Dotel did it again today, he got five outs, and he has done that ever since he joined our club.
It turned out great. We saved some pitching for tomorrow. But there were some very pressure-filled innings for Salas and for Lynn and even with Dotel in there there was no certainty. They have been doing that so consistently. That's why we have a shot.
Q. In the context of how this happened tonight, do you think this might have been Albert's greatest moment yet of his career? I mean, 14 total bases in a World Series game.
TONY LA RUSSA: Well, I mean, I can remember Game 1 in '06, he takes Verlander. That was a big one to say, 'Hey, we've got a shot.' You're talking about the World Series, but he hit that Lidge home run, we were done. But I just kind of reclaim for all of us that he's been great for a long time. But this has got to be the greatest, at least one of the greatest ... his story to pull it out, but has somebody had a better day than this ever in a World Series? Babe Ruth did? He got more than five hits?
Q. He had three home runs twice, and Reggie had three on three successive pitches.
TONY LA RUSSA: I mean, with Babe and Reggie, that's good company right there. That's a first, right? How does the total bases rank? I'd say that's World Series history.
Q. As balanced as your team is, obviously to get as far as you guys have, deep lineup, bullpens pitched well, how much more dangerous do you guys become to beat now if something has kicked in with Albert, and this is not just a one day thing, to be able to see him carry a game like that?
TONY LA RUSSA: Well, it's the kind of postseason he's had. He had a terrific September. Right there the last few days he was one hit, one RBI short of continuing his amazing streak, but the whole Philadelphia, Milwaukee, he's been a real good hitter. I do think I wasn't in here a lot when he was talking, but he always gives credit to the table setters, but especially Matt Holliday and Lance Berkman, and now David Freese is making his mark. You have to go after Albert. You put him on base, and you're going to give up a crooked number.
He's been swinging well the whole postseason.
Q. What have you seen from Kyle tonight? You guys had a lead and then the fourth inning he kind of gave some of it back.
TONY LA RUSSA: Yeah, what Dave and I always look for, you see the guy that comes out at the start of the game, and if it's good, then you watch and watch and watch. In the fourth inning he was different. I don't know why he was different. I just saw that he was different, and that's what you decide on. I don't know how to explain it.
Q. In his three postseason starts, all three have kind of had the same pattern where he's had a couple good innings and then it's kind of fallen apart for him. Is there any trend?
TONY LA RUSSA: Here again, you get one scoreless inning in the postseason against one of the best clubs in Major League Baseball, you've got to be good, and he's done it more than once. But he was different in the fourth inning. It would be a good question for him to ask himself, and I'm sure Dunc will talk to him about it because he wants to be able to build on that.
Q. My apologies if you've been asked this specific question, but you've been in the game a long time, you've seen many things. I know you don't like to overstate things, but in a World Series is this the greatest single offensive performance you've seen by Albert?
TONY LA RUSSA: By Albert? Well, we just went through this in the sense that according to some of the stats, it's the greatest of any World Series in 120 years. 14 total bases and the five hits, four innings in a row and five hits? I mean, this is -- yeah, I'd say it's well, I think the best thing to do is you make that statement and ask somebody, OK, show me one that was better. I think it would be hard to do.
Q. When you see what he does tonight, and knowing the uncertainty what's going to happen once this is over, how difficult is that for you to ...
TONY LA RUSSA: Are you talking about 2012?
Q. Yes.
TONY LA RUSSA: We have a pact. When we put our hands together, we're not thinking about anything except the 2011 season and the postseason. I don't want to get spanked when I get in there.
I'll tell you, and it's a real good P.S. to this, and I've learned it over 11 years with Albert, he will probably think about this and enjoy it, and he should. If you see him tomorrow, you would never, ever suspect that he did this tonight. He will be into his routine, getting ready. He is so strong in his mind, and we'll see. I know Holland has got real good stuff, but Albert will go about it in a way that's part of his greatness.
Albert Pujols post-game comments
Q. You said yesterday you felt good about the way you were swinging the bat, maybe not getting the results, but to get the results that way tonight, does it reinforce everything you thought about the way you were swinging?
ALBERT PUJOLS: Well, I'll tell you, I felt that I swung the bat pretty good the last couple of games and just -- that's the way baseball goes. It is what it is, and you just have to make sure you don't get frustrated and just make sure that you bounce back the next day, that whatever it takes our ballclub to win. Obviously it's a blessing to be able to do that today.
I mean, there's so many guys in the lineup that had a huge night, starting with Allen. Right away in the first inning, he kind of took the crowd out of the way. You know, Yadi, another huge night. It's unbelievable. The guy is not only the best catcher in the game, but he also is the best clutch hitter that I've ever seen. The guy is amazing.
It was just a great team win. Everybody contributed. We had good quality at bats. We just took our game plan out there, and we executed pretty much.
Q. How does it feel to be in the same category of Reggie Jackson and Babe Ruth?
ALBERT PUJOLS: Those guys are great players, and to do it at that level and on this stage is amazing. But at the same time I didn't walk into the ballpark today thinking that I was going to have a night like this. I walked to the ballpark with the attitude that I have every day to help this ballclub to win, and I was able to do that, defensively and offensively.
Just pretty special, you know, but at the same time, you need to enjoy this for a minute and be ready to play tomorrow. They're going to be ready to play, the Rangers. They have a unbelievable ballclub. And you saw today, we scored some runs, they bounced back and scored some runs, too. I thought it showed a lot of heart.
Q. Along those lines, 14 total bases, nobody has ever done that in a World Series game before. The RBIs, the home runs, arguably the greatest offensive performance in a World Series game ever. What do you think about that and how does that make you feel?
ALBERT PUJOLS: Well, that will show you the kind of ballclub that we have. I think everybody was just concentrating on the tough loss that we had in St. Louis a couple of days ago and how we were going to bounce back. We know what kind of ballclub we have. I think we've been through so much this year. I told you guys yesterday when I was talking to the media. It looked like another game that we should have won but it didn't happen, but we flipped the page and came ready to play today.
We had our hitters' meeting, and we went through how we were going to approach the pitcher. I don't think anybody had any bad at bats on our team, and we just executed pretty well. There's so many guys, like I say, in the lineup that had some big at bats, and we just keep scoring runs. You don't make 27 outs in the bottom of the ninth and this game is not over. Just as quick as we scored four runs, they came back and scored three, and we scored two or three more and they scored two. That's how this game goes.
Q. Understanding what your team is about and the great teammates you have, still, you individually, greatest World Series performance offensively ever. I know you like to talk about the team, but what about you on this night?
ALBERT PUJOLS: Well, you just said, it's not about me. This is about our ballclub. I just thank God that I was able to contribute tonight and help our ballclub to win, and hopefully I can do that tomorrow and the rest of the series. It takes 25 guys on the roster, it takes 30 some guys that we're carrying on this ballclub, and it's about representing the Cardinals and to be able to contribute. I'm just blessed that I was able to do that tonight and be part of those nine guys or ten guys that were on the field.
Q. You have been obviously one of the best hitters, best players in baseball for your whole career. This game will obviously elevate you even more. Are you comfortable with that as the individual focus as one of the faces of baseball and that this will catapult you to a higher level?
ALBERT PUJOLS: To tell you the truth, I won't lie, I don't concentrate on numbers. I just said it, this is not an individual game; this is a team effort. That's what I try to do every day, to go out there and help my ballclub to win however I can. Hopefully at the end of my career I can look back and say, wow, what a game it was in Game 3 in 2011, but as of right now, it's great to get this win and just move on pretty much and get ready to play tomorrow.
Q. Did you allow yourself even the luxury up eight runs in the ninth inning to go up there looking for a third home run?
ALBERT PUJOLS: No. You know, I think I had so many at bats in my career that I learned better, I know better than that. You can even try in BP, try and hit a ball out of the park, and it's pretty tough. When you're swinging the bat well, you feel good at the plate. All you try and do is just put a good swing. Don't try to expand the strike zone, and hopefully let the barrel of the bat catch the ball and maybe go out of the park. But I wasn't thinking about it. I wasn't even going to ask Tony, do you want Laird get one or pinch hit and go play first base? But knowing Tony he wasn't going to take me out of the game.
But like I said, just glad that I was able to contribute tonight. It's a big win.
Q. Could you take us through the three home runs, the pitch sequence, what you hit.
ALBERT PUJOLS: Fastball up, 1 1 count, and I was able to get the head out. And then fastball middle in my second one. And the last one I think it was a cutter, and I was able to get the barrel out and put some good swings.
Q. You're used to getting pitched around a lot. Were you surprised, first of all, that you got some pitches that you could actually hit out tonight? And second part, do you expect to be pitched a little bit differently tomorrow?
ALBERT PUJOLS: The second part, you know what, I've got so many great hitters behind me right now that I actually just am going to come to the ballpark and do the same thing that I did today, just get ready to play and don't think about the performance that I had the night before. It's about what can I do tomorrow for this ballclub. After tonight, that's pretty much what it is.
And then what was the other one?
Q. Were you surprised ...
ALBERT PUJOLS: Oh, the pitching? I've said it so many times in my career, it doesn't matter who's in front of me or behind me, I still feel that I need to get a good pitch to hit, and if it's there, just try and put my best swing and don't look at it, oh, man, this is a situation that they're not going to pitch to me. This game is so hard already mentally that you don't have the time to even though sometimes you want to think like that, but you don't have the time, because when you're out there in the batters' box, you don't have any time to think about it. Just look for a pitch and put your best swing. And that's what I did tonight.
Q. On top of everything else tonight, Tony goes into second place in all time postseason wins as a manager. You've played with him for a long time. How does that sit with you? What do you think about it?
ALBERT PUJOLS: It's pretty special. I just thank God every day that I'm able to wear this uniform and share a special moment with Tony. Like you said, I've been with him for 11 years, and he's been like a dad to me. It's pretty special. As soon as he's done with this game, he's going to be obviously in the Hall of Fame, and to share that, those moments with him, it's pretty special. And those are moments pretty much that when you're done with this game, you can take with you, on top of the bad memories and tough strikeouts and tough losses. But those are special moments, you know, that you take. Knowing Tony, he's going to continue to do it. That's why he's one of the best in the business.
Q. There was a lot of attention on you yesterday, a lot written and said, maybe even more than usual. Did any of that give you any extra motivation heading into this game?
ALBERT PUJOLS: Not really. What can I say? To tell you the truth, I just come and get ready to play. I've been in that situation before where people just blow things out, and it is what it is, and you can't really think about that. My main focus is we are in the World Series. The sad part of that was that you got two great quality pitching, and nobody talked about that, about Jaime and Lewis. Nobody talked about that. They just concentrated about that I left the clubhouse when I was there for 25 minutes, nobody approached me. That's pretty sad that we are in the World Series and you have quality pitching like that and there was nobody talking about it. At the same time I feel embarrassed that everybody was just focused on that, and I was in the middle of that, when you had Jaime out there throwing one of his best postseason games ever and you had Lewis doing the same thing against some tough offense. I was really embarrassed, to tell you the truth, that we were in the middle of that.
Lance Lynn post-game comments
Q. You talked earlier about how you were taking a deep breath and trying to keep everything simple, not let anything get too big for you in the series. How big was it for you tonight in an extended role?
LANCE LYNN: You know, Tony gave me the ball and he has a lot of confidence in me. That goes a long way for me knowing that the manager has a lot of confidence in me to let me go out there and try to get multiple outs. You know, he told me when I came in, "take a deep breath and do what you do," and that's all I could do was do what I can control.
Q. How tough of a situation is that to walk into when teams are scoring three runs every inning and all of a sudden you go in there, too, and try to have to restore a little bit of order on the pitching side?
LANCE LYNN: You know, that's what this game is all about, who's going to be the guy that comes in and is able to get multiple innings in a game like that because both offenses were on tonight. Somebody had to come in and try to calm the storm, I guess, and I was able to make a couple pitches, and I actually got away with some pitches, too. So to be able to come in and get a couple outs there and not have to go in our bullpen any deeper, I felt like that was good movement on the rest of the series.
Q. You had the extended layoff before the postseason. Was there ever a point when you doubted you'd be able to pitch again this year and have you surprised yourself with how strong you came back immediately?
LANCE LYNN: You know, I always wanted to pitch and always felt like I was going to be able to get back. And to have the faith of the manager and the front office to give me this opportunity is great, and I'm just glad that I'm able to be a part of this and be productive, and that's all I'm going to do from here on is try to do the best I can, and whenever I get the opportunity, just try to get outs.
Q. As a teammate of Albert's, when you see a performance like that, do you just ask yourself, how do pitchers ever get this guy out?
LANCE LYNN: I mean, yeah. You see him tonight, he was locked in tonight. That's great for us. You know, you never want to be the pitcher to face him when he's locked in because you're definitely going to have to try to make some pitches on him. I'm just happy tonight that we were able to do what we were doing. It was also fun to watch him do what he did tonight and just to be a teammate of his when he did something like that, that's something I'm going to be able to tell my kids and grandkids that I actually witnessed that in person.
First base umpire Ron Kulpa and crew chief Jerry Layne
Q. The play with Napoli and Holliday and the attempted tag: I guess, what did you see on that play?
Kulpa: At the time of the play, I had him on the base at the time of his tag. I had a tag, but I had him on the base.
Q. And did you think about asking for help on that play at all?
Kulpa: No. On that type of play, I'm not going to ask for help. Ron [Washington] didn't ask me to get any help, either.
Q. So when [Ron] came out, kind of what was the conversation that the two of you had?
Kulpa: He asked me what I had, and I told him the same thing I just told you guys.
Q. Have you seen a replay of it yet?
Kulpa: I saw a replay when I walked off the field, and the tag was applied before his foot hit the bag.
Q. You being from St. Louis ...
Kulpa: Has nothing to do with it.
Layne: That's pretty much all that there is to it. You know, he watched the replay. He told you his answer, and there's nothing more to it.
Q. Is there anything about your positioning, would you say? Was it different than before?
Kulpa: No. I called what I saw.
Layne: It was a wide throw. It was a tough, it was a tough call. Very tough call on, you know, that type of play, so I think that's about all that there is to it. Thank you for coming in, appreciate it. Thank you.


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Last spring some of my travel plans needed to be cancelled due to some unforeseen circumstances (and I'm not even talking about the Icelandic Volcano!). One of these tickets was for an Air Berlin flight DUS-HEL, and luckily AB allows pretty much unlimited changes to a ticket (i.e. one can change the routing, dates AND passenger name!), albeit for a change fee of 30 EUR. Since my original ticket was around 80 EUR it was definitely worth it, so I searched for some interesting AB routings and finally found a decent fare to the Island of Sylt, a place which I've wanted to visit for a long time. So HEL-TXL-GWT was booked for a random Wednesday in late October, in the end I had to pay a 20 EUR fare difference on top of the 30 EUR change fee.
I definitely wanted to ride the train back to the mainland from Sylt, over the causeway carrying the tracks so initially thought about flying home from HAM, a 2-3 hour train ride away. However considering the proximity of the Danish border to Sylt I figured out it would be interesting to log another new airport, and the closest Danish one would be Sønderborg. Ok, technically Esbjerg (EBJ) is closer to Sylt as the crow flies but not when going via land. Besides EBJ has VERY limited scheduled traffic so it was not an option.
The Danish airline Cimber Air (or Cimber Sterling nowadays) is based at SGD airport, actually they are the only scheduled operator at this airport. They offer a good number of daily flights to CPH, so after checking the bus and train timetables to see if I had enough time to get there on time (yes) I booked the evening flight up to Copenhagen for the cheap fare of 33 EUR.
Finally to get back home to HEL the only option with enough connecting time was the last flight of the day on Blue1, booked for 93 EUR. Too bad it was scheduled to be an Avro instead of the new 717s, but c'est la vie.
Here's the route:
The initial plan was to take a train from Westerland/Sylt to Husum or Flensburg on the German mainland, both of which have regular express bus connections to Sønderborg. Well, while looking at the train options I noticed that the DB website would sell me one ticket for the whole journey, involving FIVE separate trains (count 'em!), three DB and two DSB. That sounded too crazy and my kind of thing to pass up so I went for it - especially as the full-fare ticket cost only 19 EUR. Well, DB apparently can't e-ticket international train journeys, so I had to shell out an additional 3,50 EUR to get the paper ticket mailed to Finland, where it arrived three days later. I thought I was all set, but things aren't always the way to look like... more on this later.
Wednesday 27.10.2010
Oh dear, yet again I'm taking the way way early AB TXL flight. This morning feels especially hard as I slept very badly the previous night and kept tossing, turning and waking every half an hour or so. Very much asleep I drag myself to the airport bus and arrive at T2 around 6.00 - the bus took an extra five minutes as the construction of the airport train station (finally!) has blocked the normal access ways between T1 and T2 and there are some extra detours involved. I think the next time I'll just get off at T1 and walk over...
Wednesdays are usually the slowest travel days of the week (and hence usually offer the cheapest fares as well!) and today is no exception - the aren't too many people around so security is a non-issue. Again just enough time to buy the bottle of water and head to the gate 27 which is completely packed, at least this flight looks busy enough! Boarding starts right as I get to the gate, and I manage to be the second one boarding today's ride, D-ABFF, a five months old A320 which still has the new plane smell to it. A new one for me, yay.
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I'm again getting bored by the new boarding music - it's cheesy. They should change it on a weekly basis or something to gather for frequent fliers like me:
Boarding is completed in about 15 minutes, a very good load of well over 90%, but again some empty seats back here, including the middle seat next to me on the last row. The captain welcomes everybody onboard, explaining our departure today as "Take off from runway 22R, followed by some small turns and finally a turn towards the south and the Baltic Sea". Flight time should be around 1h30mins and we will arrive a good 20 minutes early at Tegel.
The early morning Norwegian flight to ARN next to us - I'm taking this flight a couple of times during the rest of the year:
Push back is bang on time and as the temperature is a somewhat over zero there's no need for deicing like the last time so we taxi straight to the aforementioned runway and take off ten minutes later. There are some great views of the Capital Region all lit up in the morning darkness with long lines of commuters on the motorways and trunk roads, too bad I can't make any decent pictures of it. This is the best I came up with - the bright colors belong to a huge mall in Leppävaara, Espoo:
As usual, service consists of either a cheese or turkey (they referred to it as "ham" but I think it was turkey actually) sandwich and some drinks. I've learned my lesson and try not to experiment with the poultry products, so cheese, OJ and coffee for me:
I doze off, being awakened by another announcement from the flight deck at exactly the half way point of our flight, 45 minutes behind us and another 45 minutes remaining. By the time the sky over the eastern horizon if finally turning red - I guess the day has indeed gotten shorter as three and half weeks ago when I took this same flight it was like this when we took of from HEL.
By that time we are passing Palanga in Lithuania and heading straight towards Poland, making landfall "just west of Gdansk", onwards to Neu Brandenburg and finally landing at TXL "towards the west with beautiful city views on the left hand side of the plane" - I got lucky with my seat choice (of course being based on an educated guess) today!
I doze off some more, try to shoot a picture of the pretty Gdansk area all lit up:
More sleep follows until the seat belt ding wakes me up from my slumber at 1h15mins into the flight. The weather is very clear over Berlin, so there are great views of the whole city lit up in the darkness around us, just as the captain promised. Not so good when viewed through my camera, though.
Landing is on runway 26R after a flight time of 1h30mins. The lights of the planes following us, the first of which turned out to be a BT 733:
This time we end up in the C terminal annex, that's good as the flight to Sylt will most probably leave from there as well. This also means deboarding from both exits, so I'm outside and in the bus in no time at all.
Berlin Tegel Airport
The 100 meter ride to the entrance door amuses most of my fellow travelers, well it is quite silly! Inside I check the FIDS and after learning that the next flight is indeed departing from this shack of a terminal I head up the stairs marked transfer, down the corridor and down another set of stairs to the Schengen departure area. Quite a few other pax on this flight are connecting as well.
The departure area is still deserted, the main rush hour doesn't start for another half an hour or so so I grab a seat at a table and finish the morning paper together with some people watching. Soon enough the place gets very packed with lots and lots of people so I'm lucky that I snatched that seat well in advance.
Boarding to a bus is called around 25 minutes before departure. Again a bit pointless really as we wait 10 minutes in the bus for everybody to show up and I can see our plane less than 50 meters away - at least that's what I assume as I see no other AB/LGW Dashes around. You can actually see the plane just behind the bus in this shot:
Finally all the pax have showed up and indeed we drive to the plane I assumed it would be, D-ABQB, another new plane for me.
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Inside I find a man already sitting in my seat, he claims to have 3A as well even after I show my OLCI boarding pass to him. When he finds his boarding pass it turns out that he actually has 3F. He offers to move, but as I don't really have any preferences over the side of the plane I offer to take his seat instead. In the end it works out just fine, as both our aisle seats stay empty. Load factor is somewhere around 65%. No complaints about the leg room or pitch:
Notice the Swiss-registered AB Airbus behind us:
Flight time is announced as 1 hour. Our push back is five minutes late, I think that Swiss AB was pushing back at the same time and we had to wait until it went on its way. Two distant visitors here:
Bulgaria Air operating for ???:
Taxi to runway 26L takes quite a while as well, and we finally take off at 9.24. Air France landing on the parallel runway:
Quite impressive climb rate on this turboprop:
I love these engine shots:
Some pretty views of the autumn colors during our initial descent:
Soon after leaving Brandenburg behind it gets overcast - as we never get that high the view stays very boring for most of the time:
Service is again very standard for AB domestic morning flights - drinks and a croissant. The croissant is quite dry, so it is probably a couple of days old.
Descent starts right at 10.00, 36 minutes into the flight with the seat belt switched on right after. The weather doesn't look too good as the grey clouds are very thick, the first sights of the ground come only a couple of seconds before touchdown:
Landing is on runway 32, 49 minutes after take off. We come in very fast, this is one of the fastest landings I remember for a long while which is of course followed by some very heavy breaking action which sends small objects in the cabin hurling forward and makes me glad I have my seat belt on.
We actually have a follow me car in front of us guiding us the 200 meters or so to the tiny and cute terminal - I guess they are so bored here that they take every opportunity to do something.
Once I step off the plane the reason for the fast landing becomes apparent, it is extremely windy. Luckily it is not raining at the moment, even though there are puddles everywhere and the skies are very gray. The Air Berlin chocolate heart is handed out upon disembarking.
I take a look inside the departures area of the tiny airport - people are just queuing for check in for the return flight to TXL:
There are plenty of taxis around, but since it is not raining at the moment, my train is in two hours and it is only around 2 kilometers to the main town on the island, Westerland (where my train will depart from) I decide to walk there. There aren't too many airports where you can do this, although I've done it in quite a few places...
The terminal:
Entrance to the airport grounds, no doubt who's the biggest player here:
Judging from this tree, these kind of winds are not too uncommon here:
Public transportation for bikes - with the compact distances and flatness of this island cycling is quite a popular way for getting around the island:
The town hall:
The weather stays bad, heavy winds and the occasional shower so not much sightseeing for me, instead I sit in a cafe with a large capucchino to warm me up before heading to the train station and grabbing some lunch at its restaurant before boarding my train, a "Nord-Ostsee-Bahn" going to Hamburg Altona.
An interesting train journey
The train ends up departing ten or so minutes late, it looks like they have to wait for an arriving car shuttle train. What's that? Well, the causeway connecting Sylt to the mainland only carries a railroad and no traditional road. Thus the only way to get there with a car is either to take a ferry or these special trains which contain only railcars designed for transporting cars - there are plenty of these around the station yard as during the summer season Sylt is very popular and these shuttle trains are both very frequent and very long.
Over the causeway, notice the low tide:
The ride to Husum takes a bit over an hour, first I'm worrying about my connection as it is less than ten minutes and we stop frequently to allow other trains to pass or just slow down for long stretches of time. Then I get some additional worries after the conductor points out that my ticket is not really valid for this journey as it reads "Schleswig-Sonderborg". Well, I'd somehow assumed that it meant the whole state of Schleswig(-Holstein) instead of just the town of Schleswig. Well, after I show him the receipt print out from the bahn.de website detailing my full route today and the fare and argue that this is what the website sold me he kind of just shrugs and let's it slip. Fine, let's see how the subsequent conductors will treat me.
I check the map in my guidebook and make plans B and C: If I miss the train I'll try to catch the bus in Husum or in a worst case scenario take the train to Flensburg and do it there. Luckily I printed out the timetable beforehand as there was a strike hosted by the rail worker's union the previous day and I was a bit afraid that something bad might happen.
Anyway I just make the connection at Husum to another NOB train. No conductor shows up here, so half an hour later I step off at the Schleswig station which is much smaller and rural (it smells like cow dung all around us) than I expected. Come to think of it the whole train journey has been very rural, with just fields, fields and the occasional farm everywhere - having never been to this part of Germany before I expected something different.
20 minutes later the last German train of the day shows up, this time a genuine DB Interregio running all the way to Padborg, the southernmost point in the Danish rail network:
The conductor doesn't bother with me here either. It's half an hour or so to Flensburg but the train stands there for another half an hour, looks like they clean it and service it for the return journey to Hamburg here.
On the way to Padborg I try to spot the Danish border along the fields and huge border markets offering everything from used cars to food, cigarettes and alcohol - the Danes living nearby like to shop in Germany as it is so much cheaper than in Denmark! I fail to spot the border, in a very anticlimactic manner I just suddenly realize that there are Danish flags on the flagpoles and a couple of minutes later we stop at the tiny station at Padborg.
This station is a dump, the waiting room is small, dirty and smells bad - definitely not "hygge" as one has come to expect from the Danes! The next train is 10 minutes late, but that's fine as I have quite enough time.
This time there's even a conductor who's interested in me, but no problems with the ticket, he just confirms that I'm indeed going to Sønderborg. Ten minutes later I step off at the next station, Tinglev, which is where the branch line to my ultimate train destination today branches off. I have 40 minutes here, so I go to the city to see if there's anything to see - but as it is raining and cold there's not much going on, all the people seem to be hiding. I just buy a couple of beers at a nearby supermarket and retire back to the station to wait for the last train.
Finally the ugly, leech-like Intercity arrives:
Half an hour later I step off at Sønderborg, having had my fair share of train travel for the day. Still I'm glad it all worked out, a delay could indeed have thrown a major spanner in the works!
Sønderborg Airport
It's raining here as well, so I decide to skip any sightseeing despite having some extra time and just hop on a waiting taxi for the short ride to the airport, chitchatting with the driver about all things Danish along the way.
I first take a look outside, there's an interesting ATR on Hansung Airlines colors parked on the apron, carrying the very temporary looking registration of SE-MCA:
Apparently this plane has been operating for Golden Air in Sweden recently. Furthermore she is an ex-Finnair and Aero bird, and used to carry the registration OH/ES-KRH (thanks Okko!) which means that I've logged three flights with her back in the days. Feels like meeting an old friend! I guess it is here for maintenance, as QI operate quite a sizable fleet of the type.
Picnic tables - too bad the weather isn't very co-operative:
The airport is utterly boring - the inside is cramped, the sole cafeteria closed for renovations and I'm unable to get the advertised free Wifi to work. At least they have a pair of free-for-all computers as well so I while away the time with those - they even provide a charger for an Ipod which I of course take full advantage of! Like the taxi driver put it: "They try so hard to attract all possible passengers!".
Finally half an hour before departure they open the security checkpoint and with nothing better to do I head to the tiny departure lounge. They scan your boarding pass already at the security check point - well it's not like there would be two flights departing at the same time! The incoming plane arrives from CPH right on time at 18.45 and stops in the apron in front of us. It is the expected ATR 42 500-series with the registration OY-CIK, another new plane for my log.
Seat 8A
19.01 - 19.37
Boarding is interesting - a ramp agent approaches the door from outside and unlocks it and waves everybody to board - barely ten minutes after arrival, good job! Inside the cabin looks to have been recently refurbished, despite this plane being almost 15 years old - the cabin controls look just as new as on the couple of years old FC examples.
The seats are old fashioned, thick cloth seats, very comfortable, featuring old fashioned things like ashtrays (no bubble gum this time!):
Load factor is good, 80% or so - there seem to be some other Finns onboard as well, very clearly traveling for business. The flight time is announced as "30 minutes" (in English) or "half an hour" (in Danish). Departure is four minutes ahead of schedule, we backtrack down the runway (no taxiways) and turn around for a departure from runway 14 right at our scheduled departure time.
The clouds are hanging very low so there are no views whatsoever. There's also no service whatsoever - interesting as I flew CPH-BLL a year ago with Cimber and back then we got coffee or tea and a small cookie - the distance is only 15 miles more on that route.
The seat belt sign is switched on again 20 minutes into the flight. The clouds are low at CPH as well, as the first lights are visible already when we are crossing the highway and railroad during our short finals on 22L. Landing is quite rough and shaky, it feels like there's a significant side wind component here - total flight time 32 minutes.
A couple of minutes we stop in front of the far A gates, usually used for domestic flights:
Kastrup Airport
These A gates are a bit of a hike from the main terminal area. On the way I pass this:
Looks like I could have made the earlier SK flight which I was contemplating on booking - but the connecting time of 30 mins gave me cold feet and I couldn't risk it. It sure would have been nice to be back home by bedtime and have another ride on a Mad Dog - but at least I'm taking the very same flight in four days so that's fine.
My plan was to make a beeline for the lounge, but as I'm nearing the main area a sweet smell of a fresh hot dog starts wafting down the pier. By the time a young couple walks past me on the opposite direction eagerly tucking into their precious pork products I'm all sold and just have to get myself one - one can't leave Denmark without getting a genuine Pølse, can one?
At almost 10 EUR this is a horribly expensive, though:
Now how did that happen:
Yes, there's actually an explanation for that - right next to the table across a fence there's the bus gate A2 which is boarding a MA flight to BUD. After the first bus has already departed two Hungarian girls and a young lad arrive running, carrying with them fresh, full pints of Carlsberg. After the gate agents tell them that they can't take the (plastic) pints with them the lad does the manly thing and downs his at one go. The girls, however, can't so they take large gulps, spot me with my almost empty beer and come to me with the infinitely tempting offer of free beer. Who am I to resist, even though this might become the end of me?
Well, luckily it turned out they missed the bus and the gate agent dispatched for a new one, so they have to wait in the holding pen for a while. They turn their heads toward me, I wave and yell "I haven't touched your beers, you can have them back!" - this is very much appreciated and I get thanked - I tell them "No, I need to thank you, you know I need to work tomorrow!" which seems to be very funny to them. Phew, that was close!
After getting my share of gluttony I head to the lounge, accessible with my Diners Club card. During my heydays with SAS I spent countless hours at this lounge - and it hasn't really changed that much. The problem with this lounge is that it is accessible with a variety of credit cards in addition to Priority Pass etc. and has a tendency to get crowded, I remember several occasions on Saturday mornings when it was standing room only, despite all the travelers being of the leisure type. I notice that AY has switched to this lounge (together with SU), how low can they go?
Still, at an expensive airport in an expensive country anywhere with free beer, wifi and some snacks is fine with me.
Bad capucchino and some cognac:
I only realized after grabbing that magazine that it was in Danish, though!
To my shock I learn that the lounge closes already at 21.00 - that's quite bad. I hang around until they ask me to leave, then walk around for a while until a gate is announced for my flight - B16 at the end of the B pier. I head there to find out that the plane has just arrived and is being unloaded - out of the window I see that it is OH-SAK "Näsijärvi". My fifth flight with her, although after a long hiatus as the last time was way back in 2004.
Boarding is called around 15 minutes before departure. I am the second to board, the female first officer is standing in the front galley and is very surprised to see pax coming towards her so she quickly jumps into the cockpit and slams the door shut.


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