News of the World
Apr. 8th, 2010 12:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pathology_doc1. Two-thirds of Australians don't want the country's population to reach 36 million by 2050, as forecast by Treasury, an opinion poll shows.
Of course we don't - especially when the government is at the beck and call of people who put "environment" ahead of infrastructure development to a degree that approaches delusion. The strange thing is, it's often those same people who rant on about "sustainability" and yet cry "racist!" whenever anyone talks about slashing immigration.
2. One of Europe's biggest discount airlines, Ryanair, will charge passengers to use on-board toilets. The Irish airline is planning to make its toilets coin-operated, forcing passengers to fork out STG1 ($A1.65) or E1 ($A1.44) every time they want to spend a penny in the sky.
I commented on this some time ago. It remains today as stupid and unreasonable a plan as it did then. It's also dishonest, because it artificially deflates the price of the ticket and gives the traveller an unrepresentative picture of what their trip will really cost when comparing prices.
That being said, I see nothing wrong with charging extra for carrying bags over a set limit. There's nothing more aggravating than the travellers in front of you who check in several large suitcases and large taped-up boxes crammed with duty-free goods, and they should pay through the nose. But the airline which charges everyone to carry the baseline 20kg suitcase and 7kg/head of carry-on baggage is nothing short of mercenary. Security requirements, if nothing else, dictate that some baggage will - until further notice - always have to go in the cargo hold.
3. Gotta watch the wildlife here. An Australian man has reportedly killed a wombat with an axe after the animal attacked him and pulled him to the ground in a 20-minute ordeal. Even the herbivores are dangerous.
4. A Californian restaurant has developed the super sized OMG Burger for people with a big appetite. The burger features a 1.8kg beef patty, 12 slices of cheese and some mayo, all packed onto a 30cm brioche. It's served with two kilos of french fries for those brave enough to buy it. Priced at US$35 (A$37) from The Catch restaurant in Anaheim, California, the burger is said to feed eight to ten people.
Newly diagnosed diabetics, coeliacs and familial hypercholesterolaemics, take note. Your final gastronomic indulgence before a lifetime of due care awaits. I expect its successor, the OMGWTFBBQ burger, to be announced shortly.
Of course we don't - especially when the government is at the beck and call of people who put "environment" ahead of infrastructure development to a degree that approaches delusion. The strange thing is, it's often those same people who rant on about "sustainability" and yet cry "racist!" whenever anyone talks about slashing immigration.
2. One of Europe's biggest discount airlines, Ryanair, will charge passengers to use on-board toilets. The Irish airline is planning to make its toilets coin-operated, forcing passengers to fork out STG1 ($A1.65) or E1 ($A1.44) every time they want to spend a penny in the sky.
I commented on this some time ago. It remains today as stupid and unreasonable a plan as it did then. It's also dishonest, because it artificially deflates the price of the ticket and gives the traveller an unrepresentative picture of what their trip will really cost when comparing prices.
That being said, I see nothing wrong with charging extra for carrying bags over a set limit. There's nothing more aggravating than the travellers in front of you who check in several large suitcases and large taped-up boxes crammed with duty-free goods, and they should pay through the nose. But the airline which charges everyone to carry the baseline 20kg suitcase and 7kg/head of carry-on baggage is nothing short of mercenary. Security requirements, if nothing else, dictate that some baggage will - until further notice - always have to go in the cargo hold.
3. Gotta watch the wildlife here. An Australian man has reportedly killed a wombat with an axe after the animal attacked him and pulled him to the ground in a 20-minute ordeal. Even the herbivores are dangerous.
4. A Californian restaurant has developed the super sized OMG Burger for people with a big appetite. The burger features a 1.8kg beef patty, 12 slices of cheese and some mayo, all packed onto a 30cm brioche. It's served with two kilos of french fries for those brave enough to buy it. Priced at US$35 (A$37) from The Catch restaurant in Anaheim, California, the burger is said to feed eight to ten people.
Newly diagnosed diabetics, coeliacs and familial hypercholesterolaemics, take note. Your final gastronomic indulgence before a lifetime of due care awaits. I expect its successor, the OMGWTFBBQ burger, to be announced shortly.