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trip.
We will warn other travellers where we feel the may be
compromised
We hope(ed) NEVER to write here.
Warm Regards Mal &
Lee
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AIRLINE
TRAVEL We flew with them from
Singapore to UK May 2007. They wanted $SGD2500.00 (About $2,100.00
Aussie Dollars) for the bikes... OR $SGD85.00 per kilogram! There
were many large people on our flight from Australia, one was at
the very least 150kg.. If Emirates charged him a per kilo ticket
at those rates he would pay $SGD25,500.00 (About $21,000 +
Australian Dollars) for his ECONOMY CLASS ticket. UPDATE ON EMIRATE AIRLINES (Written March 08) They now have a “baggage policy” on line. We emailed them re our bikes, on the return journey, AND THEY REPLIED FOR THE FIRST TIME Incredibly they have gotten even worse in their punitive approach towards Cyclists. Their baggage policy is this:- Of course the email is NOT signed (they can lie and deny).
(QUOTE VERBATEM) Thank you for your enquiry. Bicycles are counted as part of your standard checked baggage allowance - no special allowance is provided and so if the total checked amount exceeds 20kgs, excess baggage charges will apply (GBP36.67 per kg, one-way, between Manchester and Singapore).If a bicycle is accepted as checked baggage it should have the handlebars fixed sideways pedals removed or folded inwards, wheels removed or placed on either side of the frame and the tyres deflated. Kind regards, Emirates UK.
To put this punitive approach into some sort of perspective..
For more disgusting treatment stories by Emirates Airline see THIS page and THIS page and THIS page and THIS page and THIS page and I cannot be bothered putting the countless other links.. Typing “Emirates Airline Complaints” in Google gets 42,000+++ hits! |
ROAD
USERS, aside from Cyclists.
20-30%
of Truck drivers.
“Thugs
Law” replaces state law(s) as far as road rules go. This 20-30%
of Trucks and the retarded morons that drive them, write the rules
and ALL Cyclists, Caravan'ers, Private Cars, Road Workers etc... are
to do as they are told by them. These 100+ Tonne killing machines in
the hands of drug crazed retards is simply frightening. Hundreds of
innocents will need to be killed or maimed by these morons, before
the Votes/Money equation starts to favour innocent humans. Remember
these lunatics are driving amongst School Buses loaded with our rural
Children, how horrifying. The speed(s) some of these trucks travel at
is simply beyond belief.
The other 70-80% of Truck Drivers: Are
much like the majority of drivers on the road, some are VERY good
drivers, skilled and caring family men and women. We have spoken to
many that resent, with a passion, the “cowboy”
minority. The ONLY entity that has more power than the Truck
Driver(s) is the Police.
SUNBURN
(Severe health warning)
Ref:
http://www.sunprotection.com.au/pages/protection/sunburn.html
Sunburn
& Immunity
Mild
UV dose reduces immunity by 40%
Researchers
at the Melanoma and Skin Cancer Research Institute (MASCRI) at
Australia's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney have recently
reported the results of a new study examining whether sunscreens
offer protection against the harmful effects of ultra violet (UV)
radiation on the skin's immune system.
It
has been known for more than 20 years that UV radiation can suppress
the function of the skin's immune cells, by inactivating and
depleting Langerhan's cells in the skin, and although these immune
cells appear to recover their function two to four weeks after the UV
exposure, repeated exposures can result in chronic immunosuppression.
The immune system is an important line of defence against melanoma
and other skin cancers and it is believed that UV immunosuppression
may result in an increased risk of these skin cancers. Dr. Diana
Damien, Dr. Gary Halliday and Professor Ross Barneston have developed
a simple and effective method for measuring immune responses in the
skin of human subjects.
The
study found that even relatively small doses of ultraviolet radiation
caused significant immunosuppression in the skin of volunteers. Using
less UV than is needed to cause mild sunburn, once daily for five
days, the skin's immune responses were reduced by an average of 40%.
Interestingly, individuals with darker skin were just as easily
immunosuppressed as those with very pale skin.
Sunburn
a risk to Immunity
"Ultraviolet
radiation exposures here are higher than almost anywhere else in the
world, due to our climate, our latitude and the ongoing depletion of
the ozone layer."
The "Journal of the American Medical
Association" warns that, as well as causing skin cancer and
cataracts, even a slight case of sunburn suppresses immune-system
protection against a variety of infectious diseases.
These
include tuberculosis, leprosy, malaria, measles, chicken pox, herpes
and fungal diseases.
There are also fears that vaccination
programs could be compromised.
Research shows that too much ultra
violet radiation changes the behaviour of the immune cells which
operate directly under the skin layer.
Immune cells which
normally would repel infections coming in contact with the skin, slow
their actions which makes it easier for an infection to become
established.
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