Of Dublin, radiation, instability, bystanders and other matters.

This is your captain calling

with an urgent warning

We're above the Gulf of Arabia

our altitude is falling

Hmm. A song, i expect, that doesn't make it onto the in-flight entertainment very often. Not that there is any on Ryanair; no-frills about describes it. "Delayed both outwards and returning" describes it fairly accurately as well,
although not by a huge amount in either case. It was good, though. I've always liked flying. The first time I remember was when I was about four, on a trip to Canada. I don't remember the flight out, but I think I do remember coming back on (if I recall correctly) a VC10. This was just a short hop over to Dublin for the weekend, where I met my dad and a couple of his dubious associates for a conference on low-level radiation and health risks.

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