The Grand Cafe

Other than a pint of Castlemaine 4X, I assume. :joy:

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You do know why they call it 4x?

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Couldnā€™t give a XXXX, to be honest. :joy:

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Donā€™t think itā€™s made anymore, damn horrible stuff.

They named it 4x cause Queenslanders couldnā€™t spell beer. :grin:

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Was that the old airport where it was like landing going down Oxford Street. Wing tips nearly touching the buildings.

Yepā€¦ā€¦.could not believe what was happening. Had a window seat over the wingā€¦ā€¦fly at a mountain, give a sharp bank at what seems the last momentā€¦ā€¦then nose dive in between a city skyscraper scene. Memorable stuffā€¦ā€¦you could slmost touch the buildingsšŸ˜¬

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That was a brilliant airport to land atā€¦!
As you say, if you got a window seat it was brilliant ā€“ literally could see people in their apartments as you passed through the tower blocksā€¦. :airplane:
I spent about 6months in HK once in the mid ā€˜90s and it never ceased to fascinate me watching planes coming in to landā€¦there was a spot in the harbour in the Island side, could follow them all the way inā€¦

SC

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Naughty - probably true though :crazy_face::stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

Yes I remember that old airport S.C

First time I flew in I couldnā€™t believe I could see people hanging out their washing on their balconies

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Tbh I donā€™t think Iā€™ve ever drunk the stuff, it seems to be replaced with Great Northern which isnā€™t that great either.

I know, was crazyā€¦!
I suspect, from a pilots perspective, it probably wasnā€™t all that dramatic excepting the visuals of it allā€¦.I vaguely remember talking to some pilots at the time in a bar (yes, sounds made up but Iā€™m not! Flight crews used to frequent the bars a lot on their turnaroundā€¦.which was a worry thinking about it in hindsightā€¦! :flushed:) and I seem to recall them saying it wasnā€™t anything too technicalā€¦ā€¦

They say Perth is a tricky oneā€¦.Iā€™m not sure if thatā€™s cos itā€™s often a hard landing and windyā€¦.or if itā€™s because itā€™s Perthā€¦! :rofl:

Although Iā€™m not really that enthusiastic about Hong Kong , the new airport is one of the most efficient Iā€™ve passed through, in and out

Itā€™s brilliant

Iā€™ve landed at the new one, it was rather easy. Only problem was people whoā€™d bought alcohol in Sydney had to dump it, lots of arguments over that.

I think a lot of beers, international annyway, are all brewed at the same places now by one or a few of the large brandsā€¦.

Bought some cans of Asahi zero% the other day (Dry January, sighā€¦:flushed:) and on the label itā€™s brewed by Peroni in Italyā€¦!!

Thatā€™s funny as the last Peroni I had was brewed here

Lolā€¦
Must have been the 0%ā€¦more chemicals available in EUā€¦! :rofl:

I havenā€™t been to the new oneā€¦Actually havenā€™t been back to HK since the late ā€˜90ā€™s, which is a shameā€¦ā€¦though when I was there at the time, you could live like a king with a British passportā€¦now, Iā€™d be a pariahā€¦! :rofl:

Still to come to terms with a 0 beer

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Yuck - not for me mate

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