I can confirm that business and first are much easier to sleep in. I would never pay the cash price but if you are organised enough getting them on points isn’t too hard.
First more so than business as it is a smaller and quieter cabin and usually you dine on demand so don’t have the whole cabin meal service happening at onnce disturbing you if you want to nap instead.
The old Singapore Suits were my favourite with Emirates new 777 first was probably second, followed by Etihad Apartments. All had closing doors which really does make a difference to staying asleep.
Business seats will recline flat but you have more interuptions with people walking past and it is harder to block noise and light.
One of the best rests I ever had was this SQ Suites flight from Singapore to London.
About as close to an actual bed as you will get in the air.
I’ve done business twice for international flights, both times as my brother works for Qantas and we got cheap tickets. Could never splash the cash out myself. God it was absolute heaven. Imagine telling an 18 year old with Eastern European parents that he’s going to be sitting no where near them and have a magic button that brings you alcohol whenever you want. The trip was amazing.
About 5 years ago, did the same trip but in economy and wanted to kill myself. The worst part was my mother in law was flying first class at the same time… The only positive was that she got us into the Emirates First Class lounge in Dubai. That place was absolutely huge. Never got over someone standing there in the bathroom to hand you a towel after showering
My attemps to convince the ex to join the club on our flight to London in the aforementioned story got shot down harder than MH17 over Eastern Ukraine.
This could also go in the Lubricate thread because it felt great doing it, but yesterday when I walked out of my office building, a dominos pizza delivery guy was standing next to his moped and taking rubbish out of his pocket and throwing it on the ground, it was like dozens of paper receipts.
It’s already a cunty thing to do, but what made it even worse is there was a bin not even 1m from where he was standing. As I walked past I unleashed on him for not only being a disrespectful cunt but also a lazy cunt with the bin so close. He started to claim that he didn’t throw the rubbish there, I said I literally saw him doing it and as I said it, this other guy walking past said ‘I saw it too’.
Made him get off him bike, pick up the rubbish and put it in the bin.
Fucking hate people who litter, bunch of cunts with no respect.
Been house hunting for a bit over a year now, trying to find something in the Ryde, Gladesville area. We’ve been knocked out at a few auctions but not much we’ve loved as well. Finally found a place that I really like on Sat. Perfect location, not far from us, but closer to the train station (without being too close), walking distance from the main shops in West Ryde. Place is a bit dark, but it’s workable with enough bedrooms and everything else. The biggest negative, is a decent set of steps going down to the backyard from a deck that connects to the living room and kitchen.
Wife wasn’t 100% convinced, but yesterday she went back with her parents and they loved it. Made the call to go to auction which is this sat. MIL calls this morning, she’s changed her mind. Apparently she thinks that the backyard steps mean we shouldn’t buy the house. The main reasoning is, if there’s kids there, they’ll be separate from the adults, which will mean supervision, and if there’s kids there, for some reason we’ll be having to carry food down to them.
We have 2 kids at the moment, 4 and 2 and there’s no way i’d let both of them into a backyard by themselves, that I have direct line of sight to. Will it be uncomfortable at the start? Yes, but 2-3 years from now, the kids would be completely fine by themselves. It’s just such a dumb reason to pull out of a house
Who’s buying the house, you or your Mother in Law? It’s weird that you say ‘she’s changed her mind’ like it’s in any way her decision to make. That was gear grinding to even read in a sentence.
You might be getting some financial help which in that case is sort of understandable and you have to hold your tongue a bit. I am also guessing she may babysit your kids sometimes and that gives her some ‘power’ in the situation because if there’s an argument she can just say ‘fine well I won’t come over and babysit them at your new place then’. Otherwise it might help to kindly explain it’s your family’s decision and your family’s money. You value their opinion but it’s not enough of a reason to not go to the auction.
It’s some psychotic stuff honestly. The MIL has no right to have such a strong opinion which can ultimately cause a rift, then you just know if something goes wrong in the slightest there will be an immediate ‘I told you so’. The mentally stable thing to do in that situation is to raise a concern about the steps to make sure you’ve considered it, then just support whatever decision you guys make.
Boomers and property in general grind my gears, they are so incredibly out of touch and don’t know how hard it is now for 99% of younger people. Some know how extraordinarily lucky they got, many are so oblivious though.
So they’re definitely helping out financially, but it was a weird situation where they approached us to do so. My wife is a single child and they used to do Civil Construction and did fairly well for themselves thanks to that. We accepted with the caveat that they wouldn’t get involved in the final decision, whether they agreed or not. In fairness they’ve been ok, although they’re really pushing us to find a property very close to theirs, as they live in a fairly expensive area.
They’re definitely very involved and we’re 100% grateful that they’re doing it, but the wife definitely listens to their opinion and was pretty chuffed that they were initially happy. We’re still going ahead with the auction though. More based on the fact that we’ve finally accepted the perfect house just doesn’t exist and this one ticks a hell of a lot of boxes
I leant on my folks advice a lot when it came to things like strata, building reports, construction materials, utilities, trees near power lines, sheds clearly not built properly and that kind of thing. Some useful advice and answers to questions i wouldnt have thought to ask. Experience counts a lot in that regard.
When it came to function, layout etc. Exact opposite, other people will project preferences but you probably have a better handle on the lifestyle you want, the way your family will interact with the spaces, etc
It’s a tough situation. It depends on the person I guess but often financial help from parents doesn’t come free, it gives them more of an excuse to be overly involved and domineering on an ongoing basis. There are strings attached basically unlike how (in my opinion) a ‘gift’ should be given.
If a place ticks like 85% of boxes, it’s a winner in my opinion, that’s been my attitude when buying properties to live in and I’ve generally been happy. Nothing is perfect unless you’re spending like $3.5m+ these days. Being close to a station is a big positive imo, makes life so much easier.
It was definitely a very weird reason to turn against a house. I mean you have a deck/balcony up the top with a set of stairs going down. Entertaining wise, adults would sit up the top and would easily see the kids down the bottom with no issues. She was worried about carrying food down there, but granted in a kids party, you’d have to carry snacks etc. but the rest of it could easily be done upstairs on the balcony or the living/dining.
