MilesBuzz! - 999 entries: it is time to say goodby - have happy and safe flyings

gruezi FlyerTalk-friends (gruezi = Hi in Swiss german)

I have no idea how the MILENIUM bug will strike - when I would pass 999 to 1'000 entries (I will not).

And in add - it seems that my beloved wife "Gisela" has made an appointment for me with the "mileage addicted anonymous" and our local
psychiatric-clinic.

So it may very well be, that this message 999 was very probably the final message online to my friends at flyertalk.

by by friends - enjoy happy and safe flights
(but I always believed in rebirth).

Rudi Martel

Rudi, WE LOVE YOU, MAN!!!! How can you leave now? What can we say to get the 1,000th post? I'll bet the FlyerTalk counter is not "1,000 certified" and it will roll-back to zero, so you can re-start your
legendary posts. Please be assured that we will miss you and we will forever be.......
"LIVING THE LEGACY" OF RUDI MARTEL!!!!!

My very best to you and Gisela. jaws43

I concur whole-heartedly with My good buddy
Jaws43's sentiments!!! DON"T LEAVE RUDI!!!

How can we keep FlyerTalk in the air without
it's most important member? And who will
give us the AIrline Guerrilla Handbook daily
tips?

Does this mean that I have to fill your shoes?

And will I self distruct when I reach 1000
entries?

No one can replace you, Rudi and I hope you
and your wonderful wife Gisela have wonderful
and special and HAPPY & SAFE FLYING!!!

MIAU MIAU MIAU from a very sad Yaz and Eddie
too!! CATMAN

Believing in reincarnation, I'm looking forward to 'Rudi2's appearance on the threads...

Rudi,

I have emailed you with my personal best wishes but thought it would only be proper to wish you the best in your journeys in this public forum as well.

Your contributions to FlyerTalk have been greatly appreciated and I personally would like to thank you for giving me many tips that have eanred me mileage.

When you make your return to FlyerTalk, we will be happy to welcome your return.

Rudi, sitting here at the Sheraton Hong Kong business center and ...wham! Tell me it's April 1st and that this is an April Fools joke! You can't go, man. We need you. If my girlfriend can put up with my cigars, your wife can certainly put up with a few hours a week on Flyer Talk!

Rudi-- The Y2K (millenium bug) is a non-issue. Don't worry about it!

Listen...the same situation was upon us in the year 1799. AND...when we rolled over into the year 1800, guess what? Not ONE SINGLE computer system failed!

So don't worry about it!

Yours (tongue firmly in cheek)

-Harry

I like your (altered) profile, Rudi.

Rudi: We'll miss you, as I said privately in my e-mail.
Everyone: The challenge now becomes to see who can be first to identify Rudi in his new incarnation.

I don't think it will be terribly difficult... after all, how many new members are likely to start offering Swiss chocolates as a mode of payment? (200g = one intercontinental upgrade)

OK. One last try, Rudi. I know the allure of Swiss chocolates.

How about the allure of World-class barbeque (BBQ) sauce? I am a Memphis In May certified judge. I go to to regional and WORLD championships. Sometimes, the contestants share with me their left-over sauces, ribs, etc.

Well, needless to say, the ribs don't last too long at the Nechetsky household. BUT...I still have a small quantity of a world champion's vinegar-based sauce. Maybe 6 ounces.

Rudi, return to this forum, and I will FedEx the remainder of this sauce to you.

Come on, Rudi, this is the best I have to offer. You refuse this, and you are going to miss out on another of the very best the world has to offer.

C'Mon, be a sport.

(I'm firing up the grille right now...oh, lawd, if only you could smell this...)

Real barbeque sauce! On the right steak with
New York Bagels, mustard pretzels (maybe not)
Blue Bell Ice Cream, and Swiss chocolates its the perfect meal for us FlyerTalk members.

If you ever think about bottling a bottle or
two more of that "secret and award winning"
sauce, there's a steak lover in Jersey City
interested! CATMAN

TOPICS! TOPICS! TOPICS! Just a friendly reminder from a person who would not ruin a steak with bar-b-que sauce. Bar-b-que sauce is for ribs, brisket, and sometimes Cabrito.

Rudi ... tell us it is a joke, please. I could not do without tales of Niner games and weekends here and there.

TCrazy

Hmmmm....very interesting. Has anyone else noticed that roberto and nancy seem to have vanished at the same time Rudi did? Hmmmm....I wonder....

The police cat is going to retract his sharp claws for a moment to respond to a few OMNI
related postings...

Thanks for the cooking tip, Jaws43. I'm a bachelor with no area to barbeque. I was guessing (But at Ruth's Chris or any steakhouse I take my New York Strip straight!)

What is Cabrito? I have not had enough Texas
food.

I think Emmett_Nancy_Roberto was so heartbroken by Rudi's departure that he/she
cashed in his/her executed premer points for
a one way ticket to upstate new York.. and
can't come back! CATMAN

Cabrito is a "little goat" i.e. kid--it can be very good, mild and tender but you don't want to see the "kid" before it becomes your meal. Cabrito is very popular in parts of Mexico.

I have long held the notion that this mythological Rudi beast is none other than emmit/roberto/nancy in disguise!

(if this doesn't bait Rudi into responding, nothing will!!!!!)

Trust me Matt, Rudi is not Emmett_nancy_
Roberto. He's one of a kind and a wonderful
contributor and friend.

How would he know to put "New Jersey" on his
profile/bio? No one puts Jersey on their
bio (except those of use who live in Jersee
and like Jersee, like me!)

And no, one of my nine lives is not EMMETT!
OR NANCY! Or ROBERTO! CATMAN

may be Catman is Rudi
and Rudi is Catman?

ghost - your e-mail is inclined to give you away.... Email: m.blanchards@worldnet.att.net

Unless, of course, this is Rudi, who couldn't resist reincarnating early, & has stolen (part of) Catman's identity.

Rudi must be from the CIA - he is only interested in your address!

and who are you baobab?
ghost2 and Rudi?
or nancy?
strange, very strange

Rudi's back if only in a ghostly format?

BlondeBomber: are you really in controle of yourself? even now?

Mileageaddict: have you seen your ghost lately? or is he with nancy_roberto_emmett?

it is obvious: Catman and Rudi are one and the same. They meet regularly, no reasonable person would fly transatlantic just to meet a flyerTalk friend - but Rudi & Catman are one and the same and they meet themself wherever they go.

Gruzei....ooops, I mean to say hello you guys make me crazy and you say i am the nutty one! I think all of you poeple should be locked away with all off yuor frequent flier point taken awways!!!!

What the!?!?!?! Who...what...how? Somebody is playing with my mind! Me a ghost? Somebody is playing Halloween tricks!

And...lo and behold! Hello roberto. Hmmm....I should dress up in a ragged suit, beat up briefcase and membership cards coming out of every pocket, paint fake bullet holes on my face and put holes in the suit and go to a Halloween party as....

THE EXECUTED PREMIER FLYER!!!!!

ALRIGHT YOU GUYS!!! CATMAN IS REALLY GOING TO BE P---ED WHEN HE RETURNS. DOES ANY GHOST WANT THE WRATH OF CATMAN?

I'd like to invite all you ghosts over to my
Motel for a little carving party. Especially CATGHOST & RudiGhost & most honored of all Ghost2.

Rudi just couldn't wait another day... he's been plotting for a while.

You know what the devil has to do with idle hands...

2 am Rudi??

Time to go to bed

Roberto - time is running out to claim your prize (oct-31st-98, midnight MT).

I think that Rudi is a great guy, and I don't find it at all strange that Rudi meets with people regularly in the US. I goto Europe quite regularly, and have been trying to coordinate a meeting with Rudi in the US or Europe. But it would be nice to see Rudi come back -- I just wish there was something I could send to Rudi to get him to come back. Hey Rudi do you like Champagne? Moet & Chandon 1983 Brut Imperial?

pjaucutt: till last sunday I agree - but great guys don't just disappear - I am embarrassed by Rudi's latest action/disappearance.

Ghost's: Do you get any miles for ghost's as well as I do on AC? plus bonus (strike) miles, plus, plus?

ghost miles is a tricky subject. YES, when my flight starts or ends and the local time is in between midnight and 1AM. This has been introduced parallel to e-(ghost)-tickets.

But if my master flies on an award ticket for such flights, than I need an award as well.

pjaucutt: I guess that champagne is normally no problem for Rudi. look at the homepage of his brothers: http://www.martel.ch or Rudi's pub's (www.nelson.ch).

(for insiders: may be a Roland Garros upgrade or a shared foie gras in Paris would be the temptations he can't resist).

There is no doubt: decent ghost's must be BRITISH.

Okay, we'll work something out via food or tickets. Anyway, I was thinking wouldn't be neat if we all tried to meet somewhere in person? I would certainly like to see who some of you who have suffered with me in the FF lines waiting for an upgrade.

Phil

I am going to puit this down to Halloween and wait for the dust ghostly dust to settle ....