Mugs in Club Europe
Jun 18, 2017, 2:29 pm
#17
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In terms of getting the job done the new mugs are much better.
They don't readily slop the drink all over your table at the slightest hint of chop.
They don't have an absurdly huge surface area which helps your drink go cold before you can finish it.
In terms of label caché, yeah, they haven't got that.
They don't readily slop the drink all over your table at the slightest hint of chop.
They don't have an absurdly huge surface area which helps your drink go cold before you can finish it.
In terms of label caché, yeah, they haven't got that.
Jun 18, 2017, 2:30 pm
#18
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I really liked the old cups. Not a fan of the new mugs. It feels like I get a lot less tea in the new mugs? Or maybe the old cups were more fiddly to hold so it took longer to drink?
Jun 18, 2017, 3:58 pm
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Perhaps they didn't want them always being stolen like the old ones; often saw people putting theirs into their bag
Jun 19, 2017, 3:29 am
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HIDDY - that's rich from you as the Grandfather of this Forum! At least I have my own teeth to eat the blasted trifle!
Jun 19, 2017, 3:31 am
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Jun 19, 2017, 3:42 am
#23
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The mind really does boggle. Do people really collect BA mugs?
I can only guess at them being proudly displayed in nice teak display cabinets in semi-detached houses across Surbiton, next to some splendid objets de merde mail ordered from the Franklin Mint.
Far too much sherry in the trifle.
I can only guess at them being proudly displayed in nice teak display cabinets in semi-detached houses across Surbiton, next to some splendid objets de merde mail ordered from the Franklin Mint.
Far too much sherry in the trifle.
Jun 19, 2017, 3:59 am
#24
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I liked the old mugs, but I think the new mugs are better for a nice mug of tea with your breakfast... However, I have now done 6 flights on CE Domestic, and they all had one thing in common... No tea spoon to stir your tea with, so you end up using the handle of the fork or knife. I would have thought that in Business class a tea spoon could have been included???
Jun 19, 2017, 4:03 am
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The mind really does boggle. Do people really collect BA mugs?
I can only guess at them being proudly displayed in nice teak display cabinets in semi-detached houses across Surbiton, next to some splendid objets de merde mail ordered from the Franklin Mint.
Far too much sherry in the trifle.
I can only guess at them being proudly displayed in nice teak display cabinets in semi-detached houses across Surbiton, next to some splendid objets de merde mail ordered from the Franklin Mint.
Far too much sherry in the trifle.
My Surbiton days are no more so I will defer to your imaginings. I suspect that ex-Her Next Door would take the plastic teaspoons from Easyjet.
I prefer Gin to Sherry but are you trifling with my affections?
Jun 19, 2017, 4:07 am
#26
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I liked the old mugs, but I think the new mugs are better for a nice mug of tea with your breakfast... However, I have now done 6 flights on CE Domestic, and they all had one thing in common... No tea spoon to stir your tea with, so you end up using the handle of the fork or knife. I would have thought that in Business class a tea spoon could have been included???
Jun 19, 2017, 4:16 am
#27
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For many years I was the supplier of tablware to major airlines including BA. A large airline can go through 700,000 cups a year and nearly as many saucers. There is a fine balance between thickness (for durability) and thinness (for weight saving). So go to mug only and take off any decoration and on this one item alone an airline can save £100,000+
Not what the M3 or Singapore do>
Not what the M3 or Singapore do>
Jun 19, 2017, 4:23 am
#28
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Not on my last 6 domestic flights. The Napkin contained 2 Knife's, 1 Fork, 1 Desert Spoon and the usual salt and pepper, but no tea spoon. No doubt the e-mail is on it's way:
"Our customers on UK Domestic routes have told us that they prefer to stir their tea with the shaft of their fork" in the interests of decency I wont go any further with this one.
"Our customers on UK Domestic routes have told us that they prefer to stir their tea with the shaft of their fork" in the interests of decency I wont go any further with this one.
Jun 19, 2017, 4:37 am
#29
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I'm with you there, gin is certainly my preferred tipple in these warm days. As for trifling with your affections, I would not dream of it. I fear that any attempt to do so would incur a sternly-wielded hairbrush having failed to rise to the occasion like one of my soufflés.
Jun 19, 2017, 4:38 am
#30
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There were a load of the old BA mugs in the Royal Doulton factory shop in Stoke a while ago, if anyone is determined to plug the gaps in their collection.
I personally like those little black tea bowls you get in JAL First. But they're too fragile for me to "collect".
I personally like those little black tea bowls you get in JAL First. But they're too fragile for me to "collect".