It was certainly a different experience reading an eightblack trip report as it was being posted. Wonderful report, kudos.

Man I've missed these. Hope you're able to pop around a bit more often ... you've been missed.

Hold up for a second. Did eightblack actually just finish a trip report?! Hell may be about to freeze over :p:D

Anyway I may be in the Denver area next month, and if so, keep an eye on your PMs.

Wow. I'm fairly new to FT and never heard of the apparently infamous eightblack. But when I saw a trip report with 108 posts in 11 days, I had to check it out. I'm so glad that I did! That was amazing :)

Thank you. I've enjoyed reading excerpts of it during our family dinners. Always a great read.

"I thought the CX flight was just ok. Nothing special. I didn’t want to be rude when the polite staffer offered me a bottle of Krug although I did object a little bit when they served the champagne at the same temperature as the surface of the sun."
YES - even though I repeatedly ask for the champagne to be made colder I am amazed that they don't understand the importance of serving it COLD (although they are marginally better than american airlines that seem to think warm and flat is the best way to serve....but I digress)
So even after I ask for GASP ice to be put in the champagne they still don't make it colder for my subsequent glasses over the next while (really they have ice, a bucket, and water - sort of the basics for cooling the bottle)
Add my thanks for so much fun reading :)

I highly recommend reading his other reports. https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip...-long-way.html is a favorite.

I've already started :)

Thank you for the laughs ^ :D

I mis-read that at first, sonomawine - and had images of you reading out excerpts, like a bard in the great hall :)

(Not to say an eightblack post shouldn't be declaimed, though!)

EightBlack you MUST post more regularly!

I saw this report after such a long absence and I was all "Yeeskies! This is gonna be yeetastic boi!"

After reading this I must say this trip report is so tony!

(I must have a lie down now after using up my entire vocabulary of whatever that is)

fantastic read! Thank you,Sir!

Thank you, eightblack, for a most joyous read this morning. Yes, I've only just discovered your post by carelessly visiting the TR section of FT looking for something else. I prostrate myself before an outstanding story-teller [check spelling, yes, that's prostrate. Whew]. Now I really must get on with doing the small chores I was supposed to be doing.

Salutations, Sir.

EPIC report! Thank you for telling the story. Trully enjoyed it.

Fantastic work, eightblack. Thanks for the laughs!